The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Battle of the Belts V is scheduled to take place this coming Saturday, January 6, 2023 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (TNT, 11 ET/10 CT/11 PT).
AEW is the second largest professional Wrestling promotion in the United States behind World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The company is based out of Jacksonville, Florida.
The Battle of the Belts V fight card only has one bout announced at press time, the Main Event, Orange Cassidy vs Kip Sabian, but check back with TheSportsGeek in coming days for the night’s full card. AEW usually serves up four PPV shows annually: Revolution, Double or Nothing, All Out, and Full Gear.
Last year, it was revealed that there would also be four other quarterly Battle of the Belts specials every year which would be airing on Saturday nights.
With the Battle of the Belts V fight card still being put together, there are currently no AEW Battle of the Belts 5 odds but check your Pro Wrestling betting sites closer to the weekend for any AEW odds. We’ll update this blog as soon as the lines are out.
In the only announced bout as of this writing, champion Orange Cassidy will battle Kip Sabian for the All-Atlantic Title in the Rose City. The two popular AEW stars have been feuding for weeks now, and the showdown evolved from last Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
Just like AEW BOTB IV, Battle Of The Belts V will air LIVE after #AEWRampage on Jan 6th on TNT. pic.twitter.com/kfZCDOAble
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) December 26, 2022
Past Battle of the Belts Events
- Battle of the Belts I—Charlotte, North Carolina, Bojangles Coliseum, January 8, 2022
- Main Event: Dr Britt Baker DMD vs Riho (AEW Women’s World Championship)
- Battle of the Belts II—Garland, Texas, Curtis Culwell Center, April 15, 2022
- Main Event: Thunder Rosa vs Nyla Rose (AEW Women’s World Championship)
- Battle of the Belts III—Grand Rapids, Michigan, Van Andel Arena, August 5, 2022
- Main Event: Claudio Castagnoli vs Konosuke Takeshita (ROH World Championship)
- Battle of the Belts IV—Washington, DC, Sports and Entertainment Center, October 7, 2022
- Main Event: FTR (Cash Wheelers and Dax Harwood vs Gates of Agony (Toa Liona and Kaun) (ROH World Tag Team Championship)
All-Atlantic Title Match Announced For AEW Battle Of The Belts V https://t.co/b9Q28XaIPQ pic.twitter.com/w8IZ5QYAd9
— WrestleZone (@WRESTLEZONEcom) December 31, 2022
AEW Battle of the Belts V
AEW All-Atlantic Championship
Orange Cassidy (NA) vs. Kip Sabian (NA)
On last Friday night’s New Year’s Smash edition of AEW Rampage, Orange Cassidy held on to his title belt with a victory over Trent Beretta.
Kip Sabian immediately declared that he should be the next opponent for Cassidy’s championship, but the 38-year-old New Jersey native Cassidy and first-reign AEW All-Atlantic Champion instead decided to pick his Best Friends stablemate.
At that point, BOTB announced that it would be Cassidy and Sabian fighting for champ Cassidy’s at the main Event of AEW Battle of the Belts V in Portland. This title defense will be the ninth for Cassidy.
Cassidy won the title from AEW World Trios Champion PAC on the October 12 episode of Dynamite.
In his reign as AEW All-Atlantic champion, Cassidy has defended his championship:
The victory over the aforementioned Beretta at the New Year’s Smash edition of AEW Rampage was Cassidy’s eighth title defense, so any upcoming AEW Battle of the Belts 5 Odds should have Cassidy as the prohibitive favorite.
Here, in the AEW All-Atlantic Championship match, we can expect Cassidy to successfully defend his title once again over Sabian in this Singles match from Portland. Sabian has been pining for a shot at the title for weeks.
When Baretta and Cassidy met on Rampage, Cassidy pinned his stablemate after bopping him with an Orange Punch and Beach Break after Baretta was distracted by opponent Sabian’s wife. You want drama? AEW has it, brother.
Then later in the show, Sabian eliminated an unannounced enhancement talent before AEW announced that he would get his title shot at Cassidy here at the Battle of the Belts V at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland on Saturday night.
Orange Cassidy vs Kip Sabian for the All-Atlantic Championship is official for Battle of the Belts V.#AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/Hl3uH0G5gN
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) December 31, 2022
Where, When, How to Watch AEW Battle of the Belts V
You can catch the Battle of the Belts V this Friday, January 6, 2023 from the Veterans Coliseum in Portland, Oregon starting at 11 pm EST/11 pm PST on TNT.
The Battle of the Belts V will air immediately after AEW’s All Elite Wrestling; Rampage, which starts an hour earlier at 10 pm EST/PST on TNT.
