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Raw won the week with 58 minutes of wrestling, up 17 minutes from last week. Smackdown finished in second place one more time with 36 minutes of wrestling, down two minutes from last week. NXT jumped back into the top three with 25 minutes, up 9 minutes from last week. Ring of Honor finished in fourth place with 23 minutes of wrestling, down two minutes from last week.
Main Event stayed at 21 minutes, the same as last week, and the third straight week at 20 or more minutes to finish in fifth place. Impact fell down to sixth place with 15 minutes of wrestling, down 5 minutes from last week and half of the total from two weeks ago. Superstars increased by almost fifty percent despite finishing in last place one more time. The thirteen minutes of wrestling is up 4 minutes from last week.
The good totals for Raw and Smackdown have also increased the per match averages for the two shows. While both shows have been in the three and four minute range numerous times over the last few months, Raw has been over six minutes for the last five weeks and four of those were over seven and a half minutes. Smackdown has had three straight weeks over six minutes per match.
For the first time since September 19, 2013, Superstars had a ten minute match. That match saw Kofi Kingston face Drew McIntyre.
Raw became the first show to pass 2,000 matches since this column started in February 2010. Smackdown is in a distant second, 371 matches behind Raw while Impact is 625 matches behind Raw in third place. NXT is a few weeks away from getting into the thousand match club. Impact and Ring of Honor, by comparison, have combined for 1,950 matches.
Raw passed 10,300 minutes this week while Ring of Honor passed 4,500 minutes of wrestling. The WWE total amount of wrestling passed 31,000 this week.
Main Event was the 2000th hour of wrestling from the WWE during the course of this column.
Next week, I will have the totals for the month of July.
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Overall Wrestling Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (43401)
WWE Wrestling Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (31062)
Ring of Honor Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (04513)
TNA Total: Branchville, New Jersey (07826)
Total Wrestling Matches: Ocean Grove, New Jersey (07756)
WWE Wrestling Matches: No Corresponding Zip Code (05806)
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 Dean Ambrose: 9 Minutes
Neville versus Fandango: 2 Minutes
Paige versus Sasha Banks: 11 Minutes
Kalisto and Sin Cara versus Fernando and Diego: 8 Minutes
Charlotte and Becky Lynch versus Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox: 6 Minutes
Kevin Owens versus Randy Orton: 8 Minutes
John Cena versus Seth Rollins: 14 Minutes
WWE NXT
Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson versus Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady: 7 Minutes
Baron Corbin versus Jesse Sorensen: 1 Minute
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable versus Elias Samson and Levis Valenzuela Jr.: 4 Minutes
Charlotte versus Dana Brooke: 4 Minutes
Kevin Owens versus Martin Stone: 2 Minutes
Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy versus Aiden English and Simon Gotch: 7 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Neville versus Wade Barrett: 8 Minutes
Zack Ryder versus Bo Dallas: 4 Minutes
Becky Lynch versus Brie Bella: 9 Minutes
TNA Impact
Chris Melendez versus Eric Young: 3 Minutes
Brooke versus Marti Belle: 4 Minutes
Magnus and Mickie James versus Serena and James Storm: 8 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Seth Rollins versus Cesaro: 5 Minutes
Konnor, Viktor, Big E and Kofi Kingston versus Kalisto, Sin Cara, Fernando, and Diego: 8 Minutes
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 10 Minutes
R Truth versus Stardust: 2 Minutes
Cesaro and Dean Ambrose versus Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins: 11 Minutes
WWE Superstars
R Truth versus Bo Dallas: 3 Minutes
Wade Barrett versus Jack Swagger: 10 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Hanson and Raymond Rowe versus Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson: 10 Minutes
Cedric Alexander versus Romantic Touch: 3 Minutes
Adam Cole versus Kyle O’Reilly: 5 Minutes
Kyle O’Reilly and Adam Cole versus Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels: 5 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 58 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 41 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 36 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 38 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 25 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 23 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 25 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 21 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 21 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 15 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 20 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 9 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 191 Minutes in 30 Matches (Last Week: 170 Minutes in 26 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE NXT: 25 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 23 Minutes (down from 25 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 21 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Raw: 19.33 Minutes (up from 13.67 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 18 Minutes (down from 19 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes (up from 9 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 7.5 Minutes (down from 10 Minutes)
Match Averages (this week):
WWE Raw: 8.29 Minutes (up from 6.83 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 7.2 Minutes (down from 7.6 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 7 Minutes (down from 10.5 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6.5 Minutes (up from 4.5 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 5.75 Minutes (down from 8.33 Minutes)br>
TNA Impact: 5 Minutes (down from 6.67 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 4.17 Minutes (up from 3.2 Minutes)
Longest Matches
John Cena versus Seth Rollins: 14 Minutes (WWE Raw July 27)
Paige versus Sasha Banks: 11 Minutes (WWE Raw July 27)
Cesaro and Dean Ambrose versus Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins: 11 Minutes (WWE Smackdown July 30)
Shortest Matches
