Gdynia
KPW Arena 16: Polowanie
Polowanie (The Hunt) was the 16th Arena event, held by KPW on February 1st 2020 in Gdynia Sports Center. The event is named after its main attraction: the team of British wrestlers Primate and Wild Boar, who were hot in NXT UK at the time. Both previously appeared for KPW in solo fights.
It was also KPW's last event for more than 18 months, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Severe, country-wide restrictions were implemented from March 2020 onwards. During that time, KPW's future was very uncertain.
We saw one debuting wrestler: Piotr "Opol" Opolski. Another foreign guest this time was Austrian wrestler Martn Pain.
Build-up
- Sawicki and Rosetti shot a promo at a literal shooting range in Gdynia, getting ready for The Hunt.
- In a series of horror-themed vignettes, Daniel Boza first received a mysterious letter containing a key. Then we saw him explore a dark, seemingly abandoned house he entered using this key, where he found a mysterious phone. The phone suddenly rang, and when he picked up, a mysterious, altered voice told him that he must be the eagle who hunts the wolf, referring to his fight with Lesak.
- Leaning into their new priest and altar boy gimmick, Chemik and Greg invaded the home of Marcin Opolski's (Piotr's brother) under the guise of a traditional ministerial visit. Marcin received a punch to the gut from Greg. Another tradition of the priest giving a small portrait of the Virgin Mary or one of the saints to children was also upheld, with Greg leaving his own photograph on Marcin's table. Piotr reacted to this strongly, challenging Greg to the ring.
- They also incorporated these roles into their ring entrance: Greg would now strut around with a large signet ring, allowing audience members to kiss it, after which he would give them his blessing. Chemik, in his altar boy's attire would collect donations, as is common in Polish churches during the Mass. Before entering the ring, Chemik would also swing a thurible filled with burning incense around Greg, imitating Catholic rites.
Card
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Cast and crew
- Commentary
- Marek Łojek, Mateusz Mazurowski
- Ring announcer
- Kinga Różańska
- Referee
- Karol Górski
Aftermath
- As a result of the pandemic, The Hunt would be the longest reigning KPW Tag Team Champions, at 959 days, but with no defenses.
- This would be Diana's final match in KPW. In 2021, she faced Sixt in Danish BODYSLAM! before making her debut for the new PTW in January 2022.
- After losing the belts, Rosetti betrayed Sawicki and hit him with a chair to the head. Robert Star intervened and protected Sawicki. Neither Robert nor Sawicki were seen again in KPW - they would later also join PTW, but Sawicki never got a match opportunity.
References
Gallery
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Official poster, showing Primate and Wild Boar.
kpwrestling.pl / Official KPW Facebook