TNA Slammiversary 2016 match times stats breakdown

TNA Slammiversary 2016 lasted for 2 hours 55 minutes and 53 seconds (2h 55m 53s). Here is a breakdown of the timing for every single second of the show, in chronological order.

The matches are in bold. The "pre-match" segments include video packages, entrances, ring introductions, and any verbal promos that occur right before a match officially begins. The "post-match" segments include any celebrations, replays, angles, attacks, or promos that occur right after a match is finished.

Start	End	Description	Duration
0m 00s	1m 13s	Moment of silence for Orlando victims	1m 13s
1m 13s	2m 20s	Video hyping Slammiversary 2016	1m 07s
2m 20s	3m 04s	Welcome to Slammiversary 2016	0m 44s
3m 04s	8m 46s	Pre-match for Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z	5m 42s
8m 46s	18m 58s	Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z	10m 12s
18m 58s	21m 08s	Post-match for Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z	2m 10s
21m 08s	22m 28s	Filler commentary; Galloway/Lashley backstage	1m 20s
22m 28s	24m 27s	Backstage interview with EC3	1m 59s
24m 27s	25m 00s	Hype for TNA HOF announcement	0m 33s
25m 00s	27m 26s	Pre-match for The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera	2m 26s
27m 26s	35m 00s	The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera	7m 34s
35m 00s	35m 55s	Post-match for The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera	0m 55s
35m 55s	37m 00s	Backstage with Storm and Sutter	1m 05s
37m 00s	47m 06s	Pre-match for Jade vs Sienna vs Kim	10m 06s
47m 06s	54m 41s	Jade vs Sienna vs Kim	7m 35s
54m 41s	56m 06s	Post-match for Jade vs Sienna vs Kim	1m 25s
56m 06s	57m 45s	Backstage interview with Lashley	1m 39s
57m 45s	1h 03m 03s	Pre-match for James Storm vs Braxton Sutter	5m 18s
1h 03m 03s	1h 09m 44s	James Storm vs Braxton Sutter	6m 41s
1h 09m 44s	1h 11m 18s	Post-match for James Storm vs Braxton Sutter	1m 34s
1h 11m 18s	1h 12m 59s	Pre-match for Eli Drake vs Bram	1m 41s
1h 12m 59s	1h 13m 45s	Hype for TNA HOF announcement	0m 46s
1h 13m 45s	1h 16m 09s	Pre-match for Eli Drake vs Bram	2m 24s
1h 16m 09s	1h 24m 45s	Eli Drake vs Bram	8m 36s
1h 24m 45s	1h 26m 02s	Post-match for Eli Drake vs Bram	1m 17s
1h 26m 02s	1h 34m 03s	Pre-match for EC3 vs Mike Bennett	8m 01s
1h 34m 03s	1h 49m 05s	EC3 vs Mike Bennett	15m 02s
1h 49m 05s	1h 50m 33s	Post-match for EC3 vs Mike Bennett	1m 28s
1h 50m 33s	1h 57m 26s	Pre-match for Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy	6m 53s
1h 57m 26s	2h 14m 23s	Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy	16m 57s
2h 14m 23s	2h 16m 15s	Post-match for Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy	1m 52s
2h 16m 15s	2h 20m 19s	Pre-match for Decay vs BroMans	4m 04s
2h 20m 19s	2h 29m 39s	Decay vs BroMans	9m 20s
2h 29m 39s	2h 30m 26s	Post-match for Decay vs BroMans	0m 47s
2h 30m 26s	2h 36m 27s	Pre-match for Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley	6m 01s
2h 36m 27s	2h 53m 30s	Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley	17m 03s
2h 53m 30s	2h 55m 53s	Post-match for Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley	2m 23s

Match Times

The 9 matches combined for a total time of 1h 39m 00s. This means that 56.3% of the show was devoted to bell-to-bell action.

Here is the sorted list of match times for Slammiversary 2016.

• 17m 03s: Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley
• 16m 57s: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
• 15m 02s: EC3 vs Mike Bennett
• 10m 12s: Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z
• 9m 20s: Decay vs BroMans
• 8m 36s: Eli Drake vs Bram
• 7m 35s: Jade vs Sienna vs Kim
• 7m 34s: The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera
• 6m 41s: James Storm vs Braxton Sutter

Pre-match Segments

The pre-match segments combined for a total time of 52m 36s, which is 29.9% of the show.

Here is the sorted list of pre-match segment time for all 9 matches.

• 10m 06s: Jade vs Sienna vs Kim
• 8m 01s: EC3 vs Mike Bennett
• 6m 53s: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
• 6m 01s: Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley
• 5m 42s: Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z
• 5m 18s: James Storm vs Braxton Sutter
• 4m 05s: Eli Drake vs Bram
• 4m 04s: Decay vs BroMans
• 2m 26s: The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera

3 matches received the special treatment of a dedicated video package right before entrances. The videos hyping Gail Kim's match (2m 18s), Bennett's match (2m 18s), and Hardy's match (2m 57s), combined to take up 7m 33s of the pre-match segment time.

The pre-match segment for Trevor Lee's match included a 1m 35s brawl before the bell officially rang to start the fight.

The pre-match segment for the Knockouts match included a talking segment in the arena between Maria, Allie, Gail, and Billy Corgan that lasted over 4 minutes.

Eli Drake, Mike Bennett, Matt Hardy, Decay, and Drew Galloway each had backstage interviews or promos shortly before their entrances.

The pre-match segment for Eli Drake’s match was briefly interrupted by a 0m 46s commercial hyping up the announcement of TNA’s next Hall of Fame inductee. Those 0m 46s were thrown into the Miscellaneous category because it had nothing to do with Drake’s match.

Post-match Segments

The post-match segments combined for a total time of 13m 51s, which is 7.9% of the show.

Here is the sorted list of the post-match segment time for all 9 matches.

• 2m 23s: Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley
• 2m 10s: Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z
• 1m 52s: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
• 1m 34s: James Storm vs Braxton Sutter
• 1m 28s: EC3 vs Mike Bennett
• 1m 25s: Jade vs Sienna vs Kim
• 1m 17s: Eli Drake vs Bram
• 0m 55s: The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera
• 0m 47s: Decay vs BroMans

Miscellaneous Segments

That leaves about 5.9% (10m 26s) of the show for everything else. Most of these miscellaneous segments are crammed into the time after one post-match segment ends and before the next pre-match segment begins.

One reason why there was such a small percentage in this Miscellaneous category is because of the arrangement of the backstage interviews. 5 of the 9 matches included a backstage interview or promo immediately prior to entrances.

Sometimes these backstage interviews get thrown into the Miscellaneous category when they are placed in a part of the show that is not adjacent to the actual match.  This is exactly what happened on this show with separate backstage interviews featuring EC3 and Lashley that took place in the first hour.

But when these interviews occur right before entrances, I classify them as part of the pre-match segment.  This is what happened with backstage interviews featuring Drake, Bennett, Broken Matt, Decay, and Galloway.  Therefore those interviews were all counted as pre-match segment time.

As a result of this arrangement of backstage interviews, there were no Miscellaneous segments on this show for the final 1h 42m 08s of the event. TNA flowed right from the post-match segment of one match straight into the pre-match segment of the next match for that entire duration, without any unrelated segments in between. This is the most significant difference in structure that I noticed between this TNA pay-per-view (PPV) and the typical WWE PPV.

Summary

Here is a listing of how much total show time was allocated for each match when you add up all 3 components: pre-match time, match time, and post-match time.

• 25m 42s: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
• 25m 27s: Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley
• 24m 31s: EC3 vs Mike Bennett
• 19m 06s: Jade vs Sienna vs Kim
• 18m 04s: Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z
• 14m 11s: Decay vs BroMans
• 13m 58s: Eli Drake vs Bram
• 13m 33s: James Storm vs Braxton Sutter
• 10m 55s: The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera

Now here is a look at the "Match Time Percentage" for each match. For any given match, this percentage shows how the match time compares to the combined pre-match and post-match segment time.

(Here's an example calculation: an entry with a match time of 6m 00s, pre-match time of 3m 00s, and a post-match time of 1m 00s has a score of 60.0%, because the match time of 6m 00s is 60% of the total sum of 10m 00s for all three components.)

• 69.3%: The Tribunal vs Grado and Shera
• 67.0%: Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley
• 66.0%: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
• 65.8%: Decay vs BroMans
• 61.6%: Eli Drake vs Bram
• 61.3%: EC3 vs Mike Bennett
• 56.5%: Lee vs Edwards vs Everett vs DJ Z
• 49.3%: James Storm vs Braxton Sutter
• 39.7%: Jade vs Sienna vs Kim

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I have collected timing data on 46 WWE PPV events since the start of 2013; the timing component percentages for those shows collectively are: 23.0% pre-match segment time, 53.7% match time, 9.7% post-match segment time, and 13.6% miscellaneous segment time. In comparison to those numbers, TNA Slammiversary 2016 pumped up its pre-match segments and match time, while significantly cutting down on miscellaneous segments.

This 3-hour card also crammed in 9 full matches, which WWE has never done on any of the 3-hour WWE PPVs in my data set. WWE did include 9 matches at Money in the Bank 2016, but that show lasted 3h 23m 52s, and one of those matches was a 0m 08s MITB cash-in.

The trade-off for including 9 full matches in under 3 hours is that 5 of the matches at Slammiversary 2016 were less than 10 minutes in length.

Final Results for Slammiversary 2016

Match - 56.3% - 1h 39m 00s

Pre-match - 29.9% - 52m 36s

Post-match - 7.9% - 13m 51s

Miscellaneous - 5.9% - 10m 26s