WXw World Tag Team Festival

The wXw World Tag Team Festival, formerly known as the wXw World Tag Team League is an annual single-elimination tournament produced by the Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) promotion. The competition was first conceived in 2015 and has been held every year since then with the exception of the 2020 and 2021 editions which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Tag Team Festival
Promotions	Westside Xtreme Wrestling
First event	2015
Event gimmick	Round-robin tournament Single-elimination tournament

2015

The 2016 edition of the tournament took place between October 2 and 4 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[1]

Round 1 (October 2 and 3, 2015)

Quarterfinals (October 2 and 3, 2015)

Semifinals (October 4, 2015)

Final (October 4, 2015)

Big Daddy Walter and Zack Sabre Jr.

Pin

Reich Und Schön (Kevin Roadster and Marius van Beethoven)

11:13

Big Daddy Walter and Zack Sabre Jr.

Pin

Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)

14:31

French Flavour (Lucas Di Leo and Peter Fischer)

7:16

Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)

Pin

Big Daddy Walter and Zack Sabre Jr.

Pin

Calamari Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham)

13:09

Cerberus (Julian Nero and Robert Dreissker)

Pin

Prost (Mike Schwarz and Toby Blunt)

8:42

Cerberus (Julian Nero and Robert Dreissker)

7:45

Calamari Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham)

Count-out

Die Schilds (Bobby Gunns and Vincent The Beast)

11:11

Calamari Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham)

Pin

Big Daddy Walter and Zack Sabre Jr.

Pin

reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

18:36

Jurn Simmons and Tyler Bate

Pin

Champions Of Champions (Absolute Andy and John Klinger)

13:37

Jurn Simmons and Tyler Bate

6:50

Hot And Spicy Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack)

Pin

Young Lions (Hakan Aslan and Tarkan Aslan)

10:06

Hot And Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack)

Pin

Hot And Spicy Axel Dieter Jr. and Da Mack)

16:01

reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

Pin

Sumerian Death Squad (Michael Dante and Tommy End)

Pin

Super Smash Brothers (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson)

11:17

Sumerian Death Squad (Michael Dante and Tommy End)

13:44

reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

Pin

ACH and Tommaso Ciampa

15:10

reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

Pin

2016

The 2016 edition of the tournament took place between September 30 and October 2 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[2]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
JML (David Starr and Shane Strickland)	6	The Leaders Of The New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.)	7
Ringkampf (Walter and Timothy Thatcher)	6	Death By Elbow (Chris Hero and J. T. Dunn)	4
Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)	3	A4 (Absolute Andy and Marius Al-Ani)	3
Los Gueros Del Cielo (Angélico and Jack Evans)	3	Cerberus (Ilja Dragunov and Julian Nero)	3

Block A	Starr Strickland	Walter Thatcher	Seven Bate	Angélico Evans
Starr Strickland	—	Starr Strickland (15:42)	Starr Strickland	Angélico Evans (8:15)
Walter Thatcher	Starr Strickland (15:42)	—	Gunther Thatcher (11:00)	Gunther Thatcher
Seven Bate	Starr Strickland	Gunther Thatcher (11:00)	—	Seven Bate (12:17)
Angélico Evans	Angélico Evans (8:15)	Gunther Thatcher	Seven Bate (12:17)	—

Block B	Scurll Sabre Jr.	Hero Dunn	Andy Al-Ani	Dragunov Nero
Scurll Sabre Jr.	—	Draw (30:00)	Scurll Sabre Jr. (17:04)	Scurll Sabre Jr.
Hero Dunn	Draw (30:00)	—	Andy Al-Ani (20:44)	Hero Dunn (16:19)
Andy Al-Ani	Scurll Sabre Jr. (17:04)	Andy Al-Ani (20:44)	—	Dragunov Nero (14:22)
Dragunov Nero	Scurll Sabre Jr.	Hero Dunn (16:19)	Dragunov Nero (14:22)	—

	Final
	A1	JML (David Starr and Shane Strickland)	Pin[a]
	B1	The Leaders Of The New School (Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr.)	—[3]

2017

The 2017 edition of the tournament took place between October 6 and 8 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[3]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Massive Product (David Starr and Jurn Simmons)	9	Ringkampf (Walter and Timothy Thatcher)	6
The Young Lions (Lucky Kid and Tarkan Aslan)	3	The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	6
A4 (Absolute Andy and Marius Al-Ani)	3	The Rottweilers (Homicide and Low Ki)	3
Spirit Squad (Kenny and Mikey)	3	EYFBO (Angel Ortiz and Mike Draztik)	3

