By The Numbers: How Much Wrestling Did You Watch This Weekend?
This past weekend (June 27 & 28, 2026) was a wrestling fan’s dream (and, possibly, nightmare). Not counting Friday night’s Smackdown, there were six wrestling events, ranging from weekly shows to PLE’s and special broadcast events. Nearly one hundred and fifty wrestlers participated in 44 matches in a roughly 36 hour period (12pm June 27th to 11:59pm June 28th).
Now, I’m a big wrestling fan, have been my whole life, but that is a LOT of wrestling, even for me. How much wrestling, you ask? Well, let’s take a look and find out! The estimated numbers compiled here are from the following shows and are rounded to the nearest minute.
- WWE Night of Champions – June 27
- AEW Collison – June 27
- AAA Lucha Libre – June 27
- TNA Slammiversary – June 28
- NXT Great American Bash – June 28
- AEW Forbidden Door – June 28
Broadcast vs In-Ring Time
Now we all know that wrestling shows often feature a lot of other stuff besides in-ring action, but how much of our weekend was actually spent inside the squared circle? Of the 44 total matches over 17.5 broadcast hours, a little over 10 hours (10:06:00) was spent actually wrestling,
| Show | Broadcast Time | No. of matches | In-Ring Time |
| WWE Night of Champions | 3 Hours | 6 | 1 Hour, 20 Minutes |
| AEW Collision | 2 Hours | 7 | 1 hour 8 Minutes |
| AAA Lucha Libre | 1 hour | 2 | 17 Minutes |
| TNA Slammiversary | 4 Hours | 10 | 1 Hour, 52 Minutes |
| NXT Great American Bash | 3 Hours | 7 | 1 Hour, 29 Minutes |
| AEW Forbidden Door | 4.5 Hours | 12 | 4 Hours |
As expected, Forbidden Door gave fans the best Broadcast to In-Ring ratio with nearly the whole show dedicated to matches, including two (Team Briscoe vs. Team DCMJF and Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland) that went over 30 minutes.
How Many Titles Were On The Line
Over the course of the weekend, 23 Championships were on the line. Champions retained 17 of those titles, while 6 Championships changed hands, 4 World Championships and 2 sets of Tag Team titles.
| Show | On the Line | Retained | Won |
| WWE Night of Champions | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| AEW Collision | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| AAA Lucha Libre | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TNA Slammiversary | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| NXT Great American Bash | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| AEW Forbidden Door | 5 | 5 | 0 |
The biggest story of the weekend was obviously Sami Zayn’s capture of the WWE Undisputed Title at Night of Champions against Gunther and Cody Rhodes. However, Nic Nemeth captured the TNA World Title from Mike Santana, Xia Brookside won the TNA Knockouts Title from Léi Yǐng Lee and Kendal Grey unseated Lola Vice as the NXT Women’s Champion.
Tag Team titles also changed hands with the Hardy’s grabbing the TNA World Tag Team Titles and the newly-named DEMONxBUNNY (Rosemary & Allie) took the TNA Knockouts Tag Titles from the Elegance Brand.
Also as part of the collection of titles defended, the CMLL Women’s World Title was defended and retained by Persephone on AEW Collison and Shota Umino retained the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title against Pac on Forbidden Door.
Other Numbers of Note
In a roughly 36 hour period (12pm June 27th to 11:59pm June 28th) and over six shows, 118 wrestlers participated in 44 matches. That number includes Lola Vice who wrestled twice, defending her NXT Women’s Title against La Hiedra in AAA, then losing the same title to Kendal Gray at the Great American Bash.
Speaking of the Great American Bash, both it and AAA featured only one-on-one singles matches throughout the show. The most wrestlers in a match was the 12-man Team Briscoe vs. Team DCMJF at Forbidden Door. Across the shows, there were 5 Triple Threat matches, 6 tag team bouts and the Ultimate X Match at Slammiversary with 7 participants.
The longest match of the weekend was Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland at Forbidden Door, which lasted almost 36 minutes. The shortest match of the weekend was on AEW Collision when Místico & “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) in just 4 minutes and 17 seconds.
The Full Breakdown:
Below are the complete breakdowns for each event so that you can correct my math. The good news is that even after all that, the Wrestling Train keeps on rolling with new episodes of RAW, NXT, Dynamite, Impact!, Smackdown and Collision waiting in the wings!
WWE Night of Champions (June 27)
- Number of Matches: 6
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 13
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 3 hrs / 1 hr 20 min
- Match Lengths:
- Oba Femi vs. Jey Uso — 8:00
- Iyo Sky vs. Liv Morgan — 14:55
- Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker — 19:05
- Trick Williams vs. Ricky Saints — 10:50
- Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill — 7:35
- Sami Zayn vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther — 18:40
- Championship Outcomes:
- WWE United States Championship: Trick Williams retained against Ricky Saints.
- WWE Women’s United States Championship: Tiffany Stratton retained against Jade Cargill.
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Sami Zayn defeated Cody Rhodes (c) and Gunther in a triple threat match to become the new champion.
AEW Collision (June 27)
- Number of Matches: 7 (Note: Match lengths for weekly television episodes are heavily subject to commercial breaks and vary by broadcast).
