LionDen
09-11-2014, 11:50 AM
After a month of declines, we finally saw a week where at the end of the week, there was more wrestling on television than the previous week. This week’s total would have also been more than what we saw two weeks ago. While the overall totals are up from the last two weeks, Raw has dropped for the third straight week, but still had enough wrestling to win the week for the third straight week. Raw is down 9 minutes from two weeks ago and was close to falling back into the upper 30s, but were saved by the second longest match of the week.
At the end of this column, I will have the totals for August.
Smackdown and Impact tied for second with 33 minutes of wrestling, an increase for both shows over the previous week. Main Event maintained some consistency with its third straight week with 23 minutes of wrestling and its third straight fourth place finish. NXT improved by 4 minutes over last week, but stayed in fifth place. Superstars had its best totals in 7 weeks with 13 minutes, but stayed in sixth place.
The longest match of the week came from Smackdown and was more than 50 percent of the wrestling on the show. Raw had the second longest match of the week that was almost 40 percent of the wrestling that we saw on the show. Main Event had the other match longer than ten minutes and it was just under half the wrestling on the show.
We also saw three one minute matches. With two of these matches on Raw, we are inching closer to the 200 match mark for this category on Raw. We are also four matches from 500 overall in this category.
Smackdown passed 6,800 minutes this week while Impact jumped past 6,400 minutes. NXT passed 4,200 minutes. Next week, Raw will pass 8,300 minutes if there is any wrestling. Next week, we will pass 6,400 matches.
Since this week’s episode of Ring of Honor featured matches from Philadelphia that were not part of a specified television taping, the matches do not qualify for the column. The matches on the show were Takaaki Watanabe and Caprice Coleman versus Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer that was 6 minutes, Silas Young versus Brian Kendrick that was 10 minutes, and Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels versus Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson that was 15 minutes.
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
Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler versus Miz and Cesaro: 8 Minutes
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute
Big Show and Mark Henry versus Erick Rowan and Luke Harper: 8 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Curtis Axel: 3 Minutes
Adam Rose versus Titus O’Neil: 2 Minutes
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute
Jimmy Uso versus Goldust: 2 Minutes
John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Chris Jericho versus Seth Rollins, Kane, and Randy Orton: 16 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Damien Sandow versus Dolph Ziggler: 7 Minutes
Summer Rae and Layla El versus Natalya and Rosa Mendes: 5 Minutes
Goldust and Stardust versus Diego and Fernando: 11 Minutes
TNA Impact
Gail Kim versus Taryn Terrell: 6 Minutes
Gunner and Sam Shaw versus Bram and Magnus: 4 Minutes
Bobby Roode versus Eric Young: 8 Minutes
Zema Ion versus Homicide versus Low Ki versus Crazzy Steve versus Tigre Uno versus Manik: 5 Minutes
Rockstar Spud versus Rhino: 3 Minutes
Bobby Lashley versus Samoa Joe: 7 Minutes
WWE NXT
Charlotte versus Alexa Bliss: 2 Minutes
Tye Dillinger versus Tyler Breeze: 3 Minutes
Tyson Kidd versus Adam Rose: 4 Minutes
Sami Zayn versus Marcus Louis: 3 Minutes
Adrian Neville versus CJ Parker: 3 Minutes
Sin Cara and Kalisto versus Aiden English and Simon Gotch: 5 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Emma versus Alicia Fox: 6 Minutes
Justin Gabriel versus Sin Cara: 7 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Cesaro versus Dolph Ziggler: 7 Minutes
Jimmy Uso versus Heath Slater: 3 Minutes
Brie Bella versus Paige: 4 Minutes
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute
Seth Rollins, Kane, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan versus Chris Jericho, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, and Big Show: 18 Minutes
Ring of Honor
No Qualifying Matches
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 41 Minutes in 8 Matches (last week: 43 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 33 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 32 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 33 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 31 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 8 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Qualifying Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 163 Minutes in 30 Matches (Last Week: 153 Minutes in 31 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes (No Change)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 16.5 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 16.5 Minutes (up from 15.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 13.67 Minutes (down from 14.33 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes (up from 8 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
WWE Main Event: 7.67 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Smackdown: 6.6 Minutes (up from 4.57 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6.5 Minutes (up from 4 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.5 Minutes (down from 6.2 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.13 Minutes (up from 4.3 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 3.33 Minutes (down from 4 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches
Seth Rollins, Kane, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan versus Chris Jericho, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, and Big Show: 18 Minutes (WWE Smackdown September 5)
John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Chris Jericho versus Seth Rollins, Kane, and Randy Orton: 16 Minutes (WWE Raw September 1)
Goldust and Stardust versus Diego and Fernando: 11 Minutes (WWE Main Event September 2)
Shortest Matches
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown September 5)
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8,299 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 6,821 Minutes
[On Syfy: 5,990 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,417 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,209 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 591 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: 3,932 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 306 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: 2,166 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 546 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 35,484 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 25,427 Minutes
TNA: 6,417 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,647 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,369 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,217 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,172 Matches
WWE NXT: 806 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 124 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: 654 Matches
[On WWE Network: 53 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: 282 Matches
[On WWE Network: 82 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 6,397
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 4,758 Matches
TNA: 1,172 Matches