Block A	Starr Simmons	Kid Aslan	Andy Al-Ani	Kenny Mikey
Starr Simmons	—	Starr Simmons (13:39)	Starr Simmons (19:29)	Starr Simmons (11:32)
Kid Aslan	Starr Simmons (13:39)	—	Andy Al-Ani (15:43)	Kid Aslan (11:09)
Andy Al-Ani	Starr Simmons (19:29)	Andy Al-Ani (15:43)	—	Kenny Mikey (6:23)
Kenny Mikey	Starr Simmons (11:32)	Kid Aslan (11:09)	Kenny Mikey (6:23)	—

Block B	Walter Thatcher	Briscoe Briscoe	Homicide Low Ki	Ortiz Draztik
Walter Thatcher	—	Walter Thatcher (20:20)	Homicide Low Ki (17:29)	Walter Thatcher (11:30)
Briscoe Briscoe	Walter Thatcher (20:20)	—	Briscoe Briscoe (forfeit)	Briscoe Briscoe (11:55)
Homicide Low Ki	Homicide Low Ki (17:29)	Briscoe Briscoe (forfeit)	—	Ortiz Dratzik (11:30)
Ortiz Draztik	Walter Thatcher (11:30)	Briscoe Briscoe (11:55)	Ortiz Dratzik (11:30)	—

	Final
	A1	Massive Product (David Starr and Jurn Simmons)	Pin[b]
	B1	Ringkampf (Walter and Timothy Thatcher)	13:10[3]

2018

The 2018 edition of the tournament took place between October 5 and 7 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[4]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Calamari Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham)	6	Jay FK (Francis Kaspin and Jay Skillet)	6
Ringkampf (Walter and Timothy Thatcher)	6	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)	6
Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix)	3	Angélico and Jeff Cobb	3
Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani)	3	Monster Consulting (Avalanche and Julian Nero)	3

Block A	Brookes Gresham	Walter Thatcher	Miedo Fénix	Hashimoto Kamitani
Brookes Gresham	—	Brookes Gresham (14:37)	Brookes Gresham (9:05)	Hashimoto Kamitani (13:50)
Walter Thatcher	Brookes Gresham (14:37)	—	Walter Thatcher (15:50)	Walter Thatcher (10:32)
Miedo Fénix	Brookes Gresham (9:05)	Walter Thatcher (15:50)	—	Miedo Fénix (7:08)
Hashimoto Kamitani	Hashimoto Kamitani (13:50)	Walter Thatcher (10:32)	Miedo Fénix (7:08)	—

Block B	Kaspin Skillet	Fletcher Davis	Angélico Cobb	Avalanche Nero
Kaspin Skillet	—	Kaspin Skillet (7:51)	Kaspin Skillet (14:10)	Avalanche Nero (10:10)
Fletcher Davis	Kaspin Skillet (7:51)	—	Fletcher Davis (16:35)	Fletcher Davis (12:12)
Angélico Cobb	Kaspin Skillet (14:10)	Fletcher Davis (16:35)	—	Angélico Cobb (14:07)
Avalanche Nero	Avalanche Nero (10:10)	Fletcher Davis (12:12)	Angélico Cobb (14:07)	—

	Final
	A1	Calamari Catch Kings (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham)	Pin[c]
	B1	Jay FK (Francis Kaspin and Jay Skillet)	13:10[4]

2019

The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between October 4 and 6 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[5]

First rounds (October 4, 2019)

Semifinals (October 5, 2019)

Finals (October 6, 2019)

The Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura)

Pin

Jay-AA (Absolute Andy and Jay Skillet)

—

The Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura)

Pin

David Starr and Norman Harras

—

The Crown (Alexander James and Jurn Simmons)

—

David Starr and Norman Harras

Pin

Arrows Of Hungary (Dover and Icarus)

Pin

Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku)

—

The Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura)

Pin

Arrows Of Hungary (Dover and Icarus)

Pin

Arrows Of Hungary (Dover and Icarus)

—

The Purge Club (Ivan Kiev and Pete Bouncer)

—

Schadenfreude (Kyle Fletcher and Lucky Kid)

—

Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan

—

The Purge Club (Ivan Kiev and Pete Bouncer)

Pin

The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake)

Pin

The Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne and Los Federales Santos Jr.)

