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AEW Battle of the Belts X live results: Hook vs. Shane Taylor

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Two title matches and a title eliminator will make up tonight’s live AEW Battle of the Belts X following Collision from Highland Heights, Kentucky.

FTW Champion Hook will put his title on the line against Shane Taylor, extending a feud that started earlier this month in a traditional tag team match and then a trios match on Wednesday.

Hook has held the ceremonial title for 230 days with tonight being just the third defense of his second reign.

Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Athena will make her return to AEW TV for the first time since July 2023 as she defends against Red Velvet in their first-time ever meeting. A win will give her a 21st successful title defense while Velvet has never held an AEW or ROH title.

AEW International Champion Roderick Strong faces Rocky Romero in a title eliminator bout, meaning if Romero can win, he earns a future title shot.

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Battle of the Belts began the way Collision ended, with Bryan Danielson laid out on the ramp, courtesy of a Konosuke Takeshita brainbuster. Tony Schiavone & Matt Menard were on the call.

Hook & Katsuyori Shibata were backstage with Lexy Nair. Shibata offered his help through Google Translate, but Hook declined and said he would do it himself.

FTW Title Match – Hook defeated Shane Taylor to retain

A good David vs. Goliath match, with the crowd behind Hook the whole way.

Hook fired off with body shots, but couldn’t get Taylor up for a suplex to start off. Schiavone noted that since the match was for the FTW Title, FTW Rules were in place. Hook hit a running knee off the apron and pummeled Taylor with punches on the floor. Back in the ring, Taylor caught Hook with a jab and body punches. Taylor laid in chops to Hook while talking trash, but Hook came back with body shots.

Taylor shrugged off another suplex attempt and hammered Hook with a liver shot. Taylor talked more trash as he dumped Hook on the ropes with a gourdbuster. After a commercial break, Taylor landed a leg drop on the apron before throwing more punches in the corner. Hook egged on Taylor to bring more shots, which Taylor obliged.

Taylor threatened to send Hook back to his father in a bodybag, but Hook evaded a corner splash and fired up with strikes. Hook finally got Taylor up and over with a German suplex before following with an Exploder for a nearfall. Taylor caught Hook with a uranage before landing a big splash for a nearfall. Hook ducked a pair of shots before locking on Redrum. Taylor rammed Hook into the corner and dropped to his back, but Hook kept the hold on and got the win.

Rocky Romero was backstage with Lexy Nair. He didn’t know what was going on with the Best Friends but he couldn’t focus on that tonight. He was going to get one step closer to gold with a win over Roderick Strong tonight. Kyle O’Reilly came in and wished Romero luck tonight.

AEW International Title Eliminator Match – Roderick Strong (w/ The Kingdom & Wardlow) defeated Rocky Romero

Solid match, although it seemed like these two veterans were on different pages at certain times. The post-match is the important part, as Strong and the Kingdom turned on their former friend Kyle O’Reilly to set up that International Title feud down the line.

Strong worked a cravate to start, with Romero fighting out by going after the arm. Strong booted Romero and went to send him to the floor, but Romero held onto the ropes and baited Strong to the floor. Romero hit a kick off of the apron as we went to a commercial.

Romero fired up with strikes after the commercial break, hitting Strong with a rewind kick. Taven went to cut off Romero, leading to Romero hitting him and Strong with dives. Romero hit a running Sliced Bread for a nearfall. Strong took some strikes in the corner before firing out of the corner with chops and a Sick Kick for a nearfall. Strong set up for a gutbuster, but Romero reversed into a DDT before hitting a satellite DDT for a nearfall.

Strong set Romero on the top rope, but Romero caught Strong with a top rope Sliced Bread for a nearfall. Romero went to the top rope, but Strong drilled him with a jumping knee out of the air to score the win. After the match, Kyle O’Reilly congratulated Strong before helping Romero up to his feet. Wardlow drilled Romero with a lariat before the Kingdom laid the boots to him. O’Reilly pulled them away from Romero, only for Strong to drill O’Reilly with a knee. He shouted at O’Reilly that he made the wrong choice of not joining up with the Kingdom.

