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wXw Shotgun Championship
Current title design
Details
PromotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 18, 2013
Current champion(s)Anita Vaughan
Date wonOctober 6, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Ilja Dragunov
Most reignsDavid Starr (3 reigns)
Longest reignMaggot (328 days)
Shortest reignMason Ryan, Norman Harras and Ninja Mack (1 day)
Oldest championAbsolute Andy (38 years, 87 days)
Youngest championIlja Dragunov (19 years, 312 days)
Heaviest championAvalanche (295 lbs)
Lightest championMaggot (161 lbs)

The wXw Shotgun Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling. All of the matches disputed for the title are broadcast on wXw's YouTube channel. The first champion was crowned on August 18, 2013. Ilja Dragunov defeated Tony Blunt in the finals of a tournament to become the first champion.

Title history

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There have been a total of 39 reigns and four vacancies shared between 31 different champions. The current champion is Anita Vaughan who is in her first reign.[1]

Key
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 Ilja Dragunov August 18, 2013 Fans Appreciation Weekend 2013 – Day 2 Oberhausen, Germany 1 152 Defeated Toby Blunt in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion [2][3][4]
— Vacated January 17, 2014 — — — — Vacated due to Dragunov suffering a severe head injury [2]
2 Axel Tischer January 18, 2014 Back to the Roots XIII Oberhausen, Germany 1 266 Defeated Carnage in a Steel Cage match for the vacant Championship. [5]
3 John Klinger October 11, 2014 14th Anniversary Tour: Prague Prague, Czech Republic 1 7 [6]
4 Mason Ryan October 18, 2014 14th Anniversary Tour: SlamMania II Mannheim, Germany 1 1 [7]
5 John Klinger October 19, 2014 14th Anniversary Tour: Apolda Apolda, Germany 2 139 [8]
6 Ilja Dragunov March 7, 2015 16 Carat Gold 2015 – Day 2 Oberhausen, Germany 2 105 [9]
7 Kim Ray June 20, 2015 More Than Wrestling Tour: Finale – Shortcut To The Top Oberhausen, Germany 1 175 [10]
8 Sasa Keel December 12, 2015 15th Anniversary Tour: Finale Oberhausen, Germany 1 112 [11]
9 Da Mack April 2, 2016 True Colors 2016 Dresden, Germany 1 181 [12]
10 Pete Dunne September 30, 2016 World Tag Team League 2016 – Day 1 Oberhausen, Germany 1 15 [13]
11 Tyler Bate October 15, 2016 Shotgun Live Tour 2016: Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany 1 34 [14]
12 David Starr November 18, 2016 Shotgun Live Tour 2016: Gotha Gotha, Germany 1 15 [15]
13 Chris Brookes December 3, 2016 Shotgun Live Tour 2016: Berlin Berlin, Germany 1 7 This was a four-way match, also involving Dave Crist and Ilja Dragunov [16]
14 David Starr December 10, 2016 16th Anniversary Oberhausen, Germany 2 92 This was a four-way match, also involving Da Mack and Pete Dunne [17]
15 Emil Sitoci March 12, 2017 16 Carat Gold 2017 – Day 3 Oberhausen, Germany 1 62 This was a four-way match, also involving Cody Rhodes and Jurn Simmons [18]
16 Angélico May 13, 2017 Superstars of Wrestling 2017 Oberhausen, Germany 1 49 This was a four-way match, also involving Penta el Zero M and Rey Fénix [19]
17 David Starr July 1, 2017 Shortcut to the Top 2017 Cologne, Germany 3 62 This was a three-way match, also involving Emil Sitoci [20]
18 Ivan Kiev September 1, 2017 Fans Appreciation Night 2017 Hamburg, Germany 1 113 This was a three-way match, also involving Flip Gordon [21]
19 Bobby Gunns December 23, 2017 17th Anniversary Oberhausen, Germany 1 224 [22][23]
20 Marius Al-Ani August 4, 2018 Shortcut To The Top 2018 Oberhausen, Germany 1 238 [24]
21 Emil Sitoci March 30, 2019 16 Carat Gold Revenge 2019: Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany 2 167 This was a three-way match, also involving Julian Pace [25]
