Breakdown of this week's in-ring time

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

Since there has been some talk online about the amount of wrestling on the shows, especially Impact, I thought that I would take a look back at the wrestling shows this week and find out how much wrestling there was on the shows. The times are not exact, but provide an approximate amount of time for the matches (does not include commercial breaks during matches):

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Monday Night Raw: 17 Minutes for 5 Matches
Ring of Honor: 24 Minutes for 3 Matches
NXT: 12 Minutes for 3 Matches
Superstars: 18 Minutes for 4 Matches
Impact: 12 Minutes for 5 Matches
Smackdown: 31 Minutes for 5 Matches

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Monday Night Raw
Maryse versus Gail Kim: 3 minutes
Legacy versus Kofi Kingston, Yoshi Tatsu, and Evan Bourne: 6 minutes
Christian versus Carlito: 3 minutes
Big Show and Miz versus Mark Henry and Montel Vontavious Porter: 4 minutes
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute

Ring of Honor
El Generico versus Rhett Titus: 7 minutes
Colt Cabana versus Bobby Shields: 2 minutes
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes

NXT
Heath Slater and Christian versus Carlito and Michael Tarver: 4 minutes
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute
Daniel Bryan versus Chris Jericho: 7 minutes

Superstars
William Regal and Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella and Chris Masters: 5 minutes
Zack Ryder versus Primo: 4 minutes
Luke Gallows versus Silas Young: 2 minutes
Matt Hardy, Great Khali, and Maria versus Hart Dynasty: 7 minutes

Impact
Nasty Boys versus Team 3D: 4 minutes
ODB versus Daffney: 3 minutes
Brian Kendrick versus Frankie Kazarian: 2 minutes
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute
Abyss versus Desmond Wolfe: 2 minutes

Smackdown
John Morrison versus Dolph Ziggler versus R Truth: 9 minutes
Mickie James versus Mickie James: 4 minutes
Kane versus Drew McIntyre: 5 minutes
Shelton Benjamin versus CM Punk: 5 minutes
The Miz versus Edge: 8 minutes

Hourly Averages:
Monday Night Raw: 8.5 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 24 Minutes for 3 Matches
NXT: 12 Minutes
Superstars: 18 Minutes
Impact: 6 Minutes
Smackdown: 15.5 Minutes

Per Match Averages:
Monday Night Raw: 3.4 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 8 Minutes
NXT: 4 Minutes
Superstars: 4.5 Minutes
Impact: 2.4 Minutes
Smackdown: 6.2 Minutes

Three Longest Matches
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH)
John Morrison versus Dolph Ziggler versus R Truth: 9 minutes (Smackdown)
The Miz versus Edge: 8 minutes (Smackdown)

Three Shortest Matches
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw)

[Juan]

Smackdown wins again

[Mr. Nerfect]

Interesting. I don't see why giving people more match time is such a dirty thing. They really didn't need to do the Divas Title thing this week. They could have advertised it for the following week, or even Superstars, and just left it. That's 3 minutes that could have been divided up among Legacy vs. the wacky flying faces and Christian vs. Carlito. You also could have advertised ShoMiz vs. The World's Strongest Tag Team for the following week, as well. That's an extra two minutes for those two matches. That's a total of an extra 3.5 minutes to tell a better story. That's more than double what Christian and Carlito got.

To be honest, it sounds like a lot of RAW was actually devoted to proper angles that needed development; but that bull-riding stuff could have also been divided up amongst the matches.

[Jordan]

That is such bullshit, so much time wasted.

[Juan]

6 minutes of wrestling per hour on TNA?? Jesus.

[Xero]

6 minutes of wrestling per hour on TNA?? Jesus.

TNA is the future of this business.

TNA is wrestling.

[Xero]

What's worse is that TNA's longest match involved the Nasty Boys.

[Droford]

Now lets break down the recap footage (which should include "earlier" footage).

and commercials.

[Xero]

I'd be shocked if RAW didn't win the recap one.

[dronepool]

Wow. Can somebody compare this to RAW of say.. 2001?

[kareru]

shocking statistics

[dronepool]

So the free TV shows are the pamphlets that sell the real juice, the PPV. This confirms it :)

[south776]

whats worse....the fact that almost no time is spent in the ring on these shows or the fact that you just took all the time to break this down?

[Juan]

whats worse....the fact that almost no time is spent in the ring on these shows or the fact that you just took all the time to break this down?

