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| Acronym | wXw |
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| Founded | 2000[1] |
| Headquarters | Gelsenkirchen, Germany[1] |
| Founder | Hate[2](Peter Wiechers)[3] |
| Owner(s) | Hate(2000–2006)[2] wXw Germany GbR(2006–2009)[2] wXw Europe GmbH(2009–present)[2] |
| Website | wxw-wrestling |
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened towXw, is a Germanprofessional wrestling promotion based inGelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its events have been held in theRuhr district, primarily inOberhausen.[1] Since 2013, wXw regularly tours throughout Germany, adding tour stops outside the country includingSwitzerland, theCzech Republic and England[4]
Westside Xtreme Wrestling was founded on December 24, 2000, by Peter Wiechers, a professional wrestler with the ring name Hate.[2] Together with SigMasta Rappo, Tyrant, Mark Hammer, Blue Adonis, Barish, Thunder andClaudio Castagnoli, he held an event called "wXw Extreme Wrestling Party" in the disco "Roxy" in Essen. wXw has become one of the most notable professional wrestling promotions in Germany.
In 2016, wXw became the first German wrestling promotion with an on-demand service similar toWWE'snetwork, called wXwNOW.[4]
wXwNOW is a subscription-based video streaming service owned by German professional wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). In 2016, wXw started "wXwNOW", a new worldwide streaming site for the promotion's events. All major wXw events air live on the service, which also features matches from the promotion's archives, dating back to 2002. wXwNOW Network operates similarly toWWE Network. The service has a current monthly subscription price of €9.99.[4]
Since its creation, wXw has developed working relationships with severalAmerican promotions includingChikara,Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Beyond Wrestling,Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) andEvolve and several Japanese promotions includingDragon Gate,Pro Wrestling Noah,Dramatic Dream Team andBig Japan Pro Wrestling. Through the working relationship with wXw, Big Japan'sWorld Strong Heavyweight Championship features both the CZW and wXw logos.[5]
wXw has also maintained relationships with several European-based promotions, including British promotionsInternational Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom,Preston City Wrestling,All Star Wrestling, andProgress Wrestling.[1][6]
wXw has held several interpromotional events, includingGorefest – European King of the Death Matches 2006 took place in the United Kingdom, ahardcore-focused event co-promoted with the English-based X-Sports: Wrestling.[7] The secondGorefest, held in 2009, included a title match betweenDrake Younger and Devon Moore forCombat Zone Wrestling's Heavyweight Championship.[8]
The 2008 eventDead End VIII featured the Japanese-basedPro Wrestling Noah and its rosters such asKENTA,Go Shiozaki,Takashi Sugiura andKenta Kobashi.[9] The 2009 events,Open the Spanish Gate andOpen The German Gatetook place inBarcelona,Spain and Oberhausen, Germany, respectively, were co-promoted with the Japanese-based Dragon Gate.[10]
On March 13, 2010, wXw held its first event in the US,The Vision took place in front of an audience of over 450 atThe Arena inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.[11] The event also featured a title match for one of CZW's titles, theCZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship, along with wXw's famous feud being between Thumbtack Jack andDrake Younger.[12]
On April 8, 9, and 10, 2011, wXw held its second and third events in the USA first with F1 vs. wXw on April 8 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, USA at the Spontaneous Sports Complex and wXw Kreuzzug ZXI day 1 being in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the Asylum Arena and day 2 being in Union City, New Jersey in the ACE Arena.
