Westside Xtreme Wrestling

16 Carat Gold Tournament
Promotion(s)	Westside Xtreme Wrestling
First event	2006
Event gimmick	Single-elimination tournament

wXwNOW
Launched	2016
Owned by	Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Website	wxwnow.com

Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Acronym	wXw
Founded	2000[1]
Headquarters	Essen, 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–present)[2]

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Essen, Germany. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its events have been held in the Ruhr district, primarily in Oberhausen.[1] Since 2013, wXw regularly tours through Germany, adding tour stops outside the country including Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.[4]

History

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 and Claudio 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, along with Hanover-based European Wrestling Promotion and Sauerland-based German Stampede Wrestling.

In 2016, wXw became the first German wrestling promotion with an on demand service similar to WWE's network, called wXwNOW.[4]

wXwNOW

wXwNOW is a subscription-based video streaming service owned by German professional wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). In 2016, wXw announced "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 to WWE Network. The service has a current monthly subscription price of €9.99.[4]

Co-promotion

Since its creation, wXw has developed working relationships with several American promotions including Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Beyond Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Evolve and several Japanese promotions including Dragon Gate, Pro Wrestling Noah, Dramatic Dream Team and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Through the working relationship with wXw, Big Japan's World Strong Heavyweight Championship features both the CZW and wXw logos.[5] wXw has also maintained relationship withs several European-based promotions, including British promotions International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Preston City Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Progress Wrestling.[1][6]

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.[7] The second Gorefest, held in 2009, included a title match between Drake Younger and Devon Moore for Combat Zone Wrestling's Heavyweight Championship.[8]

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.[9] 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.[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 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[11] 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.[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 announced a partnership with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion which ended in 2017 due to GFW ending.[13]

On July 18, 2015, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced a working relationship with wXw as part New Japan's international expansion plans Which ended in early 2016 due to wXw working with to much promotions and 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 announced a working relationship with WWNLive, with wXw becoming an official partner of the WWN Training Center. Later that year on October 1, a relationship with WWE was announced.[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 in Queens, New York.[18]

16 Carat Gold Tournament

16 Carat Gold Tournament is a single-elimination tournament annually held by the wXw. The sixteen-man tournament was first conceived by wXw in 2006 and has been held every year since then.

Year	Winner	Ref
2006	Baron von Hagen	[19]
2007	Chris Hero
2008	Bad Bones
2009	Shingo Takagi
2010	Walter
2011	Sami Callihan
2012	El Generico
2013	Tommy End
2014	Chris Hero
2015	Tommy End
2016	Zack Sabre Jr.	[20]
2017	Ilja Dragunov	[21]
2018	Absolute Andy	[22]
2019	Lucky Kid
2020	Cara Noir	[23]

Championships

Active

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship	Bobby Gunns	2	December 14, 2019	244+	Oberhausen, Germany	Defeated David Starr, Ilja Dragunov and Timothy Thatcher at wXw 19th Anniversary
wXw Shotgun Championship	Vacant	–	May 29, 2020	–	–	Alexander Wolfe was unable to defend the title due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
wXw World Tag Team Championship	Jay Skillet and Absolute Andy	1	March 6, 2020	161+	Oberhausen, Germany	defeated Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura) at day 2 of 16 Carat Gold 2020
wXw Women's Championship	Amale	1	June 1, 2019	440+	Oberhausen, Germany	Defeated Killer Kelly, Toni Storm and Valkyrie at Superstars Of Wrestling 2019

Inactive

Championship	Final champion(s)	Date won	Location	Notes
wXw World Lightweight Championship	Zack Sabre Jr.	June 5, 2010	Oberhausen, Germany	Defeated Steve Douglas at Dead End X to unify the Lightweight Title with the Heavyweight Title to create the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship[24][25]
wXw Hardcore Championship	Necro Butcher	August 1, 2006	Plainfield, Indiana	Defeated Ian Rotten and JC Bailey in a three-way elimination Texas Deathmatch at IWA Mid-South April Bloodshowers 2006[26][27]

Former recognized

DTU Alto Impacto Championship

Details

Promotion

Desastro Total Ultraviolento
Westside Xtreme Wrestling

Date established

December 18, 2010

Current champion(s)

Ace Austin

Date won

September 7, 2018

Statistics
First champion(s)	Flamita
Most reigns	Drastik Boy (3 reigns)
Longest reign	Ace Austin (707+ days)
Shortest reign	Aeroboy (4 days)
Oldest champion	Alex Colon (33 years)
Youngest champion	Flamita (16 years, 18 days)
Heaviest champion	Kim Ray (209 lbs)
Lightest champion	Drastik Boy (119 lbs)

