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Peter Tihanyi

Peter Tihanyi is a Hungarian professional wrestler currently signed to Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) where he is the current wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion in his first reign. He is also known for his work in various promotions from the European independent scene.[3]

Peter Tihanyi
Tihanyi in September 2023
Born (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24)[1]
Budapest, Hungary
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Death Ray
    Peter McFly
    Peter Tihanyi
Billed height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Debut2018

Professional wrestling career

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Hungarian Championship Wrestling (2018–present)

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Tihanyi made his professional wrestling debut in Hungarian Championship Wrestling (HCW). During his time with the promotion, he has won the HCW Championship which is the promotion's top title on two sepparate occasions and the HCW Revolution Championship once. Due to his freelancer status in Europe, he seldomly still competes for house shows promoted by HCW.[2]

German Wrestling Federation (2022–present)

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In the German Wrestling Federation (GWF), Tihanyi is a former GFW Tag Team Champion alongside Fast Time Moodo. They won the titles at GWF Rising Heat on June 4, 2023 by defeating Marius Al-Ani and Tim Stübing.[4] Tihanyi competed in the GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup, an annual competition held by the promotion in which he made his first appearance at the 2023 edition where he defeated LJ Cleary in the first rounds and then fell short to Tim Stübing, Ahura and Aytac Bahar in a four-way match in the finals.[5]

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2021–present)

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Tihanyi made his debut in Westside Xtreme Wrestling while still a freelancer on June 3, 2021 at wXw We Love Wrestling Zugaben Volume 1 where he teamed up with Gulyas Junior in a losing effort against Arrows Of Hungary (Dover and Icarus).[6] During his time with the promotion, Tihanyi chased for various of its championships. At wXw True Colors 2022 on May 28, he unsuccessfully challenged Maggot for the wXw Shotgun Championship.[7] At wXw Broken Rules XXI on November 11, 2023, Tihanyi teamed up with Fast Time Moodo to unsuccessfully challenge reigning champions Amboss (Icarus and Laurance Roman) and Dennis Dullnig and Hektor Invictus for the wXw World Tag Team Championship.[8] He took part into the inaugural tournament of the WXw European Championship in which he fell short to Elijah Blum in the first rounds.[9] On the second night of the 2023 edition of the WXw World Tag Team Festival, Tihanyi defeated Laurance Roman to win the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship in a three-way match also involving Robert Dreissker.[10]

Tihanyi competed in various signature events of wXw such as the Shortcut To The Top event in which he made his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he competed in the traditional battle royal disputed for the number one contendership at the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship won by Jurn Simmons and also involving notable opponents such as Bobby Gunns, Levaniel, Norman Harras, Senza Volto and others.[11]

In the 16 Carat Gold Tournament, Tihanyi made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he defeated Aigle Blanc in the first rounds, then fell short to Jonathan Gresham in the second ones.[12] One year later at the 2023 edition, he defeated Trey Miguel in the first rounds and Francesco Akira in the second ones, then fell short to Axel Tischer in the semifinals.[13] At the 2024 edition, Tihanyi made it to the finals of the competition by defeating El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in the first rounds, Michael Oku in the quarterfinals, Aigle Blanc in the semifinals, then fell short to Laurance Roman in the finals.[14]

Progress Wrestling (2022)

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Tihanyi took part in the 2022 edition of Progress Wrestling's Natural Progression Series tournament in which he fell short to Ricky Knight Jr. in the first rounds.[15] He also made an appearance at PROGRESS Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour - Codename: California Mountain Snake on September 25, 2022, where he defeated Alexander Roth, Hari Singh and Tom Thelwell in four-way competition.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Peter Tihanyi • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Peter Tihanyi/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Peter Tihanyi Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ Daly, Wayne (4 June 2023). "GWF Results: Rising Heat 2023 – Berlin, Germany (6/4)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ Daly, Wayne (5 March 2023). "GWF Results: Light Heavyweight World Cup 2023 – Berlin, Germany (3/5)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. ^ "wXw We Love Wrestling Zugaben Vol. 1". wxw-wrestling.com (in German). Westside Xtreme Wrestling. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. ^ "wXw True Colors 2022". thewrestlingrevolution.com. The Wrestling Revolution. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  8. ^ Daly, Wayne (11 November 2022). "wXw Results: Broken Rules XXI – Frankfurt, Germany (11/11)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "wXw European Title Tournament". cagematch.net. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ Dark Angelita (5 October 2024). "Resultados wXw World Tag Team Festival (05-10-2024)/Peter Tihanyi y Mike D Vecchio, nuevos monarchs". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  11. ^ "wXw Shortcut to the Top 2021". thewrestlingrevolution.com. The Wrestling Revolution. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  12. ^ Haulotte, Kellie (6 March 2022). "Jonathan Gresham Wins 2022 WXW 16 Carat Gold Tournament". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  13. ^ Briggs, Kevin (13 March 2023). "wXw 16 Carat Gold 2023 Winner, Result Recap & More". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  14. ^ Schachtmeier, Daniel (10 March 2024). "wXw 16 Carat Gold 2024 Full Results". wrestletalk.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Introducing: Natural Progression Series 8". progresswrestling.com. Progress Wrestling. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  16. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (25 September 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 142 Results (9/25): Millie McKenzie And Chris Brookes Return, Big Damo Wins Gold". fightful.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  17. ^ Ross, Patrick (10 September 2024). "Full 2024 PWI 500 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  18. ^ Wrestling Titles. "Westside Xtreme Wrestling Unified World Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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