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 22.67 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.45 Minutes (up from 21.43 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 20.22 Minutes (up from 20.12 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.06 Minutes (up from 18.056 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 22.73 Minutes (down from 22.84 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: 16.80 Minutes (down from 16.82 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.33 Minutes (up from 11.27 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.68 Minutes (up from 15.677 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.39 Minutes (up from 14.38 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 15.28 Minutes (up from 15.27 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 13.924 Minutes (down from 13.926 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.59 Minutes (up from 13.58 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes
WWE: 15.52 Minutes (up from 15.519 Minutes)
TNA: 13.59 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 7.82 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.68 Minutes (down from 7.681 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.66 Minutes (up from 6.62 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.012 Minutes (up from 6.01 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.77 Minutes (up from 5.75 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.546 Minutes (down from 5.547 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.4752 Minutes (up from 5.4751 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.22 Minutes (down from 5.236 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.77 Minutes (down from 4.84 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: 5.0388 Minutes (up from 5.0384 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.98 Minutes (up from 4.976 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.92 Minutes (up from 4.915 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes
TNA: 5.4752 Minutes
WWE: 5.344 Minutes (up from 5.343 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: 934 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 658 Matches
[Raw: 220 Matches]
[Smackdown: 177 Matches]
[NXT: 105 Matches]
[Main Event: 94 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 144 Matches
TNA: 132 Matches
Shortest Matches
496 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 418 Matches
[Raw: 198 Matches]
[Smackdown: 155 Matches]
[NXT: 50 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 4 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown September 5)
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Stardust versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Emma versus Paige: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Konor and Viktor versus Thing 1 and Thing 2: 1 Minute (WWE NXT August 28)
El Torito and Hornswoggle versus Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Superstars August 21)
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)
While the last wrestling show in August took place more than a week ago, the calendar did not change until this week. With August over, it is time to take a look back at what happened on television and pay per view for the month.
For the month, August had 14 more minutes of wrestling on television than July with two fewer hours of wrestling for the month. There were 6 more minutes of wrestling on pay per view so we saw an overall increase of 20 minutes from July. August also had five fewer matches on television but had two more matches on pay per view.
August’s television totals were the third highest for a month, behind only January and May. The total was one minute better than March to get on the medal stand. The pay per view totals, on the other hand, were the second lowest for a month, beating out July’s total to stay out of last place.
The average match length for the month was 5.69 minutes. This was the third highest average for the year and highest since February when we had our only month with an average match length greater than 6 minutes. August’s average increased by eighteen seconds over July’s average. The average amount of wrestling per hour in August was more than a minute greater than July and was also the third highest for the year and the best average since February.
When you add the pay per view totals, the overall total of 834 minutes was the third lowest total, behind July and February. The 139 total matches was tied with April for the third lowest, behind February and March. The average match length, when pay per view was considered increased to exactly 6 minutes. This is the third lowest average, behind May and July. The 17.38 per hour average for wrestling was the fourth lowest for the year, but was more than a minute better than July’s total.
Raw won the month once again with 170 minutes of wrestling. This was 5 minutes more than July, but the third lowest total for the year. The 32 matches equals the amount from January and was the lowest total for a month this year. Even with a show containing 10 matches, the other three weeks saw Raw with only six matches on one episode. The 5.31 minute average match length was an improvement of almost a half minute over July, but was still the third lowest average for a month this year. The 14.17 minutes per hour of wrestling was an improvement over July, but was also the third lowest total for the year.
The fifth week of Smackdown in August was able to give that show enough to finish in second place. With 143 minutes of wrestling, Smackdown finished 6 minutes ahead of Impact despite Impact only airing 4 episodes this month. Smackdown’s August total was the fourth best in the year and 32 minutes better than July. The extra week also allowed Smackdown to increase its match total from July by 9. This was not enough to pass May’s total, but the 33 was the second highest for Smackdown in the year and was enough to win the month for total matches. Smackdown averaged a meager 4.33 minute per match, but was amazingly only the second worst month for the show because March saw barely more than four and a quarter minute match average. Smackdown has been under five minutes per match for four consecutive months. The 14.3 minutes per hour of wrestling was an increase of just under a half minute from July, but was the third lowest for a month.
Impact finished in third place with 137 minutes of wrestling, a drop of 23 minutes from July, but July also gave us five episodes of Impact. This was the third best month of the year for Impact, only one minute less than their total for April. Impact had its fourth month in the teens for total matches, a decrease of 6 minutes from July. With fewer than 20 matches and a lot of wrestling, it would make sense that Impact would have its best month for average match length. The 7.21 minutes was almost three quarters of a minute more than July, and was the second best average for the multiple hour shows. Raw’s February average was 7.55 minutes and the only month from Raw or Smackdown that was better. The 17.13 minute per hour average was the second best for the year, but slightly more than a tenth of a minute less than April’s total. When you look at the averages for Raw and Impact, Impact only had about 8 fewer minutes of wrestling than Raw with an hour less of television. While Impact had such a high average match length, there were only two matches longer than ten minutes for the month. There were only five matches five minutes or shorter to provide for the high average.
