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BY THE NUMBERS: PAY PER VIEW EDITION: LOOKING BACK AT THE APRIL PAY PER VIEW OFFERINGS FROM WWE AND TNA

The most pay per view offerings of the year from TNA and WWE took place in April with three shows, including the four hour Wrestlemania. With ten hours of pay per view action, it was likely that we would see the most wrestling of the year.

In the twenty six months that I have been doing this column, April was the fourth time that there were three pay per views in a month. The other times were October 2010, May 2011, and October 2011. In each of those months, there were only nine hours of wrestling because there was no Wrestlemania to worry about.

In October 2010, there was a total of 287 minutes of wrestling with Bound for Glory giving us ninety-nine minutes of wrestling and each offering from WWE giving us ninety-four minutes of wrestling. In May 2011, we had a total of 274 minutes of wrestling thanks to ninety-six minutes of wrestling from TNA and ninety-eight minutes from Extreme Rules, but only eighty minutes from WWE’s second offering last year. In October 2011, we had 284 minutes thanks to ninety-two minutes from Bound for Glory, ninety minutes from Hell in a Cell, and one hundred-two minutes from WWE’s second offering in October.

October 2010’s record for most wrestling in a month fell by twenty-one minutes. Wrestlemania gave us almost two hours of wrestling on the show and Lockdown and Extreme Rules were both in the mid nineties. The one hundred nineteen minutes also broke the single show record during the course of this column, surpassing Royal Rumble 2011 by three minutes.

With the two pay per views, WWE extended its advantage over TNA from twenty-two minutes to one hundred forty-four minutes. WWE has also had two more pay per views than TNA so if you go by a per show average, TNA has almost two more minutes of wrestling per show but nine fewer hours of pay per view time.

WWE finally passed the two hundred match barrier during Extreme Rules while each company passed twenty-five hundred minutes of wrestling.

The Santino Marella versus Miz pre-show match is not counted in the totals for Extreme Rules, but the match went 5 minutes.

The times for the participants in Lethal Lockdown are as follows:

Rob Van Dam: 9 Minutes
Eric Bischoff: 11 Minutes
Ken Anderson: 13 Minutes
Christopher Daniels: 15 Minutes
A.J. Styles: 17 Minutes
Frankie Kazarian: 19 Minutes
Austin Aries: 21 Minutes
Bully Ray: 23 Minutes
Garett Bischoff: 26 Minutes
Gunner: 26 Minutes

The times for the three falls of the Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus World Title Match at Extreme Rules were as follows:

Fall One 14:29
Fall Two: 2:08
Fall Three: 6:17

Total Wrestling Time: Total this Month: 308 Minutes [last month 82 Minutes]
TNA Lockdown: 93 Minutes [last month 82 Minutes]
WWE Wrestlemania 28: 119 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]
WWE Extreme Rules: 96 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]

TNA Lockdown

Lethal Lockdown: 26 Minutes
Magnus and Samoa Joe versus Motor City Machine Guns: 11 Minutes
Robbie E versus Devon: 3 Minutes
Gail Kim versus Velvet Sky: 7 Minutes
Matt Morgan versus Crimson: 8 Minutes
Kurt Angle versus Jeff Hardy: 15 Minutes
Rosita and Sarita versus Eric Young and ODB: 4 Minutes
James Storm versus Bobby Roode: 19 Minutes

WWE Wrestlemania

Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute
Kane versus Randy Orton: 11 Minutes
Big Show versus Cody Rhodes: 5 Minutes
Kelly Kelly and Maria Menounos versus Eve Torres and Beth Phoenix: 7 Minutes
Undertaker versus Triple H: 31 Minutes
Team Johnny versus Team Teddy: 11 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus CM Punk: 22 Minutes
John Cena versus Rock: 31 Minutes