Settle down, noob. Copy and pasting takes like 2 seconds.

[Favre4Ever]

commercial times per hour would also be helpful, that would pretty much whittle it all down.

[owenbrown]

whats worse....the fact that almost no time is spent in the ring on these shows or the fact that you just took all the time to break this down?

If you read the first part of the first post in this thread it says "From PWInsider"

[Wishbone]

sigh..... this just makes me so disapointed

[south776]

still pretty pointless. everyone already knows that no wrestling takes place. the fact that ANYBODY is actually breaking this down means they obviously need to find some hobbies away from their computer.

[Krimzon7]

The fact that you're criticizing says even more, or less, about you. What are your hobbies again?

[Loose Cannon]

meh, it's been like this forever and the last time wreslting was at a peak, wreslting was very minimal to shows

[Xero]

Get off your lazy ass and get some exercise! I hope you didn't sit your ass on your fat chair with a stop watch and time this crap. SMARK
You do realize the guy who wrote this got paid for it, right?

[Emperor Smeat]

The NXT numbers sound about right for a 1 hour show when on average commercials eat up about 14-16 minutes and all the recaps and WWE commercials eat up another 14-16 minutes. Leaves about half the show to split equally on promos and matches since it was the debut show and needed the time to explain the new wrestlers.

[Dave Youell]

Would be interesting to see these TNA stats Pre Hogan, where people I dunno, used, WRESTLING to get over.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Hope somebody was recording times for this week's Raw. Orton/DiBiase might have been around 10 minutes (not counting the commercial break). Swagger/Santino and Ryder/MVP were about a minute each. The divas "match" was probably about 3 minutes (if that counts). And the main event got all of 5 minutes.

Honestly I think I'd feel gypped if I went to that show live. Live shows are usually always fun, if there is actual WRESTLING.</font>

[The Jayman]

What's worse is that TNA's longest match involved the Nasty Boys.


that's just.......terrible.

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

After last week’s By the Numbers Column, I decided to return with another look back at the six major wrestling shows on television during the week (Sorry Wrestlicious, but you didn’t make the cut because a laugh track has no place in wrestling). 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)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 14 Minutes in 5 Matches
Ring of Honor: 34 Minutes in 5 Matches
NXT: 16 Minutes in 3 Matches
Superstars: 21 Minutes in 4 Matches
Impact: 14 Minutes in 5 Matches
Smackdown: 31 Minutes in 6 Matches

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
Randy Orton versus Ted DiBiase: 5 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute
Divas Pillow Pajama Match: 2 Minutes
Show/Miz versus Degeneration X: 5 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes
Bobby Dempsey versus Steve Corino: 3 Minutes
The Set versus Skullkrusher Rasche Brown: 2 Minutes
Portia Perez versus Sara Del Rey: 5 Minutes
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes

NXT
Darren Young versus David Otunga: 7 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Wade Barrett: 2 Minutes
Justin Gabriel and Matt Hardy versus William Regal and Skip Sheffield: 7 Minutes

Superstars
Chavo Guerrero versus Kofi Kingston: 6 Minutes
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 5 Minutes
Mike Knox versus Kane: 4 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Goldust: 6 Minutes

Impact
Motor City Machine Guns versus Generation Me versus Beer Money versus Hernandez and Matt Morgan: 3 Minutes
Jeff Jarrett versus Sean Morley: 2 Minutes
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute
Jeff Jarrett versus Tomko: 4 Minutes
A.J. Styles versus D’Angelo Dinero versus Desmond Wolfe versus Abyss: 4 Minutes

Smackdown
Matt Hardy versus Drew McIntyre: 5 Minutes
Shelton Benjamin versus Dolph Ziggler: 5 Minutes
Jimmy Wang Yang versus Ezekiel Jackson: 2 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Luke Gallows: 8 Minutes
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd versus Cryme Tyme versus John Morrison and R Truth: 5 Minutes
Edge versus Big Show: 6 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 7 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 34 Minutes
NXT: 16 Minutes
Superstars: 21 Minutes
Impact: 7 Minutes
Smackdown: 15.5 Minutes

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 2.8 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 6.8 Minutes
NXT: 5.33 Minutes
Superstars: 5.25 Minutes
Impact: 2.8 Minutes
Smackdown: 6.2 Minutes

