Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Dec. 19 - 20)?

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 December 19, 2016 edition of Raw:

• 0m 58s: Big Cass vs. Rusev
• 1m 50s: Cedric Alexander vs. Noam Dar (1 commercial break)
• 7m 47s: 8-man tag team match (began during break, 1 mid-match break)
• 0m 40s: Sin Cara vs. Titus O’Neil
• 11m 08s: Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley (1 break)
• 13m 33s: Reigns & Rollins vs Jericho & Owens (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the December 20, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 0m 45s: AJ Styles vs. James Ellsworth
• 4m 48s: The Miz vs. Apollo Crews (1 break)
• 4m 36s: Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper (1 break)
• 3m 01s: Alexa Bliss vs. La Luchadora
• 2m 30s: Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins
• 12m 06s: Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin (1 break)

Results for Week 22

Raw total televised content: 2h 11m 24s
Raw televised wrestling time: 35m 56s (6 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 27.3%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 22m 42s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 27m 46s (6 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 33.6%

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: 49h 06m 07s
Raw televised wrestling time: 15h 49m 56s (169 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 32.2%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 30h 06m 24s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 9h 31m 28s (104 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 31.6%

Combined total televised content: 79h 12m 31s
Combined televised wrestling time: 25h 21m 24s (273 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 32.0%