Baron Corbin versus Jesse Sorensen: 1 Minute (WWE NXT July 29)
Kevin Owens versus Martin Stone: 2 Minutes (WWE NXT July 29)
R Truth versus Stardust: 2 Minutes (WWE Smackdown July 30)
Neville versus Fandango: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw July 27)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 10,315 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 8,163 Minutes
[On Syfy (Thursday Night): 856 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday Night): 6,476 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 7,826 Minutes
[On Destination America: 994 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 6,832 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 5,058 Minutes
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 534 Minutes]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 906 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]
Ring of Honor: 4,513 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 3,163 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 4,449 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 823 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 3,077 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 1,457 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 43,401 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 31,062 Minutes
TNA: 7,826 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 4,513 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 2,001 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,630 Matches
[On Syfy (Thursday): 163 Matches]
[On Syfy (Friday): 1,315 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,376 Matches
[On Destination America: 147 Matches]
[On SpikeTV: 1,229 Matches]
WWE NXT: 988 Matches
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesdays): 111 Matches]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursdays): 195 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: 744 Matches
[On WWE Network: 143 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 574 Matches
[On Sinclair: 400 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 443 Matches
[On WWE Network: 243 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 7,756
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 5,806 Matches
TNA: 1,376 Matches
Ring of Honor: 574 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.005 Minutes (down from 24.01 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 23.257 Minutes (down from 23.259 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 20.932 Minutes (up from 20.9315 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 19.96 Minutes (up from 19.944 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.39 Minutes (up from 18.37 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 20.54 Minutes (up from 20.36 Minutes)]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 21.57 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: 15.95 Minutes (down from 15.96 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.43 Minutes (down from 11.41 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.82 Minutes (up from 15.816 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.37 Minutes (up from 14.359 Minutes)
[On Syfy (Thursday): 14.76 Minutes (up from 14.64 Minutes)]
[On Syfy (Friday): 15.13 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 14.18 Minutes (down from 14.20 Minutes)
[On Destination America: 17.14 Minutes (down from 17.48 Minutes)]
[On SpikeTV: 13.83 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 14.05 Minutes (up from 14.031 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 24.005 Minutes
WWE: 15.51 Minutes (up from 15.4932 Minutes)
TNA: 14.18 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.86 Minutes (down from 7.877 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 7.91 Minutes (down from 7.929 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 6.946 Minutes (up from 6.945 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.995 Minutes (up from 5.98 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.979 Minutes (up from 5.978 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.76 Minutes (up from 5.744 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 5.688 Minutes (down from 5.689 Minutes)
[On Destination America: 6.76 Minutes (down from 6.798 Minutes)
[On SpikeTV: 5.56 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.596 Minutes (up from 5.593 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.119 Minutes (down from 5.125 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 4.81 Minutes (down from 4.85 Minutes)]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 4.646 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: 5.155 Minutes (up from 5.144 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 5.01 Minutes (up from 5.00 Minutes)
[On Syfy (Thursday): 5.25 Minutes (up from 5.18 Minutes)]
[On Syfy (Friday): 4.925 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.86 Minutes
TNA: 5.687 Minutes
WWE: 5.35 Minutes (up from 5.345 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)
Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards versus Bobby Roode and Austin Aries: 25 Minutes (TNA Impact July 1, 2015)
Total Number of Ten Minute Matches: 1,148 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 792 Matches
[Raw: 281 Matches]
[Smackdown: 208 Matches]
[NXT: 126 Matches]
[Main Event: 114 Matches]
[Superstars: 63 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 184 Matches
TNA: 172 Matches
Shortest Matches
604 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 511 Matches
[Raw: 229 Matches]
[Smackdown: 180 Matches]
[NXT: 81 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 10 Matches]
TNA: 69 Matches
Ring of Honor: 24 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Baron Corbin versus Jesse Sorensen: 1 Minute (WWE NXT July 29)
Baron Corbin versus Jesus DeLeon: 1 Minute (WWE NXT July 22)
Big Show versus Miz: 1 Minute (WWE Raw July 20)
Ethan Carter III versus Nerv Fernum: 1 Minute (TNA Impact July 8)
Ethan Carter III versus Shark Boy: 1 Minute (TNA Impact July 8)
Tucker Knight versus Baron Corbin: 1 Minute (WWE NXT July 1)
Big Show versus Mark Henry: 1 Minute (WWE Raw June 29)
R Truth versus Adam Rose: 1 Minute (WWE Main Event June 24)
Bo Dallas versus Dolph Ziggler: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 18)
Dean Ambrose versus Kane and Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 18)
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