Westside Xtreme wrestling

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The correct title of this article is westside Xtreme wrestling. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

The westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw) is one of Germany's most high profile Professional wrestling promotions.

1 History
2 Championships
3 Officials
4 External links

[edit] History

The wXw initially started out on December 24th 2000 in Essen, Germany as a new promotion built around wrestlers of the former NAWA under the guidance of Peter "Hate" Wiechers. Starting with national wrestlers such as Thomas Blade, SigMasta Rappo and Michael Kovac, wXw lives through a steady growth in both quality of shows and quantity of public interest.

A lot of people consider March/April 2003 as the breakout months for wXw when Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush entered the promotion starting the new concept of mixing independent wrestling superstars from all over the world with the local talent. During 2004 and the beginning of 2005 collaborations with Pro Wrestling NOAH from Japan and IPW:UK and Wrestle Zone Wrestling from the United Kingdom, as well IWA Mid-South and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla from the United States enlarged the variety of the shows.

Titles include the World Heavyweight, World Lightweight and Tag Team Titles. Since 2006 there is an international tournament held every year known as the 16 Carat Gold Tournament.

In February 2006 a severe financial struggle was overcome by the foundation of the wXw Deutschland GbR, a company run by Matchmaker Felix Kohlenberg, wXw's Head Referee Tassilo Jung, Christian Michael Jakobi and Sascha Wehinger, which is promoting wXw ever since.

"wXw-made" Wrestling Stars include; "Double C" Claudio Castagnoli, who now lives in the US as a frequent competitor for Ring of Honor and CHIKARA; Emil Sitoci; Steve Douglas; Ares; Alex Pain; and many more.

Guest stars include Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Raven, Jun Akiyama, Naomichi Marufuji, CM Punk, Paul Burchill, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Super Dragon, El Generico, Ian Rotten, Vampiro, Mike Quackenbush and many more.

[edit] Championships

Titles	Current Champion(s)
wXw World Heavyweight Championship	Ares (2nd reign, since March 31, 2006, 5 defences)
wXw Tag-Team Championship	Wesley Croton & Murat Bosporus (2nd reign, since January 27, 2007)
wXw World Lightweight Championship	Pac (since December 9, 2006, 1 defence)
16 Carat Gold Tournament	Baron von Hagen (Winner 2006)

Defunct titles
wXw Hardcore Championship

[edit] Officials

Head of Championship Board: Felix Kohlenberg
Senior Official: Tassilo Jung
Owners: Christian Michael "Don" Jakobi, Tassilo Jung, Felix Kohlenberg and Sascha Wehinger