We got a recap of Yuka Sakazaki’s return to AEW last week and Serena Deeb’s interest in her post-match. Deeb was backstage with Lexy Nair, where she complimented Sakazaki and noted how she wanted to get in the ring with her. Deeb noted that she’s undefeated and steadily climbing the rankings since she came back from injury, and officially invited Sakazaki into Deeb’s Dojo.

ROH Women’s World Title Match – Athena (w/Billie Starkz) defeated Red Velvet to retain

This was a fine main event. Velvet continued to look good as an enhancement talent while Athena gets a spotlight win on TV. Aminata has gotten some spotlight on both Ring of Honor and AEW TV lately, plus she got screwed by Starkz for the TV Title at Supercard of Honor, so her stepping up to Athena makes sense for a logical next challenger.

Lexy Nair, who is associated with Athena on Ring of Honor TV, was the ring announcer for this match. Schiavone noted that this was under ROH rules, with the Code of Honor to start and a 20 count on the outside. Athena cartwheeled out of a headscissors, but Velvet booted her while she was celebrating. 

Velvet hit a leg lariat as Tony Schiavone announced Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O’Reilly for the International Championship at Dynasty. Athena and Velvet fought on the apron, where Athena dumped Velvet onto the turnbuckle before dropping her on the apron as we went to a commercial.

After the commercial, Velvet hammered Athena with knees to the back before hitting a Destino for a nearfall. Athena dumped Velvet into the corner as it was announced that next week will be another three-hour block of AEW, as Rampage will follow Collision next Saturday. These guys are really making me earn my keep around here, I tell you what. Athena hit a pair of front slams, but Velvet caught her with a roll-up on the third for a nearfall.

Athena countered a wheelbarrow with a slam for a nearfall. Velvet cut off an ascending Athena with a head kick before bringing her down with a wheelbarrow suplex. Velvet hit a hurricane kick and a satellite DDT for a nearfall. Velvet went to the top rope, but Athena rolled to the floor. Velvet dived onto Athena, who caught her with one arm and slammed her with a Falcon Arrow. Velvet fired up but Athena booted her down.

Athena grabbed Velvet by the hair and sent her into the LED boards on the apron. Velvet caught Athena with a roll-up, but Athena kicked out and laid out Velvet with a forearm. Athena went to the top rope and hit the O-Face to score the win.

After the match, Athena and Starkz beat down Velvet and went to hit her with the belt, but Queen Aminata came to make the save. She headbutted Starkz and hit an Air Raid Crash on Athena to run them off.

AEW Battle of the Belts IX live results: Tag Team title street fight

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Three titles will be on the line at AEW Battle of the Belts IX. 

AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill will defend against Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara in a street fight. Jericho & Kenny Omega earned a title shot by defeating no. 1 contenders The Young Bucks at November’s Full Gear. Jericho transferred Omega’s shot to Guevara after Omega was put on the shelf with diverticulitis.

TBS Champion Julia Hart will put her title up against Anna Jay. Jay pinned Hart in a tag team match on this week’s Dynamite to set this up. 

AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Preston Vance. Cassidy and Vance were on the same team on Wednesday’s Dynamite where Cassidy, Vance, Adam Copeland & Dustin Rhodes defeated Lance Archer, Brian Cage & the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona).

Battle of the Belts begins immediately following Collision on TNT.

Battle of the Belts IX started as Collision ended, with Big Bill & Ricky Starks brawling with Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara outside the building. There was a referee outside with them, so I’ll consider this the start of the match.

AEW World Tag Team Title Street Fight – Big Bill & Ricky Starks defeated Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara to retain

This was a wild brawl, mirroring more WWF Hardcore than the usual AEW brawls. It was a fun piece of business though, and the Callis Family continues to be thorns in Jericho’s side. Maybe the most memorable Battle of the Belts match yet, although that’s not clearing the highest of bars.

All four men brawled with each other and hit each other with plunder, with Bill sending Jericho into a production truck with a choke. After some more brawling, Bill chokeslammed Jericho off of a landing onto the grassy ground several feet below. Guevara appeared in a golf cart, calling back to a street fight from the pandemic era of Dynamite, running into both Bill and Starks. Starks looked to get his leg messed up but kicked out of the cover.

Jericho recovered to help Guevara fight Bill two on one, but Bill hit them with a bag full of bricks. Bill went to throw a brick at Guevara, but Guevara ducked it. Jericho and Guevara suplexed Bill onto the car, which turned out to be Rhett Titus’s rental car. He complained to Jericho, who gave him a Judas Effect for his troubles.

