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Promotion | Westside Xtreme Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Date established | July 1, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Peter Tihanyi | ||||||||||||||
Date won | October 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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The wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship [1] is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship, contested in the German professional wrestling promotion, Westside Xtreme Wrestling. The championship was established in 2001 as the wXw World Heavyweight Championship, but was later unified with the wXw World Lightweight Championship to create the modern title. [1]
There have been a total of 53 reigns shared between 36 different champions. Mad Cow was the inaugural champion. Big van Walter, John Klinger and Jurn Simmons shares the record for most reign with three. Ares's second reign is the longest at 603 days, while Alex Shelley, Jimmy Jacobs and Marty Scurll reign is the shortest at less than hour. The current champion is Peter Tihanyi who is in his first reign.
At wXw 23rd Anniversary on December 23, 2023, Robert Dreissker defeated Masha Slamovich to unify the title with the wXw Women's Championship. [2]
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Mad Cow | July 1, 2001 | Dead End | Essen, Germany | 1 | 56 | Defeated Chris the Bambikiller to become the inaugural champion | [3] |
2 | Eric Schwarz | August 26, 2001 | Broken Rulz | Essen, Germany | 1 | 112 | Defeated The Bull, substituting an injured Mad Cow | [4] |
— | Vacated | December 15, 2001 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to injury | [1] |
3 | Thomas Blade | December 16, 2001 | Live Event | Dresden, Germany | 1 | 49 | Defeated Big Sick Ben for the vacated title | |
4 | Chris the Bambikiller | February 3, 2002 | wXw Payback | Nuremberg, Germany | 1 | 159 | [5] | |
— | Vacated | July 12, 2002 | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Martin Nolte | August 17, 2002 | True Colors | Essen, Germany | 1 | 196 | Won a 20-man Battle Royal for the vacated title | [6] |
6 | Chris Hero | March 1, 2003 | Back To The Roots 2 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 252 | Due to the title being defended in the USA against IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Mark Wolf on June 21, 2003, it gained "World" status and was renamed to wXw World Heavyweight Championship | [7] |
7 | Alex Shelley | November 8, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Day 2 | Salem, IN | 1 | 41 | This was a tournament final three-way match, also involving IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Danny Daniels | [8] |
8 | Jimmy Jacobs | December 19, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Winter Wars 2003 | Lafayette, IN | 1 | <1 | This was a Submission Match and the third in a Best Of Seven Series | [9] |
9 | Alex Shelley | December 19, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Winter Wars 2003 | Lafayette, IN | 2 | <1 | This was a Lumberjack Match and the fourth in a Best of Seven Series | [9] |
10 | Jimmy Jacobs | December 19, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Winter Wars 2003 | Lafayette, IN | 2 | 8 | This was a Texas Death Match and the fifth in a Best of Seven Series | [9] |
11 | Double C | December 27, 2003 | 3rd Anniversary HUSS-Mas | Essen, Germany | 1 | 168 | [10] | |
12 | Ian Rotten | June 12, 2004 | Dead End 4 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 7 | [11] | |
13 | Double C | June 19, 2004 | Live Event | Vienna, Austria | 2 | 175 | This was also the Round Robin Tournament Match. | [12] |
14 | Robbie Brookside | December 11, 2004 | 4th Anniversary Show | Essen, Germany | 1 | 295 | [13] | |
15 | Ares | October 2, 2005 | Sunday Bloody Sunday II | Essen, Germany | 1 | 167 | [14] | |
16 | Mike Quackenbush | March 18, 2006 | Back To The Roots 5 - Enter The Dark Side | Essen, Germany | 1 | 13 | [15] | |
17 | Ares | March 31, 2006 | CHIKARA Naked | Reading, PA | 2 | 603 | [16] | |
18 | Alex Pain | November 24, 2007 | 7th Anniversary Show - Strong Style Tournament | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 105 | [17] | |
19 | Steve Douglas | March 8, 2008 | 16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2 | Essen, Germany | 1 | 246 | [18] | |
— | Vacated | November 9, 2008 | — | — | — | — | [1] | |
20 | John Klinger | December 13, 2008 | 8th Anniversary Show | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 84 | [19] [20] | |
21 | Bryan Danielson | March 7, 2009 | 16 Carat Gold 2009 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 55 | [21] | |
22 | Absolute Andy | May 1, 2009 | Dead End IX Beta | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 225 | [22] | |
23 | Steve Douglas | December 12, 2009 | 9th Anniversary Show | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 175 | [23] | |
24 | Zack Sabre Jr. | June 5, 2010 | Dead End X | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 119 | Sabre Jr. defeated Douglas to unify the wXw World Heavyweight Championship into his wXw World Lightweight Championship. The title became known as the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [24] |
25 | Big Daddy Walter | October 2, 2010 | HATEs Fuckin' Birthday Show | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 105 | [25] | |
26 | Daisuke Sekimoto | January 15, 2011 | Back To The Roots X | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 107 | [26] | |
27 | Big Van Walter | May 2, 2011 | BJW Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 383 | Walter was originally known as Big Daddy Walter. | [27] |
28 | El Generico | May 19, 2012 | Dead End XII | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 85 | [28] | |
