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Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Feb. 13 - 14)?

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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 February 13, 2017 edition of Raw:

  • 3m 10s: Gallows & Anderson vs. Reigns (began during commercial break)
  • 2m 15s: Kofi Kingston vs. Bo Dallas
  • 3m 14s: Jack Gallagher vs. Noam Dar
  • 4m 51s: Mark Henry vs. Braun Strowman
  • 7m 29s: Sami Zayn vs. Rusev (1 break)
  • 3m 11s: Akira Tozawa vs. Ariya Daivari
  • 2m 40s: Cesaro vs. Enzo Amore
  • 14m 29s: Charlotte vs. Bayley (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the February 14, 2017 edition of SmackDown Live:

  • 6m 04s: American Alpha vs. The Ascension (1 break)
  • 9m 05s: Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James (1 break)
  • 10m 46s: Wyatt vs. Cena vs. Styles (began during break, 1 mid-match break)

Results for Week 30

Raw total televised content: 2h 18m 23s
Raw televised wrestling time: 41m 19s (8 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 29.9%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 22m 48s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 25m 55s (3 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 31.3%

Overall results for the brand split

Here are the overall results for the brand split thus far, which began on July 25, 2016:

Raw total televised content: 67h 06m 14s
Raw televised wrestling time: 21h 10m 15s (230 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.5%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 41h 14m 21s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 13h 20m 31s (135 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 32.4%

Combined total televised content: 108h 20m 35s
Combined televised wrestling time: 34h 30m 46s (365 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.9%

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