AEW Battle of the Belts IV 10/7/2022

AEW Battle of the Belts IV 10/7/2022 

The last Battle of the Belts is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/aew-battle-of-belts-iii-862022.html

AEW All-Atlantic Title Match - PAC (c) vs. Trent Beretta

They trade forearms to start. Trent pounds on him and they trade again. Pac pump kicks him then Trent spinning forearms him. Trent lariats him over the top then plancha's him. Trent then pounds on him outside. Trent slams him on the floor.

Trent hits a bunch of forearms inside and basement dropkicks him out. Trent spears him on the floor outside then running knees him in the back of the head inside. Pac superkicks him outside and grabs a table. Trent knees him and puts him on the table. Pac then gets off of it before he is put through it. Trent dropkicks him through the ropes.

Pac superplexes him. Pac foot chokes him. Trent double footpresses him down out of the corner. Trent germans him. Trent release suplexes him. Trent tornado ddt's him and Pac does a nice sell for it for 2. Pac's head is banged off the buckle then he is flipped with a lariat. Trent pulls him off the ropes into a nasty looking piledriver for 2. 

Pac crawls on the ramp then suplexes Trent off of it through a table. Pac hits a black arrow but Trent gets his knees up. Trent tries to spear Pac but runs into a knee. Trent cradles him for 2. Pac gets crotched on the top rope and Trent top rope release half-nelson suplexes him for 2. Pac brutalizers him and Trent ropebreaks.

Pac grabs a hammer and hits Trent with it on a backdrop. Pac then pins him.

Thoughts: They did too much here with people surviving suplexes through tables and top rope release suplexes.

Orange Cassidy comes out and pounds on Pac until security stops him.

Tony Schiavone interviews Chris Jericho, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker. They talk about Daniel Garcia. Menard says he understands there's times in a man's life when he wants to go at it alone. he says he had a piece of humble pie. Parker says it's time to come home and they aren't mad, just disappointed. Jericho says Menard and Parker are Daniel Garcia's dads and he's his older brother.

Jericho says he will keep destroying the legacy of ROH and says he will walk out of Toronto still the Ring of Jericho champ and says all hail The Ocho.

Claudio Castagnoli talks about next week's Bryan Danielson vs Chris Jericho match. He says he didn't forget how Jericho used cheap tactics to win the ROH title. He says he'd love to go against Bryan one more time and says he will be waiting for whoever wins.

AEW TBS Title Match - Jade Cargill (c) vs. Willow Nightingale

Jade comes out with Leila Grey and Kiera Hogan. Jade and Willow lock up. Willow shoulders her and they butt heads. Jade boots her in the gut and clubs her back. Willow dropkicks her then suplexes her for 2. Jade is pushed out then Willow ends up hitting a tope on Hogan and Grey when Jade moves.

Willow is dropped face first on the steps. Jade suplexes her then kips up. Jade foot slaps and euros Willow. Jade side headlocks her. Jade chinlocks her then throws her by the neck. Willow's head is banged off the buckles and Jade throws her across the ring.

Jade does push-ups and Willow hits lariats. Willow flying headscissors her then hits a big chop. Willow corner cannonballs her then 2nd rope dropkicks her. Willow goes for a headscissors and is side slammed down. Jade hits a jade end and gets the win.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. I had no real issues with it. They both got some offense in and Willow got caught near the end and got pinned.

Vickie Guerrero comes out after and Jade gets her TBS Title stolen.

Lexy interviews Matt Hardy, Ethan Page and Stokeley Hathaway. Matt asks why they follow him around like shadows and stick their noises in his business. They talk about contract tampering. Stoke shows Jose the Assistant's ipad and we see a clip of Matt talking to Private Party. Stoke says that's contract tampering and accuses mat of lying. Matt says if they keep sticking their noses in his business, he will delete them off their faces.

Hook is interviewed and rips up an envelope that was given to him by The Trustbusters. He leaves without saying anything.

Toni Storm and Shida talk. They say it wa ssupposed to be them vs Britt Baker and Hayter but Britt took Shida out. Toni says Shida is back, out for blood and ready to get her. Shida says she always comes back stronger and says Britt will find out next week.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match - FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

The Gunn's are in the front row and are dressed like FTR though Colten has some weird black curly wig on. Dax and Kaun lock-up. Dax wristlocks him and shoulders him over. Kaun lariats him over on a blocked hiptoss. Kaun pounds on Dax. Dax hits shots in the corner. Dax slides between his legs then neckbreakers him. Toa takes double team punches out and Toa fires up.

Dax suplexes Kaun then drops Cash in a legdrop on him. Kaun hits a big lariat on Cash. Toa slams Cash then headbutt drops him. Toa uses a traphezus hold on Cash. Cash has his sunset flip blocked and Tora does a stiff butt drop on him. Cash takes a corner lariat and belly to belly suplex for 2.

Kaun's throat is pulled over the top rope. Toa throws Cash into the rails then spears the rails when Cash moves. Cash cradles Kaun. Kaun hits an air raid crash on him for 2. Cash is thrown out and Prince Nana stomps on him outside. 

Toa pounds on Cash then chokes him on the ropes. Kaun front facelocks Cash. Kaun throws Cash off and front facelocks him again. Cash atomic drops him and Kaun hits corner spears. Cash fights off a double team. Cash flips out of a backdro pand tags Dax in. Dax hits punches on Kaun then Toa shoulders Dax over. Toa release samoan drops Dax for 2.

Dax is caught off the 2nd rope by Toa. Cash dropkicks both over off the buckles. Toa goes through a double clothesline but misses a double crossbody. Toa takes a double bridging ddt. Kaun fireman's carry gutbusters Cash.

Kaun takes a spike piledriver for 2. Toa blocks a big rig and headbutts Dax. Toa takes a big rig. Kaun nails Cash with an elbow. Prince Nana gets on the apron. Dax gets distracted and sends Kaun into Nana. Dax backslides Kaun and pins him.

Thoughts: The ending could have been a little better here as the crowd didn't really buy into it and the heels didn't quite take enough offense for me. It was fine otherwise but I didn't think it was the best match they could have had. 

Brian Cage comes down to help The GoA beat up FTR. Wardlow comes out to help FTR. Samoa Joe comes out and beats up The GoA and Cage. Joe lariats Cage over the ropes onto the ramp. FTR then poses with Joe and Wardlow to close the show.

Overall thoughts: I was fine with 2 of the 3 matches here so it was an okay show. It's nothing I would watch again or remember but it could have been worse and it could have maybe been better. It was very heavy wrestling oriented as all AEW shows tend to be. As usual, the show lacked any big title matches and big stars despite being a show dedicated to that. I'd probably give this one a 6 out of 10.