How much wrestling actually happened at WWE Backlash 2016?

WWE featured 7 total matches on the main card of Backlash last night (Sun., Sept. 11, 2016) at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes, and 52 seconds (2h 37m 52s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 7 matches that took place during this event:

• 24m 55s: Dean Ambrose vs AJ Styles
• 18m 18s: The Miz vs Dolph Ziggler
• 14m 20s: Women’s Six-Pack Challenge
• 10m 56s: Kane vs Bray Wyatt
• 10m 11s: Hype Bros vs The Usos
• 9m 55s: Heath Slater and Rhyno vs The Usos
• 0m 25s: Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt

These times add up to 1h 29m 00s, which is roughly 56.4% of the show. For comparison’s sake, the overall match time percentage for all WWE PPV’s since the start of 2013 is 53.7%.

Are you surprised by any of these results, Cagesiders? Which of these matches received less (or more) time than you hoped for?

Don’t forget to keep it here at Cageside Seats for a full breakdown of the timing for the entire WWE Backlash 2016 PPV later this week!