Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Oct. 17 - 18)?

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 17, 2016 edition of Raw:

• 11m 11s: Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho (1 commercial break)
• 3m 12s: Henry, Golden Truth vs Titus, Shining Stars
• 6m 58s: Big E vs Sheamus (1 break)
• 2m 56s: Neville vs Bo Dallas
• 4m 09s: Bayley vs Dana Brooke
• 2m 16s: Mile High Trio vs Braun Strowman
• 1m 11s: Big Cass vs Karl Anderson
• 4m 02s: Perkins, Swann, Alexander vs Kendrick, Nese, Gulak (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the October 18, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 4m 55s: Randy Orton vs Luke Harper (1 break)
• 6m 44s: Naomi vs Alexa Bliss (1 break)
• 6m 15s: Ziggler, Rhyno, Slater vs Miz, Spirit Squad (1 break)
• 1m 39s: Jack Swagger vs Baron Corbin
• 8m 28s: AJ Styles vs James Ellsworth (1 break)

Results for Week 13

Raw total televised content: 2h 17m 24s
Raw televised wrestling time: 35m 55s (8 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 26.1%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 20m 38s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 28m 01s (5 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 34.7%

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: 29h 02m 21s
Raw televised wrestling time: 9h 49m 51s (107 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 33.9%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 17h 54m 09s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 5h 26m 38s (61 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.4%

Combined total televised content: 46h 56m 30s
Combined televised wrestling time: 15h 16m 29s (168 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 32.5%