Three Longest Matches (this week)
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Luke Gallows: 8 Minutes

Three Shortest Matches (this week)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact)

Total Wrestling Time (2 Weeks)
Raw: 31 Minutes for 10 Matches
Ring of Honor: 58 Minutes for 8 Matches
NXT: 28 Minutes for 6 Matches
Superstars: 37 Minutes for 8 Matches
Impact: 26 Minutes for 10 Matches
Smackdown: 62 Minutes for 10 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 7.75 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 29 Minutes
NXT: 14 Minutes
Superstars: 18.5 Minutes
Impact: 7 Minutes
Smackdown: 16.5 Minutes

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.1 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 7.25 Minutes
NXT: 4.66 Minutes
Superstars: 4.625 Minutes
Impact: 2.6 Minutes
Smackdown: 6.2 Minutes

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)

[Emperor Smeat]

I would be a bit upset if I was buying tickets for a RAW or Impact show since their combined 4 hours of actual wrestling barely matches the 2 hours of wrestling Smackdown generates each week.

[Juan]

Smackdown wins again

[Skippord]

technically ROH wins

[Juan]

oh snap, you're right. Even better

[#1-norm-fan]

I don't really mind it. I say one good, long match between mid-upper mid carders per show and the rest just PPV setup is the perfect formula for a wrestling show. You wanna show that guys can put on a good match to tease what they can do on PPV but it's more just setup.

[Skippord]

Which would be good if there were any long matches at all

[#1-norm-fan]

Smackdown follows that formula often actually. I don't know if it's represented here, but they do.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>14 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours. Fucking horrible.</font>

[St. Jimmy]

the term "wins" is relative.

[Sovereigntywillpr]

whats with so many new retards on the board the past month or two?

[Xero]

What's with the old ones still posting?

[Xero]

Missed week three but here it is, followed by this week.

From PWInsider:

It is time for the third weekly look at how much wrestling there was on the six major wrestling shows this week. While it maintains the top spot, for per hour wrestling, Ring of Honor passed Smackdown in the overall amount of wrestling despite having three fewer hours to broadcast. Impact and Raw took the second and third position this week, but with seven matches on the show, the per match average was the second lowest of the week, only ahead of Smackdown which saw a significant drop in wrestling (barely beating their hourly average for the first two weeks with their total wrestling time and three one minute matches)

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)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 22 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 14 Minutes )
Impact: 26 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 14 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 27 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 34 Minutes)
NXT: 16 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
Superstars: 19 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 21 Minutes)
Smackdown: 16 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 31 Minutes)

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, and Eve Torres versus Maryse, Alicia Fox, and Katie Lea Burchill: 3 Minutes
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute
Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton: 9 Minutes
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute
John Cena versus A Lot of People and Vince McMahon: 8 Minutes

Impact
Hulk Hogan and Abyss versus Sting and Ric Flair (part 1): 3 Minutes
Doug Williams versus Frankie Kazarian versus Christopher Daniels: 7 Minutes
Tara and Angelina Love versus Taylor Wilde and Sarita versus Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky: 2 Minutes
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute
Jeff Jarrett versus Robert Roode and James Storm: 4 Minutes
Hulk Hogan and Abyss versus Sting and Ric Flair (part 2): 8 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Kevin Steen versus Rhett Titus: 7 Minutes
Kings of Wrestling versus Bravado Brothers: 4 Minutes
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes

NXT
Daniel Bryan and The Miz versus R Truth and David Otunga: 7 Minutes
Carlito versus Heath Slater: 5 Minutes
Justin Gabriel versus Wade Barrett: 4 Minutes

Superstars
Dolph Ziggler versus Shelton Benjamin: 4 Minutes
Mike Knox versus Goldust: 3 Minutes
Zack Ryder versus Santino Marella: 3 Minutes
Chavo Guerrero and Carlito versus Christian and Montel Vontavious Porter: 9 Minutes

Smackdown
R Truth versus The Miz: 19:51 to 23:14 4 Minutes
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute
Big Show versus John Morrison: 5 Minutes
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute
Kane versus Luke Gallows: 4 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 11 Minutes
Impact: 13 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 27 Minutes
NXT: 16 Minutes
Superstars: 19 Minutes
Smackdown: 8 Minutes

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 4.4 Minutes
Impact: 3.71 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 6.75 Minutes
NXT: 5.33 Minutes
Superstars: 4.75 Minutes
Smackdown: 2.67 Minutes