If they had a full month of shows that qualified, Ring of Honor probably would have finished higher than fourth place. With only three episodes of television due to the ‘Road Rage’ episodes (which do not qualify in my formula because they are not specifically for television broadcast). Ring of Honor had 87 minutes of wrestling even though they only had three qualifying episodes. Their high total of 37 minutes for the first August show was tied with Impact’s first Wednesday episode for the fourth highest total for the month of August and was five minutes higher than the best showing from Smackdown.
This month’s Ring of Honor total was the second best for the year, behind May, which set the standard for the year from Ring of Honor. The 10 matches were the third highest total for the year. The 8.7 minute average match length was the third best month of the year for Ring of Honor and the fourth highest total for any month from any show because of Main Event’s March average. The 29 minutes of wrestling per hour average is the second best, but that month only saw one episode from Ring of Honor. If we consider months where there was more than one episode, this was the best month by almost two minutes over Ring of Honor’s March totals.
NXT was able to finish in fifth place and was only one minute behind Ring of Honor. This was the second lowest total for the year and dropped by 24 minutes from its high for the year in July. It is possible that the total for September will be down due to Takeover this week. The 17 matches was the second lowest as well. NXT was able to stay above the 20 minute mark for the sixth straight month and the seventh time in 2014. Despite being over 20 minutes again, it was the third lowest average for the year. The 5.06 minute match average was the second best total for the year for NXT and the second time that the show was over 5 minutes per match.
Main Event finished in sixth place in August with 81 minutes of wrestling. This was another drop from July’s totals and the third lowest total for the year. The 12 matches were tied for the second lowest in the year. The 6.75 minute match average was the fourth highest of the year, but the highest since March when the high water mark of 9 minutes per match was achieved. The 20.25 minutes per show was the highest total since March and the fourth highest for the year.
Superstars finished in last place with only 41 minutes of wrestling. This was the lowest total for the year thanks to an episode in single digits. It was the fifth time in 2014 that Superstars was in the 40 minute range, with the other three months having five weeks to broadcast the show. The 8 matches followed the pattern of two matches per show. The 5.13 minute per match average was the lowest for 2014 and the fourth straight month of a decline in average match length from their high in April. The 10.25 minutes per show of wrestling was also the lowest for the year and the third straight month of decline.
Moving on to the extremes and a look at the ten and one minute matches for the month. With 17 ten minute matches, it was the second lowest total for a month this year, ahead of only April’s total of 16. The 11 one minute matches were the third highest for the year and the third straight month with double digit one minute matches. WWE had 11 of the 17 ten minute matches, led by Raw with 4. Smackdown and Main Event had three each while the remaining ten minute match from WWE was on NXT. Superstars continued to go without a ten minute match. Impact had 2 ten minute matches and Ring of Honor tied Raw with four during the month.
All 11 of the one minute matches were on WWE television in August. Smackdown led the way with 5, Raw had 4, and NXT and Superstars had one each.
For the year, Raw continues to lead the way in amount of wrestling and number of matches. Smackdown is in second place in both categories while Impact is in third place. We fell 23 minutes short of hitting 6,000 minutes of wrestling for the year. We did pass the 1,000 match barrier during this month.
In a rather strange coincidence, when you combine the number of matches on television and pay per view, the 1,152 matches equals the amount of wrestling we had so far this year on pay per view, 1,152 minutes.
