{"id":28981,"date":"2026-04-16T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/?p=28981"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:33:39","slug":"wxw-shotgun-april-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/reviews\/wxw-shotgun-april-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"wXw Shotgun (April 16, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a weekend in Saxony, we\u2019ve got a bumper episode of Shotgun to set the table for next month\u2019s True Colors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Quick Results<\/b><br \/>\nPeter Tihanyi pinned Dieter Schwartz in 8:54 (***)<br \/>\nElijah Blum pinned Shreddy in 3:45 (**\u00bd)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; In the next week or so, I\u2019ll be chatting about this show with Mike Kilby on the Auf Die Fresse podcast. Links to stream that episode when it drops, as well as back episodes are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aufdiefresse.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AufDieFresse.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ls0MIFkTAwE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mett\u2019s back and hyped up for what happened last weekend in Saxony\u2026 and throws to the first of two matches on this episode of Shotgun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dieter Schwartz vs. Peter Tihanyi<\/strong><br \/>\nThis one\u2019s from Dresden, and we\u2019ve got English commentary from Mett Dimassi and Norman Harras.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz bailed as the crowd were chanting at the bell\u2026 which is a bold choice given we\u2019re running with 10-minute time limits here. Schwartz focused on the arm to start, but Tihanyi rolled free before he took Schwartz into the corner for some uppercuts. Tihanyi lands a dropkick after he\u2019d slipped out of a suplex, only for Schwartz to slip outside and drag the Hungarian onto the apron for a kick to the head.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Schwartz dropped the knees to Tihanyi\u2019s previously-injured arm, before a Regalplex back inside almost ended things. Schwartz stayed on Tihanyi with an overhead wristlock, then with a cross-chop and a European uppercut, before Tihanyi just about scored with a tornado DDT.<\/p>\n<p>Tihanyi had to flip out of a German suplex before countering back with an Asai DDT for a near-fall, before a low dropkick tripped Dieter back into the corner. Schwartz tried to hit right back by going for the arm trap, but Tihanyi\u2019s able to break free and hit some double knees, before a slingshot cutter was blocked and turned into a cradle\u2026 Tihanyi kicks out as the pair frantically went for covers, with the see-saw pinning attempts eventually leading to the win for the Hungarian. I liked the closing stretch here as the pair threw their usual plan out of the window and just went for the win with the time limit looming. ***<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve some recaps from the weekend, including Blum\u2019s victory over Thomas Shire\u2026 Axel Tischer winning the Shotgun title\u2026 Metehan cheating to beat the Grind\u2026 Zoltan unseating Ricky Sosa for the European title\u2026 and Ahura putting away Ricky Sosa. We\u2019ve also got bits of Jane Nero beating Lil Marz and the Roman\/Schreier matches from Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we\u2019re taken backstage as Laurance Roman looked to apologise to Nick Schreier for what happened in their match\u2026 Elijah Blum intervenes to give Nick some water, but got chewed out by Roman, who finally snapped and blasted Nick Schreier for being \u201cungrateful.\u201d That led to a challenge &#8211; Zoltan and Roman vs. Schreier and Blum. Interesting\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Ahura\u2019s taking a phone call on a sofa when he\u2019s interrupted by a kneepad\u2026 yeah, it\u2019s CSI. They reckoned they helped Ahura win Carat, and so they\u2019re responsible for the \u201cGold King.\u201d Ahura pointed out CSI\u2019s recent losing run, and how Italy had failed to qualify for the World Cup. Again. That\u2019s a low blow. Ahura\u2019s apparently got company coming over, and tells CSI to scram before the girls arrive\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Mett\u2019s got an interview with Peter Tihanyi. The Hungarian said he wants to face the best he can\u2026 which means in Hamburg he\u2019s getting Yota Tsuji. A jealous Dieter Schwartz wanders in and pointed out that he was so close to winning, but Tihanyi pointed out his credentials. Of course, Schwartz noted that being a two-time finalist meant he\u2019d not won\u2026 but that went nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Nero\u2019s looking forward to facing Diana Strong in Hamburg\u2026 and doesn\u2019t give a toss about who she\u2019s beaten in the past, or what kind of Mone\u2019s been made there. Nero pokes the Dani Luna bear again, calling out how Luna missed the last show in Hamburg\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The cameras invade Planet Gojirah\u2019s dressing room next. Robert Dreissker\u2019s regretting taking the trios match because of all the shenanigans that went on, but they\u2019re interrupted by Metehan and Rambo, with Rambo en espa\u00f1ol asking for a title shot. Metehan underscored that in German, followed by some back-and-forth puns, before Robin Christopher Fohrwerk accepted the match.