22 Avalanche September 13, 2019 FAN 2019 - Du Entscheidest Hamburg, Germany 1 92 This was a Street Fight match [26]
23 Jay Skillet December 14, 2019 19th Anniversary Oberhausen, Germany 1 63 This was a four-way match also involving Absolute Andy and Veit Müller. [27]
24 Avalanche February 15, 2020 Road To 16 Carat Gold: Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany 2 22 [28]
25 Alexander Wolfe March 8, 2020 16 Carat Gold 2020 Oberhausen, Germany 2 82 This was a three-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov.
Wolfe was previously known as Axel Tischer. 		[29]
— Vacated May 29, 2020 — — — — Wolfe was unable to defend the title due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 Metehan July 30, 2020 Shotgun Oberhausen, Germany 1 154 Defeated Hektor Invictus in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant Championship. [30][31]
27 Norman Harras December 31, 2020 Shotgun Silvester Epeziel Oberhausen, Germany 1 148 [32]
28 Prince Ahura May 28, 2021 Drive Of Champions 2021 Oberhausen, Germany 1 73 [33]
— Vacated August 9, 2021 — — — —
29 Vincent Heisenberg September 25, 2021 Catch Grand Prix 2021 Oberhausen, Germany 1 26 Defeated Norman Harras to win the vacant title. [34]
30 Michael Knight October 21, 2021 wXw Live In Limbach-Oberfrohna Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany 1 57 [35]
31 Norman Harras December 17, 2021 wXw We Love Wrestling #26 Borken, Germany 2 1 [36]
32 Absolute Andy December 18, 2021 wXw 21st Anniversary Oberhausen, Germany 1 76 [37]
— Vacated March 4, 2022 — — — — Andy was unable to defend the title due to illness. [38]
33 Ninja Mack March 5, 2022 wXw 16 Carat Gold 2022 Oberhausen, Germany 1 1 Defeated Ace Romero in a lotterie match to win the vacant title. [39]
34 Maggot March 6, 2022 wXw 16 Carat Gold 2022 Oberhausen, Germany 1 328 This was a four-way match also involving Ender Kara and The Rotation. [40]
35 Laurance Roman January 28, 2023 wXw Back To The Roots 2023 Oberhausen, Germany 1 266 [41]
36 Elijah Blum October 21, 2023 wXw We Love Wrestling - Live In Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany 1 63 [42]
37 The Rotation December 24, 2023 wXw 23rd Anniversary Oberhausen, Germany 1 76 This was a six-way scramble also involving Alex Duke, Bobby Gunns, Jacob Crane and Nick Schreier. [43]
38 Levaniel March 8, 2024 wXw 16 Carat Gold 2024 Oberhausen, Germany 1 212 This was a three-way match also involving Maggot. [44]
39 Anita Vaughan October 6, 2024 wXw World Tag Team Festival 2024 Oberhausen, Germany 1 76+ Vaughan became the first ever female wrestler to hold the championship. [45]

Combined reigns

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Alexander Wolfe with the title in 2020.
Inaugural champion Ilja Dragunov.
Record three-time champion David Starr.

As of December 21, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Champion No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Axel Tischer/Alexander Wolfe 2 348
2 Maggot 1 328
3 Laurance Roman 1 266
4 Ilja Dragunov 2 257
5 Marius Al-Ani 1 238
6 Emil Sitoci 2 229
7 Bobby Gunns 1 224
8 Levaniel 1 212
9 Da Mack 1 181
10 Kim Ray 1 175
11 David Starr 3 169
12 Metehan 1 154
13 Norman Harras 2 149
14 John Klinger 2 146
15 Avalanche 2 114
16 Ivan Kiev 1 113
17 Sasa Keel 1 112
18 Absolute Andy 1 76
The Rotation 1 76
20 Prince Ahura 1 73
21 Elijah Blum 1 63
Jay Skillet 1 63
23 Michael Knight 1 57
24 Angélico 1 49
25 Anita Vaughan † 1 76+
26 Tyler Bate 1 34
27 Vincent Heisenberg 1 26
28 Pete Dunne 1 15
29 Chris Brookes 1 7
30 Mason Ryan 1 1
Ninja Mack 1 1

See also

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References

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