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Until Ring of Honor aired on Saturday evening, the longest match of the week was the eight minute match between Michael McGillicutty and Tyson Kidd on NXT. That was followed by the tag match with Epico and Primo facing Mason Ryan and Alex Riley on Superstars and the tag match on Smackdown that saw Daniel Bryan and Miz face CM Punk and Sheamus. Then we got the two longest matches of the week and the only match that was greater than ten minutes.
With the dearth of long wrestling matches until Saturday night, sixteen of the twenty-eight matches this week were four minutes or less. There were four other matches that went five minutes. More than seventy percent of the matches were less than five minutes. That makes sense because the average match length this week was less than four and a half minutes. That is almost a minute below the average match length over the last one hundred nine weeks.
The total amount of wrestling dropped by fourteen minutes from last week and was the lowest total since January. Going into next week with the Wrestlemania build in its final straightaway and Smackdown from Axxess, it could be a low for the year, even with two main event caliber matches on Ring of Honor.
Next week two shows should pass their next barriers. Impact should hit twenty-eight hundred minutes and close the gap on Raw, which is currently at fifty-six minutes (the gap was one hundred thirty-nine minutes nine weeks ago). NXT should pass fifteen hundred minutes if there is any wrestling on the show.
Smackdown closed the gap on Raw for total matches while passing the six hundred match barrier. Smackdown is now only twenty-four matches behind Raw, cutting the gap from thirty-one matches nine weeks ago.
There have been a total of five hundred fifty-five matches that were either one minute matches or ten minute matches. At this point, exactly sixty percent of those matches (three hundred thirty-three) have been ten minutes or more while exactly forty percent of those matches (two hundred twenty-two) have been one minute in length. The two hour wrestling shows have exactly two hundred of those two hundred twenty-two matches.
The time for the Bully Ray versus Bobby Roode match goes from the bell until James Storm connects with the super kick.
The time for the Teddy Long versus John Laurinaitis match goes from the time that Laurinaitis stops yelling at Randy Orton until the end of the match. The two minutes of stalling/promo by Laurinaitis should not be rewarded to avoid a one minute match.
The wrestling times below cover the wrestling that takes place during the show so commercials are not included. All times are rounded to the closest minute (examples: a 4:23 match will be listed as 4 minutes while a 4:32 match will be listed as 5 minutes and anything under a minute is rounded up to a minute).
Breakdown of the matches on each show:
WWE Raw
Big Show versus Kane: 1 Minute
Santino Marella versus David Otunga: 2 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Zack Ryder: 2 Minutes
Mark Henry versus John Cena: 5 Minutes
Miz versus Sheamus: 3 Minutes
R Truth and Kofi Kingston versus Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler: 5 Minutes
WWE NXT
Justin Gabriel versus Curt Hawkins: 2 Minutes
Darren Young versus Jimmy Uso: 5 Minutes
Percy Watson versus Tyler Reks: 5 Minutes
Michael McGillicutty versus Tyson Kidd: 8 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Epico and Primo versus Alex Riley and Mason Ryan: 7 Minutes
Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres versus Tamina Snuka and Natalya: 4 Minutes
Yoshi Tatsu versus Titus O’Neil: 4 Minutes
Drew McIntyre versus Ezekiel Jackson: 5 Minutes
TNA Impact
Austin Aries versus Zema Ion versus Tony Nese versus Kid Kash: 5 Minutes
Rosita and Sarita versus Eric Young and ODB: 4 Minutes
Kurt Angle versus Garett Bischoff: 3 Minutes
Samoa Joe and Magnus versus Anarquia and Hernandez: 6 Minutes
Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels versus James Storm: 3 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Mark Henry versus R Truth: 3 Minutes
Brie Bella versus AJ Lee: 3 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Zack Ryder: 4 Minutes
Big Show versus Kane: 4 Minutes
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute
Dolph Ziggler versus Great Khali: 3 Minutes
Sheamus and CM Punk versus Daniel Bryan and Miz: 7 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Cedric Alexander and Caprice Coleman versus Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin: 9 Minutes
Adam Cole versus Michael Elgin: 10 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Smackdown: 25 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week 28 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 21 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 20 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week 27 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 15 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 19 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 18 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 20 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 123 Minutes in 28 Matches (Last Week: 137 Minutes in 25 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes (up from 15 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 20 Minutes (down from 27 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Smackdown: 12.5 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 10.5 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 9 Minutes (down from 10 Minutes)
Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 9.5 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Superstars: 9 Minutes (up from 9 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5 Minutes (up from 5 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.67 Minutes (up from 4.67 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.67 Minutes (up from 4.67 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4 Minutes (down from 4 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Adam Cole versus Michael Elgin: 10 Minutes (Ring of Honor March 24)
Cedric Alexander and Caprice Coleman versus Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin: 9 Minutes (Ring of Honor March 24)
Michael McGillicutty versus Tyson Kidd: 8 Minutes (WWE NXT March 21)
Shortest Matches
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 23)
Big Show versus Kane: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 19)
Justin Gabriel versus Curt Hawkins: 2 Minutes (WWE NXT March 21)
Santino Marella versus David Otunga: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw March 19)
Daniel Bryan versus Zack Ryder: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw March 19)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 3,055 Minutes
WWE Raw: 2,837 Minutes
TNA Impact: 2,781 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 2,178 Minutes
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 1,025 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 1,847 Minutes
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 497 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 1,495 Minutes
[Season 5: 915 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 14,193 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 626 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 602 Matches
TNA Impact: 569 Matches
WWE Superstars: 365 Matches
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
[On WWE.com: 171 Matches]
WWE NXT: 285 Matches
[Season 5: 161 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 232 Matches
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
[On Sinclair: 58 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 2,679
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.30 Minutes (down from 24.37 Minutes)
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 20.58 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 20.167 Minutes (down from 20.168 Minutes)
[On WWE.com: 20.92 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 14.893 Minutes (down from 14.905 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.014 Minutes (down from 14.0278 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 13.84 Minutes (up from 13.79 Minutes)
[Season 5: 16.94 Minutes (up from 16.89 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 12.875 Minutes (down from 12.897 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12.498 Minutes (down from 12.53 Minutes)
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.96 Minutes (up from 7.95 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 8.57 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.967 Minutes (down from 5.98 Minutes)
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 5.99 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.298 Minutes (down from 5.307 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.246 Minutes (down from 5.249 Minutes)
[Season 5: 5.68 Minutes (down from 5.70 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 5.07 Minutes (down from 5.092 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.887 Minutes (down from 4.894 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.532 Minutes (down from 4.546 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Tyler Black versus Davey Richards: 27 Minutes (Ring of Honor October 18, 2010)
Davey Richards and The Briscoes versus Roderick Strong and the Kings of Wrestling: 26 Minutes (Ring of Honor April 4, 2011)
John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Mason Ryan versus Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga: 21 Minutes (WWE Raw October 3, 2011)
Shortest Matches
222 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 23)
Big Show versus Kane: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 19)
Brodus Clay versus Jinder Mahal: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 12)
John Laurinaitis versus Teddy Long: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 9)
Drew McIntyre versus Hornswoggle: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 9)
Alicia Fox versus Eve Torres: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 5)
Kane versus R Truth: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 5)
A.J. Styles versus Frankie Kazarian: 1 Minute (TNA Impact March 1)
Sheamus and Big Show versus Mark Henry and Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute (WWE Raw February 27)
Kelly Kelly versus Nikki Bella: 1 Minute (WWE Raw February 27)
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