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 10
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 2 hrs / 1 hr 8 min
- Match Lengths:
- The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) (c) defeated The Opps (HOOK, Katsuyori Shibata & Anthony Bowens) – 14:00
- Kevin Knight (c) defeated Dezmond Xavier – 12:07
- Chris Jericho defeated JD Drake – 5:08
- Persephone (c) defeated Billie Starkz – 9:17
- Místico & “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) – 4:17
- Jake Doyle defeated Adam Priest – 8:22
- Mercedes Moné & Athena defeated Maya World & Hyan – 14:55
- Championship Outcomes:
- AEW World Trios Championship: The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) retained against The Opps (Anthony Bowens & Acclaimed partners).
- AEW TNT Championship: Kevin Knight retained against Dezmond Xavier.
FiredUp Network - CMLL Women’s World Championship: Persephone retained against Billie Starkz.
- No titles changed hands on this show.
AAA Lucha Libre (June 27)
- Number of Matches: 2 (Note: Match lengths for weekly television episodes are heavily subject to commercial breaks and vary by broadcast).
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 4
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 1 hr / 17 min
- Match Lengths:
- Galeno Vs Mecha Wolf – 6:20
- Lola Vice vs La Hiedra – 10:30
- Championship Outcomes:
- NXT Women’s Championship: Lola Vice retained her title in a special crossover match against La Hiedra.
- No titles changed hands.
TNA Slammiversary (June 28)
- Number of Matches: 10 (2 on the pre-show, 8 on the main card)
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 35
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 4 hrs / 1 hr 52 min
- Match Lengths:
- Elayna Black vs. Indi Hartwell vs. Mara Sadè — 5:00
- Ricky Sosa vs. Eric Young — 6:00
- X Division Ultimate X Match — 10:30
- Elijah vs. A.J. Francis — 9:10
- DemonXBunny vs. The Elegance Brand — 9:40
- Mustafa Ali vs. Rich Swann vs. Uhaa Nation — 10:00
- Moose vs. Eddie Edwards — 13:10
- Xia Brookside vs. Léi Yǐng Lee — 11:50
- Four-Way Tag Team Ladder Match — 17:30
- Nic Nemeth vs. Mike Santana — 15:00
- Championship Outcomes:
- TNA X Division Championship: Cedric Alexander retained in the Ultimate X match.
Reddit - TNA International Championship: Mustafa Ali retained in a triple threat open challenge.
- TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship: CHANGED HANDS. DemonXBunny (Rosemary & Allie) defeated The Elegance Brand to win the titles.
- TNA Knockouts World Championship: CHANGED HANDS. Xia Brookside defeated Léi Yǐng Lee to win the title.
Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News - TNA World Tag Team Championship: CHANGED HANDS. The Broken Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) won the four-way ladder match over The System (c) to capture the gold.
Reddit - TNA World Championship: CHANGED HANDS. Nic Nemeth defeated Mike Santana to win the world title.
Sports Illustrated
- TNA X Division Championship: Cedric Alexander retained in the Ultimate X match.
NXT Great American Bash (June 28)
- Number of Matches: 7
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 14
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 3 hrs / 1 hr 29 min
- Match Lengths:
- Tony D’Angelo vs. Naraku — 10:12
- Zaria vs. Tatum Paxley — 14:08
- Shiloh Hill vs. Tristan Angels — 13:07
- Wren Sinclair vs. Arianna Grace — 4:48
- Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox — 14:20
- Myles Borne vs. Tavion Heights — 17:13
- Kendal Grey vs. Lola Vice — 15:14
- Championship Outcomes:
- NXT Championship: Tony D’Angelo retained against Naraku.
Sports Illustrated - NXT Women’s North American Championship: Zaria retained against Tatum Paxley.
Wikipedia - WWE Women’s Speed Championship: Wren Sinclair retained against Arianna Grace.
- NXT North American Championship: Myles Borne retained against Tavion Heights.
- NXT Women’s Championship: CHANGED HANDS. Kendal Grey defeated Lola Vice to win the title.
- NXT Championship: Tony D’Angelo retained against Naraku.
AEW Forbidden Door (June 28)
- Number of Matches: 12 (3 on the pre-show, 9 on the main card)
- Number of Wrestlers Used: 42
- Broadcast / In-Ring Time: 4.5 hrs / 4 hr min
- Match Lengths:
- Drilla Moloney vs. Daniel Garcia — 10:26
- Maika vs. Skye Blue — 9:18
- Divine Dominion vs. Thunder Rosa & Olympia — 10:48
- Young Bucks vs. El Sky Team vs. Unbound Co. — 17:50
- Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — 26:30
- Jon Moxley vs. Bandido — 18:10
- Shota Umino vs. Pac — 18:15
- Thekla vs. Starlight Kid — 18:45
- Cope & Cage vs. The Dogs — 16:45
- Mercedes Moné vs. Maya World — 24:55
- Team Briscoe vs. Team DCMJF — 30:50
- Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland — 35:30
- Championship Outcomes:
- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship: Divine Dominion retained against Thunder Rosa & Olympia.
- AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley retained against Bandido.
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Shota Umino retained against Pac.
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla retained against Starlight Kid.
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: Cope & Cage (Adam Copeland & Christian Cage) retained against The Dogs.
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