AEW Battle of the Belts II 4/16/2022

AEW Battle of the Belts II 4/16/2022

The last Battle of the Belts is here: https://prowre sblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/aew-battle-of-belts-182022.html

AEW TNT Title Match - Scorpio Sky (c) vs. Sammy Guevara

Sky has Dan Lambert with him and SG has Tay with him. SG rushes Sky and pounds on him. Sky slams him down and hits mounted punches. Sky pounds on Sammy in the corner and hits corner punches. Sky then bites his head. SG throws him in the corner and then bites him in the head.

SG backdrops him then hits mounted punches. SG is caught on a leapfrog and they trade chops. SG lariats him over and flips over him. SG then hits a corkscrew dropkick. SG goes out and yells at Dan Lambert then hits sky from behind.

Sky is sent into the rails. SG is dropped throat first on the rails. Sky slams him on the floor. SG moonsaults him off the steps. Sky hits a TKO on the apron. SG's feet get stuck on the top rope during it and he takes a hard fall down. SG is thrown into the steps.

Sky hits knees to the body and then punches. Sky backbreakers him three times then stretches him over the knee. SG flips out and hits a step up enzugiri. SG knocks him over and hits a standing spanish fly for 2.

Sky goes up and over then takes a mule kick from the 2nd rope. Ethan Page comes out and pulls Sky out of the ring. Tay argues with Page. SG then top rope ssp's Sky and Page outside. 

Sky cradles SG for 2. SG enzugiri's him out of the corner then slips on a double jump cutter. Dan Lambert gets on the apron. SG rolls up Sky with help from Tay. Lambert and Page call down Paige Van Zant. Zant and Tay fight on the floor. Sky eye pokes SG. SG low blows Sky then hits a GTH and wins.

Thoughts: This was a rare title change on BOTB. Sammy cheating to win wasn't exactly a great face move. This had a lot of shenanigans going on. Page got his face all bloodied up here, likely from the Sammy top rope SSP outside. The match was fine overall.

Jonathan Gresham does a promo. He said Dalton Castle want a to dethrone him. He says some people want to be champ but he needs to be champ. Dalton says JG is a goof in his engine trying to send him down. He says he will land this thing in the river.

Thoughts: I have no idea what Dalton was talking about here. He seemed to be referencing some recent event with someone landing a plane in the river.

ROH World Title Match - Jonathan Gresham (c) vs. Dalton Castle

They lock up. JG wristlocks him and DC ropebreaks. JD side headlock takeovers him and DC goes out to stall. The Boys fan DC off. DC takes him down then rolls him on the mat. DC gutwrenches him and suplexes him on it.

DC back elbows him then lariats him. JG goes up and over in the corner. DC facekicks him. JG cartwheels over him then uses the ropes to do a headscissors on him. JG shin kicks him then dropkicks him.

JG kicks him in the arm then armdrags him. JG takes him down by the wrist. DC wiastlocks him then JG hammerlock takedowns him. JG headscissors him. JG hammerlocks him then trips him. JG hammerlocks the arm with his leg. JG ties up both arms and DC ropebreaks.

We cut ahead as the PiP break ends. DC is outside. JG goes after him. DC 619's under the bottom rope into a headscissors outside. They duck each others shots in a silly spot that became a meme. DC overhead suplexes him.  then does a backdrop.

DC lifts him and hits another overhead suplex for 2. DC waistlocks him on the mat. JG boots him in the corner and is caught coming off the buckles. DC goes for a bangarang and they end up trading pin attempts. DC facekicks him. JG enzugiri's him then DC hits a lariat.

JG puts DC in an octopus and submits him.

Thoughts: It was fine with JG doing his technical wrestling and DC throwing him around some. DC was kind of the heels here though not by much. 

They shake hands and Jay Lethal's crew comes out minus Jarrett. Satnam Singh double chokeslams The Boys then sends DC into the steps. Jay Lethal then hits a lethal injection on JG. Singh grabs JG by the throat and bangs him off the apron. Lee Moriarty and Matt Sydal come out to help, though Matt is on crutches. Singh pop-up drops Lee. Matt hits Singh with a crutch and Singh breaks the crutch over his knee. Matt takes a 3v1 and Singh goes for a powerbomb. Samoa Joe then comes out with a pipe. The heels leave before they get hit.

I won't be covering the main event with Thunder Rosa defending the women's title. She won the match though.

Overall thoughts: I saw 2 of the 3 matches here. The opener had some shenanigans and it was acceptable enough. Oddly, Ethan Page got busted open despite not even being in the match. Dalton vs Gresham was fine with no real issues then both got beaten up after by Jay Lethal's crew. What I was was okay but nothing you really need to see.