The time for the Kickoff Show Match of Rob Van Dam versus Cesaro was 7 Minutes
Total Wrestling Time: Total this Month: 89 Minutes (Last Month 83 Minutes)
WWE: 89 Minutes (Last Month 83 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Individual Match Times
TNA
No Pay Per View in August
WWE SummerSlam
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 8 Minutes
Paige versus AJ Lee: 5 Minutes
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 9 Minutes
Dean Ambrose versus Seth Rollins: 11 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Bray Wyatt: 13 Minutes
Stephanie McMahon versus Brie Bella: 11 Minutes
Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns: 16 Minutes
John Cena versus Brock Lesnar: 16 Minutes
ROH
No Pay Per View in August
Wrestling Per Hour
Total for Month: 29.67 Minutes (Last Month 27.67 Minutes)
WWE: 29.67 Minutes (Last month 27.67 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Average Length of Matches:
Total for Month: 11.13 Minutes (Last Month 13.83 Minutes)
WWE: 11.13 Minutes (Last month 13.83 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Longest Matches:
Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns: 16 Minutes
John Cena versus Brock Lesnar: 16 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Bray Wyatt: 13 Minutes
Shortest Matches:
Paige versus AJ Lee: 5 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 8 Minutes
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 9 Minutes
Totals for 2014
Total Wrestling Time
Overall Wrestling: 1152 Minutes
WWE: 771 Minutes
TNA: 274 Minutes
ROH: 107 Minutes
Total Number of Matches
Total: 86 Matches
WWE: 55 Matches
TNA: 24 Matches
ROH: 7 Matches
Wrestling Per Hour
ROH: 35.67 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 30.84 Minutes (down from 31 Minutes)
TNA: 30.44 Minutes (No Change)
Average Length of Matches:
ROH: 15.29 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 14.02 Minutes (down from 14.51 Minutes)
TNA: 11.42 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches:
Royal Rumble: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble)
Randy Orton versus Christian versus Sheamus versus Antonio Cesaro versus Daniel Bryan versus John Cena: 38 Minutes (WWE Elimination Chamber)
Lethal Lockdown Match: 27 Minutes (TNA Lockdown)
Shortest Matches:
Kofi Kingston versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Payback)
Brock Lesnar versus Big Show: 2 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble)
Kane, Billy Gunn, and Road Dogg versus Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and Roman Reigns: 3 Minutes (WWE Wrestlemania XXX)
Alexander Rusev versus Xavier Woods and R Truth: 3 Minutes (WWE Extreme Rules)
Total Wrestling Time
WWE: 5,334 Minutes
TNA: 3,923 Minutes
ROH: 107 Minutes
Overall Wrestling: 9,275 Minutes
Total Number of Matches
WWE: 407 Matches
TNA: 342 Matches
ROH: 7 Matches
Total: 756 Matches
Wrestling Per Hour
ROH: 35.67 Minutes (No Change)
TNA: 31.89 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 30.22 Minutes (down from 30.31 Minutes)
Average Length of Matches:
ROH: 15.29 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 12.97 Minutes (down from 13.15 Minutes)
TNA: 11.47 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches:
Royal Rumble Match: 70 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2011)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2013)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2014)
Shortest Matches:
Magnus versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (TNA Destination X 2010)
Sting versus Jeff Jarrett: 1 Minute (TNA Sacrifice 2010)
Kane versus Rey Mysterio: 1 Minute (WWE Money in the Bank 2010)
Robbie E versus Max Buck versus Jeremy Buck: 1 Minutes (TNA Against All Odds 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Sting: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2011) Madison Rayne versus Mickie James: 1 Minute (TNA Lockdown 2011)
Alberto Del Rio versus CM Punk: 1 Minute (WWE SummerSlam 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 1): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 3): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Daniel Bryan versus Big Show: 1 Minute (WWE TLC 2011)
Drew McIntyre versus Brodus Clay: 1 Minute (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Bully Ray versus James Storm: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2012)
Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Wrestlemania 28)
Joseph Park versus Devon: 1 Minute (TNA Slammiversary 2013)
Daniel Bryan versus Randy Orton: 1 Minute (WWE SummerSlam 2013)
Kofi Kingston versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Payback 2014)
Show Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours of Television Wrestling Per Hour Ten Minute Matches One Minute Matches
Raw 170 32 5.31 12 14.17 4 4
Main Event 81 12 6.75 4 20.25 3 0
NXT 86 17 5.06 4 21.5 1 1
Superstars 41 8 5.13 4 10.25 0 1
Smackdown 143 33 4.33 10 14.3 3 5
WWE Total 521 102 5.11 34 15.33 11 11
Impact 137 19 7.21 8 17.13 2 0
Ring of Honor 87 10 8.70 3 29.00 4 0
Total 745 131 5.69 45 16.56 17 11
Company Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour Twenty Minute Matches Five Minute Matches
WWE 89 8 11.13 3 29.67 0 1
TNA 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
ROH 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
Total 89 8 11.13 3 29.67 0 1
Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour
Television 745 131 5.69 45 16.56
Pay Per View 89 8 11.13 3 29.67
Total 834 139 6.00
Show Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours of Television Wrestling Per Hour Ten Minute Matches One Minute Matches
Raw 1591 285 5.58 102 15.59 48 35
Main Event 744 109 6.83 35 21.26 28 3
NXT 723 154 4.65 33 21.9 19 13
Superstars 400 69 5.88 35 11.43 0 1
Smackdown 1061 220 4.82 70 15.16 25 27
WWE Total 4519 837 5.40 275 16.43 120 79
Impact 969 167 5.80 70 13.84 20 5
Ring of Honor 489 62 7.88 19 25.73 17 1
Total 5977 1066 5.61 364 16.42 157 85
Company Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour Twenty Minute Matches Five Minute Matches
WWE 771 55 14.02 25 30.84 16 9
TNA 274 24 11.42 9 30.44 1 2
ROH 107 7 15.29 3 35.67 1 0
Total 1152 86 13.40 37 31.14 18 11
Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour
Television 5977 1066 5.61 364 16.42
Pay Per View 1152 86 13.40 37 31.14
Total 7129 1152 6.18
Credit: Richard Trionfo
At the end of this column, I will have the totals for August.
