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BY THE NUMBERS: LOOKING AT THE WEEK IN WRESTLING FROM WWE, TNA, AND ROH

By Richard Trionfo on 2014-08-18 07:02:14
For the second time in three weeks, Impact sits atop the totals for the week. The 36 minutes of wrestling from Impact was one minute more than Raw which had its fifth straight week under fifty minutes. NXT and Smackdown finished tied for third place. With only two matches, Ring of Honor finished in fifth place for the week. Main Event continued its pattern in the teens to finish in sixth place. Superstars continued its hold on seventh place.

Next week, Superstars can guarantee that they will not finish in seventh place because Ring of Honor will be showing matches from their Philadelphia show, which was not specified as a television taping.

The 180 minutes of wrestling is down 2 minutes from last week, and if Ring of Honor had matched its 26 minute total from last week, we would have had consecutive weeks with 182 minutes of wrestling.

This week saw Raw and Smackdown shut out of the top three matches for total length. Raw had one of the ten minute matches that did not get into the top three while Smackdown’s longest match would have qualified in a tie for 11th longest of the 28 matches on television this week.

Main Event has made me a liar one more time because I said last week they should pass 2,100 minutes this week. Unless they ignore wrestling on the show, I can guarantee that they will pass this mark next week. Impact passed 6,300 minutes while Superstars passed 3,900 minutes of wrestling. The main event on Ring of Honor television put the overall total over 35,000 minutes while WWE passed 25,000 minutes of wrestling. If there is going to be Ring of Honor television that qualifies next week, we could pass 10,000 minutes of non-WWE wrestling, but without Ring of Honor, it will probably take 2 weeks to get the 44 minute of wrestling from Ring of Honor and Impact.

We also passed the 6,300 match mark this week

The times for the participants in the elimination match on Impact were:
Low Ki: 7 Minutes
Zema Ion: 4 Minutes
Homicide: 7 Minutes
Tigre Uno: 2 Minutes
Manik: 3 Minutes
Crazzy Steve: 1 Minute

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
Ryback and Curtis Axel versus Roman Reigns: 6 Minutes
Seth Rollins versus Rob Van Dam: 5 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Cesaro: 9 Minutes
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 1 Minute
Heath Slater versus Dolph Ziggler: 4 Minutes
Sheamus versus Randy Orton: 10 Minutes

WWE Main Event
Seth Rollins versus Kofi Kingston: 8 Minutes
Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso versus Sheamus and Rob Van Dam versus Curtis Axel and Ryback: 10 Minutes

WWE NXT
Mojo Rawley and Bull Dempsey versus Aiden English and Simon Gotch: 3 Minutes
Bayley versus Sasha Banks: 8 Minutes
Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy versus Kalisto and Sin Cara: 3 Minutes
Adrian Neville versus Tyler Breeze: 14 Minutes

TNA Impact
Low Ki versus Tigre Uno versus Homicide versus Crazzy Steve versus Zema Ion versus Manik: 7 Minutes
Ken Anderson versus Gunner: 3 Minutes
Gail Kim versus Velvet Sky versus Taryn Terrell versus Angelina Love: 5 Minutes
Eric Young, Austin Aries, and Bobby Roode versus MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Kenny King: 8 Minutes
Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy versus Bully Ray and Devon: 13 Minutes

WWE Superstars
Emma versus Alicia Fox: 5 Minutes
Adam Rose versus Fandango: 6 Minutes

WWE Smackdown
Dean Ambrose versus Cesaro: 7 Minutes
Titus O’Neil versus Dolph Ziggler: 3 Minutes
Mark Henry versus Luke Harper: 3 Minutes
Mark Henry and Big Show versus Luke Harper and Erick Rowan: 5 Minutes
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 2 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute
Roman Reigns versus Miz: 7 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Tadarius Thomas versus ACH: 12 Minutes
Steve Corino versus Kevin Steen: 12 Minutes

This Week’s Totals

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

TNA Impact: 36 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 33 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 35 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 42 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 28 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 28 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 24 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 18 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 17 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 11 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 12 Minutes)

Total Wrestling for the Week: 180 Minutes in 28 Matches (Last Week: 182 Minutes in 31 Matches)

Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24 Minutes (down from 26 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 28 Minutes (up from 24 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 18 Minutes (up from 17 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 18 Minutes (up from 16.5 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Raw: 11.67 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 11 Minutes (down from 12 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 12 Minutes (up from 8.67 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 9 Minutes (up from 5.67 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 7.2 Minutes (down from 8.25 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 7 Minutes (up from 6 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.83 Minutes (up from 4.67 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 5.5 Minutes (down from 6 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4 Minutes (down from 4.67 Minutes)

Longest Matches
Adrian Neville versus Tyler Breeze: 14 Minutes (WWE NXT August 14)
Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy versus Bully Ray and Devon: 13 Minutes (TNA Impact August 14)
Tadarius Thomas versus ACH: 12 Minutes (Ring of Honor August 16)
Steve Corino versus Kevin Steen: 12 Minutes (Ring of Honor August 16)

Shortest Matches
Jack Swagger versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 15)
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 11)
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 2 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 15)

Overall Totals

Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8.165 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 6,732 Minutes
[On Syfy: 5,901 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,316 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,155 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 537 Minutes]
[Season 6: 1,874 Minutes]
[Season 5: 1,164 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 3,901 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 275 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 2,290 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 2,097 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 477 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]

Overall Wrestling Time: 35,006 Minutes

Total Time by Company
WWE: 25,050 Minutes
TNA: 6,316 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes

Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,622 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,351 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,199 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,156 Matches
WWE NXT: 791 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 109 Matches]
[Season 6: 361 Matches]
[Season 5: 197 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
WWE Superstars: 648 Matches
[On WWE Network: 47 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches
[On Sinclair: 293 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 272 Matches
[On WWE Network: 72 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]

Total Number of Matches: 6,307

Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 4,684 Matches
TNA: 1,156 Matches
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches

Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes (up from 23.789 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 22.67 Minutes (up from 22.66 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.40 Minutes (down from 21.43 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 19.88 Minutes (down from 19.96 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.07 Minutes (up from 18.02 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 23.34 Minutes (up from 23.14 Minutes)]
[Season 6: 21.54 Minutes]
[Season 5: 17.64 Minutes]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 16.89 Minutes (down from 16.91 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.46 Minutes (down from 11.48 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.677 Minutes (up from 15.673 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.384 Minutes (down from 14.386 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 15.287 Minutes (down from 15.29 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 13.91 Minutes (down from 13.921 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.55 Minutes (up from 13.53 Minutes)

Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes
WWE: 15.52 Minutes (down from 15.523 Minutes)
TNA: 13.55 Minutes

Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes (up from 7.78 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 7.82 Minutes (up from 7.79 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.71 Minutes (up from 7.7 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.63 Minutes (up from 6.56 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.02 Minutes (down from 6.0216 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.85 Minutes (down from 5.87 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.55 Minutes (up from 5.546 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.46 Minutes (up from 5.456 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.25 Minutes (up from 5.243 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.93 Minutes (up from 4.85 Minutes)]
[Season 6: 5.19 Minutes]
[Season 5: 5.91 Minutes]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 5.034 Minutes (up from 5.031 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.983 Minutes (down from 4.988 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.922 Minutes (down from 4.927 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]

Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes
TNA: 5.46 Minutes
WWE: 5.348 Minutes (up from 5.346 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)
Steel Cage Warfare: 24 Minutes (Ring of Honor July 27, 2013)
Randy Orton versus Daniel Bryan: 24 Minutes (WWE Raw February 3, 2014)

Total Number of Ten Minute Matches: 928 Matches

Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 652 Matches
[Raw: 218 Matches]
[Smackdown: 175 Matches]
[NXT: 105 Matches]
[Main Event: 92 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 144 Matches
TNA: 132 Matches

Shortest Matches
489 Total Matches at 1 Minute

One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 411 Matches
[Raw: 196 Matches]
[Smackdown: 152 Matches]
[NXT: 49 Matches]
[Superstars: 10 Matches]
[Main Event: 4 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches

The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Jack Swagger versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 15)
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 11)
Mark Henry versus Damien Sandow: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Fandango versus Diego: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Bo Dallas versus R Truth: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Fandango versus Diego: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 1)
AJ Lee versus Rosa Mendes: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 1)
Tyler Breeze versus Angelo Dawkins: 1 Minute (WWE NXT July 31)
R Truth versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Raw July 28)
Damien Sandow versus Adam Rose: 1 Minute (WWE Raw July 28)

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