How much wrestling actually happened at Evolution?

WWE featured 7 total matches on the main card of Evolution (Sun., Oct. 28, 2018) from the NYCB Live arena in Uniondale, New York.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 3 hours, 23 minutes, and 34 seconds (3h 23m 34s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 7 matches that took place during this event:

• 28m 39s: Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
• 16m 26s: 20-Woman Battle Royal
• 14m 08s: Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella
• 13m 39s: Sasha, Bayley, Natalya vs. Riott Squad
• 12m 29s: Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler
• 11m 03s: Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox
• 10m 05s: Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai

These times add up to 1h 46m 29s, which is roughly 52.3% of the show. For comparison’s sake, the overall match time percentage for all WWE PPVs since the start of 2013 is 53.9%.

The match time of 28m 39s for Lynch versus Flair ranks as the 8th longest 1-on-1 match on WWE PPV since the start of 2013.

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 Evolution PPV later this week!