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

2. The FTW Title Made It In?!

Ricky Starks is a fine up-and-coming talent in AEW circles, but neither he nor his FTW Title deserved to be on the show ahead of the World or Tag-Team straps. FTW is the least-essential belt in this promotion, and it's literally presented as a championship that's not married to any one organisation.

Yet it was on the line up for a card all about AEW belts. OK?

On the whole, Starks vs. Matt Sydal was a solid-if-unspectacular match. There was never any real threat of a title switch, and the post-match shenanigans involving Dane Martin, Lee Moriarty and Powerhouse Hobbs kinda made the latter look like a tool who can't handle business.

Back to the original complaint; FTW shouldn't have been leap-frogging other, more prestigious championships at BOTB. AEW got this one wrong. If nobody wants to admit it, fine, but don't pretend that Taz's made-up prize is more important than officially-recognised titles.