Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Dec. 05 - 06)?

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 5, 2016 edition of Raw:

• 5m 11s: Seth Rollins vs Big Show
• 2m 42s: Jack Gallagher vs Ariya Daivari
• 8m 57s: Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn (1 commercial break)
• 5m 52s: Rich Swann vs TJ Perkins
• 2m 23s: Bayley vs Alicia Fox
• 0m 25s: Mark Henry vs Titus O’Neil
• 10m 50s: Roman Reigns vs Chris Jericho (1 break)
• 6m 10s: Cesaro and Sheamus vs Gallows and Anderson (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the December 6, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 5m 27s: Orton and Wyatt vs Slater and Rhyno (1 break)
• 3m 28s: Hype Bros vs The Ascension
• 2m 51s: Kalisto vs Baron Corbin
• 2m 33s: Chad Gable vs Tyler Breeze
• 9m 59s: The Miz vs Dean Ambrose (1 break)

Results for Week 20

Raw total televised content: 2h 12m 46s
Raw televised wrestling time: 42m 30s (8 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 32.0%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 20m 40s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 24m 18s (5 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.1%

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: 44h 44m 52s
Raw televised wrestling time: 14h 33m 56s (156 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 32.6%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 27h 24m 01s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 8h 27m 55s (94 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.9%

Combined total televised content: 72h 08m 53s
Combined televised wrestling time: 23h 01m 51s (250 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.9%