Smackdown and Impact tied for second with 33 minutes of wrestling, an increase for both shows over the previous week. Main Event maintained some consistency with its third straight week with 23 minutes of wrestling and its third straight fourth place finish. NXT improved by 4 minutes over last week, but stayed in fifth place. Superstars had its best totals in 7 weeks with 13 minutes, but stayed in sixth place.
The longest match of the week came from Smackdown and was more than 50 percent of the wrestling on the show. Raw had the second longest match of the week that was almost 40 percent of the wrestling that we saw on the show. Main Event had the other match longer than ten minutes and it was just under half the wrestling on the show.
We also saw three one minute matches. With two of these matches on Raw, we are inching closer to the 200 match mark for this category on Raw. We are also four matches from 500 overall in this category.
Smackdown passed 6,800 minutes this week while Impact jumped past 6,400 minutes. NXT passed 4,200 minutes. Next week, Raw will pass 8,300 minutes if there is any wrestling. Next week, we will pass 6,400 matches.
Since this week’s episode of Ring of Honor featured matches from Philadelphia that were not part of a specified television taping, the matches do not qualify for the column. The matches on the show were Takaaki Watanabe and Caprice Coleman versus Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer that was 6 minutes, Silas Young versus Brian Kendrick that was 10 minutes, and Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels versus Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson that was 15 minutes.
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
Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler versus Miz and Cesaro: 8 Minutes
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute
Big Show and Mark Henry versus Erick Rowan and Luke Harper: 8 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Curtis Axel: 3 Minutes
Adam Rose versus Titus O’Neil: 2 Minutes
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute
Jimmy Uso versus Goldust: 2 Minutes
John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Chris Jericho versus Seth Rollins, Kane, and Randy Orton: 16 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Damien Sandow versus Dolph Ziggler: 7 Minutes
Summer Rae and Layla El versus Natalya and Rosa Mendes: 5 Minutes
Goldust and Stardust versus Diego and Fernando: 11 Minutes
TNA Impact
Gail Kim versus Taryn Terrell: 6 Minutes
Gunner and Sam Shaw versus Bram and Magnus: 4 Minutes
Bobby Roode versus Eric Young: 8 Minutes
Zema Ion versus Homicide versus Low Ki versus Crazzy Steve versus Tigre Uno versus Manik: 5 Minutes
Rockstar Spud versus Rhino: 3 Minutes
Bobby Lashley versus Samoa Joe: 7 Minutes
WWE NXT
Charlotte versus Alexa Bliss: 2 Minutes
Tye Dillinger versus Tyler Breeze: 3 Minutes
Tyson Kidd versus Adam Rose: 4 Minutes
Sami Zayn versus Marcus Louis: 3 Minutes
Adrian Neville versus CJ Parker: 3 Minutes
Sin Cara and Kalisto versus Aiden English and Simon Gotch: 5 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Emma versus Alicia Fox: 6 Minutes
Justin Gabriel versus Sin Cara: 7 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Cesaro versus Dolph Ziggler: 7 Minutes
Jimmy Uso versus Heath Slater: 3 Minutes
Brie Bella versus Paige: 4 Minutes
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute
Seth Rollins, Kane, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan versus Chris Jericho, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, and Big Show: 18 Minutes
Ring of Honor
No Qualifying Matches
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 41 Minutes in 8 Matches (last week: 43 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 33 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 32 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 33 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 31 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 8 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Qualifying Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 163 Minutes in 30 Matches (Last Week: 153 Minutes in 31 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes (No Change)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 16.5 Minutes (up from 16 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 16.5 Minutes (up from 15.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 13.67 Minutes (down from 14.33 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 13 Minutes (up from 8 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
WWE Main Event: 7.67 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Smackdown: 6.6 Minutes (up from 4.57 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6.5 Minutes (up from 4 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.5 Minutes (down from 6.2 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.13 Minutes (up from 4.3 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 3.33 Minutes (down from 4 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches
Seth Rollins, Kane, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan versus Chris Jericho, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, and Big Show: 18 Minutes (WWE Smackdown September 5)
John Cena, Roman Reigns, and Chris Jericho versus Seth Rollins, Kane, and Randy Orton: 16 Minutes (WWE Raw September 1)
Goldust and Stardust versus Diego and Fernando: 11 Minutes (WWE Main Event September 2)
Shortest Matches
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown September 5)
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8,299 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 6,821 Minutes
[On Syfy: 5,990 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,417 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,209 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 591 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: 3,932 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 306 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: 2,166 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 546 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 35,484 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 25,427 Minutes
TNA: 6,417 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,647 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,369 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,217 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,172 Matches
WWE NXT: 806 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 124 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: 654 Matches
[On WWE Network: 53 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: 282 Matches
[On WWE Network: 82 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 6,397
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 4,758 Matches
TNA: 1,172 Matches
