Some surprising matches for the rest of the year were set up as this week’s Shotgun dealt with the after-effects of FAN.
Quick Results
Robert Dreissker pinned El Chamo de la Calle in 2:54
Dieter Schwartz submitted Nick Schreier in 7:24 (**¾)
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We’re barely in the title screen when we hear music – and it’s straight to ringside for our opening contest. Mett Dimassi and Norman Harras are on commentary.
Robert Dreissker vs. El Chamo de la Calle
Ah, so this was the “little sausage” they were talking about last week…
Chamo tried to jump Dreissker before the bell, and had some luck with a dropkick to keep the Austrian on the outside. Problem was, his crossbody off the apron was caught, but Chamo got free and shoved Dreissker into the post.
Back inside, Chamo headed up top… but just bounced off of Dreissker with a double sledge. He’s able to avoid a Dreissker bomb, but the Venezuelan couldn’t avoid a pump kick. From there, suplexes fling El Chamo around for fun, and while Chamo managed to hit a wheelbarrow Acid Drop, he took too long to follow-up, and quickly fell to the fallaway slam/Dreissker Bomb combo. Thanks for coming, kid.
Mett teleports to outside the Batschkapp to welcome us to the show, then throw us back to the ring for our second match…
Dieter Schwartz vs. Nick Schreier
Nick’s long boys almost look like flares…
Schwartz takes down Schreier at the bell as we started with some mat work… and while Schreier’s bid to escape an armbar with an armdrag backfired, he was able to cut off Schwartz with a dropkick. Mounted punches follow in the corner, then a springboard dropkick to take Dieter to the floor… only for Schwartz to trip up Nick and throw him into the side of the ring.
Back inside, Schwartz crashes into Schreier with an uppercut in the corner for a near-fall, while a grounded cobra clutch ended with Nick getting thrown into the corner. A bridging German suplex almost puts Nick away… but Nick’s pop-up dropkick created a new opening, as he proceeded to take Dieter outside for a plancha.
Quickly taking things back inside again, Schreier’s able to hit a Slingblade, then a superkick. A quick turnaround sees Schwartz hit another uppercut, then block an Acid Drop before dumping Nick to the mat by the arm, en route to the arm trap for the quick submission. **¾
After another trip to Fohrwerkmart, we get the top moments from FAN – including the excellent main event between Ricky Sosa and Ahura, Elijah Blum’s win over Shigehiro Irie, 10/10 Next Level losing to Zoltan and Peter Tihanyi, Jane Nero’s win against Akane Fujita, and CSI retaining against the VCC. They also throw in Marc Empire’s return, just in case you missed it…
Promos time now… first, Elijah Blum blanks Peter Tihanyi backstage, before telling us he’s going to challenge Ahura for the title at anniversary. There’s some backchat, and clearly all is far from well.
Dieter Schwartz brags about his win just now, and calls out Laurance Roman for his European title rematch – this time with some warning, as they’ll be facing off in Limbach next month.
Planet Gojirah continue to cycle through their collection of sunglasses as Robin Christopher Fohrwerk tells us that Robert Dreissker’ll be ending Leon van Gasteren’s career in the Markthalle next week…
Next, another quickfire promo as the Grind look forward to their date in Hamburg as they face the Knockout Brothers. Good luck lads…
Then… CSI run into Shigehiro Irie, as Shige and Nordino somehow manage to understand each other in two different languages, with Irie telling Nordino the directions to a masseur. Suitably wacky all around.
10/10 Next Level next, with Jane Nero coming in to crow over Duke and Bellamy’s loss at FAN. Duke goes low by pointing out he’s a real champion, unlike Jane… and then swe go back to Isabella being caught out by CSI. Apparently Irie sent them to Isabella, but Luca pays her for a back massage. This can only end badly…
Next, Elijah Blum’s approaching Ahura’s locker room to ask for his title shot, but Peter Tihanyi’s beaten him there. Ahura quickly realises what’s happening, and gives them both their title match – it’s a multi-man for the title at Anniversary, but Ahura wants to bring in the fourth pillar… and Manders is added to the match. There’s one more thing – Ahura offers a tag match for Hamburg, and just like Bielefeld, Ahura will tag with anyone against them.
We wrap up with Mett and Ben Thamer going over upcoming cards…
wXw 26th Anniversary on December 19th in Oberhausen:
wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship: Ahura (c) vs. 1 Called Manders vs. Peter Tihanyi vs. Elijah Blum
wXw We Love Wrestling 80 on November 8 in Hamburg
Elijah Blum & Peter Tihanyi vs. Ahura & Gedo
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) vs. The Grind (Laurance Roman & Nick Schreier)
European Rounds Rules: Leon van Gasteren vs. Robert Dreissker
wXw World Tag Team Championship: CSI (Luca de Leone & Nordino) (c) vs. Greedy Souls (Brendan White & Danny Jones)
Kohei Kinoshita vs. Zoltan
Katsuya Murashima vs. Marc Empire
10/10 Next Level (Alex Duke & Aleksander Bellamy) vs. Quick & Dirty (Hugo Brand & Niklas Bock)
…and on that bombshell of the World Class Tag Team 2.0 being formed, that’s it for another Shotgun!