{"id":29029,"date":"2026-06-11T18:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/?p=29029"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:07:46","slug":"wxw-shotgun-june-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/reviews\/wxw-shotgun-june-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"wXw Shotgun (June 11, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Shotgun, we\u2019ve recaps from Drive of Champions\u2026 and Zoltan defending the European title against Kuro.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Quick Results<\/b><br \/>\nZoltan pinned Kuro to retain the wXw European Championship in 6:19 (***)<\/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\/Z3RUc_4PrWQ?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 Dimassi leads the way on Shotgun once again, this time from the steps outside the Turbinenhalle.<\/p>\n<p>You know the score with the format &#8211; we open with highlights from Drive of Champions, including the Cowboy Way vs. Ahura &amp; Jun Akiyama tag\u2026 then Elijah Blum\u2019s title defence over Laurance Roman (and Ahura\u2019s challenge for a title shot afterwards)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From there, it\u2019s clips of the impromptu Dog Collar Match with Dani Luna and Jane Nero, CSI\u2019s near-miss for the tag titles, and Peter Tihanyi\u2019s unsuccessful tilt against Eddie Kingston.<\/p>\n<p>Back with Mett, who throws to the backstage comments. First, a yawning Elijah Blum\u2019s told by Ahura that he didn\u2019t really want to go for his title, because Blum represents wXw well, but Ahura wants to underline that he\u2019s the number 1. We don\u2019t speak of the last person who talked himself up as the \u201cnummer eins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahura and Blum argued over which meant the most &#8211; Blum claimed the Carat and K\u00f6nig der Catcher trophies meant you were the best of a weekend, but the title meant you were the best\u2026 full stop.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29032\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/reviews\/wxw-shotgun-june-11-2026\/attachment\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?fit=1200%2C675\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?fit=788%2C443\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=788%2C443\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=150%2C84 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?resize=450%2C253 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-dullnig.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dennis Dullnig\u2019s holding Axel Tischer\u2019s Shotgun title hostage because he wants yet another rematch. Except not in Dresden. Not as a handicap match. Or in Hamburg. Tischer agrees to the match, with two referees, no count-outs, no time limits, and with no ropes\u2026 with Dullnig wanting it in Frankfurt. We\u2019re at the point of ridiculousness with these stacked stipulations now!<\/p>\n<p>The Greedy Souls didn\u2019t like the cameras picking up Quick &amp; Dirty and Roadkill laughing at their defaced 8x10s. They announce themselves for the World Tag Team Tournament\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dieter Schwartz approached Laurance Roman for falling short, despite breaking the rules. Roman cuts him off and challenged Schwartz to a match in Frankfurt\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back with the Greedy Souls as they threaten to wipe out CSI\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29031\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/reviews\/wxw-shotgun-june-11-2026\/attachment\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?fit=1200%2C675\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wxw-shotgun110626-csi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?fit=788%2C443\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=788%2C443\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=150%2C84 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?resize=450%2C253 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wxw-shotgun110626-csi.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of CSI, Luca de Leone\u2019s got taped ribs and is sounding like he\u2019s on the brink of death.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboy Way\u2019s in the old media centre hall when they bump into the makeshift Swole Patrol gym &#8211; with M4 and a returning Tim Koslowski curling random equipment. Thomas Shire throws what looked like a tube of Pringles at them before telling Manders he had an idea\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Robin Christopher Fohrwerk time next. He announced a four-way weapons match with Quick &amp; Dirty, Roadkill, Swole Patrol and 10\/10 Next Level\u2026 with the winner getting a tag title shot later that night. Sounds very, erm, one-sided?<\/p>\n<p>Back with Cowboy Way\u2026 Shire gatecrashes Blum and Ahura\u2019s trophy room to stir up some trouble, which ended with a challenge for Cowboy Way vs. Blum and Ahura in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>Mett\u2019s joined by Ben Thamer next to run down the card for Broken Rules in Frankfurt on July 11:<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Blum &amp; Ahura vs. Cowboy Way<br \/>\nPeter Tihanyi vs. Ricky Sosa<br \/>\nDieter Schwartz vs. Laurance Roman<br \/>\nKatsuya Murashima vs. Zoltan (non-title, because Murashima\u2019s not European!)<br \/>\nWeapons Tornado Match: 10\/10 Next Level vs. Roadkill vs. Quick &amp; Dirty vs. Swole Patrol<br \/>\nwXw World Tag Team Championship: Weapons Tornado Match Winner vs. Planet Gojirah (c)<br \/>\nwXw Shotgun Championship &#8211; No Ropes, No Time Limit, Two Refs Match: Dennis Dullnig vs. Axel Tischer (c)<\/p>\n<p><strong>wXw European Championship: Kuro vs. Zoltan (c)<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019re working with a ten minute time limit here, since this is a Shotgun match\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Kuro jumped Zoltan before the bell as he looked to end this with a Falcon Arrow inside ten seconds\u2026 but the champion kicked out before Kuro decided to take off his jacket. Shots from Kuro lead to a tombstone attempt, but Zoltan rolls out for a two-count, before a dropkick took Kuro into the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Zoltan\u2019s unable to follow-up though as he\u2019s suplexed into the buckles\u2026 but Kuro stops to pose before he chopped away on Zoltan some more. Kuro\u2019s lackadaisical nature allowed Zoltan back in briefly, as a Doomsday Accordion ripcord lariat was countered into a DDT with ease.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Zoltan built up a head of steam, leading to the Rolling Z for a two-count. Kuro\u2019s able to shove away Zoltan to prevent a springboard cutter, before he used the ref as a shield. Zoltan superkicks away a Doomsday Accordion, only to see his cutter countered into a German suplex ahead of a package tombstone that almost won Kuro the title.<\/p>\n<p>Kuro resumes with a Yakuza kick and a dropkick into the corner, only to get turned inside out with a diving knee before Zoltan\u2019s springboard cutter drew a near-fall. A running dropkick from Zoltan leads to the finish seconds later though, with a Mamba Splash getting the win. This was fine for the time it had, but I wish Kuro had shown more urgency given a) the Shotgun time limit and b) it was for a title. It is what it is, I guess. ***<\/p>\n<p>\u2026and that\u2019s our lot, as there\u2019s no \u201cafter the match\u201d promo to take us out of Shotgun this time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Shotgun, we\u2019ve recaps from Drive of Champions\u2026 and Zoltan defending the European title against Kuro.<\/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 (June 11, 2026) recap - #wXwShotgun - This week on Shotgun, we\u2019ve recaps from Drive of Champions\u2026 and Zoltan defending the European title against Kuro.","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":[5978,1063,454,6879],"class_list":["post-29029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-european-indies","category-reviews","category-shotgun","category-wxw","tag-kuro","tag-shotgun","tag-wxw","tag-zoltan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73vbt-7yd","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\/29029","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=29029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29033,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29029\/revisions\/29033"}],"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=29029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}