
In reality those 7 matches only resulted in 73m 20s of match time, largely thanks to Zayn’s match falling about 6 minutes short of my prediction. If those two matches were instead merged into one block of time, it would have scored a 70.4% on this metric.Ī couple days before Fastlane 2017 took place, I stated that the card probably needed more content because the originally advertised 7 matches would only fill roughly 80 minutes of match time. Jinder and Rusev’s matches sort of bled into each other in terms of transitioning from the post-match segment for Jinder leading into the pre-match segment for Rusev. (Here's an example calculation: an entry with a match time of 6m 00s, pre-match time of 3m 00s, and a post-match time of 1m 00s has a score of 60.0%, because the match time of 6m 00s is 60% of the total sum of 10m 00s for all three components.) For some context, it's good to know that the median result here since 2013 is 63.0%. For any given match, this percentage shows how the match time compares to the combined pre-match and post-match segment time. Now here is a look at the "Match Time Percentage" for each match. Braun Strowman (104th longest out of 391 entries) This list also includes where each total time ranks among the 391 entries in my data set.

Here is a listing of how much total show time was allocated for each match when you add up all 3 components: pre-match time, match time, and post-match time. Block 8: 3m 35s (Hype for WrestleMania & Raw Talk Raw recap).Block 7: 1m 47s (Ad for Ride Along Backstage with Foley & Joe PPV theme song).Block 6: 8m 43s (Ad for Jetsons & WWE Shop Heyman backstage New Day segment).Block 5: 4m 49s (Ads for KFC & WrestleMania KO backstage Aries’ video).Block 4: 1m 47s (Hype for WWE Network & Raw Talk).Block 3: 2m 43s (Ad for WWE Champions Backstage with Foley & Steph).Block 2: 2m 50s (Ads for Tapout and WrestleMania Backstage with Bayley).Block 1: 3m 06s (Then Now Forever Opening hype video and pyro).Here is how long each block lasted, in chronological order: Fastlane 2017 included 8 different blocks of miscellaneous segments. Most of these miscellaneous segments are crammed into the time after one post-match segment ends and before the next pre-match segment begins. This is the 11th highest percentage in this category out of the 55 events in my data set. That leaves about 15.8% (29m 20s) of the show for everything else. For some context, keep in mind that the median post-match segment time in my data set is 1m 59s and the average time is 2m 26s. Here is the sorted list of the post-match segment time for all 9 matches. This is the 40th highest percentage in this category out of the 55 events in my data set. The post-match segments combined for a total time of 14m 53s, which is 8.0% of the show. The pre-match segment for Golodberg’s match was longer than all but two of the 9 actual matches on the main card of Fastlane. The videos hyping Sasha's match (1m 17s), Roman's match (4m 08s), Bayley’s match (3m 35s), and Goldberg's match (3m 31s) combined to take up 12m 31s of the pre-match segment time. Enzo & Big CassĤ matches received the special treatment of a dedicated video package right before superstar entrances. For some context, keep in mind that the median pre-match segment time in my data set is 5m 19s and the average time is 5m 57s. Here is the sorted list of pre-match segment time for all 9 matches. This is the 5th highest percentage in this category out of the 55 events in my data set. The pre-match segments combined for a total time of 50m 40s, which is 27.4% of the show.
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Braun Strowman (103rd longest out of 391 matches)

This also includes where each match time ranks out of all 391 matches in my data set.

Here is the sorted list of match times for Fastlane 2017. This is the 49th highest percentage in this category out of the 55 WWE pay-per-view (PPV) events in my data set, which begins with Royal Rumble 2013. This means that 48.7% of the show was devoted to bell-to-bell action. The 9 matches combined for a total time of 1h 30m 12s.
