NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II match times stats breakdown

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II lasted for 2 hour 34 minutes and 41 seconds (2h 34m 41s). Here is a breakdown of the timing for every single second of the show, in chronological order.

The matches are in bold. The "pre-match" segments include video packages, entrances, ring introductions, and any verbal promos that occur right before a match officially begins. The "post-match" segments include any celebrations, replays, angles, attacks, or promos that occur right after a match is finished.

Start	End	Description	Duration
0m 00s	0m 20s	Then, Now, Forever	0m 20s
0m 20s	3m 12s	Video hyping NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II	2m 52s
3m 12s	4m 23s	Phillips and Graves welcome you	1m 11s
4m 23s	8m 42s	Pre-match for Jose vs Aries	4m 19s
8m 42s	19m 23s	Jose vs Aries	10m 41s
19m 23s	23m 17s	Post-match for Jose vs Aries	3m 54s
23m 17s	24m 20s	Ric Flair in audience, Joe/Nak backstage	1m 03s
24m 20s	24m 40s	Plug for event theme song	0m 20s
24m 40s	27m 11s	Pre-match for Moon vs Kay	2m 31s
27m 11s	31m 46s	Moon vs Kay	4m 35s
31m 46s	32m 59s	Post-match for Moon vs Kay	1m 13s
32m 59s	33m 30s	Commercial for SummerSlam 2016	0m 31s
33m 30s	33m 50s	Filler commentary	0m 20s
33m 50s	40m 33s	Pre-match for Almas vs Roode	6m 43s
40m 33s	50m 55s	Almas vs Roode	10m 22s
50m 55s	52m 15s	Post-match for Almas vs Roode	1m 20s
52m 15s	52m 41s	Sanity video	0m 26s
52m 41s	53m 17s	Filler commentary	0m 36s
53m 17s	54m 36s	Video: Triple H unveils CWC trophy	1m 19s
54m 36s	55m 12s	CWC participants in audience	0m 36s
55m 12s	55m 38s	Plug for event theme song	0m 26s
55m 38s	1h 02m 51s	Pre-match for Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa	7m 13s
1h 02m 51s	1h 22m 01s	Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa	19m 10s
1h 22m 01s	1h 25m 22s	Post-match for Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa	3m 21s
1h 25m 22s	1h 26m 32s	Commercial for Women's Evolution	1m 10s
1h 26m 32s	1h 27m 05s	Sasha, Becky, Charlotte in audience	0m 33s
1h 27m 05s	1h 27m 29s	Plug for event theme song	0m 24s
1h 27m 29s	1h 36m 51s	Pre-match for Asuka vs Bayley	9m 22s
1h 36m 51s	1h 50m 59s	Asuka vs Bayley	14m 08s
1h 50m 59s	1h 56m 13s	Post-match for Asuka vs Bayley	5m 14s
1h 56m 13s	1h 57m 21s	Hype for NXT Live in Australia	1m 08s
1h 57m 21s	2h 10m 19s	Pre-match for Joe vs Nakamura	12m 58s
2h 10m 19s	2h 31m 32s	Joe vs Nakamura	21m 13s
2h 31m 32s	2h 34m 41s	Post-match for Joe vs Nakamura	3m 09s

Match Times

The 6 matches combined for a total time of 1h 20m 09s. This means that 51.8% of the show was devoted to bell-to-bell action.

Here is the sorted list of match times for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II:

• 21m 13s: Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura
• 19m 10s: The Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa
• 14m 08s: Asuka vs Bayley
• 10m 41s: No Way Jose vs Austin Aries
• 10m 22s: Andrade Almas vs Bobby Roode
• 4m 35s: Ember Moon vs Billie Kay

Pre-match Segments

The pre-match segments combined for a total time of 43m 06s, which is 27.9% of the show.