Three Longest Matches (this week)
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes (Ring of Honor)
Chavo Guerrero and Carlito versus Christian and Montel Vontavious Porter: 9 Minutes (Superstars)
Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton: 9 Minutes (Raw)

Three Shortest Matches [and ties] (this week)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor)

Total Wrestling Time (3 Weeks)
Raw: 53 Minutes for 15 Matches
Impact: 52 Minutes for 17 Matches
Ring of Honor: 85 Minutes for 12 Matches
NXT: 44 Minutes for 9 Matches
Superstars: 56 Minutes for 12 Matches
Smackdown: 78 Minutes for 16 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 8.83 Minutes (up from 7.75 Minutes)
Impact: 8.67 Minutes (up from 7 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 28.33 (down from 29 Minutes)
NXT: 14.67 Minutes (up from 14 Minutes)
Superstars: 18.67 Minutes (up from 18.5 Minutes)
Smackdown: 13 Minutes (down from 16.5 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.53 Minutes (up from 3.1 Minutes)
Impact: 3.06 Minutes (up from 2.6 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 7.08 (down from 7.25 Minutes)
NXT: 4.89 Minutes (up from 4.66 Minutes)
Superstars: 4.67 (up from 4.625 Minutes)
Smackdown: 4.88 (down from 6.2 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes (ROH March 8)
Dark City Fight Club versus American Wolves: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)
Kenny King and Austin Aries versus Tyler Black and Roderick Strong: 12 Minutes (ROH March 1)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 8)

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

We are now through four weeks of comparing the amount of wrestling that we see on the six major wrestling shows during the week. Even though Ring of Honor only had three matches this week, they had two matches over ten minutes that allowed them to stay on top in terms of per hour wrestling and still had the most total wrestling on the show. NXT had their greatest amount of wrestling, featuring an eleven minute tag match.

In the overall numbers, the Monday Night head to head wrestling totals are deadlocked after four weeks but the only show that has less wrestling than Raw or Impact is NXT which has had four fewer hours to broadcast. Smackdown has really cut back on the amount of wrestling over the last two weeks on the build to Wrestlemania.

Because the bell never rang, the Evan Bourne/Sheamus scheduled match is not included in this week’s totals for Raw. Additionally, because there was never a bell for the end of the Hall/Nash five minute challenge, I am considering the end of the match when Hall’s music started to play.

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)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 22 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 22 Minutes )
Impact: 23 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 29 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 27 Minutes)
NXT: 20 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
Superstars: 21 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 19 Minutes)
Smackdown: 18 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
Big Show versus John Cena: 5 Minutes
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute
Chris Jericho versus Shawn Michaels: 6 Minutes
Triple H versus Randy Orton: 7 Minutes
Kofi Kingston versus Batista: 3 Minutes

Impact
Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart versus Team 3D and Brother Runt: 3 Minutes
Ken Anderson and Desmond Wolfe versus Kurt Angle and D’Angelo Dinero: 3 Minutes
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute
Kevin Nash versus Scott Hall: 3 Minutes
James Storm and Robert Roode versus Hernandez: 4 Minutes
Jeff Hardy versus A.J. Styles: 9 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Eddie Edwards versus Colt Cabana: 10 Minutes
Kyle O’Reilly versus Tony Kozina: 6 Minutes
Davey Richards versus Delirious: 13 Minutes

NXT
Darren Young and CM Punk versus Justin Gabriel and Matt Hardy: 11 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Great Khali: 2 Minutes
Heath Slater versus Michael Tarver: 3 Minutes
Skip Sheffield versus Wade Barrett: 4 Minutes

Superstars
Kane versus Shelton Benjamin: 8 Minutes
Bellas versus Jillian Hall and Katie Lea Burchill: 5 Minutes
Christian, Yoshi Tatsu, and Mark Henry versus Zack Ryder, William Regal, and Jack Swagger: 8 Minutes

