A Cornucopia of RAW Statistics (2011-2013)

Analysis by Chris Harrington (chris.harrington@gmail.com) for indeedwrestling.com

Last night's RAW main event of Wyatts & Shield vs Rhodes Brothers/Usos/Punk&Bryan was notable for its length (over 24 minutes).  In the pantheon of the last 150 RAWs, it one of the longest televised matches in awhile:

RAW Matches lasting over 18.5 minutes (2011-2013)

7/22/2013 Daniel Bryan won a gauntlet match at 32:18

• Bryan defeated Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro) via submission with the Yes Lock at 2:57
• Bryan pinned Cesaro (w/ Colter & Swagger) with an inside cradle at 23:25 as Cesaro attempted a European uppercut
• Bryan defeated Ryback via disqualification at 9:13 when Ryback put Bryan through a table

10/3/2011 John Cena, CM Punk, Mason Ryan, Sheamus, WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne defeated WWE World Champion Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Jack Swagger, WWE IC Champion Cody Rhodes, WWE US Champion Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero), & David Otunga at 26:53

2/25/2013 John Cena pinned CM Punk with the FU at 26:33

11/18/2013 Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Goldust & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeated The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) & The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) at 24:05

5/13/2013 John Cena & Team Hell No (Kane & Daniel Bryan) defeated The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns) in an Elimination match at 23:18

5/20/2013 WWE US Champion Dean Ambrose, WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns defeated Kofi Kingston, Daniel Bryan & Kane at 22:55

9/23/2013 Daniel Bryan, Rob Van Dam, Jimmy & Jey Uso, Dolph Ziggler, Darren Young & Titus O'Neil, Justin Gabriel, & Zack Ryder defeated WWE US Champion Dean Ambrose, WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns in an elimination match at 23:11

6/20/2011 WWE World Champion John Cena, World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton, & Alex Riley defeated R-Truth, Christian, & Mike Mizanin in an elimination match at 21:56

7/15/2013 Rob Van Dam pinned Chris Jericho with the Five Star Frog Splash at 21:36 

1/3/2011 Randy Orton defeated Sheamus and Wade Barrett in a steel cage match at 18:45

9/5/2011 John Cena, John Morrison, Sheamus, & Alex Riley defeated Wade Barrett, Christian, Jack Swagger, & WWE US Champion Dolph Ziggler in an impromptu elimination match at around the 19-minute mark

10/14/2013 Cody Rhodes & Goldust defeated The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) (c) (w/ Dean Ambrose) in a No Disqualification match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship at 19:20

11/4/2013 World Heavyweight Champion John Cena, WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust defeated Damien Sandow, Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro (w/ Zeb Colter) at 19:11 when Goldust pinned Cesaro with the Final Cut

1/7/2013 WWE World Champion CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated Ryback in a TLC match at 18:52

  

5/27/2013 The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) (c) defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship at 18:35 

Interestingly, 2012 RAW is conspicuously absent from this list. The longest match that year was...

10/22/12: WWE World Champion CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus in a non-title lumberjack match at 18:13

Daniel Bryan working a trio of matches on a single RAW was not the only example of being asked to pull triple duty:

April 11, 2011: R-Truth

Gauntlet Match: R-Truth pinned Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) with the What's Up at 3:56

Gauntlet Match: R-Truth pinned John Morrison with the What's Up after avoiding Starship Pain at 4:50

Gauntlet Match: R-Truth fought John Cena to a double disqualification at 5:34 when WWE World Champion Mike Mizanin and Alex Riley attacked both men

Additionally, others have worked two matches on a single RAW which totaled more than 18 minutes:

July 3, 2013: Daniel Bryan (32:15) 

Daniel Bryan defeated Ryback by DQ (15:00)

The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) & Randy Orton (17:15)

July 25, 2011: Rey Mysterio Jr (26:20)

WWE World Championship Tournament Finals: Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Mike Mizanin at 13:18 with the 619 and splash off the top

John Cena pinned WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the title at 12:52 with the FU as Mysterio attempted the 619

September 10, 2011: Randy Orton & CM Punk (23:43)

Randy Orton defeated WWE World Champion CM Punk via disqualification in a non-title match at 13:43

Randy Orton & Jerry Lawler defeated WWE World Champion CM Punk & Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) in an impromptu match at around the 10-minute mark 

August 13, 2012: CM Punk & The Big Show (19:27)

WWE World Champion CM Punk defeated the Big Show via disqualifcation in a non-title match at 6:01

 WWE World Champion CM Punk & John Cena defeated Daniel Bryan & the Big Show at 13:26 

June 4, 2012: John Cena (18:10)

John Cena pinned Tensai (w/ Sakamoto) in an impromptu bout with the FU at 9:05

John Cena pinned Michael Cole in a No DQ match at 9:05 with the FU

2 HOUR RAW vs 3 HOUR RAW
Since the beginning of 2011, there has been 78 2-hour RAWs and 73 3-hour RAWs.

SINGLES MATCHES: 305 on 2-hour RAW (5:12 average) vs. 414 on 3-hour RAW (6:25 average)
TAG MATCHES: 113 on 2-hour RAW (6:23 average) vs. 142 on 3-hour RAW (7:10 average)
HANDICAP MATCHES: 11 on 2-hour RAW (6:16 average) vs. 18 on 3-hour RAW (6:25 average)
BATTLE ROYALS: 9 on 2-hour RAW (7:23 average) vs. 4 on 3-hour RAW (6:11 average)

# OF MATCHES: 5.62 average on 2-hour RAW (5:38 average) vs. 7.92 average on 3-hour RAW (6:36 average) -- Overall, # of matches has increased about 18% and total minutes of wrestling time has expanded from 31:20 (2-hour RAW) to 52:17 (3-hour RAW). (This does not include matches that went immdiately to a "no contest" nor contest segments such as arm wrestling, divas musical chairs, verbal debates or tug-o-war contests.)

