AEW: Battle of the Belts
 

Can we stop calling Ricky Stark's belt a world title? "Fuck the World" World title :nono:

Wait who called it world championship?

Justin Roberts, commentators, talent etc.

Very odd

AEW is just further over exposing themselves. This shows gonna bomb and just make less people watch Dynamite and Rampage.

Gotta be honest, this doesn’t feel big time at all. I love Dustin Rhodes, but come on.

Did they ever explain why Dustin changed his color scheme up? The red meant something when he first introduced it.

JR and CM Punk should be the commentary team for this show if they’re not.

Adding Starks vs. Sydal is smart. You need a buffer either side of the women’s match.

Ricky Starks and Sammy going to steal the show

A lot of people on the internet talking about how this is the biggest wrestling event of January!

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Going up against a Cowboys/Eagles game might not have been the best time to debut a a quarterly special.

I don’t know when they announced this special but the Cowboys/Eagles game just got flexed to Saturday night last weekend.

yeah they will lose tex and philly, also impact ppv at the same time, they will lose viewers tonight.

@Slik Stop deleting and editing my posts.

Yeah what’s up with running this slapped together show against an Impact ppv? Seems like a dick move.

Let's so Sammy

Remember when Kenny Omega was upset that WWE was airing some other promotion's anniversary show (I think Evolve) on the WWE Network the same night AEW had a show? That was a fun time :rofl:

Wish this show used the WWF Raw Is War theme as its intro song instead of that song they played

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Sammy is alright, but it is likely Dustin's last chance at a title and the best way to get to Dustin/Cody one more time.

Man I could really go for a two hour wrestling show tonight! I wish they had that additional time.

impact has a 3 hr one

http://sportsupdates.info/livee/livddd.php?id=ch83_SD

looks like a good size crowd for battle of the belts

Oh, lol no thanks

Could you have ever imagined in say 2003 that Dustin would still be working and at this level?

Jim Ross and the show being live makes this feel much better/bigger than Rampage... even though the card kinda sucks

Kinda wish they would use different sets more often... prob too expensive

Sammy does have the ability to make a match worthwhile. Let's see if he can do it tonight.

Shinsuke should just come out and defend the IC title tonight since WWE haven't had him defend it since June 17, 1997.

wish arn would enter this and make it a triple threat

me 2!

Sammy is great... very fun to watch

Crazy how "solid" Dustin still is also

Excalibur is really selling this match well he's really great.

Absolute perfect GTH

table a triggering image now after rey fenix

Table making me nervous after Fenix........

oh no

FUEGO WANTS NO PART OF ARMED ANDERSON

Glad they didn't do the Spanish fly through the table at least

Dustin is just incredible. I legit had nightmares when I was 10 about him stalking and raping me though.

Sammy just keeps having great matches.

Yessssssss

Crockett in the ring now wow what a sight.

Crockett has to go down stairs backwards.

Gracia handling Sammy now, perhaps Sammy gets to make a few defenses of the interim TNT Championship? I like Iterim champ's in wrestling, makes some good stories just like it does in MMA.

It's crazy when I think about it I prefer Burger King but I don't want to eat it everyday but if I had to eat McDonald's every day I could but I still prefer Burger King.

Sammy vs Daniel Garcia will be great

You know honestly I don't get why they are doing an interim champion at all. Cody will be out for like a week, right? Don't see the point.

cool move by Sydal

Prob just didn't wanna lose a TNT title match on this "Battle of the Belts" show

When it all started wasn't Tony Khan spelled Khan and Nick Kahn spelled Kahn? Well it's universally spelled the same for both of them according to research, Khan.

Is this a Mandela affect?

wish hobbs would bloody the ref and put on a ref shirt and make himself guest ref for this match

It is odd but there are lots of rumors everywhere that Cody has bad mental health and needs time to heal. The bad chants and mean tweets have affected his state of mind.

Destroyer through the table was sick! I don’t really like Garcia or Sammy but the pairing is one I like. The brawl felt solid and I’m keen to see the match.

I've never seen Matt Sydal win a match.

Hobbs vs Dante Martin will be really good too

I would fully support the release of Matt Sydal, his brother, Dolph Ziggler's brother, Janela, Sonny, Nyla, Lee Moriarty, Shoddy Lee Johnson, Alan Angles, Preston Vance, and Hager among others.

wish tom phillips would attack excalibur in a commentator vs commentator angle

They prob shouldn't have had him get immediately squashed by Wardlow in 15 seconds or w/e a couple of weeks ago if they still wanted ppl to care about his matches

Maybe Tom will run in and grab a chair during the Royal Rumble. Never had an interpromotional commentary run in before.

Britt is gonna be pissed with Schiavone.

it is BULLSHIT Gail Kim is not in this match with Riho and Baker

ROH commentary team out now to call ROH World Title match on Impact ppv

noted former wrestlecrap forums moderator Ian Riccaboni has come a long way

Riho very sexy and DMD so beautiful

Would be crazy if Riho wins the belt again tonight.

Feeling likely ATM IMO IFYAM

Riho needs support!

i remember nyla rose saying once she was really gassy in the ring and this was when she was facing riho a lot so I felt really bad for tiny riho having to be around nyla constantly passing gas in their matches

I would love to wrestle Riho

Jeff Jarrett Files Trademark For "Slapnutz"

Ah man, Trans farts are the first too

That's great news.

I feel like Britt Baker vs Charlotte Flair would be a really good match we'll never see

Match is a lil sloppy but laid out pretty well so it's "pretty good" I guess

Goddamn I thought Riho had it

alright back to impact ppv now

I’m excited to see Hayter vs. Baker. I want Thunder Rosa to be the one to beat Baker but the idea of this Hayter slow build being the one to beat her after she cleans out the division is growing on me a lot.

Finally getting around to this. Really wish they’d have given Dustin the TNT title. He’s still got something in the tank and the story between him and Cody eventually competing for the belt is way more interesting. Ah well.

I particularly didn’t enjoy Sammy’s run as champion. The way his matches are structured and how he needs to get everything in does a disservice to the overall perception. He doesn’t sell enough. Might be true for others as well but he sticks out like a sore thumb.

I was invested in the women’s world title match. I knew Riho wasn’t going to win but it was a fun ride. The dissension with Hayter came across as a tad awkward at times. I guess that’s by design.

I hope Dustin gets a reign as TNT Champion before he decides to retire. He’s such a delight to watch in the ring.

I thought the women’s match was oddly structured. Lots of standing around waiting to get hit. And it’s hard for me to buy Riho. She’s so small and frail that most everything she does looks really soft.

The Hayter/Baker feud will hopefully be a good one. Britt hasn’t had a good rivalry since the Rosa feud.

I agree on Dustin. I wanna see him have one more moment of glory.