I expected there to be a significant amount of wrestling this week with an elimination match on Impact and a gauntlet match on Smackdown, but I did not expect to get close to 300 minutes of wrestling for the week. All of the mulithour shows had more than 50 minutes of wrestling while every other show besides Main Event had more than 20 minutes of wrestling. Smackdown almost doubling its total over last week helped with the 37 minute increase from last week.
The additional wrestling was not due to more matches than last week because there were 6 fewer matches than last week. With two matches over 20 minutes and a third just under 20 minutes, there was no match that was shorter than 3 minutes this week.
In the past, I have looked at gauntlet matches in different ways. In the case of the gauntlet match on Smackdown and going forward, the gauntlet matches will be considered a single match. It will skew the averages for match length, but this is not the definitive source for match lengths that are going to be used by the World Wrestling Match Length Symposium.
When looking at the matches, if there is a [c] next to the match, that means that the show went to commercial during the matches. All times are rounded to the nearest minute so if a match is 4 minutes 29 seconds, it will be listed as 4 minutes. If a match is 5 minutes 41 seconds, it will be listed as 6 minutes. All times are based on my timing while watching the shows and should not be considered as the definitive totals.
The times for the Gauntlet Match on Smackdown were:
Daniel Bryan: 21 Minutes
AJ Styles: 11 Minutes
Samoa Joe: 9 Minutes
Kofi Kingston: 44 Minutes
Randy Orton: 1 Minute
Jeff Hardy: 4 Minutes
Segment 1: 21 Minutes
Segment 2: 4 Minutes
Segment 3: 9 Minutes
Segment 4: 10 Minutes
Segment 5: 1 Minute
The times for the participants in the Team Impact versus Team AAA Elimination Match were:
Eli Drake: 9 Minutes
Sami Callihan: 17 Minutes
Fallah Bahh: 14 Minutes
Eddie Edwards: 20 Minutes
Psycho Clown: 20 Minutes
Aerostar: 14 Minutes
Puma King: 15 Minutes
El Hijo de Vikingo: 13 Minutes
Here is a breakdown of the matches on each show broadcasted this past week:
WWE Raw
Bayley and Sasha Banks versus Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan versus Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka [c]: 11 Minutes
Finn Balor versus Drew McIntyre: 3 Minutes
Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, and Bobby Lashley versus Finn Balor, Kurt Angle, and Braun Strowman [c]: 14 Minutes
Ruby Riott versus Nikki Cross: 5 Minutes
Dean Ambrose versus EC3: 4 Minutes
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder versus Bobby Roode and Chad Gable [c]: 13 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce versus Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose versus Naomi and Carmella: 9 Minutes
Gauntlet Match [c]: 45 Minutes
205 Live
Jack Gallagher versus Lince Dorado: 10 Minutes
Noam Dar versus Tony Nese: 19 Minutes
WWE NXT
Dominik Dijakovic versus Shane Thorne: 4 Minutes
Humberto Carrillo and Stacey Ervin Jr. versus Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford: 6 Minutes
Taynara Conti versus Aliyah: 3 Minutes
Adam Cole versus Ricochet: 14 Minutes
WWE NXT UK
Jordan Devlin versus Noam Dar: 10 Minutes
Jinny versus Mia Yim: 8 Minutes
Pete Dunne versus Wolfgang: 11 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight versus Konnor and Viktor: 6 Minutes
Tyler Breeze, Curtis Axel, and Bo Dallas, versus Jinder Mahal, Sunil Singh, and Samir Singh [c]: 4 Minutes
TNA Impact
Tessa Blanchard versus Taya Valkyrie [c]: 15 Minutes
Ethan Page versus Willie Mack: 6 Minutes
Team Impact versus Team AAA [c]: 20 Minutes
Brian Cage versus Killer Kross versus Moose versus Johnny Impact: 11 Minutes
MLW Fusion
Ace Austin versus Rich Swann: 5 Minutes
Ariel Dominguez versus Alexander Hammerstone: 4 Minutes