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 22.67 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.45 Minutes (up from 21.43 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 20.22 Minutes (up from 20.12 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.06 Minutes (up from 18.056 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 22.73 Minutes (down from 22.84 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: 16.80 Minutes (down from 16.82 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.33 Minutes (up from 11.27 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.68 Minutes (up from 15.677 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.39 Minutes (up from 14.38 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 15.28 Minutes (up from 15.27 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 13.924 Minutes (down from 13.926 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.59 Minutes (up from 13.58 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes
WWE: 15.52 Minutes (up from 15.519 Minutes)
TNA: 13.59 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 7.82 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.68 Minutes (down from 7.681 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.66 Minutes (up from 6.62 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.012 Minutes (up from 6.01 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.77 Minutes (up from 5.75 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.546 Minutes (down from 5.547 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.4752 Minutes (up from 5.4751 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.22 Minutes (down from 5.236 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.77 Minutes (down from 4.84 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: 5.0388 Minutes (up from 5.0384 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.98 Minutes (up from 4.976 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.92 Minutes (up from 4.915 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes
TNA: 5.4752 Minutes
WWE: 5.344 Minutes (up from 5.343 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: 934 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 658 Matches
[Raw: 220 Matches]
[Smackdown: 177 Matches]
[NXT: 105 Matches]
[Main Event: 94 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 144 Matches
TNA: 132 Matches
Shortest Matches
496 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 418 Matches
[Raw: 198 Matches]
[Smackdown: 155 Matches]
[NXT: 50 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 4 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown September 5)
Eva Marie, Rosa Mendes, and Cameron versus Layla El, Summer Rae, and Naomi: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 1)
Stardust versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Emma versus Paige: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Konor and Viktor versus Thing 1 and Thing 2: 1 Minute (WWE NXT August 28)
El Torito and Hornswoggle versus Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Superstars August 21)
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)
While the last wrestling show in August took place more than a week ago, the calendar did not change until this week. With August over, it is time to take a look back at what happened on television and pay per view for the month.
For the month, August had 14 more minutes of wrestling on television than July with two fewer hours of wrestling for the month. There were 6 more minutes of wrestling on pay per view so we saw an overall increase of 20 minutes from July. August also had five fewer matches on television but had two more matches on pay per view.
August’s television totals were the third highest for a month, behind only January and May. The total was one minute better than March to get on the medal stand. The pay per view totals, on the other hand, were the second lowest for a month, beating out July’s total to stay out of last place.
The average match length for the month was 5.69 minutes. This was the third highest average for the year and highest since February when we had our only month with an average match length greater than 6 minutes. August’s average increased by eighteen seconds over July’s average. The average amount of wrestling per hour in August was more than a minute greater than July and was also the third highest for the year and the best average since February.
When you add the pay per view totals, the overall total of 834 minutes was the third lowest total, behind July and February. The 139 total matches was tied with April for the third lowest, behind February and March. The average match length, when pay per view was considered increased to exactly 6 minutes. This is the third lowest average, behind May and July. The 17.38 per hour average for wrestling was the fourth lowest for the year, but was more than a minute better than July’s total.
Raw won the month once again with 170 minutes of wrestling. This was 5 minutes more than July, but the third lowest total for the year. The 32 matches equals the amount from January and was the lowest total for a month this year. Even with a show containing 10 matches, the other three weeks saw Raw with only six matches on one episode. The 5.31 minute average match length was an improvement of almost a half minute over July, but was still the third lowest average for a month this year. The 14.17 minutes per hour of wrestling was an improvement over July, but was also the third lowest total for the year.
The fifth week of Smackdown in August was able to give that show enough to finish in second place. With 143 minutes of wrestling, Smackdown finished 6 minutes ahead of Impact despite Impact only airing 4 episodes this month. Smackdown’s August total was the fourth best in the year and 32 minutes better than July. The extra week also allowed Smackdown to increase its match total from July by 9. This was not enough to pass May’s total, but the 33 was the second highest for Smackdown in the year and was enough to win the month for total matches. Smackdown averaged a meager 4.33 minute per match, but was amazingly only the second worst month for the show because March saw barely more than four and a quarter minute match average. Smackdown has been under five minutes per match for four consecutive months. The 14.3 minutes per hour of wrestling was an increase of just under a half minute from July, but was the third lowest for a month.
Impact finished in third place with 137 minutes of wrestling, a drop of 23 minutes from July, but July also gave us five episodes of Impact. This was the third best month of the year for Impact, only one minute less than their total for April. Impact had its fourth month in the teens for total matches, a decrease of 6 minutes from July. With fewer than 20 matches and a lot of wrestling, it would make sense that Impact would have its best month for average match length. The 7.21 minutes was almost three quarters of a minute more than July, and was the second best average for the multiple hour shows. Raw’s February average was 7.55 minutes and the only month from Raw or Smackdown that was better. The 17.13 minute per hour average was the second best for the year, but slightly more than a tenth of a minute less than April’s total. When you look at the averages for Raw and Impact, Impact only had about 8 fewer minutes of wrestling than Raw with an hour less of television. While Impact had such a high average match length, there were only two matches longer than ten minutes for the month. There were only five matches five minutes or shorter to provide for the high average.
