Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German

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based in

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. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its events have been held in the

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, primarily in

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, the

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and the

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History

Westside Xtreme Wrestling was founded on December 24, 2000, by Peter Wiechers, a professional wrestler with the ring name Hate.Cagematch
Westside Xtreme Wrestling > History
/ref> Together with SigMasta Rappo, Tyrant, Mark Hammer, Blue Adonis, Barish, Thunder and

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, 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 to

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, called wXwNOW.

wXwNOW

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 to

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. The service has a current monthly subscription price of €9.99.

Co-promotion

Since its creation, wXw has developed working relationships with several

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promotions including Chikara,

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, Beyond Wrestling,

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(CZW) and Evolve and several Japanese promotions including Dragon Gate,

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and

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. Through the working relationship with wXw, Big Japan's World Strong Heavyweight Championship features both the CZW and wXw logos. wXw has also maintained relationship withs several European-based promotions, including British promotions International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom,

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, and

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. wXw has held several interpromotional events, including ''Gorefest – European King of the Death Matches 2006'' took place in the United Kingdom, a

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-focused event co-promoted with the English-based X-Sports: Wrestling. The second ''Gorefest'', held in 2009, included a title match between

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and Devon Moore for Combat Zone Wrestling's Heavyweight Championship. The 2008 event ''Dead End VIII'' featured the Japanese-based

and its rosters such as

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and

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. The 2009 events, ''Open the Spanish Gate'' and ''Open The German Gate'' took place in

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and Oberhausen, Germany, respectively, were co-promoted with the Japanese-based Dragon Gate. 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

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. The event also featured a title match for one of CZW's titles, the

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, along with wXw's famous feud being between Thumbtack Jack and

. 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 with

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promotion which ended in 2017 due to GFW ending. On July 18, 2015,

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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. On July 2, 2018, wXw started a working relationship with

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, with wXw becoming an official partner of the WWN Training Center. Later that year on October 1, a relationship with

began. 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

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Tournaments and accomplishments

16 Carat Gold Tournament

16 Carat Gold Tournament is a

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annually held by the wXw. The sixteen-man tournament was first conceived by wXw in 2006 and has been held every year since then.

16 Carat Gold 2020

The wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament of 2020 was a three-night event which started on March 6 and culminated on March 8.

Other accomplishments

wXw Catch Grand Prix 2020

wXw Catch Grand Prix was a tournament consisting of two blocks of seven participants each. The tournament started on October 26 and culminated on December 13. The matches are disputed in five rounds and each one grants two points for the winner and one point for each competitor if the result is a draw by reaching the time limit. There is a fifteen minute time limit for each match. The digits next to the time indicate the round in which the match ended.

Notes

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Contracts

Championships and accomplishments

Current championships

Defunct championships

wXw Hall of Fame

The wXw Hall of Fame is a German professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
hall of fame

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maintained by the Oberhausen

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-based promotion

Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). It was established in 2005 to honor wrestlers who have wrestled for the promotion.

;Inductees

wXw Academy

In 2016, wXw opened the first German wrestling academy with a seven-days course schedule in Essen. 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.

In August 2022, the wXw Wrestling Academy moved to Gelsenkirchen

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.

See also

* List of professional wrestling promotions in Europe

This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Europe, sorted by country, and lists both active and defunct professional wrestling promotions.
All of Europe

Europe Austria

Croatia

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Mal ...

References

External links

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wxwNOW
(German wrestling network)
Official MySpaceWestside Xtreme Wrestling at Online World of WrestlingWestside Xtreme Wrestling at Wrestling-Titles.com

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