Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Oct. 10 - 11)?

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 October 10, 2016 edition of Raw:

• 4m 14s: Kofi Kingston vs Cesaro (1 commercial break)
• 2m 21s: Bayley vs Cami Fields
• 3m 14s: Sin Cara and Dorado vs Gulak and Nese
• 2m 22s: Neville and Zayn vs Axel and Dallas
• 2m 09s: R-Truth vs Titus O’Neil
• 0m 57s: Splash Brothers vs Braun Strowman
• 6m 42s: Sasha and Reigns vs Rusev and Charlotte (1 break)
• 5m 14s: TJ Perkins vs Ariya Daivari
• 15m 41s: Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the October 11, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 6m 42s: Dolph Ziggler vs Spirit Squad
• 2m 57s: Naomi vs Carmella (began during break)
• 2m 50s: Chad Gable vs Jimmy Uso
• 10m 24s: AJ Styles vs James Ellsworth
• 7m 45s: Orton and Kane vs Harper and Wyatt (1 break)

There was one commercial break in both Ellsworth’s match and Ziggler’s match, however the action in the ring was still technically being televised during those commercial breaks. Therefore all of that time was included as part of the televised wrestling content for SmackDown Live.

Results for Week 12

Raw total televised content: 2h 19m 11s
Raw televised wrestling time: 42m 54s (9 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 30.8%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 29m 03s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 30m 38s (5 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 34.4%

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: 26h 44m 57s
Raw televised wrestling time: 9h 13m 56s (99 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 34.5%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 16h 33m 31s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 4h 58m 37s (56 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.1%

Combined total televised content: 43h 18m 28s
Combined televised wrestling time: 14h 12m 33s (155 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 32.8%