Major Title Change At AEW Battle Of The Belts
Which of Battle of the Belts' three AEW title fights yielded a new champion last night?
Sammy Guevara was crowned interim TNT Champion at AEW's first Battle of the Belts event last night.
The Inner Circle man defeated Dustin Rhodes in the evening's opening match. Dustin was stepping in for his brother, Cody, who was originally booked to defend the real TNT Championship against Guevara before a medical issue forced him off the card. Prior to this, Cody had defeated Guarava to take the TNT strap for a third time on Rampage's 25 December episode.
Dustin scored plenty of offense against Guevara, including two Cross Rhodes and a destroyer through a table on the outside, though he was eventually felled after losing an exchange of cradle pin attempts.
Daniel Garcia confronted Guevara after Sammy was presented with the interim TNT strap by David Crockett after the bell. Though officials broke their brawl up, Guevara challenged Garcia to a title fight shortly afterwards.
Battle of the Belts' other title matches saw Ricky Starks defend his FTW World Championship against Matt Sydal, who took a clean pinfall, while Women's World Champion Britt Baker fended off Riho in an interference-heavy bout. This was the first time Baker has beaten Riho in AEW.