# WXw Shotgun Championship

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

There have been a total of 40 reigns and four vacancies shared between 32 different champions. The current champion is Joseph Fenech Jr. who is in his first reign.
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 | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 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 | |
| — | Vacated | January 17, 2014 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Dragunov suffering a severe head injury | |
| 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. | |
| 3 | John Klinger | October 11, 2014 | 14th Anniversary Tour: Prague | Prague, Czech Republic | 1 | 7 | | |
| 4 | Mason Ryan | October 18, 2014 | 14th Anniversary Tour: SlamMania II | Mannheim, Germany | 1 | 1 | | |
| 5 | John Klinger | October 19, 2014 | 14th Anniversary Tour: Apolda | Apolda, Germany | 2 | 139 | | |
| 6 | Ilja Dragunov | March 7, 2015 | 16 Carat Gold 2015 – Day 2 | Oberhausen, Germany | 2 | 105 | | |
| 7 | Kim Ray | June 20, 2015 | More Than Wrestling Tour: Finale – Shortcut To The Top | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 175 | | |
| 8 | Sasa Keel | December 12, 2015 | 15th Anniversary Tour: Finale | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 112 | | |
| 9 | Da Mack | April 2, 2016 | True Colors 2016 | Dresden, Germany | 1 | 181 | | |
| 10 | Pete Dunne | September 30, 2016 | World Tag Team League 2016 – Day 1 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 15 | | |
| 11 | Tyler Bate | October 15, 2016 | Shotgun Live Tour 2016: Bielefeld | Bielefeld, Germany | 1 | 34 | | |
| 12 | David Starr | November 18, 2016 | Shotgun Live Tour 2016: Gotha | Gotha, Germany | 1 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 18 | Ivan Kiev | September 1, 2017 | Fans Appreciation Night 2017 | Hamburg, Germany | 1 | 113 | This was a three-way match, also involving Flip Gordon | |
| 19 | Bobby Gunns | December 23, 2017 | 17th Anniversary | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 224 | | |
| 20 | Marius Al-Ani | August 4, 2018 | Shortcut To The Top 2018 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 238 | | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | Avalanche | September 13, 2019 | FAN 2019 - Du Entscheidest | Hamburg, Germany | 1 | 92 | This was a Street Fight match | |
| 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. | |
| 24 | Avalanche | February 15, 2020 | Road To 16 Carat Gold: Bielefeld | Bielefeld, Germany | 2 | 22 | | |
| 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. | |
| — | 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. | |
| 27 | Norman Harras | December 31, 2020 | Shotgun Silvester Epeziel | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 148 | | |
| 28 | Prince Ahura | May 28, 2021 | Drive Of Champions 2021 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 73 | | |
| — | 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. | |
| 30 | Michael Knight | October 21, 2021 | wXw Live In Limbach-Oberfrohna | Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany | 1 | 57 | | |
| 31 | Norman Harras | December 17, 2021 | wXw We Love Wrestling #26 | Borken, Germany | 2 | 1 | | |
| 32 | Absolute Andy | December 18, 2021 | wXw 21st Anniversary | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 76 | | |
| — | Vacated | March 4, 2022 | — | — | — | — | Andy was unable to defend the title due to illness. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 35 | Laurance Roman | January 28, 2023 | wXw Back To The Roots 2023 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 266 | | |
| 36 | Elijah Blum | October 21, 2023 | wXw We Love Wrestling - Live In Bielefeld | Bielefeld, Germany | 1 | 63 | | |
| 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. | |
| 38 | Levaniel | March 8, 2024 | wXw 16 Carat Gold 2024 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 212 | This was a three-way match also involving Maggot. | |
| 39 | Anita Vaughan | October 6, 2024 | wXw World Tag Team Festival 2024 | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 153 | Vaughan became the first ever female wrestler to hold the championship. | |
| 40 | Joseph Fenech Jr. | March 8, 2025 | wXw Shotgun Bonanza | Oberhausen, Germany | 1 | 1+ | | |

## Combined reigns

As of March 9, 2025.
| † | 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 | Anita Vaughan | 1 | 153 |
| 14 | Norman Harras | 2 | 149 |
| 15 | John Klinger | 2 | 146 |
| 16 | Avalanche | 2 | 114 |
| 17 | Ivan Kiev | 1 | 113 |
| 18 | Sasa Keel | 1 | 112 |
| 19 | Absolute Andy | 1 | 76 |
| 19 | The Rotation | 1 | 76 |
| 20 | Prince Ahura | 1 | 73 |
| 21 | Elijah Blum | 1 | 63 |
| 21 | Jay Skillet | 1 | 63 |
| 22 | Michael Knight | 1 | 57 |
| 23 | Angélico | 1 | 49 |
| 24 | Tyler Bate | 1 | 34 |
| 25 | Vincent Heisenberg | 1 | 26 |
| 26 | Pete Dunne | 1 | 15 |
| 27 | Chris Brookes | 1 | 7 |
| 28 | Joseph Fenech Jr. † | 1 | 1+ |
| 29 | Mason Ryan | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Ninja Mack | 1 | 1 |