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BY THE NUMBERS: LOOKING BACK AT THE WEEK IN WRESTLING FROM WWE, TNA, AND ROH PLUS A LOOK BACK AT SEASON FIVE OF NXT

With one more hour of wrestling than last week, you would think that the totals would be up, but instead the amount of wrestling was the same as last week. Since Raw was three hours this week, compared to the usual two hour show (until we hit episode 1,000) you would think that we were going to get more wrestling than last week. However, with almost forty minutes of wrestling last week, it was going to be close when you look at the hourly average. Instead, we saw a three minute drop from last week with sixty more minutes of television time. Raw did win the week, but only by two minutes over Impact.

The biggest increase from last week was from Impact which saw a fifteen minute increase, and the show featured the longest match of the week. NXT and Superstars were also up from last week with one minute increases. The other two shows saw drops with Smackdown falling by nine minutes to finish in last place with only sixteen minutes of wrestling for the final show from WWE before their pay per view. Ring of Honor was down five minutes from last week.

When you have a show with sixteen minutes of wrestling and six matches, there is a likelihood that there are going to be a number of short matches. It makes things worse when one match takes up half of the total wrestling for the show. Smackdown had another week with a per match average less than three minutes. Taking out that opening match, the average for the other five matches was less than two minutes. Smackdown is now over ninety one minute matches. Since the start of April, there have been twenty-five one minute matches from Smackdown. Only once in the last eleven weeks has there been an episode of Smackdown without a one minute match. Five times we have seen three or more one minute matches in those eleven weeks.

With eight matches over the three hours of Raw, we passed the seven hundred match barrier. Smackdown passed the four hundred match barrier. Next week, we will hit the three thousand total match barrier.

While I do not normally focus on the overall totals and match averages, this week’s pathetic totals from Smackdown in the match average category moved Smackdown into fifth place while a strong week from Impact moved them into fourth place by .0024 minutes. In the last twenty-one weeks, Impact has gained .116 minutes per match while Smackdown has dropped .238 minutes per match.

The drop for Smackdown is more evident with the average amount of wrestling per hour. When we hit the 100 week mark, Smackdown averaged 14.125 minutes of wrestling per hour. After twenty-one weeks, Smackdown has seen its match average drop by .348 minutes per hour. On the other side of the ledger, NXT has seen an increase of almost a minute per hour of wrestling in the last twenty-one weeks.

We have been wondering for the last four or five months about when Season Five of NXT was going to end. We found that this week was the final episode of NXT Redemption. As the Never Ending Season of NXT ends, here are the totals for Season Five of NXT:

Number of weeks of wrestling: 66
Amount of Wrestling: 1,164 Minutes
Number of Matches: 197
Average Match Length: 5.908 Minutes
Average Amount of Wrestling Per Hour: 17.636 Minutes

The times for the participants in the Elimination Match on Raw were:

Great Khali: 2 Minutes
Jack Swagger: 5 Minutes
Christian: 9 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler: 9 Minutes

The times for the participants in the Bound for Glory Series Gauntlet were:

Kurt Angle: 5 Minutes
AJ Styles: 8 Minutes
D’Angelo Dinero: 6 Minutes
Bully Ray: 5 Minutes
Samoa Joe: 4 Minutes
James Storm: 2 Minutes
Rob Van Dam: 6 Minutes
Jeff Hardy: 6 Minutes
Christopher Daniels: 4 Minutes
Robbie E: 3 Minutes
Magnus: 8 Minutes

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
Sheamus versus Tensai: 6 Minutes
Beth Phoenix and Ricardo Rodriguez versus Layla and Santino Marella: 3 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Christian versus Great Khali versus Jack Swagger: 9 Minutes
Ryback versus Willard Fillmore and Rutherford Hayes: 1 Minute
Big Show versus Kofi Kingston: 7 Minutes
Sin Cara versus Curt Hawkins: 2 Minutes
Vader versus Heath Slater: 3 Minutes
Daniel Bryan and Kane versus CM Punk and AJ Lee: 5 Minutes

WWE NXT
Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks versus Derrick Bateman and Percy Watson: 11 Minutes
Kaitlyn versus Natalya: 5 Minutes
Michael McGillicutty and Johnny Curtis versus The Usos: 11 Minutes

WWE Superstars
Michael McGillicutty versus Zack Ryder: 8 Minutes
Titus O’Neil and Darren Young versus The Usos: 5 Minutes
Justin Gabriel versus Hunico: 12 Minutes

