How much wrestling actually happened at Battleground 2017?

WWE featured 7 total matches on the main card of Battleground 2017 last night (Sun., July 23, 2017) from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 41 seconds (3h 10m 41s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 7 matches that took place during this event:

• 27m 38s: Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton
• 21m 03s: John Cena vs. Rusev
• 17m 46s: AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens
• 13m 45s: The Usos vs. New Day
• 12m 27s: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin
• 10m 55s: Charlotte vs. Becky vs. Tamina vs. Lana vs Natalya
• 7m 17s: Sami Zayn vs. Mike Kanellis

These times add up to 1h 50m 51s, which is roughly 58.1% of the show. For comparison’s sake, the overall match time percentage for all WWE PPVs since the start of 2013 is 54.0%.

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 Battleground 2017 PPV later this week!