Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Jan. 30 - 31)?

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 January 30, 2017 edition of Raw:

• 8m 15s: Chris Jericho vs. Sami Zayn (1 commercial break)
• 3m 49s: Mustafa Ali vs. Tony Nese
• 4m 32s: Charlotte & The Club vs. Bayley, Cesaro, Sheamus (1 break)
• 4m 39s: Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
• 2m 03s: Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax
• 6m 21s: Enzo & Cass vs. Rusev & Mahal (1 break)

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the January 31, 2017 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 8m 12s: Cena & Harper vs. Orton & Wyatt (1 break)
• 1m 26s: Carmella vs. Delilah Dawson
• 2m 02s: Kalisto vs. Dolph Ziggler
• 7m 59s: Alexa & Mickie vs. Naomi & Becky (1 break)
• 15m 13s: Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles (1 break)

Results for Week 28

Raw total televised content: 2h 15m 39s
Raw televised wrestling time: 29m 39s (6 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 21.9%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 22m 41s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 34m 52s (5 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 42.2%

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: 62h 30m 05s
Raw televised wrestling time: 19h 43m 59s (214 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.6%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 38h 26m 50s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 12h 27m 07s (128 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 32.4%

Combined total televised content: 100h 56m 55s
Combined televised wrestling time: 32h 11m 06s (342 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.9%