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.
Year | Winner | Times won | Finals date | Runner-up | Finals location | Venue | Ref. | |
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1 | 2020 | Marius Al-Ani | 1 | Cara Noir | Oberhausen, Germany | Steffy's Nightclub | [1] | |
2 | 2021 | Axel Tischer | 1 | Bobby Gunns | Luise-Albertz-Halle Oberhausen | [2] [3] |
– Championship victory
– Championship match loss
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] |
The first Catch Grand Prix was a round robin tournament which took place between and . 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 | |||
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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 | Moodo | Marik | ||||||
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Noir | Noir (12:38) | Draw (15:00) | Avalanche (9:26) | Noir (6:58) | Noir (6:39) | Noir (6:23) | ||
Metehan | Noir (12:38) | DDQ (1:31) | Metehan (8:23) | Metehan (8:44) | Metehan (3:50) | Metehan (6:52) | ||
Gunns | Draw (15:00) | DDQ (1:31) | Avalanche (11:17) | Gunns (10:22) | Gunns (7:23) | Gunns (5:04) | ||
Avalanche | Avalanche (9:26) | Metehan (8:23) | Avalanche (11:17) | Avalanche (9:58) | Draw (15:00) | Draw (15:00) | ||
Moodo | Noir (6:58) | Metehan (8:44) | Gunns (10:22) | Avalanche (9:58) | Moodo (4:21) | Moodo (0:17) | ||
Invictus | Noir (6:39) | Metehan (3:50) | Gunns (7:23) | Draw (15:00) | Moodo (4:21) | Invictus (7:24) | ||
Marik | Noir (6:23) | Metehan (6:52) | Gunns (5:04) | Draw (15:00) | Moodo (0:17) | Invictus (7:24) | ||
Block B | Ahura | Heisenberg | ||||||
Al-Ani | 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) | Archer (8:43) | Archer (10:59) | Archer (11:24) | Archer (8:02) | Heisenberg (7:09) | ||
Volto | Al-Ani (4:16) | Archer (8:43) | Volto (8:47) | Volto (10:44) | Volto (7:28) | Volto (8:16) | ||
Sitoci | Al-Ani (9:54) | Archer (10:59) | Volto (8:47) | Kara (5:01) | Harras (7:43) | Sitoci (7:47) | ||
Ahura | Al-Ani (9:36) | Archer (11:24) | Volto (10:44) | Kara (5:01) | Ahura (8:22) | Ahura (8:07) | ||
Harras | Al-Ani (4:13) | Archer (8:02) | Volto (7:28) | Harras (7:43) | Ahura (8:22) | Harras (8:46) | ||
Heisenberg | Al-Ani (4:51) | Heisenberg (7:09) | Volto (8:16) | Sitoci (7:47) | Ahura (8:07) | Harras (8:46) |
The second Catch Grand Prix was a one-night tournament which took place on . 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]