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It’s a new era in WWE, and there is an ongoing competition between the Raw and SmackDown Live brands. This column is focused on how much televised wrestling content is seen on each brand when commercial time is removed from the equation.
Televised match times
Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the August 15th edition of Raw:
- 6m 44s: Sami Zayn vs Sheamus (1 commercial break)
- 1m 36s: New Day vs Dudley Boyz
- 1m 02s: Nia Jax vs Rachel Levy
- 3m 16s: Big Cass vs Kevin Owens (1 commercial break)
- 2m 41s: Shining Stars vs Prime Time Players
- 2m 57s: Neville vs Jinder Mahal
- 2m 17s: The Club vs Golden Truth
- 1m 28s: Charlotte vs Alicia Fox
- 16m 28s: Rusev vs Roman Reigns (began during commercial, 1 mid-match commercial)
Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the August 16th edition of SmackDown Live:
- 3m 05s: 12-Man Tag Team Match (1 commercial break)
- 1m 00s: Heath Slater vs Randy Orton
- 5m 06s: Dean Ambrose vs Erick Rowan
- 4m 13s: Becky and Carmella vs Natalya and Alexa
- 10m 01s: John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio (2 commercial breaks)
Results for Week 4
Raw total televised content: 2h 11m 27s
Raw televised wrestling time: 38m 29s (9 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 29.3%
SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 21m 32s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 23m 25s (5 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 28.7%
Overall results for the brand split
Here are the overall results for the brand split thus far, which began on July 25th:
Raw total televised content: 8h 53m 12s
Raw televised wrestling time: 2h 48m 49s (35 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.7%
SmackDown Live total televised content: 5h 28m 10s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 1h 38m 26s (19 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.0%
Combined total televised content: 14h 21m 22s
Combined televised wrestling time: 4h 27m 15s (54 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.0%