Smackdown
Montel Vontavious Porter and Matt Hardy versus Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler: 3 Minutes
Michelle McCool and Layla versus Tiffany and Beth Phoenix: 5 Minutes
R Truth and John Morrison versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 2 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Luke Gallows: 6 Minutes
Undertaker versus Drew McIntyre: 2 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 11 Minutes (no change from last week)
Impact: 11.5 Minutes (down from 13 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 29 Minutes (up from 27 Minutes)
NXT: 20 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
Superstars: 21 Minutes (up from 19 Minutes)
Smackdown: 9 Minutes (up from 8 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 4.4 Minutes (no change from last week)
Impact: 3.83 Minutes (up from 3.71 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 9.67 Minutes (up from 6.75 Minutes)
NXT: 5 Minutes (down from 5.33 Minutes)
Superstars: 7 Minutes (up from 4.75 Minutes)
Smackdown: 3.6 Minutes (up from 2.67 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (this week)
Davey Richards versus Delirious: 13 Minutes (ROH)
Darren Young and CM Punk versus Justin Gabriel and Matt Hardy: 11 Minutes (NXT)
Eddie Edwards versus Colt Cabana: 10 Minutes (ROH)

Three Shortest Matches [with ties] (this week)
R Truth and John Morrison versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 2 Minutes (Smackdown)
Undertaker versus Drew McIntyre: 2 Minutes (Smackdown)
Daniel Bryan versus Great Khali: 2 Minutes (NXT)
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw)
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute (Impact)

Total Wrestling Time (Four Weeks)
Raw: 75 Minutes for 20 Matches
Impact: 75 Minutes for 23 Matches
Ring of Honor: 114 Minutes for 15 Matches
NXT: 64 Minutes for 13 Matches
Superstars: 77 Minutes for 15 Matches
Smackdown: 96 Minutes for 21 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 9.375 Minutes (up from 8.83 Minutes)
Impact: 9.375 Minutes (up from 8.67 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 28.5 Minutes (up from 28.33 Minutes)
NXT: 16 Minutes (up from 14.67 Minutes)
Superstars: 19.25 Minutes (up from 18.67 Minutes)
Smackdown: 12 Minutes (down from 13 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.75 Minutes (up from 3.53 Minutes)
Impact: 3.26 Minutes (up from 3.06 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 7.6 Minutes (up from 7.08 Minutes)
NXT: 4.92 Minutes (up from 4.89 Minutes)
Superstars: 5.13 Minutes (up from 4.67 Minutes)
Smackdown: 4.57 Minutes (down from 4.88 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes (ROH March 8)
Davey Richards versus Delirious: 13 Minutes (ROH March 15)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 8)
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 15)
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute (Impact March 15)

[Testicle]

Sad, that in the last month, the longest match we've had is 15 minutes.

[Xero]

Week five, PPVs then week six. Don't know why I keep forgetting to post it.

All from PWInsider.

It is the start of the second month of By the Numbers and it is a bit of an anomaly this week. Whether it was the final build for Wrestlemania and the fact that all four television shows were taped on Monday night, the times for the WWE matches dropped significantly while Impact had its best week for amount of wrestling. TNA also had its longest match since I started this column. Because of a college basketball tournament on HDNet, there was no new episode of Ring of Honor so they will not be considered in the totals for this week. Even with only four hours of programming, Ring of Honor still has a small advantage over Impact which has moved into second place in overall wrestling, one minute ahead of Smackdown. Once Wrestlemania is in the rear view mirror, will we see Smackdown return to the amount of wrestling they had before the Supershows and focus on video packages?

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)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 18 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 22 Minutes )
Impact: 28 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No show this week (last week: 29 Minutes)
NXT: 14 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 20 Minutes)
Superstars: 17 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 21 Minutes)
Smackdown: 16 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 18 Minutes)

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
John Morrison versus The Miz: 5 Minutes
Kofi Kingston versus Vladimir Kozlov: 2 Minutes
Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, and Sheamus versus Triple H and Randy Orton: 5 Minutes
Shawn Michaels versus Kane: 5 Minutes
Michelle McCool, Layla, and Maryse versus Gail Kim, Eve Torres, and Beth Phoenix: 1 Minute

Impact
Daffney, Lacey Von Erich, Velvet Sky, and Madison Rayne vesus Tara, Angelina Love, Sarita, and Taylor Wilde: 5 Minutes
Tomko versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute
Mick Foley versus Jeff Jarrett: 8 Minutes
Hernandez versus Matt Morgan: 3 Minutes
Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam versus Robert Roode and James Storm: 11 Minutes

Ring of Honor
No Matches since no show

NXT
Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel versus Wade Barrett and Skip Sheffield: 6 Minutes
David Otunga and Darren Young versus Daniel Bryan and Michael Tarver: 8 Minutes

