Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Feb. 20 - 21)?

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 20, 2017 edition of Raw:

• 5m 48s: Enzo & Cass vs. Cesaro & Sheamus (1 commercial break)
• 3m 58s: Gallows & Anderson vs. Roman Reigns
• 3m 42s: New Day vs. Rusev & Jinder Mahal (began during break)
• 0m 35s: Sarah Pierce vs. Nia Jax
• 6m 30s: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Flair (began during break, 1 mid-match break)
• 1m 13s: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
• 12m 08s: Big Show vs. Braun Strowman

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the February 21, 2017 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 5m 20s: Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss (1 break)
• 1m 45s: American Alpha vs. Breezango
• 10m 39s: Nikki Bella vs. Natalya (1 break)
• 15m 42s: 10-man Battle Royal (2 breaks)

Results for Week 31

Raw total televised content: 2h 22m 19s
Raw televised wrestling time: 33m 54s (7 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 23.8%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 24m 04s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 33m 26s (4 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 39.8%

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: 69h 28m 33s
Raw televised wrestling time: 21h 44m 09s (237 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.3%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 42h 38m 25s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 13h 53m 57s (139 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 32.6%

Combined total televised content: 112h 06m 58s
Combined televised wrestling time: 35h 38m 06s (376 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.8%