If they had a full month of shows that qualified, Ring of Honor probably would have finished higher than fourth place. With only three episodes of television due to the ‘Road Rage’ episodes (which do not qualify in my formula because they are not specifically for television broadcast). Ring of Honor had 87 minutes of wrestling even though they only had three qualifying episodes. Their high total of 37 minutes for the first August show was tied with Impact’s first Wednesday episode for the fourth highest total for the month of August and was five minutes higher than the best showing from Smackdown.
This month’s Ring of Honor total was the second best for the year, behind May, which set the standard for the year from Ring of Honor. The 10 matches were the third highest total for the year. The 8.7 minute average match length was the third best month of the year for Ring of Honor and the fourth highest total for any month from any show because of Main Event’s March average. The 29 minutes of wrestling per hour average is the second best, but that month only saw one episode from Ring of Honor. If we consider months where there was more than one episode, this was the best month by almost two minutes over Ring of Honor’s March totals.
NXT was able to finish in fifth place and was only one minute behind Ring of Honor. This was the second lowest total for the year and dropped by 24 minutes from its high for the year in July. It is possible that the total for September will be down due to Takeover this week. The 17 matches was the second lowest as well. NXT was able to stay above the 20 minute mark for the sixth straight month and the seventh time in 2014. Despite being over 20 minutes again, it was the third lowest average for the year. The 5.06 minute match average was the second best total for the year for NXT and the second time that the show was over 5 minutes per match.
Main Event finished in sixth place in August with 81 minutes of wrestling. This was another drop from July’s totals and the third lowest total for the year. The 12 matches were tied for the second lowest in the year. The 6.75 minute match average was the fourth highest of the year, but the highest since March when the high water mark of 9 minutes per match was achieved. The 20.25 minutes per show was the highest total since March and the fourth highest for the year.
Superstars finished in last place with only 41 minutes of wrestling. This was the lowest total for the year thanks to an episode in single digits. It was the fifth time in 2014 that Superstars was in the 40 minute range, with the other three months having five weeks to broadcast the show. The 8 matches followed the pattern of two matches per show. The 5.13 minute per match average was the lowest for 2014 and the fourth straight month of a decline in average match length from their high in April. The 10.25 minutes per show of wrestling was also the lowest for the year and the third straight month of decline.
Moving on to the extremes and a look at the ten and one minute matches for the month. With 17 ten minute matches, it was the second lowest total for a month this year, ahead of only April’s total of 16. The 11 one minute matches were the third highest for the year and the third straight month with double digit one minute matches. WWE had 11 of the 17 ten minute matches, led by Raw with 4. Smackdown and Main Event had three each while the remaining ten minute match from WWE was on NXT. Superstars continued to go without a ten minute match. Impact had 2 ten minute matches and Ring of Honor tied Raw with four during the month.
All 11 of the one minute matches were on WWE television in August. Smackdown led the way with 5, Raw had 4, and NXT and Superstars had one each.
For the year, Raw continues to lead the way in amount of wrestling and number of matches. Smackdown is in second place in both categories while Impact is in third place. We fell 23 minutes short of hitting 6,000 minutes of wrestling for the year. We did pass the 1,000 match barrier during this month.
In a rather strange coincidence, when you combine the number of matches on television and pay per view, the 1,152 matches equals the amount of wrestling we had so far this year on pay per view, 1,152 minutes.
The time for the Kickoff Show Match of Rob Van Dam versus Cesaro was 7 Minutes
Total Wrestling Time: Total this Month: 89 Minutes (Last Month 83 Minutes)
WWE: 89 Minutes (Last Month 83 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Individual Match Times
TNA
No Pay Per View in August
WWE SummerSlam
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 8 Minutes
Paige versus AJ Lee: 5 Minutes
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 9 Minutes
Dean Ambrose versus Seth Rollins: 11 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Bray Wyatt: 13 Minutes
Stephanie McMahon versus Brie Bella: 11 Minutes
Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns: 16 Minutes
John Cena versus Brock Lesnar: 16 Minutes
ROH
No Pay Per View in August
Wrestling Per Hour
Total for Month: 29.67 Minutes (Last Month 27.67 Minutes)
WWE: 29.67 Minutes (Last month 27.67 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Average Length of Matches:
Total for Month: 11.13 Minutes (Last Month 13.83 Minutes)
WWE: 11.13 Minutes (Last month 13.83 Minutes)
