Bobby Gunns

Schild comes from an amateur wrestling background, and was introduced to professional wrestling after watching an episode of SmackDown on television; he cites Kurt Angle as an early influence.[1] He later began watching New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and in 2008, attended wXw 16 Carat Gold. Afterwards, he became a regular at wXw events, and started training at the Westside Dojo (firstly in Bottrop and then in Oberhausen), before making his debut in 2012.[1]

In the first few years of his career, he was mainly used in tag team matches alongside his brother, but in September 2014, he changed his ring name to Bobby Gunns and adopted a smoking gimmick, as a way to elicit heat from the crowd.[1] In 2016, Gunns was used more prominently as a singles competitor, and by the end of the year, was involved in title shots for the wXw Shotgun Championship. The following year saw him begin his unbeaten record in Hamburg with a win over Da Mack,[4][lower-alpha 3] and at the 17th Anniversary show, he won the Shotgun Championship, defeating Ivan Kiev for the title.[5]

In 2018, Gunns successfully defended his Shotgun Championship over the course of the year, as well as establishing a long-running feud with Absolute Andy. He was finally defeated by Marius Al-Ani at Shortcut to the Top, but later in the night, won the battle royal for a title shot at the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.[6] Gunns would continue feuding with Andy as well as Ilja Dragunov, but when Andy injured his shoulder, a match between Gunns and Dragunov for the interim title was scheduled. Notable for having the longest ever wrestling chant, Dragunov prevailed over Gunns,[7] and at Broken Rules, Andy defeated him in an #1 contender match for the interim title (although he still had his title shot).[8] In 2019, Gunns began the year in dominant fashion, and defeated Andy to become the Unified World Wrestling Champion on night two of 16 Carat Gold.[9] Gunns consistently defended the title throughout the year up until October, with his only losses during this period were outside of title matches: in a tag team match against Ringkampf (Veit Müller and Walter) and in a Ambition match against Daniel Makabe.[10] His 210-day reign ended on night two of World Tag Team Festival, when he was defeated by Timothy Thatcher.[11] On night three, Gunns formed a new stable, when he and Norman Harras, assisted Pretty Bastards (Prince Ahura and Maggot) in winning the tournament and the vacant wXw World Tag Team Championship.[11] At the 19th Anniversary show, Gunns won the title back in a four-way match with Thatcher, Dragunov and David Starr.[12]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 159 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[13]
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (2 times, current)[14]
  • wXw Shotgun Championship (1 time)[15]