How much wrestling actually happened at Backlash 2018?

WWE featured 8 total matches on the main card of Backlash 2018 last night (Sun., May 6, 2018) from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The main card of this pay-per-view (PPV) lasted 3 hours, 27 minutes, and 32 seconds (3h 27m 32s). Here is a sorted list of the bell-to-bell times for the 8 matches that took place during this event:

• 21m 07s: AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
• 20m 30s: Seth Rollins vs. The Miz
• 18m 04s: Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
• 11m 49s: Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton
• 10m 18s: Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss
• 10m 01s: Carmella vs. Charlotte Flair
• 8m 40s: Strowman & Lashley vs. Owens & Zayn
• 7m 43s: Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass

These times add up to 1h 48m 12s, which is roughly 52.1% 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 Backlash 2018 PPV later this week!