TNA: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
ROH: 0 Minutes (Last Month 0 Minutes)
Longest Matches:
Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns: 16 Minutes
John Cena versus Brock Lesnar: 16 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Bray Wyatt: 13 Minutes
Shortest Matches:
Paige versus AJ Lee: 5 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 8 Minutes
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 9 Minutes
Totals for 2014
Total Wrestling Time
Overall Wrestling: 1152 Minutes
WWE: 771 Minutes
TNA: 274 Minutes
ROH: 107 Minutes
Total Number of Matches
Total: 86 Matches
WWE: 55 Matches
TNA: 24 Matches
ROH: 7 Matches
Wrestling Per Hour
ROH: 35.67 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 30.84 Minutes (down from 31 Minutes)
TNA: 30.44 Minutes (No Change)
Average Length of Matches:
ROH: 15.29 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 14.02 Minutes (down from 14.51 Minutes)
TNA: 11.42 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches:
Royal Rumble: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble)
Randy Orton versus Christian versus Sheamus versus Antonio Cesaro versus Daniel Bryan versus John Cena: 38 Minutes (WWE Elimination Chamber)
Lethal Lockdown Match: 27 Minutes (TNA Lockdown)
Shortest Matches:
Kofi Kingston versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Payback)
Brock Lesnar versus Big Show: 2 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble)
Kane, Billy Gunn, and Road Dogg versus Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and Roman Reigns: 3 Minutes (WWE Wrestlemania XXX)
Alexander Rusev versus Xavier Woods and R Truth: 3 Minutes (WWE Extreme Rules)
Total Wrestling Time
WWE: 5,334 Minutes
TNA: 3,923 Minutes
ROH: 107 Minutes
Overall Wrestling: 9,275 Minutes
Total Number of Matches
WWE: 407 Matches
TNA: 342 Matches
ROH: 7 Matches
Total: 756 Matches
Wrestling Per Hour
ROH: 35.67 Minutes (No Change)
TNA: 31.89 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 30.22 Minutes (down from 30.31 Minutes)
Average Length of Matches:
ROH: 15.29 Minutes (No Change)
WWE: 12.97 Minutes (down from 13.15 Minutes)
TNA: 11.47 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches:
Royal Rumble Match: 70 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2011)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2013)
Royal Rumble Match: 55 Minutes (WWE Royal Rumble 2014)
Shortest Matches:
Magnus versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (TNA Destination X 2010)
Sting versus Jeff Jarrett: 1 Minute (TNA Sacrifice 2010)
Kane versus Rey Mysterio: 1 Minute (WWE Money in the Bank 2010)
Robbie E versus Max Buck versus Jeremy Buck: 1 Minutes (TNA Against All Odds 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Sting: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2011) Madison Rayne versus Mickie James: 1 Minute (TNA Lockdown 2011)
Alberto Del Rio versus CM Punk: 1 Minute (WWE SummerSlam 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 1): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Jeff Hardy versus Jeff Jarrett (part 3): 1 Minute (TNA Turning Point 2011)
Daniel Bryan versus Big Show: 1 Minute (WWE TLC 2011)
Drew McIntyre versus Brodus Clay: 1 Minute (WWE Royal Rumble 2012)
Bully Ray versus James Storm: 1 Minute (TNA Victory Road 2012)
Daniel Bryan versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Wrestlemania 28)
Joseph Park versus Devon: 1 Minute (TNA Slammiversary 2013)
Daniel Bryan versus Randy Orton: 1 Minute (WWE SummerSlam 2013)
Kofi Kingston versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Payback 2014)
Show Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours of Television Wrestling Per Hour Ten Minute Matches One Minute Matches
Raw 170 32 5.31 12 14.17 4 4
Main Event 81 12 6.75 4 20.25 3 0
NXT 86 17 5.06 4 21.5 1 1
Superstars 41 8 5.13 4 10.25 0 1
Smackdown 143 33 4.33 10 14.3 3 5
WWE Total 521 102 5.11 34 15.33 11 11
Impact 137 19 7.21 8 17.13 2 0
Ring of Honor 87 10 8.70 3 29.00 4 0
Total 745 131 5.69 45 16.56 17 11
Company Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour Twenty Minute Matches Five Minute Matches
WWE 89 8 11.13 3 29.67 0 1
TNA 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
ROH 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
Total 89 8 11.13 3 29.67 0 1
Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour
Television 745 131 5.69 45 16.56
Pay Per View 89 8 11.13 3 29.67
Total 834 139 6.00
Show Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours of Television Wrestling Per Hour Ten Minute Matches One Minute Matches
Raw 1591 285 5.58 102 15.59 48 35
Main Event 744 109 6.83 35 21.26 28 3
NXT 723 154 4.65 33 21.9 19 13
Superstars 400 69 5.88 35 11.43 0 1
Smackdown 1061 220 4.82 70 15.16 25 27
WWE Total 4519 837 5.40 275 16.43 120 79
Impact 969 167 5.80 70 13.84 20 5
Ring of Honor 489 62 7.88 19 25.73 17 1
Total 5977 1066 5.61 364 16.42 157 85
Company Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour Twenty Minute Matches Five Minute Matches
WWE 771 55 14.02 25 30.84 16 9
TNA 274 24 11.42 9 30.44 1 2
ROH 107 7 15.29 3 35.67 1 0
Total 1152 86 13.40 37 31.14 18 11
Amount of Wrestling Number of Matches Average Match Length Number of Hours Wrestling Per Hour
Television 5977 1066 5.61 364 16.42
Pay Per View 1152 86 13.40 37 31.14
Total 7129 1152 6.18
Credit: Richard Trionfo