Teddy Hart versus MJF: 11 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Luchasaurus versus Chris Sabin versus Flip Gordon versus Kenny King versus Shane Taylor versus Rhett Titus [c]: 11 Minutes
Marcus Kross and Griff Garrison versus Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas: 4 Minutes
Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe versus Chuck Taylor and Colt Cabana [c]: 8 Minutes
THIS WEEK’S TOTALS
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 50 Minutes (last week 38 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 54 Minutes (last week 28 Minutes)
WWE 205 Live: 29 Minutes (last week 28 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 27 Minutes (last week 24 Minutes)
WWE NXT UK: 29 Minutes (last week 32 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 10 Minutes (last week 12 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 52 Minutes (last week 49 Minutes)
Major League Wrestling: 20 Minutes (last week 22 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 23 Minutes (last week 24 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 294 Minutes (last week 257 Minutes)
Total Number of Matches on Shows:
WWE Raw: 6 Matches (last week 8 Matches)
WWE Smackdown: 2 Matches (last week 4 Matches)
WWE 205 Live: 2 Matches (last week 2 Matches)
WWE NXT: 4 Matches (last week 4 Matches)
WWE NXT UK: 3 Matches (last week 5 Matches)
WWE Main Event: 2 Matches (last week 2 Matches)
TNA Impact: 4 Matches (last week 5 Matches)
Major League Wrestling: 3 Matches (last week 3 Matches)
Ring of Honor: 3 Matches (last week 2 Matches)
Total for the Week: 29 Matches (last week 35 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE Raw: 16.67 Minutes (last week 12.67 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 27 Minutes (last week 14 Minutes)
WWE 205 Live: 29 Minutes (last week 28 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 27 Minutes (last week 24 Minutes)
WWE NXT UK: 29 Minutes (last week 32 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 10 Minutes (last week 12 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 26 Minutes (last week 24.5 Minutes)
Major League Wrestling: 20 Minutes (last week 22 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 23 Minutes (last week 24 Minutes)
Overall Average Per Hour: 22.62 Minutes (last week 19.77 Minutes)
Match Averages
WWE Raw: 8.33 Minutes (last week 4.75 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 27 Minutes (last week 7 Minutes)
WWE 205 Live: 14.5 Minutes (last week 14 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 6.75 Minutes (last week 6 Minutes)
WWE NXT UK: 9.67 Minutes(last week 6.4 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 5 Minutes (last week 6 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13 Minutes (last week 9.8 Minutes)
Major League Wrestling: 6.67 Minutes (last week 7.33 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 7.67 Minutes (last week 12 Minutes)
Overall Average Match Length: 10.14 Minutes (last week 7.34 Minutes)
Longest Matches
1. Gauntlet Match [c]: 45 Minutes (WWE Smackdown)
2. Team Impact versus Team AAA [c]: 20 Minutes (TNA Impact)
3. Noam Dar versus Tony Nese: 19 Minutes (WWE 205 Live)
Shortest Matches
1 (Tie). Finn Balor versus Drew McIntyre: 3 Minutes (WWE Raw)
1 (Tie). Taynara Conti versus Aliyah: 3 Minutes (WWE NXT)
3 (Tie). Dean Ambrose versus EC3: 4 Minutes (WWE Raw)
3 (Tie). Dominik Dijakovic versus Shane Thorne: 4 Minutes (WWE NXT)
3 (Tie). Tyler Breeze, Curtis Axel, and Bo Dallas, versus Jinder Mahal, Sunil Singh, and Samir Singh [c]: 4 Minutes (WWE Main Event)
3 (Tie). Ariel Dominguez versus Alexander Hammerstone: 4 Minutes (MLW Fusion)
3 (Tie). Marcus Kross and Griff Garrison versus Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas: 4 Minutes (Ring of Honor)
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