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Dullnig claimed he only lost the Shotgun title to Axel Tischer because it was in the Axeman\u2019s home town. Dullnig wanted a rematch on neutral turf, and we\u2019re getting this at True Colours in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>Niklas Bock\u2019s filming a vlog when CSI\u2019s caught red handed stealing Ahura\u2019s trophies. They\u2019re dressed like they\u2019re about to hit the Antarctic, before Ahura caught up to them and got his property back. As a reward, Ahura offered Bock a spot on the card in Hamburg &#8211; \u201c040 and 069 connect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Thamer\u2019s here to run down some matches\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For True Colors in Hamburg on May 16<br \/>\nAhura &amp; Niklas Bock vs. CSI<br \/>\nNick Schreier &amp; Elijah Blum vs. Zoltan &amp; Laurance Roman<br \/>\nwXw Shotgun Championship: Dennis Dullnig vs. Axel Tischer (c)<br \/>\nwXw World Tag Team Championship: Los Compadres vs. Planet Gojirah \u00a9<br \/>\nJane Nero vs. Diana Strong<br \/>\nKatsuya Murashima vs. Bobby Gunns<br \/>\nPeter Tihanyi vs. Yota Tsuji<\/p>\n<p>For Drive of Champions in Oberhausen on June 6<br \/>\nJane Nero vs. Dani Luna<br \/>\nKanji vs. Orsi<br \/>\nJun Akiyama &amp; Ahura vs. Cowboy Way<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shreddy vs. Elijah Blum<\/strong><br \/>\nThis one from Leipzig isn\u2019t for Blum\u2019s title\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Shreddy started by charging Blum into the corner with some shoulder barges, before an overhead suplex flung the champion across the ring. An elbow drop and some push-ups follow from Shreddy, but the showing off barely gets him a one-count before Blum hit back with a dropkick.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too early for a Parting Gift as Shreddy snuck out and hit a fallaway slam, before a powerslam led to a delayed Vader Bomb elbow out of the corner. Another dropkick from Blum helps him get back in it, before his flipping neckbreaker left Shreddy in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Blum pushes on with forearms and clotheslines in the corner, before a moonsault press and a sliding D put Shreddy away. This was exactly what it needed to be with Blum getting the comprehensive win, while still giving Shreddy something. **\u00bd<\/p>\n<p>We go backstage as Joey Sensation\u2019s with Robin Christopher Fohrwerk\u2026 Joey asks about how the tie-up with Planet Gojirah came about, but Fohrwerk doesn\u2019t really answer that question. A question was asked about Peter Tihanyi, which had Fohrwerk immediately go pale as he made it clear he didn\u2019t want to talk about his former charge. Joey brought up Fohrwerk bailing before the show in Bielefeld, but Robin didn\u2019t want to talk about that either, nor the loss to Elijah Blum at the 25th Anniversary. Is there anything from the past that he does want to talk about?<\/p>\n<p>Fohrwerk understandably was a little upset at being left lying in his blood while fans cheered as someone who wasn\u2019t meant to be a wrestler took a beating. Fohrwerk took exception to how Peter Tihanyi abandoned him, then said that Planet Gojirah were supporting him instead\u2026 and he\u2019ll be acting as their spokesperson rather than have them handle the stupid questions as Shotgun went off the air with a clearly rattled Fohrwerk staring down the lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a weekend in Saxony, we\u2019ve got a bumper episode of Shotgun to set the table for next month\u2019s True Colors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"wXw Shotgun (April 16, 2026) recap - #wXwShotgun - After a weekend in Saxony, we\u2019ve got a bumper episode of Shotgun to set the table for next month\u2019s True Colors.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[690,6,2037,829],"tags":[6718,6204,5634,1063,7189,454],"class_list":["post-28981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-european-indies","category-reviews","category-shotgun","category-wxw","tag-dieter-schwartz","tag-elijah-blum","tag-peter-tihanyi","tag-shotgun","tag-shreddy","tag-wxw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73vbt-7xr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wxw-shotgun-2026logo.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28985,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28981\/revisions\/28985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}