3 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Battle Of The Belts IV

by Jamie Kennedy

1. FTR Delivers As Always

FTR Gates Of Agony Prince Nana
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Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler are almost incapable of putting on bad matches. Their love and dedication to the art of tag-team wrestling shines through every single time, and it was no different when they worked the Gates Of Agony duo here.

Toa Liona and Kaun are worth seeing if you've never had the pleasure.

This was watertight, old-school tag rasslin from beginning to end, and it's hard to argue with that sort of thing. No, the ROH Tag belts were realistically never changing hands on Friday, but the match was still class. It looks like there's another big multi-man coming between The Embassy and FTR/Wardlow/Samoa Joe too.

Tony Khan put FTR in this spot for a reason. The AEW boss knew Dax and Cash would deliver a fine wrestling match and send everyone watching away with a smile on their face. That might be masking the truth about BOTB, but good pro wrestling is good pro wrestling regardless of the booking surrounding it.

What did you think of AEW's Battle Of The Belts IV? For more wrestling, check out WWE Extreme Rules 2022: 10 Things That Must Happen and WWE Extreme Rules 2022: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.