Raw vs. SmackDown Live: Which show included more wrestling (Feb. 06 - 07)?

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 6, 2017 edition of Raw:

• 5m 57s: Bayley vs. Nia Jax (1 commercial break)
• 1m 55s: Strowman vs. Wallace, Kelly, Stock, and Bonin
• 3m 38s: Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak
• 5m 55s: The Club vs. Cesaro & Sheamus (1 break)
• 5m 47s: New Day vs. Shining Stars (began during break)
• 6m 39s: Chris Jericho vs. Sami Zayn (1 break)
• 5m 10s: Cruiserweight 6-man tag team match (began during break)
• 9m 56s: Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe

Here is the amount of television time given to each match on the February 7, 2017 edition of SmackDown Live:

• 9m 09s: Ambrose vs. Corbin vs. Styles vs. Miz (1 break)
• 1m 03s: Apollo Crews vs. Dolph Ziggler
• 6m 44s: 12-man tag team match (1 break)
• 10m 33s: John Cena vs. Randy Orton (1 break)

Results for Week 29

Raw total televised content: 2h 17m 46s
Raw televised wrestling time: 44m 57s (8 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 32.6%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 1h 24m 43s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 27m 29s (4 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 32.4%

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: 64h 47m 51s
Raw televised wrestling time: 20h 28m 56s (222 matches)
Raw wrestling time percentage: 31.6%

SmackDown Live total televised content: 39h 51m 33s
SmackDown Live televised wrestling time: 12h 54m 36s (132 matches)
SmackDown Live wrestling time percentage: 32.4%

Combined total televised content: 104h 39m 24s
Combined televised wrestling time: 33h 23m 32s (354 matches)
Combined wrestling time percentage: 31.9%