Jericho and Starks brawled into the building, using several janitorial items to hit each other. Starks threw Jericho into a bay door for a nearfall. Jericho pressed Starks’ face into a copier before getting a copy of Starks’ crushed face. More brawling led them to a catering area where Bill and Guevara reappeared.

After a commercial, Guevara did a wall walk into a superkick onto Bill before spraying both champions with a fire extinguisher. Jericho drilled Bill with a fire extinguisher as Starks and Guevara brawled down the hall. They finally fought out in front of the crowd as Jericho whipped Bill with a kendo stick. Jericho and Bill fought up a speaker box as Starks and Guevara fought to the back.

Jericho set up Bill on top of the speaker box, but Konosuke Takeshita drilled Jericho with a kendo stick. That allowed Bill to powerbomb Jericho through a table near the time keeper area. Guevara and Starks brawled toward the stage, where Guevara laid out Starks on the stage. Guevara climbed up a lighting truss, but when he went for his dive, Powerhouse Hobbs pulled Starks out of the way. Guevara broke through the stage, and Starks crawled over him to score the pin and the win.

TBS Title Match – Julia Hart defeated Anna Jay to retain

Fitting of the House of Black, this match was in the death spot. They didn’t do too much to overcome it.

Jay took the early advantage with a neckbreaker, but Hart turned things around with a back elbow in the corner. Hart went for a cartwheel into the corner, but Jay reversed it and sent her into the top turnbuckle. Jay hit a leg lariat, but Hart ducked a second one and pulled Jay into the post shoulder-first. Hart targeted the shoulder as we went to a commercial.

Jay made a one-armed comeback as we came back from the break, hitting the Dangerous Jay kick for a nearfall. Jay hit a backstabber for another nearfall. Hart countered a corner charge but ran into…something from Jay for a nearfall. Jay locked on the Queenslayer, but Hart quickly countered it into a choke of her own. Jay pulled her off and hit a flatliner for a nearfall. Hart countered another Dangerous Jay kick into the Hartless submission for the win.

Jeff & Karen Jarrett, Jay Lethal, & Sonjay Dutt were backstage. The team seems to be turning on Lethal, but Satnam Singh came in with homemade snacks his mother made to help Lethal get back on the winning track. Lethal wasn’t too enthusiastic about it.

AEW International Title Match – Orange Cassidy defeated Preston Vance to retain

This was the best Vance showing I’ve ever seen, as Cassidy gave him a ton of offense here. Cassidy gets another quality title defense as Roderick Strong and the Undisputed Kingdom loom large.

Before the bell rang, Roderick Strong & The Kingdom showed up with chairs, but they only sat down at ringside. Vance hammered Cassidy with the Discus Lariat as the bell rang, but Cassidy rolled to the floor. Vance rolled Cassidy back into the ring, but Cassidy hit the Orange Punch to knock him away. Cassidy fought out of the Full Nelson and an attempt by Vance to go to the top rope.

Vance hit a flying shoulder tackle off the middle rope and caught Cassidy with a wheelbarrow German suplex that sent him to the feet of the Kingdom. Vance pulled Cassidy from the apron into a stalling suplex for a nearfall. After a commercial, Cassidy put his hands in his pockets to evade a Full Nelson attempt to a raucous crowd. Cassidy went for the diving DDT, but Vance caught him and hit the main event spinebuster.

Vance clubbered on Cassidy, who countered with his soft strikes. Cassidy drilled Vance with a kick before stomping on him in the corner. Vance pulled Cassidy into a ripcord cutter before Cassidy hit the Stundog Millionaire and a tornado DDT for a nearfall. Vance rolled to the floor as Cassidy went to the top rope. Vance caught a diving Cassidy and flung him into the Kingdom at ringside.

Vance and Strong got into it before Vance got Cassidy into the full nelson in the ring. Cassidy stomped on Vance’s foot to escape. Cassidy then hit the Orange Punch and the Beach Break to score the win. The Kingdom got into the ring and menaced Cassidy. Strong drilled Jose The Assistant with a knee before cornering Cassidy. But all they did was applaud Cassidy as the show went off the air.