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Raw won the week, but for the second straight week, the total dropped from the previous week and we were back under forty minutes. Impact finished second and dropped ten minutes from last week, but stayed above 30 minutes for the fourth consecutive week and the 18th time in the last 20 weeks. Ring of Honor took third place thanks to the longest match of the week, a match I consider to be must see between Hanson and AJ Styles. Smackdown finished in fourth place with 23 minutes of wrestling, the eighth straight week under 30 minutes. Main Event finished in fifth place with 22 minutes of wrestling. Superstars had its first week out of last place for the first time in eight weeks with another week with 13 minutes of wrestling. NXT finished in last place with 10 minutes of wrestling.
This week saw NXT give us only 10 minutes of wrestling in the six matches that aired on the show. This was the lowest total since the April 12, 2011 episode of NXT when Titus O’Neil versus Darren Young, Jacob Novak versus Byron Saxton, and Lucky Cannon versus Yoshi Tatsu gave us nine minutes of wrestling. The 1.67 minute per match average is the lowest for any single show. Prior to this week, the lowest average match length was on the January 27, 2012 episode of Smackdown that averaged 1.71 minutes per match when they had 7 matches with 12 minutes of wrestling.
The two longest matches of the week were longer than the total amount of wrestling on NXT this week. Two other matches were the same length as the total amount of wrestling on NXT.
While the number of ten minutes matches was cut in half from the last two weeks, it is possible that we could hit 1,000 ten minute matches before we get through 250 weeks of this column. Since three of the four ten minute matches this week were from ROH and TNA, it might be hard to get to 1,000 in the next two weeks. The Hanson versus AJ Styles match gave us our 300th ten minute match combined for ROH and TNA.
After a week without any one minute matches, we had four this week. Included in that total were three matches from NXT. With those three matches on NXT, it sets up an interesting tidbit with the overall one minute matches. When you take Raw and Smackdown with their 365 one minute matches between the two shows, the remaining 156 one minute matches are split equally between the other WWE shows and non-WWE shows. NXT, Superstars, and Main Event have 78 one minute matches while ROH and Impact have 78 one minute matches. Thankfully, the Elgin/Coleman match dragged out to more than 90 seconds.
The time for the Michael Elgin versus Caprice Coleman match was from the opening bell until they went to commercial.
This week’s Main Event on Main Event was the 5,000th WWE match since I started this column.
Raw passed 8,800 minutes of wrestling. Smackdown went past 7,100 minutes of wrestling.
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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
Luke Harper versus Dolph Ziggler: 5 Minutes
Tyson Kidd versus Adam Rose: 2 Minutes
Ryback versus Cesaro: 11 Minutes
Heath Slater versus Rusev: 1 Minute
Big Show versus Sheamus: 8 Minutes
Brie Bella versus Nikki Bella: 2 Minutes
Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Fernando, and Diego versus Goldust, Stardust, Miz, and Damien Sandow: 8 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso versus Goldust and Stardust: 8 Minutes
Paige versus Alicia Fox: 4 Minutes
Natalya and Tyson Kidd versus Adam Rose and The Bunny: 5 Minutes
Bray Wyatt versus Jack Swagger: 5 Minutes
TNA Impact
Taryn Terrell versus Gail Kim versus Havok: 10 Minutes
Kenny King versus Chris Melendez: 5 Minutes
Bram versus Tommy Dreamer: 10 Minutes
Manik versus Low Ki versus Tigre Uno versus Zema Ion: 6 Minutes
WWE NXT
Becky Lynch versus Bayley: 2 Minutes
Aiden English and Simon Gotch versus Not Quite Kalisto and Almost Sin Cara: 1 Minute
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute
Bull Dempsey versus Steve Cutler: 1 Minute
Tyson Kidd versus CJ Parker: 3 Minutes
Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore versus Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: 2 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Paige versus Alicia Fox: 4 Minutes
Sin Cara versus Curtis Axel: 9 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Dolph Ziggler versus Rusev: 7 Minutes
Miz and Damien Sandow versus Fernando and Diego: 3 Minutes
Brie Bella versus AJ Lee: 3 Minutes
Cesaro versus Erick Rowan: 3 Minutes
Kane and Seth Rollins versus Ryback and Big Show: 7 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Michael Bennett versus Romantic Touch: 7 Minutes
Caprice Coleman versus Michael Elgin: 2 Minutes
Hanson versus AJ Styles: 18 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 37 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 47 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 31 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 41 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 27 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 23 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 22 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 25 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 13 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 10 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 163 Minutes in 31 Matches (Last Week: 208 Minutes in 31 Matches)
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 27 Minutes (down from 28 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 22 Minutes (down from 25 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 15.5 Minutes (down from 20.5 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Raw: 12.33 Minutes (down from 15.67 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 11.5 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 10 Minutes (down from 26 Minutes)
Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 9 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 7.75 Minutes (down from 6.83 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6.5 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Main Event: 5.5 Minutes (down from 6.25 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.29 Minutes (down from 5.88 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.6 Minutes (down from 5.6 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 1.67 Minutes (down from 6.5 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Hanson versus AJ Styles: 18 Minutes (Ring of Honor November 22)
Ryback versus Cesaro: 11 Minutes (WWE Raw November 17)
Bram versus Tommy Dreamer: 10 Minutes (TNA Impact November 19)
Taryn Terrell versus Gail Kim versus Havok: 10 Minutes (TNA Impact November 19)
Shortest Matches
Aiden English and Simon Gotch versus Not Quite Kalisto and Almost Sin Cara: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Bull Dempsey versus Steve Cutler: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Heath Slater versus Rusev: 1 Minute (WWE Raw November 17)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8,811 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 7,107 Minutes
[On Syfy: 6,276 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,832 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,430 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 812 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: 4,068 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 442 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 3,828 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 2,478 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 2,387 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 767 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 37,463 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 26,803 Minutes
TNA: 6,832 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,828 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,733 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,429 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,277 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,229 Matches
WWE NXT: 854 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 172 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: 676 Matches
[On WWE Network: 75 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 486 Matches
[On Sinclair: 312 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 321 Matches
[On WWE Network: 121 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 6,728
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 5,013 Matches
TNA: 1,224 Matches
Ring of Honor: 486 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.93 Minutes (up from 23.91 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 22.94 Minutes (up from 22.91 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.313 Minutes (up from 21.306 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 20.18 Minutes (up from 20.14 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.23 Minutes (down from 18.26 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 22.56 Minutes (down from 22.91 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: 16.60 Minutes (down from 16.62 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.63 Minutes (up from 11.59 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.747 Minutes (down from 15.75 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.33 Minutes (down from 14.34 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 15.16 Minutes (down from 15.177 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 14.01 Minutes (down from 14.02 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.83 Minutes (up from 13.82 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.93 Minutes
WWE: 15.538 Minutes (down from 15.549 Minutes)
TNA: 13.83 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.88 Minutes (up from 7.87 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 7.94 Minutes (up from 7.93 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.44 Minutes (down from 7.46 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.34 Minutes (down from 6.367 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.018 Minutes (up from 6.016 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.89 Minutes (up from 5.88 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.568 Minutes (down from 5.569 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.56 Minutes (up from 5.55 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.19 Minutes (down from 5.212 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.72 Minutes (down from 4.83 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: 5.084 Minutes (up from 5.083 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.973 Minutes (down from 4.975 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.915 Minutes (down from 4.916 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.88 Minutes
TNA: 5.56 Minutes
WWE: 5.3467 Minutes (down from 5.3514 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: 993 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 693 Matches
[Raw: 238 Matches]
[Smackdown: 180 Matches]
[NXT: 113 Matches]
[Main Event: 100 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 154 Matches
TNA: 146 Matches
Shortest Matches
521 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 443 Matches
[Raw: 203 Matches]
[Smackdown: 162 Matches]
[NXT: 62 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 5 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Aiden English and Simon Gotch versus Not Quite Kalisto and Almost Sin Cara: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Bull Dempsey versus Steve Cutler: 1 Minute (WWE NXT November 20)
Heath Slater versus Rusev: 1 Minute (WWE Raw November 17)
R Truth versus Adam Rose: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown November 6)
Summer Rae versus Natalya: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown November 6)
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Raw November 3)
Great Khali versus Rusev: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown October 31)
Dolph Ziggler versus Seth Rollins: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown October 31)
Heath Slater versus Ryback: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown October 31)
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