Number of people participating in the wrestling matches per show: 15.14 average on 2-hour RAW (2.69 people per match) versus 21.59 average on 3-hour RAW (2.73 people per match).  Essentially, they've increased the exposure of people through putting more matches on the show rather than just more people in the matches.

People with at least ten singles matches in both 2-hour and 3-hour RAW eras:
MORE TIME: Alberto Del Rio: (+1:13), Dolph Ziggler: (+2:46), Randy Orton: (+2:27), CM Punk: (+1:38), Sheamus: (+5:07), Daniel Bryan: (+3:47), John Cena: (+5:28), the Big Show: (+1:52), Kane: (+1:11)

LESS TIME: The Miz: (-1:38), R-Truth: (-2:28), Zack Ryder: (-1:05)

People with at least ten tag matches in both 2-hour and 3-hour RAW eras:

MORE TIME: Daniel Bryan: (+1:35), Kofi Kingston: (+1:44), Brie Bella: (+1:20), Nikki Bella: (+1:39), Natalya Neidhart: (+1:01)

LESS TIME: Cody Rhodes: (-1:14), Sheamus: (-1:17), Jack Swagger: (-2:53), Santino Marella: (-1:25)

It's less likely that there was a conscious decision that correlated between giving specific people more or less time based on whether it was a two or three hour RAW as much as the changes are probably reflective of the changes in programs (heel/face alignment, which title belts are involved, place on the card) for these people.

(Excludes rumbles, does not attribute exact times of elimination for elimination matches)

Annual Leaders
2011
CM Punk (34 RAW matches with 10:24 average)
Christian (13 RAW matches with 10:06 average)
Rey Mysterio Jr (19 RAW matches with 10:05 average)
The Miz (38 RAW matches with 9:59 average)
John Cena (37 RAW matches with 9:52 average)
Cody Rhodes (13 RAW matches with 9:43 average)
Alex Riley (15 RAW matches with 9:07 average)
Randy Orton (24 RAW matches with 9:03 average)
Alberto Del Rio (35 RAW matches with 8:28 average)
R-Truth (27 RAW matches with 8:27 average)
John Morrison (26 RAW matches with 7:30 average)
Dolph Ziggler (37 RAW matches with 7:23 average)
Wade Barrett (13 RAW matches with 7:22 average)
Sheamus (26 RAW matches with 7:15 average)
Kofi Kingston (28 RAW matches with 7:07 average)

2012
Chris Jericho (15 RAW matches with 10:59 average)
CM Punk (37 RAW matches with 10:56 average)
John Cena (30 RAW matches with 10:31 average)
Sheamus (37 RAW matches with 9:10 average)
Rey Mysterio Jr (15 RAW matches with 9:06 average)
Daniel Bryan (40 RAW matches with 8:47 average)
Dolph Ziggler (46 RAW matches with 8:37 average)
Randy Orton (21 RAW matches with 8:31 average)
Kane (28 RAW matches with 8:08 average)
Damien Sandow (18 RAW matches with 7:47 average)
Sin Cara (19 RAW matches with 7:41 average)
Alberto Del Rio (30 RAW matches with 7:41 average)
Darren Young (15 RAW matches with 7:15 average)
Wade Barrett (14 RAW matches with 7:09 average)
Kofi Kingston (36 RAW matches with 7:01 average)

2013
Goldust (7 RAW matches with 16:07 average)
Roman Reigns (25 RAW matches with 13:19 average)
John Cena (17 RAW matches with 12:55 average)
Seth Rollins (26 RAW matches with 12:25 average)
CM Punk (19 RAW matches with 11:44 average)
Daniel Bryan (40 RAW matches with 11:38 average)
Chris Jericho (15 RAW matches with 11:18 average)
Dean Ambrose (28 RAW matches with 11:15 average)
Randy Orton (39 RAW matches with 10:11 average)
Dolph Ziggler (32 RAW matches with 9:52 average)
Rob Van Dam (10 RAW matches with 9:14 average)
Luke Harper (5 RAW matches with 9:12 average)
Kane (24 RAW matches with 8:54 average)
Jimmy Uso (17 RAW matches with 8:45 average)
Jey Uso (17 RAW matches with 8:45 average)
Sheamus (20 RAW matches with 7:45 average)
Alberto Del Rio (34 RAW matches with 7:34 average)
Cody Rhodes (33 RAW matches with 7:29 average)
Christian (9 RAW matches with 7:25 average)
Antonio Cesaro (33 RAW matches with 7:12 average)

Curtis Axel (19 RAW matches with 7:06 average)

Sources
Analysis by Chris Harrington (chris.harrington@gmail.com)
Data from http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/WWE_Monday_Night_RAW and TheHistoryofWWE.com
Last updated: November 19, 2013