How much wrestling actually happened at Backlash 2017?

WWE featured 7 total matches on the main card of Backlash 2017 last night (Sun., May 21, 2017) from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes, and 1 second (2h 50m 01s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 7 matches that took place during this event:

• 21m 05s: Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles
• 15m 50s: Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal
• 15m 50s: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler
• 14m 37s: Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin
• 10m 02s: Naomi, Becky, Charlotte vs. Natalya, Tamina, Carmella
• 9m 18s: The Usos vs. Breezango
• 8m 56s: Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan

These times add up to 1h 35m 38s, which is roughly 56.2% of the show. For comparison’s sake, the overall match time percentage for all WWE PPVs since the start of 2013 is 54.1%.

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 Backlash 2017 PPV later this week!