Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (August 22 - 23)?

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 22nd edition of Raw:

• 9m 22s: Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins (began during commercial, 1 mid-match commercial)
• 5m 08s: Neville vs Kevin Owens (1 commercial break)
• 3m 36s: Big E vs Karl Anderson (began during commercial)
• 5m 10s: Big Cass vs Rusev (1 commercial break)
• 4m 29s: Bayley vs Dana Brooke
• 1m 19s: Braun Strowman vs Johnny Knockout
• 11m 30s: Roman Reigns vs Chris Jericho (1 commercial break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the August 23rd edition of SmackDown Live:

• 4m 02s: Becky Lynch vs Alexa Bliss
• 3m 48s: The Usos vs The Ascension
• 7m 28s: American Alpha vs Breezango (1 commercial break)
• 14m 23s: AJ Styles vs Dolph Ziggler (2 commercial breaks)

Results for Week 5

Raw total televised content: 2h 14m 43s
Raw televised wrestling time: 40m 34s (7 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 30.1%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 22m 47s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 29m 41s (4 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 35.9%

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: 11h 07m 55s
Raw televised wrestling time: 3h 29m 23s (42 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.3%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 6h 50m 57s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 2h 08m 07s (23 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 31.2%

Combined total televised content: 17h 58m 52s
Combined televised wrestling time: 5h 37m 30s (65 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.3%