Superstars
CM Punk versus JTG: 4 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Tyson Kidd: 13 Minutes

Smackdown
Kane, Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, Dolph Ziggler, and Shelton Benjamin versus Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Christian: 11 Minutes
Beth Phoenix versus Vickie Guerrero, Michelle McCool, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 2 Minutes
Big Show versus R Truth: 3 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 9 Minutes (down from 11 Minutes)
Impact: 14 Minutes (up from 11.5 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Show(up from 29 Minutes)
NXT: 14 Minutes (down from 20 Minutes)
Superstars: 17 Minutes (down from 21Minutes)
Smackdown: 8 Minutes (down from 9 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 3.6 Minutes (down from 4.4 Minutes)
Impact: 5.6 Minutes (up from 3.83 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Show (up from 9.67 Minutes)
NXT: 7 Minutes (up from 5 Minutes)
Superstars: 8.5 Minutes (up from 7 Minutes)
Smackdown: 5.33 Minutes (up from 3.6 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (this week)
Rey Mysterio versus Tyson Kidd: 13 Minutes (Superstars)
Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam versus Robert Roode and James Storm: 11 Minutes (Impact)
Kane, Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, Dolph Ziggler, and Shelton Benjamin versus Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Christian: 11 Minutes (Smackdown)

Three Shortest Matches (this week)
Kofi Kingston versus Vladimir Kozlov: 2 Minutes (Raw)
Beth Phoenix versus Vickie Guerrero, Michelle McCool, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 2 Minutes (Smackdown)
Michelle McCool, Layla, and Maryse versus Gail Kim, Eve Torres, and Beth Phoenix: 1 Minute (Raw)
Tomko versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact)

Total Wrestling Time (Five Weeks)
Raw: 93 Minutes for 25 Matches
Impact: 113 Minutes for 28 Matches
Ring of Honor: 114 Minutes for 15 Matches (over four weeks)
NXT: 78 Minutes for 15 Matches
Superstars: 94 Minutes for 17 Matches
Smackdown: 112 Minutes for 24 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 9.3 Minutes (down from 9.38 Minutes)
Impact: 11.3 Minutes (up from 9.38 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 28.5 Minutes (no change)
NXT: 15.6 Minutes (down from 16 Minutes)
Superstars: 18.8 Minutes (down from 19.25 Minutes)
Smackdown: 11.2 Minutes (down from 12 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.72 Minutes (down from 3.75 Minutes)
Impact: 4.04 Minutes (up from 3.26 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 7.6 Minutes (no change)
NXT: 5.2 Minutes (up from 4.92 Minutes)
Superstars: 5.53 Minutes (up from 5.13 Minutes)
Smackdown: 4.67 Minutes (up from 4.57 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes (ROH March 8)
Davey Richards versus Delirious: 13 Minutes (ROH March 15)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 8)
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 15)
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute (Impact March 15)
Michelle McCool, Layla, and Maryse versus Gail Kim, Eve Torres, and Beth Phoenix: 1 Minute (Raw March 22)
Tomko versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 22)

[Xero]

As I mentioned in tonight’s who knows how long Wrestlemania Audio, I was going to do a special By the Numbers column for Wrestlemania. Since the concept of By the Numbers is to compare the amount of wrestling in the different companies, as I was preparing the information for Wrestlemania, I figured that it would maintain the spirit of the concept by comparing the amount of wrestling on Wrestlemania to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling’s pay per view this month, Destination X.

One thing to consider is that Wrestlemania is a four hour pay per view while every other pay per view from WWE and TNA is only three hours long so this month will likely feature a very skewed comparison of the total wrestling on the shows, so the average per hour and per match will be a better barometer. Wrestlemania had twenty one more minutes of wrestling, but had an extra hour of broadcast time. As a result, the per hour totals were better for TNA. However, the average match length gave the advantage to Wrestlemania.