WWE Extreme Rules

Kane versus Randy Orton: 17 Minutes
Brodus Clay versus Dolph Ziggler: 4 Minutes
Big Show versus Cody Rhodes: 5 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 23 Minutes
Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton versus Ryback: 2 Minutes
CM Punk versus Chris Jericho: 25 Minutes
Nikki Bella versus Layla: 2 Minutes
Brock Lesnar versus John Cena: 18 Minutes

Wrestling Per Hour
Total for Month: 30.8 Minutes (Last Month 27.33 Minutes)
TNA Lockdown: 31 Minutes (Last Month 27.33 Minutes)
WWE Wrestlemania 28: 29.75 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]
WWE Extreme Rules: 32 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]
WWE Total: 30.71 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]

Average Length of Matches:
Total for Month: 12.83 Minutes (Last Month 10.25 Minutes)
TNA Victory Road: 11.63 Minutes (Last Month 10.25 Minutes)
WWE Wrestlemania 28: 14.88 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]
WWE Extreme Rules: 12 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]
WWE Total: 13.44 Minutes [last month No Pay Per View]

Longest Matches:

John Cena versus Rock: 31 Minutes (WWE Wrestlemania 28)
Undertaker versus Triple H: 31 Minutes (WWE Wrestlemania 28)
Lethal Lockdown: 26 Minutes (TNA Lockdown)

Shortest Matches:

Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Wrestlemania 28)
Nikki Bella versus Layla: 2 Minutes (WWE Extreme Rules)
Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton versus Ryback: 2 Minutes (WWE Extreme Rules)

Totals for 2012

Total Wrestling Time

WWE: 409 Minutes
TNA: 357 Minutes
Overall Wrestling: 766 Minutes

Total Number of Matches

TNA: 32 Matches
WWE: 27 Matches
Total: 59 Matches

Wrestling Per Hour
WWE: 31.46 Minutes
TNA: 29.75 Minutes

Average Length of Matches:
WWE: 15.15 Minutes
TNA: 11.16 Minutes

Longest Matches:

Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble)
Smackdown Elimination Chamber Match: 34 Minutes (WWE Elimination Chamber)
Raw Elimination Chamber Match: 33 Minutes (WWE Elimination Chamber)

Shortest Matches:
Drew McIntyre versus Brodus Clay: 1 Minute (WWE Royal Rumble)
Bully Ray versus James Storm: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road)
Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Wrestlemania 28)

Total Wrestling Time

WWE: 2,652 Minutes
TNA: 2,508 Minutes
Overall Wrestling: 5,160 Minutes

Total Number of Matches

TNA: 220 Matches
WWE: 202 Matches
Total: 422 Matches

Wrestling Per Hour
TNA: 32.15 Minutes (down from 32.2 Minutes)
WWE: 30.48 Minutes (up from 30.46 Minutes)

Average Length of Matches:
WWE: 13.13 Minutes (up from 13.10 Minutes)
TNA: 11.4 Minutes (up from 11.39Minutes)

Longest Matches:
Royal Rumble: 70 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2011)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Team WWE (John Cena, Bret Hart, John Morrison, R Truth, Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho, and Edge) versus Nexus (David Otunga, Skip Sheffield, Darren Young, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Wade Barrett, and Michael Tarver): 35 Minutes (WWE SummerSlam 2010)

Shortest Matches:
Magnus versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (TNA Destination X 2010)
Sting versus Jeff Jarrett: 1 Minute (TNA Sacrifice 2010)
Kane versus Rey Mysterio: 1 Minute (WWE Money in the Bank 2010)
Robbie E versus Max Buck versus Jeremy Buck: 1 Minutes (TNA Against All Odds 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Sting: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2011) Madison Rayne versus Mickie James: 1 Minute (TNA Lockdown 2011)
Alberto Del Rio versus CM Punk: 1 Minute (WWE SummerSlam 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 1): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 3): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Daniel Bryan versus Big Show: 1 Minute (WWE TLC 2011)
Drew McIntyre versus Brodus Clay: 1 Minute (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Bully Ray versus James Storm: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2012)
Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Wrestlemania 28)

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