Here is the sorted list of pre-match segment time for all 6 matches:

• 12m 58s: Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura
• 9m 22s: Asuka vs Bayley
• 7m 13s: The Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa
• 6m 43s: Andrade Almas vs Bobby Roode
• 4m 19s: No Way Jose vs Austin Aries
• 2m 31s: Ember Moon vs Billie Kay

The dedicated video packages for Roode's match (1m 21s), Gargano's match (2m 24s), Asuka's match (3m 27s), and Nakamura's match (2m 50s) combined to take up 10m 02s of the overall pre-match segment time for this event.

For those who are curious, Jose's entrance lasted roughly 1m 59s, Roode's entrance lasted 2m 23s, and Nakamura's entrance lasted 5m 15s.

Post-match Segments

The post-match segments combined for a total time of 18m 11s, which is 11.8% of the show.

Here is the sorted list of the post-match segment time for all 6 matches:

• 5m 14s: Asuka vs Bayley
• 3m 54s: No Way Jose vs Austin Aries
• 3m 21s: The Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa
• 3m 09s: Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura
• 1m 20s: Andrade Almas vs Bobby Roode
• 1m 13s: Ember Moon vs Billie Kay

The average post-match segment on a WWE pay-per-view hovers around 2m 30s, so the top 4 matches on this list cleared that mark by a decent margin.

Miscellaneous Segments

That leaves about 8.6% (13m 15s) of the show for everything else.

Most of these miscellaneous segments are crammed into the time after one post-match segment ends and before the next pre-match segment begins. NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II included 6 different blocks of miscellaneous segments. Here is how long each block lasted, in chronological order:

• Block 1: 4m 23s (Opening hype video; welcome to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II)
• Block 2: 1m 23s (Ric Flair in audience; Joe/Nakamura backstage preparing)
• Block 3: 0m 51s (Hype for SummerSlam 2016)
• Block 4: 3m 23s (Sanity video; Hype for CWC trophy and participants)
• Block 5: 2m 07s (Hype for Women's Evolution)
• Block 6: 1m 08s (Hype for NXT Live in Australia)

Summary

Here is a listing of how much total show time was allocated for each match when you add up all 3 components: pre-match time, match time, and post-match time:

• 37m 20s: Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura
• 29m 44s: The Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa
• 28m 44s: Asuka vs Bayley
• 18m 54s: No Way Jose vs Austin Aries
• 18m 25s: Andrade Almas vs Bobby Roode
• 8m 19s: Ember Moon vs Billie Kay

Now here is a look at the "Match Time Percentage" for each match. For any given match, this percentage shows how the match time compares to the combined pre-match and post-match segment time.

(Here's an example calculation: an entry with a match time of 6m 00s, pre-match time of 3m 00s, and a post-match time of 1m 00s has a score of 60.0%, because the match time of 6m 00s is 60% of the total sum of 10m 00s for all three components.)

• 64.5%: The Revival vs Gargano and Ciampa
• 56.8%: Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura
• 56.5%: No Way Jose vs Austin Aries
• 56.3%: Andrade Almas vs Bobby Roode
• 55.1%: Ember Moon vs Billie Kay
• 49.2%: Asuka vs Bayley

Out of the three NXT events that I have timed, this match between Asuka and Bayley is the first one to fall under the 50% threshold on this metric.  This means that the combined time of the pre-match and post-match segments was longer than the actual match time.

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I have collected timing data on 45 WWE pay-per-view (PPV) events since the start of 2013; the timing component percentages for those shows collectively are: 23.0% pre-match segment time, 53.7% match time, 9.8% post-match segment time, and 13.5% miscellaneous segment time.

Counting NXT TakeOver Brooklyn II, the three NXT events that I have analyzed collectively have the following percentages: 26.2% pre-match segment time, 54.2% match time, 12.1% post-match segment time, and 7.5% miscellaneous segment time.

Thus far with a small sample size, these NXT TakeOver events appear to have a much lower miscellaneous segment percentage, and that time is mostly redistributed into the pre-match and post-match segments.

Final Results for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II

Match - 51.8% - 1h 20m 09s

Pre-match - 27.9% - 43m 06s

Post-match - 11.8% - 18m 11s

Miscellaneous - 8.6% - 13m 15s