{"id":11581,"date":"2022-01-08T19:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2022-12-26T15:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T21:09:21","slug":"aew-battle-of-the-belts-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/aew-battle-of-the-belts-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Battle of the Belts Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>AEW Battle of the Belts<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n#AEWBOTB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: January 8, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: January 8, 2022<\/strong><br \/>\n(aired live on TNT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=charlotte-nc\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Charlotte<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=north-carolina\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">NC<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=bojangles-coliseum\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Bojangles Coliseum<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Excalibur, Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone <\/strong>(1, 3)<strong>, Taz <\/strong>(2)<br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36ea1b91dd','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36ea1b91dd\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Match Previews\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36ea1b91dd\">');<\/script>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11581 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/01-2.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11587'>\n\t\t\t\tInterim TNT Title &#8211; Dustin Rhodes vs Sammy Guevara\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/02-2.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11588'>\n\t\t\t\tFTW Title &#8211; Ricky Starks vs Matt Sydal\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03-2.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11589'>\n\t\t\t\tAEW Women&#8217;s Tile &#8211; Britt Baker vs Riho\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Interim TNT Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The Natural&#8221; Dustin Rhodes<\/strong> vs w\/ Arn Anderson <strong>vs &#8220;Spanish God&#8221; Sammy Guevara<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Aubrey Edwards; title belt presenter: David Crockett)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36ea1ba0d9','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36ea1ba0d9\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36ea1ba0d9\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Sammy Guevara wins via pinfall with a sitout pin<\/strong>, Sammy Guevara becomes the Interim TNT Champion<br \/>\n<strong>Time: 16:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. The pace was slower than you might expect for a Sammy Guevara match, but that&#8217;s because Dustin Rhodes was able to slow Sammy down. Dustin slammed Sammy&#8217;s knee into the ring steps early in the match (following up with a piledriver on the floor), and that one move kept Sammy&#8217;s offense manageable for Dustin for most of the rest of the match. Sammy had to fight from behind nearly the entire time. Fuego del Sol appeared from under the ring and set up a table for Sammy to use, but it backfired, causing Sammy to struggle even more against Dustin. For an interim title match, this was well done. I enjoyed that it forced Sammy to use something other than speed and flying if he wanted to come away with a win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ring Area<br \/>\nAfter the match, David Crockett presents the winner with the Interim TNT Title belt. Afterwards, Daniel Garcia gets into the ring and picks a fight with the interim champ. Referees try to restore order as the show heads to a commercial break.<\/p>\n<p>Video<br \/>\nJade Cargill (with Mark Sterling) gloats as the first TBS Champion. Jurassic Express (with Christian Cage) are humble about their recent title victory.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage<br \/>\nTony Schiavone is with the Interim TNT Champ, Sammy Guevara. Guevara isn&#8217;t happy about Daniel Garcia trying to ruin his moment. The TNT Title is about open challenges though, so Sammy says he&#8217;ll put his title on the line against Garcia on Dynamite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>FTW Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Matt Sydal vs Ricky Starks <\/b>(FTW Champ) w\/ Powerhouse Hobbs<br \/>\n(referee: Bryce Remsburg)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36ea1ba117','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36ea1ba117\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36ea1ba117\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ricky Starks wins via pinfall after Roshambo<\/strong>, Ricky Starks retains the title in his fourth defense<br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. Sydal got off to a good start, going after Starks&#8217; thigh and slowing Starks down. Starks starting mounting a comeback, but Sydal was able to shut Starks down after some really nice countering sequences. Late in the match Starks began looking for his finisher, but he struggled because of the damage to his leg. This was VERY nicely done and definitely helps the status of the FTW Title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Ricky Starks attacks Matt Sydal. Powerhouse Hobbs enters the ring and beats on Sydal as well. Lee Moriarty runs out to help Sydal, but Moriarty is quickly put down. Dante Martin then runs out and gets in the face of Powerhouse Hobbs. Martin manages to kick Hobbs out of the ring.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBuildup for tonight&#8217;s main event shows that Riho may have Britt Baker&#8217;s number. Can Baker finally beat Riho?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>AEW Women&#8217;s World Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Riho vs Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. <\/b>(AEW Women&#8217;s Champ) w\/ Jamie Hayter, Rebel<br \/>\n(referee: Paul Turner)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36ea1ba14a','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36ea1ba14a\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36ea1ba14a\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Britt Baker wins via submission with<\/strong> <strong>Lockjaw<\/strong>, Britt Baker defends the title in her sixth defense<br \/>\n<strong>Time: 12:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. Baker used a lot of help from Rebel and Hayter, though, for the most part the help was always in small amounts. For most of the match, Baker was trying to keep up with Riho&#8217;s speed. Whenever Riho got caught she got hit hard, but Riho is used to getting knocked down and getting back up over and over. The final few minutes were quite entertaining with some close calls going both ways. There was a little drama between Baker and Hayter, but that didn&#8217;t really overshadow the title match itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was an entertaining show. Having an interim title and a non-sanctioned title be two-thirds of your first Battle of the Belts program seems a little underwhelming on paper, but the matches were all good, so it&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ricky Starks vs Matt Sydal<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite having more drama in the main event, I preferred the wrestling in the FTW Title match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Battle of the Belts contains three tile matches: Sammy Guevara versus Duston Rhodes for the Interim TNT Title, Matt Sydal challenging Ricky Starks for the FTW Title, and Britt Baker trying to retain the AEW Women&#8217;s Title by beating Riho for her first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2799,7257,297],"tags":[2413,2827,2555,844,2163,7258,7259,2912,894,2807,1753,24,6719,6861,7250,1760,2802,6773,6743,7261,7260,6849,2478,41,2878,2877,496,7170,2953,2991,716,1497,1754,654,6859,1377,2830,807,2826,2804,2968,6693,3239],"class_list":["post-11581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-battle-of-the-belts","category-show-results","tag-aew","tag-aew-womens-title-match","tag-all-elite-wrestling","tag-arn-anderson","tag-aubrey-edwards","tag-battle-of-the-belts","tag-battle-of-the-belts-1","tag-bojangles-coliseum","tag-britt-baker","tag-bryce-remsburg","tag-charlotte-nc","tag-christian-cage","tag-daniel-garcia","tag-dante-martin","tag-david-crockett","tag-dustin-rhodes","tag-excalibur","tag-ftw-title-match","tag-fuego-del-sol","tag-humpy-wheeler","tag-interim-tnt-title-match","tag-jade-cargill","tag-jamie-hayter","tag-jim-ross","tag-jungle-boy","tag-jurassic-express","tag-justin-roberts","tag-lee-moriarty","tag-luchasaurus","tag-mark-sterling","tag-matt-sydal","tag-mike-posey","tag-north-carolina","tag-paul-turner","tag-powerhouse-hobbs","tag-rebel","tag-rick-knox","tag-ricky-starks","tag-riho","tag-sammy-guevara","tag-taz","tag-team-taz","tag-tony-schiavone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11590,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581\/revisions\/11590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}