Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (September 26 - 27)?

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 September 26, 2016 edition of Raw:

• 18m 29s: Roman Reigns vs Rusev (2 commercial breaks)
• 8m 06s: New Day vs The Club (began during break, 1 mid-match break)
• 2m 07s: Bayley vs Anna Fields
• 4m 41s: Swann and Alexander vs Gulak and Dorado (1 break)
• 3m 32s: Cesaro and Sheamus vs Cutler and Williams
• 5m 18s: TJ Perkins vs Tony Nese (1 break)
• 12m 37s: Owens and Jericho vs Enzo and Cass (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the September 27, 2016 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 6m 12s: 8-man tag team match (1 break)
• 6m 34s: Carmella and Natalya vs Nikki and Naomi (1 break)
• 14m 19s: AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose (2 breaks)

Results for Week 10

Raw total televised content: 2h 11m 55s
Raw televised wrestling time: 54m 50s (7 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 41.6%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 21m 00s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 27m 05s (3 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 33.4%

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: 22h 11m 15s
Raw televised wrestling time: 7h 47m 31s (82 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 35.1%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 13h 42m 32s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 4h 07m 47s (45 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 30.1%

Combined total televised content: 35h 53m 47s
Combined televised wrestling time: 11h 55m 18s (127 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 33.2%