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
<1	Reign lasted less than a day
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
	Desastro Total Ultraviolento (DTU)
1	Flamita	December 18, 2010	DTU 3. Aniversario	Tlalnepantla, Mexico	1	358	Defeated Daga and Drastik Boy in a tournament final triple threat match to become the inaugural champion.	[28]
2	Ciclope	December 11, 2011	DTU Cuatro Cumpleanos	Tlalnepantla, Mexico	1	252	This was a four-way match also involving Fénix and Pequeno Cobra.	[29]
—	Vacated	August 19, 2012	—	—	—	—
3	Eita	September 23, 2012	DTU De Patria Extrema 2012	Veracruz, Mexico	1	149	This was a seven-way match also involving Dinastia, Eterno, Flamita, Principe Halcón, Rocky Lobo and Tribal.	[30]
4	Flamita	February 19, 2013	DTU Ajuste De Cuentas II	Pachuca, Mexico	2	59	This was a five-way match also involving Eterno, Tribal and Hormiga.	[31]
5	Drastik Boy	April 19, 2013	DTU/KBW Marea Extrema	Ciudad Madero, Mexico	1	121	This was a six-way match also involving Crazy Boy, Hacker, Lumino and Okuzono.	[32]
6	Tomahawk	August 18, 2013	House show	Monterrey, Mexico	1	109		[33]
—	Vacated	December 5, 2013	—	—	—	—
7	Jinzo	December 21, 2013	DTU 6 Años	Tlalnepantla, Mexico	1	148	This was a six-way match also involving Black Fire, Hacker, Hormiga, Poison and Septimo Dragon.	[34]
8	Septimo Dragon	May 18, 2014	DTU Devastador 2014 - Salamanca	Salamanca, Mexico	1	97	This was a three-way match also involving Drastik Boy.	[35]
9	Drastik Boy	August 23, 2014	DTU Casta de Campeones 2014 - Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Mexico	2	115	This was a five-way match also involving Black Fire, Ricky Marvin and Tony Rodriguez.	[36]
10	Aeroboy	December 16, 2014	DTU Siete Aniversario - Pachuca	Pachuca, Mexico	1	4		[37]
11	Drastik Boy	December 20, 2014	House show	Tlalnepantla, Mexico	3	85	This was a five-way match also involving Chica Yeye, Hacker and Septimo Dragon.	[37]
12	Jonathan Gresham	March 15, 2015	DTU Coyotes Hambrientos	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	1	189		[38]
	Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)
13	Kim Ray	September 20, 2015	wXw 15th Anniversary Tour: Bielefeld	Bielefeld, Germany	1	118	This was the first time the title changed hands outside of Mexico. From this date, wXw began recognizing the title as part of the promotion's championships after Kim Ray represented wXw in the match.	[39]
14	The Rotation	January 16, 2016	wXw Back To The Roots XV	Oberhausen, Germany	1	21	This was a triple threat match also involving Ivanov.	[40]
15	Kim Ray	February 6, 2016	wXw Dead End XV	Hamburg, Germany	2	70		[41]
16	Black Fire	April 16, 2016	wXw More Than Wrestling Tour 2016: Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany	1	422	From this reign on, by the date of April 17, the title ceased to be recognized by wXw anymore due to Black Fire taking the championship back to DTU in Mexico.	[42]
	Desastro Total Ultraviolento (DTU)
17	Hormiga	June 12, 2017	Wrestling In Cuautepec	Cuautepec de Hinojosa, Mexico	1	125		[43]
18	Moria	October 15, 2017	House show	Ecatepec, Mexico	1	60		[44]
19	Dezmond Xavier	December 14, 2017	DTU 10th Anniversary	Pachuca, Mexico	1	6	This was a triple threat match also involving Drastik Boy. The exact length of the reign is uncertain due to the inexact airing date of the show when Moria defeated Xavier for the title.	[45]
20	Moria	December 20, 2017	House show	N/A	2	86
21	Lokillo	March 16, 2018	DTU Devastador - Day 2	Guadalajara, Mexico	1	30		[46]
22	Ace Austin	April 15, 2018	House show	Acapulco, Mexico	1	136		[47]
23	Alex Colon	August 29, 2018	Rockstar Pro Amped	Dayton, Ohio	1	9		[48]
24	Ace Austin	September 7, 2018	Rockstar Pro Weekend At Murray's	Dayton, Ohio	2	707+	This was a triple threat Winner takes All match also involving Zachary Wentz, where Colon's PWR Scramble Championship and Wentz's CZW Wired Championship were also on the line.	[49]

Combined reigns

As of August 14, 2020.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Ace Austin †	2	843+
2	Black Fire	1	422
3	Flamita	2	417
4	Drastik Boy	3	321
5	Ciclope	1	252
6	Jonathan Gresham	1	189
7	Kim Ray	2	188
8	Eita	1	149
9	Jinzo	1	148
10	Moria	2	146
11	Hormiga	1	125
12	Tomahawk	1	109
13	Septimo Dragon	1	97
14	Lokillo	1	30
15	The Rotation	1	21
16	Alex Colon	1	9
17	Dezmond Xavier	1	6
18	Aeroboy	1	4

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[50] 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), 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)
5	2010	Thumbtack 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)
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
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)

wXw Academy

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.[51]

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