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)

Total Wrestling Time:
WWE: 113 Minutes in 10 Matches
TNA: 92 Minutes in 9 Matches

WWE Wrestlemania

Big Show and Miz versus John Morrison and R Truth: 3 Minutes
Randy Orton versus Cody Rhodes versus Ted DiBiase: 9 Minutes
Money in the Bank Ladder Match featuring Kane, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Christian, Evan Bourne, Montel Vontavious Porter, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler: 14 Minutes
Triple H versus Sheamus: 12 Minutes
CM Punk versus Rey Mysterio: 7 Minutes
Bret Hart versus Vince McMahon: 11 Minutes
Edge versus Chris Jericho: 16 Minutes
Kelly Kelly, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, and Gail Kim versus Vickie Guerrero, Michelle McCool, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 3 Minutes
John Cena versus Batista: 14 Minutes
Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels: 24 Minutes

TNA Destination X

Amazing Red versus Daniels versus Brian Kendrick versus Frankie Kazarian: 14 Minutes
Tara versus Daffney: 7 Minutes
Magnus versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute
Motor City Machine Guns versus Generation Me: 12 Minutes
Kevin Nash and Eric Young versus Scott Hall and Sean Waltman: 8 Minutes
Shannon Moore versus Doug Williams: 6 Minutes
Matt Morgan and Hernandez versus Beer Money: 11 Minutes
Kurt Angle versus Ken Anderson: 18 Minutes
A.J. Styles versus Abyss: 15 Minutes

Wrestling Per Hour
WWE: 28.25 Minutes
TNA: 30.67 Minutes

Average Length of Matches:
WWE: 11.3 Minutes
TNA: 10.22 Minutes

Three Longest Matches:
Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels: 24 Minutes (Wrestlemania)
Kurt Angle versus Ken Anderson: 18 Minutes (Destination X)
Edge versus Chris Jericho: 16 Minutes (Wrestlemania)

Three Shortest Matches:
Big Show and Miz versus John Morrison and R Truth: 3 Minutes (Wrestlemania)
Kelly Kelly, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, and Gail Kim versus Vickie Guerrero, Michelle McCool, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 3 Minutes (Wrestlemania)
Magnus versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Destination X)

[Xero]

In the six weeks that I have been doing this column, we have reached a minor milestone. The reason for writing this column was due to the lack of wrestling that I saw on Impact and I wanted to see how it compared to the WWE programs. When this started, Smackdown was the clear leader of the three major shows with Raw and Impact far behind. This week, Impact had more wrestling than Raw and Smackdown combined. Raw also continued to have more wrestling than Smackdown. It looks like Superstars is now the show to watch for wrestling if you are a WWE fan. This is also the first time that Impact did not have one of the shortest matches of the week. NXT and Superstars had the longest average match length of the shows this week. Impact now has a twenty minute lead over Smackdown for total wrestling while Ring of Honor had a second week without television.

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)

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

Raw: 14 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 18 Minutes )
Impact: 31 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No show this week (last week: no show)
NXT: 17 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 14 Minutes)
Superstars: 21 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 17 Minutes)
Smackdown: 12 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)

Breakdown of the matches on each show:

Raw
Christian versus Ted DiBiase: 3 Minutes
Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Beth Phoenix versus Michelle McCool, Vickie Guerrero, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 1 Minute
Miz and Big Show versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 5 Minutes
Randy Orton and John Cena versus Batista and Jack Swagger: 5 Minutes

Impact
Shannon Moore and Kazarian versus Doug Williams and Brian Kendrick: 5 Minutes
Tara versus Daffney: 3 Minutes
A.J. Styles versus Jeff Jarrett: 13 Minutes
Jay Lethal versus James Storm and Robert Roode: 2 Minutes
Desmond Wolfe versus D’Angelo Dinero: 4 Minutes
Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Sean Waltman versus Eric Young, Rob Van Dam, and Eric Young: 4 Minutes

Ring of Honor
No Matches since no show

NXT
Wade Barrett, CM Punk, Matt Hardy, and R Truth versus William Regal, Christian, The Miz, and Carlito: 13 Minutes
Rookie Battle Royal: 4 Minutes

Superstars
Zack Ryder and Carlito versus Kofi Kingston and Montel Vontavious Porter: 9 Minutes
Yoshi Tatsu versus William Regal: 5 Minutes
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd versus Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft: 7 Minutes

Smackdown
Jack Swagger versus Chris Jericho: 1 Minute
R Truth and John Morrison versus Cryme Tyme: 1 Minute
Great Khali versus Dolph Ziggler: 2 Minutes
Michelle McCool and Layla versus Tiffany and Beth Phoenix: 3 Minutes
Kane versus The NXT Rookies: 5 Minutes