On July 24, 2014, wXw started a partnership withJeff Jarrett'sGlobal Force Wrestling promotion which ended in 2017 due to GFW ending.[13]
On July 18, 2015,New Japan Pro-Wrestling started a working relationship with wXw as part of New Japan's international expansion plans which ended in early 2016 due to wXw working with too many promotions, not having any collaborated events, not being in NJPW events in Europe, not having wXw titles being defended in NJPW events and no talent exchanges.[14][15]
On July 2, 2018, wXw started a working relationship withWWNLive, with wXw becoming an official partner of the WWN Training Center. Later that year on October 1, a relationship withWWE began.[16][17]
On April 4, 2019 wXw held its fourth event in the US,wXw Amerika Ist Wunderbar Live From New York City took place in La Boom inQueens, New York.[18]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship |  | Elijah Blum | 1 | January 24, 2026 | 20+ | Oberhausen, Germany | DefeatedPeter Tihanyi to win the title at wXw Back To The Roots 2026. |
| wXw Shotgun Championship | | Dennis Dullnig | 1 | September 28, 2025 | 138+ | Oberhausen, Germany | DefeatedHektor Invictus atwXw We Love Wrestling #71. |
| wXw European Championship | | Vacant | 1 | October 2, 2025 | N/A | N/A | Vacated after WXW cut ties withMarius Al-Ani due to a controversial TikTok video of the latter. |
| wXw World Tag Team Championship | | The Grind (Laurance Roman and Nick Schreier) | 1 (3, 1) | December 13, 2025 | 62+ | Oberhausen, Germany | Defeated Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire andRobert Dreissker) atwXw 25th Anniversary. |
| wXw Academy Championship | | The Breezy Bruiser | 1 | November 5, 2025 | 100+ | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Defeated Zoltan atHeat in Der wXw Wrestling Academy. |
| Championship | First Champion | Final champion | Date won | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wXw World Lightweight Championship | Mad Cow | Zack Sabre Jr. | June 5, 2010 | Oberhausen, Germany | Defeated Steve Douglas atDead End X to unify the Lightweight Title with the Heavyweight Title to create thewXw Unified World Wrestling Championship[19][20] |
| wXw Hardcore Championship | Eiji Kushinawa | Necro Butcher | August 1, 2006 | Plainfield, Indiana | DefeatedIan Rotten andJC Bailey in a three-way elimination Texas Deathmatch atIWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2006[21][22] |
| wXw Women's Championship | Killer Kelly | Masha Slamovich | December 23, 2023 | Oberhausen, Germany | Unified with thewXw Unified World Wrestling Championship atwXw 23rd Anniversary in awinner-takes-all match won byRobert Dreissker.[23] |
As of February 13, 2026.
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| Promotion | Westside Xtreme Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion | The Breezy Bruiser | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | 5 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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ThewXw Academy Championship is aprofessional wrestlingchampionship owned and created by Westside Xtreme Wrestling. The title is contested for by rookie wrestlers trained at the wXw Wrestling Academy. From 2015 to 2023, the championship activated as the wXw Academy Trophy Championship. In 2023, the title was replaced and renamed as the wXw Academy Championship, with a new belt starting a new lineage. Cumulated, there have been a total of sixteen reigns shared between fifteen different champions and a two vacancies. The current champion is The Breezy Bruiser who is in his first reign.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Johnny Evers | December 12, 2015 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 2 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 322 | Evers defeated Dirty Dragan, Francis Kaspin andMaggot in afour-way match to become the inaugural champion. | [24] |
| 2 | The Rotation | October 29, 2016 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 10 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 98 | [25] | |
| 3 | Timo Theiss | February 4, 2017 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 13 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 140 | [26] | |
| 4 | Julian Pace | June 24, 2017 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 17 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 366 | This was abest two-out-of-three falls match. | [27] |
| 5 | Benjamin Van Es | June 25, 2018 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 26 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 209 | This was ano holds barred match. | [28] |
| 6 | Vinny Vortex | January 20, 2019 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 34 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 392 | [29] | |
| 7 | Goldenboy Santos | February 16, 2020 | wXw Academy Scouting The Next Generation 46 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 748 | This was athree-way match also involvingNorman Harras. | [30] |
| 8 | Oskar | March 5, 2022 | wXwNOW & Friends Showcase 2022 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 441 | [31] | |
| — | Deactivated | May 20, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Title was deactivated to immediately replaced with the wXw Academy Championship. | |
