This week saw Ring of Honor and World Wrestling Entertainment do their final builds for their pay per views while Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was establishing things before they do the hard sell for Genesis.
We saw a little more wrestling from the six shows overall, but for the first time in four months, there was no single show that broke the thirty minute barrier. We did see three shows with twenty-nine minutes of action and they were the three shows that broadcast for more than an hour.
Ring of Honor officially entered the millennium club with more than one thousand minutes of wrestling. WWE Superstars had its tenth match of more than ten minutes this week while WWE Smackdown hit the three dozen mark in that category.
The wrestling times below cover the wrestling that takes place during the show so commercials are not included. All times are rounded to the closest minute (examples: a 4:23 match will be listed as 4 minutes while a 4:32 match will be listed as 5 minutes and anything under a minute is rounded up to a minute). If an episode of Impact has more than a minute of wrestling on Reaction, Impact is considered a three hour show.
Breakdown of the matches on each show:
WWE Raw
Big Show versus Wade Barrett: 4 Minutes
Ted DiBiase and Dolph Ziggler versus Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan: 3 Minutes
Mark Henry versus Cody Rhodes: 3 Minutes
Rey Mysterio versus Miz: 4 Minutes
John Morrison versus Sheamus: 1 Minute
Diva of the Year Battle Royal: 4 Minutes
Edge versus Jack Swagger: 5 Minutes
Randy Orton versus David Arquette and Alex Riley: 3 Minutes
John Cena versus David Otunga: 2 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Taeler Hendrix versus Daizee Haze: 3 Minutes
Kevin Steen versus Kory Chavis: 4 Minutes
Roderick Strong versus Austin Aries: 15 Minutes
WWE NXT
Byron Saxton and Chris Masters versus Brodus Clay and Ted DiBiase: 6 Minutes
Derrick Bateman versus Alberto Del Rio: 3 Minutes
WWE Superstars
JTG versus Curt Hawkins: 6 Minutes
Zack Ryder versus Darren Young: 5 Minutes
Yoshi Tatsu versus Drew McIntyre: 10 Minutes
TNA Impact
Jay Lethal versus Robbie E: 6 Minutes
Eric Young and Orlando Jordan versus Generation Me: 3 Minutes
Madison Rayne and Tara versus Mickie James and Miss Tessmacher: 5 Minutes
Brother Ray versus Amazing Red: 3 Minutes
Rob Van Dam versus Rob Terry: 5 Minutes
Ken Anderson and Matt Morgan versus Jeff Hardy and Kazarian: 7 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger versus Kofi Kingston and Kaval: 7 Minutes
Chris Masters versus Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute
Rey Mysterio versus Miz: 10 Minutes
Chavo Guerrero and Tyler Reks versus Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov: 4 Minutes
Edge and Rey Mysterio versus Alberto Del Rio and Miz: 7 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Smackdown: 29 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week 29 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 29 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 25 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 29 Minutes in 9 Matches (last week: 18 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 22 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week 30 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 21 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 19 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 9 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 12 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 139 Minutes in 28 Matches (Last Week: 133 Minutes in 26 Matches)
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 22 Minutes (down from 30 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 21 Minutes (up from 19 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.5 Minutes (No Change)
TNA Impact: 14.5 Minutes (up from 8.33 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 9.67 Minutes (up from 9 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 9 Minutes (down from 12 Minutes)
Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 7.33 Minutes (down from 7.5 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 7 Minutes (down from 4.75 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 5.8 Minutes (down from 4.83 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.83 Minutes (up from 5 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 4.5 Minutes (up from 6 Minutes)br> WWE Raw: 3.22 Minutes (down from 3.6 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Roderick Strong versus Austin Aries: 15 Minutes (Ring of Honor December 13)
Yoshi Tatsu versus Drew McIntyre: 10 Minutes (WWE Superstars December 16)
Rey Mysterio versus Miz: 10 Minutes (WWE Smackdown December 17)
Shortest Matches
John Morrison versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Raw December 13)
Chris Masters versus Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown December 17)
John Cena versus David Otunga: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw December 13)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 1,179 Minutes
WWE Raw: 1,144 Minutes
TNA Impact: 1,114 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 1,005 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 848 Minutes
WWE NXT: 440 Minutes
[Season 4: 21 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 5,759 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 261 Matches
TNA Impact: 227 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 216 Matches
WWE Superstars: 143 Matches
Ring of Honor: 131 Matches
WWE NXT: 99 Matches
[Season 4: 2 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 1,082
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 25.77 Minutes (down from 25.87 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 19.72 Minutes (up from 19.69 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.05 Minutes (up from 14.04 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.80 Minutes (up from 12.76 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12.57 Minutes (down from 12.67 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 10.23 Minutes (down from 10.26 Minutes)
[Season 4: 10.5 Minutes (down from 12 Minutes)]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.67 Minutes (down from 7.68 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 5.93 Minutes (up from 5.91 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 5.47 Minutes (up from 5.46 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.91 Minutes (No Change)
WWE NXT: 4.44 Minutes (No Change)
[Season 4: 5.25 Minutes (down from 6 Minutes)]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 4.38 Minutes (down from 4.42 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Tyler Black versus Davey Richards: 27 Minutes (Ring of Honor October 18)
Christopher Daniels versus Tyler Black: 20 Minutes (Ring of Honor August 9)
Davey Richards versus Eddie Edwards: 20 Minutes (Ring of Honor April 26)
Shortest Matches
87 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Chris Masters versus Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown December 17)
John Morrison versus Sheamus: 1 Minute (WWE Raw December 13)
El Generico versus Bobby Shields: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor December 6)
Layla versus Rosa Mendes: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown December 3)
El Generico versus Steve Corino: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor November 29)
Michelle McCool versus Kelly Kelly: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown November 26)
Natalya and Kelly Kelly versus Michelle McCool and Layla: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown November 19)
Big Show versus Tyler Reks: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown November 19)
Ezekiel Jackson versus Brooklyn Brawler: 1 Minute (WWE Raw November 15)
Samoa Joe versus Gunner and Murphy: 1 Minute (TNA Impact November 11)
Zack Ryder versus Ezekiel Jackson: 1 Minute (WWE Raw November 1)
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