Unless my math is wrong, the main card was just a little over two hours lol
The main card was nearly 3 hours and 45 minutes with very little cooldown. The pre-show was 2 hours. It was down to Smackdown and NXT at the end and both were represented by heels. The worst that NXT could do was tie. Raw was completely out of the running. Sports movies use the down to the last play aspect to create drama and to hook the viewer.
When they had Raw completely blow out Smackdown last year. They missed a golden opportunity to do something big on the next show. They could have made a great story about it.