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Nick Schreier | May 20, 2023 | wXw Wrestling Academy Live Volume 9 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 90 | Defeated Alex Duke, Danny Fray and Darius in afour-way match to become the inaugural champion. | [32] |
| 2 | Alex Duke | August 18, 2023 | Passion Pro Spirit Zone | Budapest, Hungary | 1 | 1 | This was afour-way match also involving Danny Fray and Zafar Ameen. | [33] |
| 3 | Nick Schreier | August 19, 2023 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 74 | ||
| 4 | Danny Fray | November 1, 2023 | Heat In Der wXw Wrestling Academy | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1 | 112 | [34] | |
| 5 | Tatsuya Hanami | February 21, 2024 | wXw Wrestling Academy Wrestling Im Hagenbusch | Marl, Germany | 1 | 18 | [35] | |
| 6 | Marc Empire | March 10, 2024 | wXw We Love Wrestling | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 255 | This was afour-way match also involving Danny Fray and Axel Fox. | [36] |
| — | Vacated | November 20, 2024 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Emilian Lewis | November 20, 2024 | Heat In Der wXw Wrestling Academy | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1 | 14 | This was afive-way match also involving Dieter Schwartz, Emil Völler, Hunyadi Tamas and Leon Cage for the vacant title. | [37] |
| 8 | M4 | December 4, 2024 | Heat In Der wXw Wrestling Academy | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1 | 168 | [38] | |
| 9 | Dieter Schwartz | May 21, 2025 | wXw Wrestling Academy Wrestling Im Hagenbusch | Marl, Germany | 1 | 93 | This was afour-way match also involving Steven Crown and Yuval Goldshmit | [39] |
| 10 | Zoltan | August 22, 2025 | TAW Dojo Show | Dresden, Germany | 1 | 35 | [40] | |
| 11 | The Breezy Bruiser | November 5, 2025 | Heat In Der wXw Wrestling Academy | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1 | 100+ | [41] | |
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldenboy Santos | 1 | 748 |
| 2 | Oskar | 1 | 441 |
| 3 | Vinny Vortex | 1 | 392 |
| 4 | Julian Pace | 1 | 366 |
| 5 | Johnny Evers | 1 | 322 |
| 6 | Marc Empire | 1 | 255 |
| 7 | M4 | 1 | 168 |
| 8 | Benjamin Van Es | 1 | 209 |
| 9 | Nick Schreier | 2 | 164 |
| 10 | Timo Theiss | 1 | 140 |
| 11 | Danny Fray | 1 | 112 |
| 12 | The Rotation | 1 | 98 |
| 13 | Dieter Schwartz | 1 | 93 |
| 14 | The Breezy Bruiser † | 1 | 100+ |
| 15 | Zoltan | 1 | 35 |
| 16 | Tatsuya Hanami | 1 | 18 |
| 17 | Emilian Lewis | 1 | 14 |
| 18 | Alex Duke | 1 | 1 |
ThewXw Hall of Fame is a Germanprofessional wrestlinghall of fame maintained by theOberhausen-basedpromotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). It was established in 2005[42] to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion.
| # | Year | Ring name (Birth name)[Note 1] | Notes[Note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Mad Cow (Sander Rijnders) | InauguralwXw World Heavyweight Champion (1 time), won the wXw Hardcore Championship (3 times) |
| 2 | 2009 | Baron Von Hagen (Torben Borzek) | Won thewXw 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), founder and former owner of wXw. |
| 4 | 2010 | SigMasta Rappo (Pascal Signer) | Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (4 times), wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times). SigMasta Rappo was removed from the wXw Hall of Fame in 2020.[43] |
| 5 | 2010 | Thumbtack Jack (Alexander Bedranowsky) | Won the wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time) |
| 6 | 2011 | Marc Weingartner | Former Owner, Ringside Cameraman and wXw DVD Producer |
| 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) |
| 9 | 2015 | Steve Douglas (Steffen Leichsenring) | Won the wXw World Lightweight Championship (1 time), wXw World Tag Team Championship (3 times), wXw World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) |
| 10 | 2015 | Are$ (Marco Jaggi) | Won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship (2x), wXw World Tag Team Championship (3 times), holds record with 603 days reign as wXw World heavyweight champion. |
| 11 | 2017 | Karsten Beck (Karsten Pitann) | Won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), wXw World Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 12 | 2018 | Doug Williams (Douglas Durdle) | Won the wXw World Tag Team Championship (1 time) |
| 13 | 2019 | Robbie Brookside (Robert Brooks) | Won the wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
| 14 | 2024 | Absolute Andy (Andreas Ullmann) | Posthumous; Won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (2 times), wXw Shotgun Championship (1 time), wXw World Tag Team Championship (5 times), 16 Carat Gold 2018 |
In 2016, wXw opened the first German wrestling academy with a seven-days course schedule in Essen.[4] The wXw Academy training is open for members as well as guests that can also book a stay in an apartment adjoined to the academy. With "Scouting the next Generation", the wXw Academy introduced a series of monthly events in 2015 that provides trainees of the academy the opportunity to perform in front of a crowd.[44]
In August 2022, the wXw Wrestling Academy moved toGelsenkirchen.[45]
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