29 | Axel Tischer | August 12, 2012 | Fans Appreciation Weekend 2012 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 293 | This was a four-way match, also involving John Klinger and Karsten Beck. | [29] |
30 | Tommy End | June 1, 2013 | Dead End XIII | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 421 | [30] | |
31 | Big Daddy Walter | July 27, 2014 | Fans Appreciation Night 2014 | Oberhausen, Germany | 3 | 174 | [31] | |
32 | Karsten Beck | January 17, 2015 | Back To The Roots XIV | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 223 | [32] | |
33 | John Klinger | August 28, 2015 | Fans Appreciation Night 2015: Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | 2 | 1 | [33] | |
34 | Karsten Beck | August 29, 2015 | Fans Appreciation Night 2015: Oberhausen | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 196 | This was a three-way match also involving A.J. Styles. | [34] |
35 | Jurn Simmons | March 12, 2016 | 16 Carat Gold 2016 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 273 | This was a four-way match, also involving Absolute Andy and John Klinger. | [35] |
36 | Marty Scurll | December 10, 2016 | 16th Anniversary | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | <1 | This was a three-way match also involving Adam Cole. | [36] |
37 | Axel Dieter Jr. | December 10, 2016 | 16th Anniversary | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 91 | [36] | |
38 | Jurn Simmons | March 11, 2017 | 16 Carat Gold 2017 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 147 | [37] | |
39 | John Klinger | August 5, 2017 | Fight Forever Tour Opening | Oberhausen, Germany | 3 | 217 | This was a three-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov. | [38] |
40 | Ilja Dragunov | March 10, 2018 | 16 Carat Gold 2018 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 147 | This was a three-way match also involving Walter. | [39] |
41 | Absolute Andy | August 4, 2018 | Shortcut To The Top 2018 | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 217 | [40] | |
42 | Bobby Gunns | March 9, 2019 | 16 Carat Gold 2019 - Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 210 | [41] | |
43 | Timothy Thatcher | October 5, 2019 | World Tag Team Festival - Night 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 70 | [42] | |
44 | Bobby Gunns | December 14, 2019 | 19th Anniversary | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 482 | This was a four-way match also involving David Starr and Ilja Dragunov. | [43] |
45 | Marius Al-Ani | April 9, 2021 | Dead End | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 197 | [44] | |
46 | Axel Tischer | October 23, 2021 | True Colors | Dresden, Germany | 2 | 133 | [45] | |
47 | Tristan Archer | March 5, 2022 | 16 Carat Gold 2020 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 28 | This was a four-way match, also involving Jurn Simmons and Levaniel. | [46] |
48 | Jurn Simmons | April 2, 2022 | We Love Wrestling - 16 Carat Gold Revenge | Frankfurt, Germany | 3 | 28 | This was a three-way match, also involving Axel Tischer. | [47] |
49 | Tristan Archer | April 30, 2022 | We Love Wrestling - SLAM In Den Mai | Weyhe, Germany | 2 | 231 | [48] | |
50 | Levaniel | December 17, 2022 | 22nd Anniversary | Weyhe, Germany | 1 | 56 | [49] | |
— | Vacated | February 11, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Levaniel failing to qualify for the wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament, where he was scheduled to defend his title. | [50] |
51 | Shigehiro Irie | March 12, 2023 | wXw 16 Carat Gold - Day 3 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 97 | Defeated Axel Tischer for the vacant title. | [51] |
52 | Robert Dreissker | June 17, 2023 | wXw Drive Of Champions 2023 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 350 | At wXw 23rd Anniversary on December 23, 2023, Dreissker defeated Masha Slamovich to unify the title with the wXw Women's Championship. [52] | [2] |
53 | Laurance Roman | June 1, 2024 | wXw Drive Of Champions 2024 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 126 | This was a lumberjack match. | [53] |
54 | Peter Tihanyi | October 5, 2024 | wXw World Tag Team Festival 2024 - Night 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 12+ | This was a three-way match also involving Robert Dreissker. | [54] |
As of October17, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Ares | 2 | 770 |
2 | Bobby Gunns | 2 | 693 |
3 | Big Van Walter/Big Daddy Walter | 3 | 662 |
4 | Jurn Simmons | 3 | 448 |
5 | Absolute Andy | 2 | 442 |
6 | Axel "Axeman" Tischer | 2 | 426 |
7 | Steve Douglas | 2 | 421 |
Tommy End | 1 | 421 | |
9 | Karsten Beck | 2 | 419 |
10 | Robert Dreissker | 1 | 350 |
11 | Double C | 2 | 343 |
12 | John Klinger | 3 | 302 |
13 | Robbie Brookside | 1 | 295 |
14 | Tristan Archer | 2 | 259 |
15 | Chris Hero | 1 | 252 |
16 | Marius Al-Ani | 1 | 197 |
17 | Martin Nolte | 1 | 196 |
18 | Chris the Bambikiller | 1 | 159 |
19 | Ilja Dragunov | 1 | 147 |
20 | Laurance Roman | 1 | 126 |
21 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 1 | 119 |
22 | Eric Schwarz | 1 | 112 |
23 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 107 |
24 | Alex Pain | 1 | 105 |
25 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 97 |
26 | Axel Dieter Jr. | 1 | 91 |
27 | El Generico | 1 | 85 |
28 | Timothy Thatcher | 1 | 70 |
29 | Mad Cow | 1 | 56 |
Levaniel | |||
31 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 55 |
32 | Thomas Blade | 1 | 49 |
33 | Alex Shelley | 2 | 41 |
34 | Mike Quackenbush | 1 | 13 |
35 | Peter Tihanyi † | 1 | 12+ |
36 | Jimmy Jacobs | 2 | 8 |
37 | Ian Rotten | 1 | 7 |
38 | Marty Scurll | 1 | <1 |
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