Rate Battle of the Belts 2022

[Lizuka #BLM]

I guess I'll go with a 6, pretty much entirely off the opener. That was a ton of fun while the FTW match was very, "This exists," and the main event I just thought was a chore. Kind of hard to hold it against the show too much when it was only an hour long so still going above average, but I don't think if you skipped the show it's worth going back to see or anything.

[Facetious]

7. Mildly amusing hour before work. Britt's reign feels like it's going to beat Shida's at this point and I'm not ready for two back to back year long reigns. A quick Riho transitional reign would have done wonders to freshen up the scene.

[asuka007]

An 8. The first two matches were very fun. The finish to Dustin vs. Sammy, could have been better.

Britt vs. Riho was, fine. But WOW is Britt’s booking predictable and you can see how inferior she is in the ring. This was every Britt Baker title match you’ve ever seen. She needs to lose that belt SOON!!

But still, an enjoyable show overall.

[Kalmia]

I gave it an 8. Three very enjoyable matches, IMO, but no five-star classics.

[Deleted]

I thought it was a great hour of wrestling on a Saturday night that flew by. Really nothing bad in my book. And I was happy to see Starks, Hobbs, Moriarty, and Sydal all actually doing something of consequence.

9.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Ill give it a nine, three great matches, a brisk hour of wrestling, everyone brought it and delivered to a pretty hot crowd throughout the entire night

Also really love how this arena looks, not shocked they like going back there

[Zone Was Wrong]

6/10 All matches were decent enough but wasn't super invested in any of them really.

[asuka007]

Jan 8, 2022 21:17:53 GMT -5 Zone Was Wrong said:

6/10 All matches were decent enough but wasn't super invested in any of them really.

You has two that has next to no buildup and another where everyone knew who was winning.

[Deleted]

I'm going to give it a 7. The matches were fine, but I'm disappointed in AEW's booking of the women's division as of late.

[Cyno]

Gonna go with a 7. Good, but not great, with Sammy vs. Dustin being the highlight of the night. Might've bumped it up to an 8 if Riho won, but looks like the misery booking continues.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jan 8, 2022 21:25:21 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Gonna go with a 7. Good, but not great, with Sammy vs. Dustin being the highlight of the night. Might've bumped it up to an 8 if Riho won, but looks like the misery booking continues.

Disagree with this being misery booking, that match was really fun and before that Baker and Hayter lost a tag match. Baker's been losing more lately and her reign's coming to a close soon imo.

[asuka007]

Britt’s reign has gone on too long as it is. She is just not build to have this long a reign.

Every match with her is the same, she’s had like ONE good feud as champion, and none of her opponents gain anything from feuding with her. Also they have to look stupid constantly.

I don’t even think This reign can be stretched out until the next PPV and people care. It’s that dull. And now that Jade is champion. Time to get on with it already.

She’s basically EVIL and the House of Torture in NJPW, but at least he hasn’t the top champion there for over half a year now.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Strong hour of wrestling that flew by. Going with a 9.

[Cyno]

Jan 8, 2022 21:27:38 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jan 8, 2022 21:25:21 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Gonna go with a 7. Good, but not great, with Sammy vs. Dustin being the highlight of the night. Might've bumped it up to an 8 if Riho won, but looks like the misery booking continues.

Disagree with this being misery booking, that match was really fun and before that Baker and Hayter lost a tag match. Baker's been losing more lately and her reign's coming to a close soon imo.

I don't really see the writing on the wall. And any and all tension between Hayter and Baker, the one wrinkle on Britt's side that made her interesting for the first time in months, also seems to be dissipating.

AEW booking gets a lot of benefit of the doubt from me, but not here. I'll believe it when I see it.

[asuka007]

Yeah the women’s booking is the one area where AEW has not yet built up anywhere near the same amount of goodwill as in most other places.

[petef3]

The work was pretty good in all three matches but all three matches also had extraneous bull**** that wasn't really needed or called for.

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7.5

Enjoyable.

[Celgress]

7 out of 10, IMHO.

[holyshida]

I'd give it an 8/10

3 good matches. Sammy/Dustin was the best match. How the f*** is Dustin still performing at that level at 52 years old. The man's in great shape.

Starks/Sydal was fine. Weakest match of the night but built some future Storylines. I'd go with Dante beating Hobbs, then beats Starks for the FTW title, then hook wins it back for team tazz

Britt/Riho was very good. Like I said in another thread it's in the top 3 of Britts title reign along with her matches with Statlander and Tay. I do agree with some of the comments on here about the Women's division. They lost a lot of goodwill when they put the TBS title on Jade. Just give me Thunder Rosa v Britt at Revolution, maybe a steel cage match and then we can finally start Thunder Rosa's reign at the top of the division

Overall a good show

[Mid-Carder]

A show revolving around titles, only one of which is a recognised title.