Hourly Averages (this week):
Raw: 7 Minutes (down from 9 Minutes)
Impact: 15.5 Minutes (up from 14 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Show(up from 29 Minutes)
NXT: 17 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
Superstars: 21 Minutes (up from 17Minutes)
Smackdown: 6 Minutes (down from 8 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
Monday Night Raw: 3.5 Minutes (down from 3.6 Minutes)
Impact: 5.2 Minutes (down from 5.6 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Show (No Show Last Week)
NXT: 8.5 Minutes (up from 7 Minutes)
Superstars: 7 Minutes (down from 8.5 Minutes)
Smackdown: 3.4 Minutes (down from 5.33 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (this week)
A.J. Styles versus Jeff Jarrett: 13 Minutes (Impact March 29)
Wade Barrett, CM Punk, Matt Hardy, and R Truth versus William Regal, Christian, The Miz, and Carlito: 13 Minutes (NXT March 30)
Zack Ryder and Carlito versus Kofi Kingston and Montel Vontavious Porter: 9 Minutes (Superstars April 1)

Three Shortest Matches (this week)
Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Beth Phoenix versus Michelle McCool, Vickie Guerrero, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 29)
Jack Swagger versus Chris Jericho: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)
R Truth and John Morrison versus Cryme Tyme: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)

Total Wrestling Time (Six Weeks)
Raw: 107 Minutes for 29 Matches
(Updated) Impact: 144 Minutes for 34 Matches
(U) Ring of Honor: 114 Minutes for 15 Matches (over four weeks)
NXT: 95 Minutes for 17 Matches
(U) Superstars: 115 Minutes for 20 Matches
Smackdown: 124 Minutes for 29 Matches

Hourly Averages (so far):
Raw: 8.92 Minutes (down from 9.3 Minutes)
Impact: 12 Minutes (up from 11.3 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 28.5 Minutes (no change)
NXT: 15.83 Minutes (up from 15.6 Minutes)
Superstars: 19.17 Minutes (up from 18.8 Minutes)
Smackdown: 10.33 Minutes (down from 11.2 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (so far):
Monday Night Raw: 3.7 Minutes (down from 3.72 Minutes)
Impact: 4.24 Minutes (up from 4.04 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 7.6 Minutes (no change)
NXT: 5.59 Minutes (up from 5.2 Minutes)
Superstars: 5.75 Minutes (up from 5.53 Minutes)
Smackdown: 4.28 Minutes (down from 4.67 Minutes)

Three Longest Matches (so far)
Young Bucks versus Briscoe Brothers: 15 minutes (ROH February 22)
El Generico versus Kenny King: 15 Minutes (ROH March 8)
Davey Richards versus Delirious: 13 Minutes (ROH March 15)
A.J. Styles versus Jeff Jarrett: 13 Minutes (Impact March 29)
Wade Barrett, CM Punk, Matt Hardy, and R Truth versus William Regal, Christian, The Miz, and Carlito: 13 Minutes (NXT March 30)

Shortest Matches (so far)
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 8)
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 15)
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute (Impact March 15)
Michelle McCool, Layla, and Maryse versus Gail Kim, Eve Torres, and Beth Phoenix: 1 Minute (Raw March 22)
Tomko versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 22)
Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Beth Phoenix versus Michelle McCool, Vickie Guerrero, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 29)
Jack Swagger versus Chris Jericho: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)
R Truth and John Morrison versus Cryme Tyme: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)

[Schlomey]

I'm still pissed that Tomko vs Rob Terry was even allowed one minute!

[kareru]

i love reading these for some reason

[Schlomey]

Who doesn't . BTW, Thank you for taking the time to type up and post these buddy <3

[Xero]

lol 20 matches at under a minute in a month. That is fucking terrible.

[Emperor Smeat]

Since ROH didn't have any televised shows, do they end up taking those 2 weeks off as a mini-break or just do the regular house shows?

Not as familiar with ROH shows and taping schedules as I am with the WWE/TNA.

[Xero]

Think they're doing regular shows, though they do have the PPV this week.

[St. Jimmy]

Think they're doing regular shows, though they do have the PPV this week.

They have THE PPV this week, the one - the only BIG BANG.

ROH Reboot.

[Xero]

Is Scorpio debuting?

He can be The Big Wang.

[Juan]

What site do you get these from, Xero?

[Xero]

Week five, PPVs then week six. Don't know why I keep forgetting to post it.

All from PWInsider.

[Juan]

missed it, thanks