How much wrestling actually happened at WWE Royal Rumble 2017?

WWE featured 5 total matches on the main card of Royal Rumble 2017 last night (Sun., Jan. 29, 2017) from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 3 hours, 38 minutes, and 23 seconds (3h 38m 23s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 5 matches that took place during this event:

• 62m 08s: Royal Rumble match
• 24m 01s: AJ Styles vs. John Cena
• 23m 28s: Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns
• 13m 29s: Rich Swann vs. Neville
• 13m 02s: Charlotte vs. Bayley

These times add up to 2h 16m 08s, which is roughly 62.3% of the show. For comparison’s sake, the overall match time percentage for all WWE PPVs since the start of 2013 is 54.4%.

Are you surprised by any of these results, Cagesiders? Which of these matches received less (or more) time than you hoped for?

Don’t forget to keep it here at Cageside Seats for a full breakdown of the timing for the entire WWE Royal Rumble 2017 PPV later this week!