—

The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake)

—

Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan

Pin

Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher and Veit Müller)

17:09[5]

Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan

Pin

2022

The 2022 edition of the tournament took place between October 1 and 3 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[6]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Frenchadors (Aigle Blanc and Senza Volto)	6	Amboss (Icarus and Robert Dreissker)	6
Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi)	4	Fuminori Abe and Shigehiro Irie	6
Pretty Bastards (Ahura and Maggot)	4	Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku)	3
SAnitY (Axel Tischer and Eric Young)	3	Rott Und Flott (Michael Schenkenberg and Nikita Charisma)	3

Block A	Blanc Volto	Brookes Takanashi	Ahura Maggot	Tischer Young
Blanc Volto	—	Blanc Volto (17:58)	Ahura Maggot (10:24)	Blanc Volto (7:48)
Brookes Takanashi	Blanc Volto (17:58)	—	Draw (20:00)	Brookes Takanashi (12:12)
Ahura Maggot	Ahura Maggot (10:24)	Draw (20:00)	—	Tischer Young (7:40)
Tischer Young	Blanc Volto (7:48)	Brookes Takanashi (12:12)	Tischer Young (7:40)	—

Block B	Icarus Dreissker	Abe Irie	Garrini Ku	Schenkenberg Charisma
Icarus Dreissker	—	Icarus Dreissker (15:57)	Icarus Dreissker (10:42)	Schenkenberg Charisma (6:51)
Abe Irie	Icarus Dreissker (15:57)	—	Abe Irie (15:07)	Abe Irie (10:38)
Garrini Ku	Icarus Dreissker (10:42)	Abe Irie (15:07)	—	Garrini Ku (9:41)
Schenkenberg Charisma	Schenkenberg Charisma (6:51)	Abe Irie (10:38)	Garrini Ku (9:41)	—

	Final
	A1	Frenchadors (Aigle Blanc and Senza Volto)	Pin[d]
	B1	Amboss (Icarus and Robert Dreissker)	17:48[6]

2023

The 2023 edition of the tournament took place between September 22 and 24 in Oberhausen, Germany.

First rounds (September 22, 2023)[7]

Semifinals (September 23, 2023)[8]

Finals (September 24, 2023)[9]

Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus

Pin

Maggot and Psycho Mike

17:15[7]

Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus

Pin

Jurn Simmons and Levaniel

9:51[8]

Y2Kuties (Aaron Rourke, Ava Everett and Jacob Crane)

17:15[7]

Jurn Simmons and Levaniel

Pin

Only Friends (Bobby Gunns and Michael Knight)

Pin[e]

Rott Und Flott (Michael Schenkenberg and Nikita Charisma)

10:38[7]

Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus

Pin

Only Friends (Bobby Gunns and Michael Knight)

Pin[f]

Amboss (Laurance Roman and Robert Dreissker)

23:13[9]

Amboss (Laurance Roman and Robert Dreissker)

11:20[8]

Los Vipers (Arez and Látigo)

10:37[7]

Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Shigehiro Irie)

—

Amboss (Laurance Roman and Robert Dreissker)

Pin

Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura)

Pin

The Second Gear Crew (1 Called Manders and Mance Warner)

12:48[7]

Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura)

16:14[8]

Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Shigehiro Irie)

Pin

Frenchadors (Aigle Blanc and Senza Volto)

16:41[7]

Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Shigehiro Irie)

Pin

2024

The 2024 edition of the tournament took place between October 4 and 6 in Oberhausen, Germany.

First rounds (October 4, 2024)[10]

Semifinals (October 5, 2024)[11]

Finals (October 6, 2024)[12]

Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima)

Pin

Elijah Blum and LSG

9:41[10]

Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima)

Pin

High Performer Ltd. (Icarus and Joseph Fenech Jr.)

10:25[11]

Y2Kuties (Ava Everett and Jacob Crane)

7:18[10]

High Performer Ltd. (Icarus and Joseph Fenech Jr.)

Pin

Los Desperados (Arez and Gringo Loco)

Pin

Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II)

17:24[10]

Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima)

Pin[g]

Los Desperados (Arez and Gringo Loco)

9:19[11]

KXS (Axel Tischer and Fast Time Moodo)

20:33[13]

KXS (Axel Tischer and Fast Time Moodo)

Pin[h]

Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus

10:20[10]

1 Called Manders and Thomas Shire

—

KXS (Axel Tischer and Fast Time Moodo)

Pin[i]

Fuminori Abe and Shigehiro Irie

Pin

Bobby Gunns and Stephanie Maze

12:12[10]

Fuminori Abe and Shigehiro Irie

13:21[11]

1 Called Manders and Thomas Shire

Pin

Real (Hideki Suzuki and Timothy Thatcher)

22:57[10]

1 Called Manders and Thomas Shire

Pin

Notes

1. This match was also disputed for the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship.
2. This match was also disputed for the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship.
3. This match was also disputed for the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship.
4. This match was also disputed for the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship.
5. This match was also disputed for Gunns and Knight's wXw World Tag Team Championship.
6. This match was also disputed for Gunns and Knight's wXw World Tag Team Championship.
7. This match was also disputed for Tischer and Moodo's wXw World Tag Team Championship.
8. This match was also disputed for Tischer and Moodo's wXw World Tag Team Championship.
9. This match was also disputed for Dullnig and Invictus' wXw World Tag Team Championship.