Westside Xtreme Wrestling
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| Acronym | wXw |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000[1] |
| Headquarters | Oberhausen, Germany[1] |
| Founder(s) | Hate[2] (Peter Wiechers)[3] |
| Owner(s) |
Hate (2000-2006)[2] wXw Germany GbR (2006-2009)[2] wXw Europe GmbH (2009-)[2] |
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, officially stylized as westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw), is a professional wrestling promotion based in Oberhausen, Germany. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its events have been held in the Ruhr, primarily in Oberhausen.[1]
History
westside Xtreme wrestling was founded on December 24, 2000, by Peter Wiechers, a professional wrestler with the ring name Hate.[2] wXw has become one of the most notable professional wrestling promotions in Germany, along with Hanover-based European Wrestling Promotion and Sauerland-based German Stampede Wrestling
Co-promotion
Since its creation, wXw has developed working relationships with several American promotions including Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Combat Zone Wrestling and Evolve, several Japanese promotions including Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah, several British promotions including IPW:UK and All Star Wrestling, and various European-based promotions.[1][4]
wXw has held several interpromotional events, including Gorefest – European King of the Death Matches 2006 took place in the United Kingdom, a hardcore-focused event co-promoted with the English-based X-Sports:Wrestling.[5] The second Gorefest, held in 2009, included a title match between Drake Younger and Devon Moore for Combat Zone Wrestling's Heavyweight Championship.[6]
The 2008 event Dead End VIII featured the Japanese-based Pro Wrestling Noah and its rosters such as KENTA, Go Shiozaki, Takashi Sugiura and Kenta Kobashi.[7] The 2009 events, Open the Spanish Gate and Open The German Gate took place in Barcelona, Spain and Oberhausen, Germany, respectively, were co-promoted with the Japanese-based Dragon Gate.[8]
On March 13, 2010, wXw held its first event in the USA, The Vision took place in front of an audience of over 450 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[9] The event also featured a title match for one of CZW's titles, the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship, along with wXw's famous feud being between Thumbtack Jack and Drake Younger.[10]
On July 24, 2014, wXw announced a partnership with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion.[11]
On July 18, 2015, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced a working relationship with wXw as part New Japan's international expansion plans.[12]
Championships
Active wXw championships
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | Jurn Simmons | 1 | March 12, 2016 | 268 | Oberhausen, Germany | - |
| wXw World Tag Team Championship | A4 (Absolute Andy and Marius Al-Ani) |
1 | October 22, 2016 | 44 | Frankfurt, Germany | - |
| wXw Shotgun Championship | David Starr | 1 | November 18, 2016 | 17 | Gotha, Germany | - |
Inactive wXw championships
| Championship | Final Champion(s) | Date won | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wXw World Lightweight Championship | Zack Sabre Jr.
Defeats Steve Douglas and Unified the Lightweight Title with the Heavyweight Title to make the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. |
June 5, 2010 | Oberhausen, Germany | [13] |
| wXw Hardcore Championship | Necro Butcher
Texas Death Elimination Match against Ian Rotten and JC Bailey |
August 1, 2006 | Plainfield, Indiana | [14] |
| wXw Women's Championship | Cleopatra
Defeats Alex Breslin to become the first champion |
March 1, 2003 | Essen, Germany | [15] |
wXw Hall of Fame
The wXw Hall of Fame is a German professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the Oberhausen-based promotion westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw). It was established in 2005[16] to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion.
- Inductees
| # | Year | Ring name (Birth name)[Note 1] |
Notes[Note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Mad Cow (Sander Rijnders) |
Won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), wXw Hardcore Championship (3 times) |
| 2 | 2009 | Baron Von Hagen (Torben Borzek) |
Won the wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
| 3 | 2010 | Hate (Peter Wiechers) |
Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (9 times), wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
| 4 | 2010 | SigMasta Rappo (Pascal Signer) |
Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (4 times), wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
| 5 | 2010 | Jack, ThumbtackThumbtack Jack (Alexander Bedranowsky) |
Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time) |
| 6 | 2011 | Marc Weingartner | Longtime ringside photographer. |
| 7 | 2011 | Alex Pain (Alexander Pohl) |
Won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time), wXw World Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 8 | 2012 | Iceman (Isaac Harrop) |
Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time), wXw World Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
16 Carat Gold Tournament
| Year | Winner | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Baron von Hagen | [17] |
| 2007 | Chris Hero | |
| 2008 | Bad Bones | |
| 2009 | SHINGO | |
| 2010 | Big Van Walter | |
| 2011 | Sami Callihan | |
| 2012 | El Generico | |
| 2013 | Tommy End | |
| 2014 | Chris Hero | |
| 2015 | Tommy End | |
| 2016 | Zack Sabre Jr. | [18] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cagematch, Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cagematch, Westside Xtreme Wrestling > History
- ↑ Cagematch, HATE
- ↑ westside Xtreme wrestling, Official MySpace
- ↑ Cagematch, wXw/X-S:W Gorefest – European King Of The Death Matches 2006
- ↑ Cagematch, wXw Gore Fest II
- ↑ Moonsault.de, wXw/NOAH Dead End VIII 21./22.6, Oberhausen
- ↑ Martin, Adam, Indy News #3: HETV, TNA stars, CWE, AIW June 8, 2010 Wrestleview.com
- ↑ Knowledge, Nick, westside Xtreme wrestling in Philadelphia Live Report March 17, 2010, PWInsider.com
- ↑ Miami Herald, Ring Report 3/3 February 11, 2010
- ↑ http://globalforcewrestling.com/globalpartners/ Retrieved 30 July 2014
- ↑ Caldwell, James (July 18, 2015). "NJPW news: New Japan announces big int'l expansion plans, including expanded N. America partnerships & NXT-like program". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ↑ "wXw World Lightweight Title History". westside Xtreme wrestling.
- ↑ "wXw Hardcore Title History". westside Xtreme wrestling.
- ↑ "wXw Women's Title History". wrestling-titles.com.
- ↑ wXw Hall of Fame wXw-wrestling.com
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=3786
External links
- Official website (German)
- Official MySpace
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling at Online World of Wrestling
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling at Wrestling-Titles.com