-- Ringside Wrestling Archive — DuckDB SQL recipes -- -- DuckDB reads parquet directly with no schema setup. Run with: -- duckdb < duckdb_queries.sql -- or interactively: -- duckdb -- .read duckdb_queries.sql -- -- All queries assume parquet files are in the current directory. -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 1. Sanity check — row counts per table -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT 'promotions' AS tbl, COUNT(*) AS rows FROM 'promotions.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'wrestlers', COUNT(*) FROM 'wrestlers.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'wrestler_aliases', COUNT(*) FROM 'wrestler_aliases.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'events', COUNT(*) FROM 'events.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'matches', COUNT(*) FROM 'matches.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'match_participants', COUNT(*) FROM 'match_participants.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'titles', COUNT(*) FROM 'titles.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'title_reigns', COUNT(*) FROM 'title_reigns.parquet' UNION ALL SELECT 'alignment_turns', COUNT(*) FROM 'alignment_turns.parquet' ORDER BY rows DESC; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 2. Top 20 wrestlers by total matches -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT w.ring_name, COUNT(*) AS matches FROM 'match_participants.parquet' mp JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' w ON w.id = mp.wrestler_id GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC LIMIT 20; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 3. Matches per year by promotion (last 30 years) -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM e.date) AS year, p.abbreviation AS promo, COUNT(*) AS matches FROM 'matches.parquet' m JOIN 'events.parquet' e ON e.id = m.event_id JOIN 'promotions.parquet' p ON p.id = e.promotion_id WHERE e.date >= CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL 30 YEAR GROUP BY 1, 2 ORDER BY 1 DESC, 3 DESC; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 4. Career win rates (≥50 matches) — the kayfabe distribution -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT w.ring_name, COUNT(*) AS matches, AVG((mp.result = 'win')::INTEGER)::DECIMAL(4,3) AS win_rate FROM 'match_participants.parquet' mp JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' w ON w.id = mp.wrestler_id GROUP BY w.ring_name HAVING COUNT(*) >= 50 ORDER BY win_rate DESC LIMIT 30; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 5. Longest title reigns -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT w.ring_name, t.name AS title, tr.won_date, COALESCE(tr.lost_date, CURRENT_DATE) - tr.won_date AS length_days, tr.defenses FROM 'title_reigns.parquet' tr JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' w ON w.id = tr.wrestler_id JOIN 'titles.parquet' t ON t.id = tr.title_id ORDER BY length_days DESC LIMIT 25; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 6. Highest-rated matches (Cagematch crowd ratings) -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT e.date, e.name AS event, p.abbreviation AS promo, m.match_type, m.rating FROM 'matches.parquet' m JOIN 'events.parquet' e ON e.id = m.event_id JOIN 'promotions.parquet' p ON p.id = e.promotion_id WHERE m.rating IS NOT NULL ORDER BY m.rating DESC, e.date DESC LIMIT 25; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 7. Royal Rumble winners by year -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM e.date) AS year, w.ring_name AS winner FROM 'matches.parquet' m JOIN 'events.parquet' e ON e.id = m.event_id JOIN 'match_participants.parquet' mp ON mp.match_id = m.id AND mp.result = 'win' JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' w ON w.id = mp.wrestler_id WHERE m.match_type = 'royal_rumble' ORDER BY year DESC; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 8. Head-to-head — most-wrestled matchup -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WITH singles AS ( SELECT match_id FROM 'match_participants.parquet' GROUP BY match_id HAVING COUNT(*) = 2 ), pairs AS ( SELECT s.match_id, LEAST(mp1.wrestler_id, mp2.wrestler_id) AS w_a, GREATEST(mp1.wrestler_id, mp2.wrestler_id) AS w_b FROM singles s JOIN 'match_participants.parquet' mp1 ON mp1.match_id = s.match_id JOIN 'match_participants.parquet' mp2 ON mp2.match_id = s.match_id AND mp1.id < mp2.id ) SELECT wa.ring_name AS wrestler_a, wb.ring_name AS wrestler_b, COUNT(*) AS encounters FROM pairs p JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' wa ON wa.id = p.w_a JOIN 'wrestlers.parquet' wb ON wb.id = p.w_b GROUP BY 1, 2 ORDER BY 3 DESC LIMIT 25; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 9. Match-type win-rate variance (which formats are predictable?) -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT m.match_type, COUNT(*) AS matches, AVG((mp.result = 'win')::INTEGER)::DECIMAL(4,3) AS win_rate, STDDEV_SAMP((mp.result = 'win')::INTEGER)::DECIMAL(4,3) AS stddev FROM 'matches.parquet' m JOIN 'match_participants.parquet' mp ON mp.match_id = m.id GROUP BY 1 HAVING matches > 100 ORDER BY stddev DESC; -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -- 10. Use the denormalized match_view for quick ML-ready slices -- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SELECT promotion_abbr, COUNT(*) AS matches, AVG(rating) AS avg_rating, AVG((result = 'win')::INTEGER) AS win_rate FROM 'match_view.parquet' WHERE year >= 2020 AND is_singles GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;