TNA Impact
Austin Aries versus Zema Ion versus Chris Sabin: 7 Minutes
Hernandez versus Devon: 4 Minutes
Bound for Glory Series Gauntlet: 13 Minutes
Madison Rayne versus Brooke Tessmacher: 3 Minutes
Bobby Roode versus Ken Anderson: 7 Minutes

WWE Smackdown
CM Punk and Sheamus versus Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler: 8 Minutes
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute
Beth Phoenix versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute
Jack Swagger versus Christian: 3 Minutes
Ryback versus Joe Testa and Ari Cohen: 2 Minutes
Damien Sandow versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute

Ring of Honor
Mike Bennett versus Adam Page: 5 Minutes
QT Marshall and Sam Shaw versus The Briscoes: 5 Minutes
Tommaso Ciampa versus Roderick Strong: 8 Minutes

This Week’s Totals

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

WWE Raw: 36 Minutes in 8 Matches (last week: 39 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 34 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 19 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 27 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 25 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week 24 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 18 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 16 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week 25 Minutes)

Total Wrestling for the Week: 156 Minutes in 28 Matches (Last Week: 156 Minutes in 27 Matches)

Hourly Averages
WWE NXT: 27 Minutes (up from 26 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 25 Minutes (up from 24 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 18 Minutes (down from 23 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 17 Minutes (up from 9.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12 Minutes (down from 19.5 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 8 Minutes (down from 12.5 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
WWE NXT: 9 Minutes (up from 6.5 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 8.33 Minutes (up from 8 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 6.8 Minutes (up from 4.75 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 6 Minutes (down from 11.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.5 Minutes (down from 5.57 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 2.67 Minutes (down from 3.57 Minutes)

Longest Matches
Bound for Glory Series Gauntlet: 13 Minutes (TNA Impact June 14)
Justin Gabriel versus Hunico: 12 Minutes (WWE Superstars June 14)
Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks versus Derrick Bateman and Percy Watson: 11 Minutes (WWE NXT June 13)
Michael McGillicutty and Johnny Curtis versus The Usos: 11 Minutes (WWE NXT June 13)

Shortest Matches
Damien Sandow versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Beth Phoenix versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Ryback versus Willard Fillmore and Rutherford Hayes: 1 Minute (Raw June 11)

Overall Totals

Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 3,334 Minutes
WWE Raw: 3.141 Minutes
TNA Impact: 3,070 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 2,430 Minutes
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 1,277 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 2,046 Minutes
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 696 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 1,744 Minutes
[Season 5: 1,164 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]

Overall Wrestling Time: 15,765 Minutes

Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 701 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 678 Matches
TNA Impact: 624 Matches
WWE Superstars: 402 Matches
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
[On WWE.com: 208 Matches]
WWE NXT: 321 Matches
[Season 5: 197 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 259 Matches
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
[On Sinclair: 85 Matches]

Total Number of Matches: 2,985

Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.07 Minutes (down from 24.14 Minutes)
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 21.09 Minutes (down from 21.19 Minutes)]
WWE Superstars: 20.25 Minutes (up from 20.21 Minutes)
[On WWE.com: 20.93 Minutes (up from 20.87 Minutes)]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 14.872 Minutes (up from 14.865 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 14.53 Minutes (up from 14.43 Minutes)
[Season 5: 17.64 Minutes (up from 17.49 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 13.78 Minutes (down from 13.83 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.79 Minutes (up from 12.76 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12.415 Minutes (down from 12.42 Minutes)

Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.90 Minutes (down from 7.92 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 8.19 Minutes (down from 8.27 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.04 Minutes (up from 6.03 Minutes)
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 6.14 Minutes (up from 6.11 Minutes)]
WWE NXT: 5.43 Minutes (up from 5.399 Minutes)
[Season 5: 5.91 Minutes (up from 5.86 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.28 Minutes (up from 5.278 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.919 Minutes (down from 4.904 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.917 Minutes (down from 4.94 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.4807 Minutes (up from 4.4805 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
264 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Damien Sandow versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Brodus Clay versus Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Beth Phoenix versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 15)
Ryback versus Willard Fillmore and Rutherford Hayes: 1 Minute (Raw June 11)
Brodus Clay versus Derrick Bateman: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 8)
Antonio Cesaro versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 8)
Santino Marella and Zack Ryder versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Cody Rhodes versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Alberto Del Rio versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 28)
Ryback versus Brian Edwards and Kevin Bendl: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 25)

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