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This week on Shotgun – the tournament to crown a new Shotgun champion gets underway!<\/p>\n

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Remember, the remainder of this season is being cut down because of wXw editing wrestlers out of segments… You can catch this show over on wXwNOW.de – the subscription is $11 a month, and includes a lot of the wXw back catalog, along with shows from other promotions.<\/p>\n

Quick Results:<\/strong>
\nMarius al-Ani submits Vincent Heisenberg in 3:00 (**)
\nwXw Shotgun Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Hektor Invictus pinned The Rotation in 4:00 (**\u00bd)<\/p>\n

Sebastian Hollmichel is on commentary once again, as this week we have Vincent Heisenberg vs. Marius al-Ani, and a Shotgun title tournament semi-final between The Rotation and Hektor Invictus… but first, a Smoking Break with Bobby Gunns. They\u2019ve got shisha, as they celebrate winning the tag team titles\u2026 but one of them is missing as Jay Skillet has it. Apparently they must have Facetime\u2019d Jay during the match as he had to watch Andy lose the titles\u2026 Norman Harras still looks put out here, but at least Bobby and the Bastards acknowledged him getting them their title shot.<\/p>\n

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They try to egg Norman into having some shisha, but he refuses\u2026 as Bobby talks about potential challengers.<\/p>\n

Killer Kelly is in the wXw academy, with the loosest ropes this side of a Shine show. She\u2019s video calling Alexander James, who\u2019s still a little annoyed at Kelly just waiting for Andy to get back to her. James cites some previous \u201ccreative\u2019s got something for you\u201d moments as he tried to get Kelly to talk Andy into stripping Amale of the women\u2019s title. Of course, Kelly wasn\u2019t about to do that, even though the 30 day rule is a thing\u2026<\/p>\n

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He hangs up, but gets spammed with calls from Levaniel. She picks up and is greeted with his grinning face from the Himmelschlo\u00df. Of course he brings up the women\u2019s title picture, and tells Kelly to forget about the title. Apparently because Amale\u2019s busy with \u201cthis France thing.\u201d That just serves to wind up Kelly some more\u2026 as did Levaniel\u2019s invitation for the Himmelschlo\u00df to Kelly.<\/p>\n

— We\u2019ve a vignette for the Rotation. He\u2019s still on cloud nine after making it to 16 Carat Gold earlier this year\u2026 making it through to the second round after beating Puma King. He\u2019s fed up of being painted as the underdog, and he wants to win his first singles title in wXw. He\u2019ll get a chance to get a step closer later tonight.<\/p>\n

Vincent Heisenberg vs. Marius al-Ani<\/strong>
\nal-Ani charges in with a running dropkick at the bell, before sweeping the leg as Heisenberg tried to come back with a big boot.<\/p>\n

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Another big boot is ducked as Marius comes in with a spinning heel kick instead, as Heisenberg\u2019s lack of experience was showing. Elbows to the back of the head from Marius and some knee lifts wore down the Hamburg native, who eventually replied with a bodyslam. A running splash into the corner follows, before Marius countered out of a suplex, climbing into a sleeperhold on Heisenberg. Heisenberg throws Marius away, but an up-kick keeps the former Shotgun champion on top. A Superman punch takes Heisenberg into the corner, where he\u2019s met with more right hands, before a knee strike left Heisenberg in a heap on the mat. It\u2019s all one-way traffic as al-Ani seemed to be going for a knockout win, but the referee doesn\u2019t stop it\u2026<\/p>\n

Yet another big boot is blocked as Heisenberg\u2019s knocked down, and an ankle lock swiftly forces the submission. A veritable squash, with Heisenberg looking really out of sorts, as that early dropkick had him on the defensive – a spot he struggled to get away from. **<\/p>\n

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After the match, Nico Schmidt returns to interview Marius. al-Ani\u2019s a little offended at Nico\u2019s question about \u201cunnecessary\u201d moves, and seems to tell us that he\u2019s going to show everyone they need to work hard to get anywhere – especially the rookies.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re back in the Academy as Kelly\u2019s video calling Alexander James again. She tells him about Levaniel\u2019s invitation, and how going on the Himmelschlo\u00df might be a way to get her title shot. Of course, James didn\u2019t quite see it her way\u2026 and insisted Kelly goes to Andy to get the belt. Cue fresh exasperation from Kelly, and put downs from James\u2026<\/p>\n

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Absolute Andy is with EZEL. He\u2019s mad with them for their attack last week, but Metehan claims that because it happened on the streets, Andy can\u2019t do anything. Abdul and Aytac tear down Andy\u2019s signed Carat poster off the wall and walk out with it.<\/p>\n

Hektor Invictus gets a promo, showing his outings at Carat as he showed he could keep up with Jeff Cobb and Bandido\u2026 he\u2019s going to fight his way to the front and make his name known all across wrestling.<\/p>\n

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Abdul and Aytac are walking in the Steffy talking about last week\u2019s Himmelschlo\u00df with \u201cthe alcoholic\u201d Mike Schwarz. Abdul suggests toothpaste, but Mike walks in on them\u2026 and chokes them against a balcony. Kevin\u2019s fine, and their tag match will be next week.<\/p>\n

wXw Shotgun Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Hektor Invictus vs. The Rotation<\/strong>
\nWe start with a lock-up as Rotation got shoved back into the corner\u2026 Hektor followed that up with a slam, as he smirked, knowing just how badly Rotation\u2019s back is taped up. Rotation flips over Hektor\u2019s dropdown, then dropkicks him into the corner, before a simple club to the back blocks a wheelbarrow roll.<\/p>\n

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Rotation flies around some more with a springboard \u2018rana, before a dropsault took Invictus down for just a one-count. A roll-up rana is blocked as Hektor instead took Rotation into the ropes for a pop-up slam, which drew a two-count, before a gutwrench suplex gets Hektor a one-count. Wash, rinse, repeat, this time for another one-count, before Rotation countered a third gut-wrench with a roll-up\u2026 only to get clobbered with a clothesline seconds later. Hektor doesn\u2019t rush in after that near-fall, but Rotation floats out of a suplex and takes him into the corner for a double-jump springboard dropkick that aggravated the back some more. Again, Rotation blocks Hektor and chops him before the roll-up \u2018rana lands for a near-fall, before a follow-up dropkick kept Hektor down.<\/p>\n

Rotation heads up top, but has to cartwheel away from Invictus before a satellite DDT was countered into a nice Falcon arrow for the win. Pretty decent, with Rotation being overpowered in what was another short outing. **\u00bd<\/p>\n

Next week: We\u2019ve the other Shotgun title tournament semi-final as Metehan takes on Avalanche\u2026 Killer Kelly\u2019s in das Himmelschlo\u00df\u2026 plus EZEL\u2019s Aytac & Abdul take on the Pr\u00fcgelbr\u00fcder – Mikey Schwarz & Alpha Kevin. This week\u2019s Shotgun felt a lot less edited than last week\u2019s – for the obvious reason – and the show felt much improved for it. We were again segment-heavy, which has always been a strength of the \u201cclassic\u201d Shotgun format, and with the news that wXw is looking at taping another batch of these shows, perhaps the in-ring action may be able to develop a little more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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