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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 November 28, 2016 edition of Raw:
- 0m 38s: R-Truth vs Braun Strowman
- 3m 25s: Cedric Alexander vs Tony Nese
- 3m 08s: Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks
- 0m 26s: Enzo Amore vs Rusev
- 3m 28s: Rich Swann vs Noam Dar
- 11m 31s: Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns (1 commercial break)
- 5m 36s: New Day vs Gallows and Anderson (1 break)
- 12m 59s: Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks (1 break)
Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the November 29, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:
- 3m 46s: Miz and Corbin vs Kalisto and Ziggler (1 break)
- 7m 48s: Kane vs Luke Harper (1 break)
- 11m 50s: American Alpha vs Wyatt and Orton (1 break)
Results for Week 19
Raw total televised content: 2h 14m 27s
Raw televised wrestling time: 41m 11s (8 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 30.6%
SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 20m 29s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 23m 24s (3 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 29.1%
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: 42h 32m 06s
Raw televised wrestling time: 13h 51m 26s (148 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 32.6%
SmackDown Live total televised content: 26h 03m 21s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 8h 03m 37s (89 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.9%
Combined total televised content: 68h 35m 27s
Combined televised wrestling time: 21h 55m 03s (237 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 32.0%