WXw Unified World Wrestling Championship

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]

wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship
Official design of the title
Details
Promotion	Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Date established	July 01, 2001
Current champion(s)	Robert Dreissker
Date won	June 17, 2023
Other name(s)
wXw Heavyweight Championship (July 1, 2001 – June 21, 2003) wXw World Heavyweight Championship (June 21, 2003 – June 5, 2010) wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (June 5, 2010 – present)
Statistics First champion(s) Mad Cow Most reigns Big van Walter, John Klinger and Jurn Simmons (3 reigns) Longest reign Ares (604 days) Shortest reign Alex Shelley, Jimmy Jacobs and Marty Scurll (<1 day) Oldest champion Robbie Brookside (38 years, 275 days) Heaviest champion Big Daddy Walter/Big Van Walter (310 lb)

Title history

There have been a total of 51 reigns shared between 34 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 Robert Dreissker who is in his first reign.

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.
		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	^[2]
2	Eric Schwarz	August 26, 2001	Broken Rulz	Essen, Germany	1	112	Defeated The Bull, substituting an injured Mad Cow	^[3]
—	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		^[4]
—	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	^[5]
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	^[6]
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	^[7]
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	^[8]
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	^[8]
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	^[8]
11	Double C	December 27, 2003	3rd Anniversary HUSS-Mas	Essen, Germany	1	168		^[9]
12	Ian Rotten	June 12, 2004	Dead End 4	Essen, Germany	1	7		^[10]
13	Double C	June 19, 2004	Live Event	Vienna, Austria	2	175	This was also the Round Robin Tournament Match.	^[11]
14	Robbie Brookside	December 11, 2004	4th Anniversary Show	Essen, Germany	1	295		^[12]
15	Ares	October 2, 2005	Sunday Bloody Sunday II	Essen, Germany	1	167		^[13]
16	Mike Quackenbush	March 18, 2006	Back To The Roots 5 - Enter The Dark Side	Essen, Germany	1	13		^[14]
17	Ares	March 31, 2006	CHIKARA Naked	Reading, PA	2	603		^[15]
18	Alex Pain	November 24, 2007	7th Anniversary Show - Strong Style Tournament	Oberhausen, Germany	1	105		^[16]
19	Steve Douglas	March 8, 2008	16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2	Essen, Germany	1	246		^[17]
—	Vacated	November 9, 2008	—	—	—	—		^[1]
20	John Klinger	December 13, 2008	8th Anniversary Show	Oberhausen, Germany	1	84		^[18]^[19]
21	Bryan Danielson	March 7, 2009	16 Carat Gold 2009 - Day 2	Oberhausen, Germany	1	55		^[20]
22	Absolute Andy	May 1, 2009	Dead End IX Beta	Oberhausen, Germany	1	225		^[21]
23	Steve Douglas	December 12, 2009	9th Anniversary Show	Oberhausen, Germany	2	175		^[22]
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	^[23]
25	Big Daddy Walter	October 2, 2010	HATEs Fuckin' Birthday Show	Oberhausen, Germany	1	105		^[24]
26	Daisuke Sekimoto	January 15, 2011	Back To The Roots X	Oberhausen, Germany	1	107		^[25]
27	Big Van Walter	May 2, 2011	BJW Live Event	Tokyo, Japan	2	383	Walter was originally known as Big Daddy Walter.	^[26]
28	El Generico	May 19, 2012	Dead End XII	Oberhausen, Germany	1	85		^[27]
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.	^[28]
30	Tommy End	June 1, 2013	Dead End XIII	Oberhausen, Germany	1	421		^[29]
31	Big Daddy Walter	July 27, 2014	Fans Appreciation Night 2014	Oberhausen, Germany	3	174		^[30]
32	Karsten Beck	January 17, 2015	Back To The Roots XIV	Oberhausen, Germany	1	223		^[31]
33	John Klinger	August 28, 2015	Fans Appreciation Night 2015: Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany	2	1		^[32]
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.	^[33]
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.	^[34]
36	Marty Scurll	December 10, 2016	16th Anniversary	Oberhausen, Germany	1	<1	This was a three-way match also involving Adam Cole.	^[35]
37	Axel Dieter Jr.	December 10, 2016	16th Anniversary	Oberhausen, Germany	1	91		^[35]
38	Jurn Simmons	March 11, 2017	16 Carat Gold 2017 - Day 2	Oberhausen, Germany	2	147		^[36]
39	John Klinger	August 5, 2017	Fight Forever Tour Opening	Oberhausen, Germany	3	217	This was a three-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov.	^[37]
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.	^[38]
41	Absolute Andy	August 4, 2018	Shortcut To The Top 2018	Oberhausen, Germany	2	217		^[39]
42	Bobby Gunns	March 9, 2019	16 Carat Gold 2019 - Day 2	Oberhausen, Germany	1	210		^[40]
43	Timothy Thatcher	October 5, 2019	World Tag Team Festival - Night 2	Oberhausen, Germany	1	70		^[41]
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.	^[42]
45	Marius Al-Ani	April 9, 2021	Dead End	Oberhausen, Germany	1	197		^[43]
46	Axel Tischer	October 23, 2021	True Colors	Dresden, Germany	2	133		^[44]
47	Tristan Archer	March 5, 2022	16 Carat Gold	Oberhausen, Germany	1	28	This was a four-way match, also involving Jurn Simmons and Levaniel.	^[45]
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.	^[46]
49	Tristan Archer	April 30, 2022	We Love Wrestling - SLAM In Den Mai	Weyhe, Germany	2	231		^[47]
50	Levaniel	December 17, 2022	22nd Anniversary	Weyhe, Germany	1	56		^[48]
—	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.	^[49]
51	Shigehiro Irie	March 12, 2023	wXw 16 Carat Gold- Day 3	Oberhausen, Germany	1	97	Defeated Axel Tischer for the vacant title.	^[50]
52	Robert Dreissker	June 17, 2023	wXw Drive Of Champions 2023	Oberhausen, Germany	1	101+		^[51]

Combined reigns

 

Ares, records longest combined reigns at 770 days and longest single reign at 603 days

 

Walter, record-tied three-time champion, under the ring names Big Van Walter and Big Daddy Walter

 

Current champion, Robert Dreissker.

As of September 26, 2023.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
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	Double C	2	343
11	John Klinger	3	302
12	Robbie Brookside	1	295
13	Tristan Archer	2	259
14	Chris Hero	1	252
15	Marius Al-Ani	1	197
16	Martin Nolte	1	196
17	Chris the Bambikiller	1	159
18	Ilja Dragunov	1	147
19	Zack Sabre Jr.	1	119
20	Eric Schwarz	1	112
21	Daisuke Sekimoto	1	107
22	Alex Pain	1	105
23	Shigehiro Irie	1	97
24	Axel Dieter Jr.	1	91
25	Robert Dreissker †	1	101+
26	El Generico	1	85
27	Timothy Thatcher	1	70
28	Mad Cow	1	56
	Levaniel
30	Bryan Danielson	1	55
31	Thomas Blade	1	49
32	Alex Shelley	2	41
33	Mike Quackenbush	1	13
34	Jimmy Jacobs	2	8
35	Ian Rotten	1	7
36	Marty Scurll	1	<1

See also

• wXw World Tag Team Championship
• wXw Shotgun Championship

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External links

• Official website (in German)
• Current Champions
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling at Online World of Wrestling
• Title history at Wrestling-Titles.com
• wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship