WXw Catch Grand Prix
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Catch Grand Prix is an annual professional wrestling tournament produced by Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in 2020 and 2021, where professional wrestlers compete in catch wrestling style matches and the winner receives a title shot for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.
List of winners
| # | Year | Winner | Times won | Finals date | Runner-up | Finals location | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020 | Marius Al-Ani | 1 | December 13, 2020 | Cara Noir | Oberhausen, Germany | Steffy's Nightclub | [1] |
| 2 | 2021 | Axel Tischer | 1 | September 25, 2021 | Bobby Gunns | Luise-Albertz-Halle Oberhausen | [2][3] | |
| 3 | 2025 | Ahura | 1 | September 28, 2025 | Elijah Blum | Turbinenhalle Oberhausen |
Championship match for winner
- – Championship victory
- – Championship match loss
| # | Winner | Event | Year | Championship match | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marius Al-Ani | Dead End | 2021 | Al-Ani defeated Bobby Gunns to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. | [4] |
| 2 | Axel Tischer | True Colors | 2021 | Tischer defeated Marius Al-Ani to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship. | [5] |
Tournament history
2020
The first Catch Grand Prix was a round robin tournament which took place between October 26, 2020 and December 13, 2020. The tournament consisted of two blocks and fourteen participants. Each block consisted of seven participants and the winners of both blocks competed in the final. Wrestlers received 2 points on winning a match and 1 point on a draw. Cara Noir and Metehan topped the Block A with nine points each but Noir advanced due to tie-breaker as he had beaten Metehan earlier in their tournament match.[6] Marius Al-Ani topped Block B with fourteen points.[7] Al-Ani and Noir competed in the tournament final, which Al-Ani won.[8]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cara Noir | 9 | Marius Al-Ani | 12 |
| Metehan | 9 | Tristan Archer | 8 |
| Bobby Gunns | 8 | Senza Volto | 8 |
| Avalanche | 8 | Emil Sitoci | 4 |
| Fast Time Moodo | 4 | Prince Ahura | 4 |
| Hektor Invictus | 3 | Norman Harras | 4 |
| Anil Marik | 1 | Vincent Heisenberg | 2 |
| Block A | Noir | Metehan | Gunns | Avalanche | Moodo | Invictus | Marik |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noir | N/a | Noir (12:38) | Draw (15:00) | Avalanche (9:26) | Noir (6:58) | Noir (6:39) | Noir (6:23) |
| Metehan | Noir (12:38) | N/a | DDQ (1:31) | Metehan (8:23) | Metehan (8:44) | Metehan (3:50) | Metehan (6:52) |
| Gunns | Draw (15:00) | DDQ (1:31) | N/a | Avalanche (11:17) | Gunns (10:22) | Gunns (7:23) | Gunns (5:04) |
| Avalanche | Avalanche (9:26) | Metehan (8:23) | Avalanche (11:17) | N/a | Avalanche (9:58) | Draw (15:00) | Draw (15:00) |
| Moodo | Noir (6:58) | Metehan (8:44) | Gunns (10:22) | Avalanche (9:58) | N/a | Moodo (4:21) | Moodo (0:17) |
| Invictus | Noir (6:39) | Metehan (3:50) | Gunns (7:23) | Draw (15:00) | Moodo (4:21) | N/a | Invictus (7:24) |
| Marik | Noir (6:23) | Metehan (6:52) | Gunns (5:04) | Draw (15:00) | Moodo (0:17) | Invictus (7:24) | N/a |
| Block B | Al-Ani | Archer | Volto | Sitoci | Ahura | Harras | Heisenberg |
| Al-Ani | N/a | Al-Ani (9:57) | Al-Ani (4:16) | Al-Ani (9:54) | Al-Ani (9:36) | Al-Ani (4:13) | Al-Ani (4:51) |
| Archer | Al-Ani (9:57) | N/a | Archer (8:43) | Archer (10:59) | Archer (11:24) | Archer (8:02) | Heisenberg (7:09) |
| Volto | Al-Ani (4:16) | Archer (8:43) | N/a | Volto (8:47) | Volto (10:44) | Volto (7:28) | Volto (8:16) |
| Sitoci | Al-Ani (9:54) | Archer (10:59) | Volto (8:47) | N/a | Kara (5:01) | Harras (7:43) | Sitoci (7:47) |
| Ahura | Al-Ani (9:36) | Archer (11:24) | Volto (10:44) | Kara (5:01) | N/a | Ahura (8:22) | Ahura (8:07) |
| Harras | Al-Ani (4:13) | Archer (8:02) | Volto (7:28) | Harras (7:43) | Ahura (8:22) | N/a | Harras (8:46) |
| Heisenberg | Al-Ani (4:51) | Heisenberg (7:09) | Volto (8:16) | Sitoci (7:47) | Ahura (8:07) | Harras (8:46) | N/a |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Cara Noir | Win | ||
| B1 | Marius Al-Ani | 31:10 | ||
2021
The second Catch Grand Prix was a one-night tournament which took place on October 2, 2021. It was contested as a knockout tournament, where a special stipulation was applied to each match. Axel Tischer defeated Bobby Gunns in the final to win the tournament.[9]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Bobby Gunns and Levaniel | Win | |||||||||||||
| Leon van Gasteren and Michael Knight | 12:08[Note 1] | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Gunns | Win | |||||||||||||
| Maggot | 9:07[Note 2] | |||||||||||||
| Maggot | Win | |||||||||||||
| Robert Dreissker | 8:47[Note 3] | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Gunns | Win | |||||||||||||
| Axel Tischer | 14:30[Note 4] | |||||||||||||
| Axel Tischer Dennis Dullnig | Win | |||||||||||||
| Francesco Akira Tristan Archer | 11:56[Note 5] | |||||||||||||
| Axel Tischer | Win | |||||||||||||
| Fast Time Moodo | 9:47[Note 6] | |||||||||||||
| Fast Time Moodo | Win | |||||||||||||
| Stephanie Maze | 16:01[Note 7] | |||||||||||||
- This was a tag team match, in which the wrestler who scored the winning pinfall would qualify to the next round.
- This was a Relaxed Rules match.
- This was a first blood match.
- This was a Catch Grand Prix Rules match.
- This was a four-way match.
- This was an Ambition Rules match.
- This was a two out of three falls match.
2025
The third tournament, renamed the "King of the Catcher Tournament," was a three-day event held across four shows from September 26 to 28, 2025. It was contested as a round-robin tournament where eight wrestlers were split between two blocks of four wrestlers.[10]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Blum | 4 | Ahura | 6 |
| Marius Al-Ani | 3 | Adam Priest | 2 |
| Bobby Gunns | 3 | Joseph Fenech Jr. | 2 |
| LaBron Kozone | 2 | Hektor Invictus | 0 |
| Block A | Al-Ani | Blum | Kozone | Gunns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ani | N/a | Blum (10:44) | Al-Ani (12:18) | Draw (20:00) |
| Blum | Blum (10:44) | N/a | Kozone (11:46) | Blum (10:21) |
| Kozone | Al-Ani (12:18) | Kozone (11:46) | N/a | Gunns (7:39) |
| Gunns | Draw (20:00) | Blum (10:21) | Gunns (7:39) | N/a |
| Block B | Invictus | Priest | Ahura | Fenech |
| Invictus | N/a | N/A | Ahura (2:33) | Fenech (6:23) |
| Priest | N/A | N/a | Ahura (8:22) | Priest (15:24) |
| Ahura | Ahura (2:33) | Ahura (8:22) | N/a | Ahura (11:54) |
| Fenech | Fenech (6:23) | Priest (15:24) | Ahura (11:54) | N/a |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Elijah Blum | 18:23[11] | ||
| B1 | Ahura | Pin | ||