wXw European Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Westside Xtreme Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Mike D Vecchio | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The wXw European Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling. There have been a total of two reigns shared between two different champions. Mike D Vecchio is the current champion in his first reign.
The first champion was crowned on July 20, 2024, when Aigle Blanc defeated Mike D Vecchio in the finals of an eight-man tournament. [1]
Quarterfinals July 20 | Semifinals July 20 | Final July 20 | ||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | Pin | |||||||||||||
Red Scorpion | 4:12 [2] | |||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | Pin | |||||||||||||
Elijah Blum | 6:57 [2] | |||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | 11:23 [2] | |||||||||||||
Elijah Blum | Pin | |||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | 11:12 [2] | |||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | |||||||||||||
Aytac | 7:51 [2] | |||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | 7:54 [2] | |||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jacob Crane | 7:06 [2] | |||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | Pin |
As of December22, 2024, there have been two title reigns. Mike D Vecchio is the current champion.
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Aigle Blanc | July 20, 2024 | wXw Wrestling-EM | Frankfurt, Germany | 1 | 77 | Defeated Mike D Vecchio in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [3] [4] |
2 | Mike D Vecchio | October 5, 2024 | wXw World Tag Team Festival 2024 Night 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 78+ | [5] |
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