wXw Germany Cuts Ties With Marius Al-Ani, Vacates Title After Use Of Nazi Marching Song In TikTok

wXw Germany has cut ties with European Champion Marius Al-Ani and vacated the title after he posted a video featuring a marching song used by the Nazis. Al-Ani posted the now-deleted TikTok, which you can see on Reddit, earlier this week. It uses the song “Erika” by Herms Niel, which was used by the Wehrmacht (the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany) and features Al-Ani saying in German, “Germany, take a stand.”

The German marching song was published in 1938 became the most popular such song of any country during World War II. Niel joined the Nazi party in 1933 after they seized power in Germany, and worked in the Reich Labour Service which militarized the workforce and indoctrinated it into Nazi ideology.

wXw Germany posted to Twitter to announce that they had cut ties with Al-Ani and vacated the European Title, writing (translation via Google Translate):

“wXw ends collaboration with Marius Al-Ani

In consideration of the overall circumstances, we are refraining from further collaboration with Marius Al-Ani. The wXw European Championship is hereby vacant.”

wXw beendet Zusammenarbeit mit Marius Al-Ani

Unter Würdigung der Gesamtumstände sehen wir von einer weiteren Zusammenarbeit mit Marius Al-Ani ab. Die wXw European Championship ist hiermit vakantiert.

— wXw Germany (@wXwGermany) October 2, 2025