Sędzia Kornel
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Sędzia Kornel is a Polish wrestling referee best known for his time in PpW Ewenement. He also appeared in Maniac Zone Wrestling.
Basic info
- Years active: 2022-present
- Gimmicks/nicknames:
- Sędzia Kornel
- Kapitan Kornel
(non-canon shows)
- Ignacio
(non-canon shows)
- Trained by:
Professional wrestling career
PpW Ewenement (2022-present)
Debut and feuding with Kapitan Bazooka
Kornel made his official PpW debut as a referee during Najlepsza Gala w Mieście in November 2022. For most of that time he worked alongside Sędzia Borys.
After the second match of the evening, he got into a scuffle with also-debuting Kapitan Bazooka, who then laid him out with an Attitude Adjustment, writing him off for the rest of the night.
Kornel later addressed the attack in an interview segment, where he called Bazooka's actions unprofessional and an attack on Polish wrestling.
This set up a feud between the two, that continued mostly on social media channels throughout 2023.
It culminated at Piwo Przyjacielem Wrestlingu a year later, where Kornel's American cousin, Kapral Kornel, defeated Kapitan Bazooka in a singles match.
Feuding with Gustav Gryffin, "Hardcore Referee"
Kornel also entered into a lengthy feud with Gustav Gryffin.
Unhappy with his officiating, Gustav derogatorily called Kornel a "skinny dog" in a promo at Ledwo Legalne III, and refused to have his matches refereed by Kornel.
This resulted in Osamu officiating Gryffin's match against Ricardo Diesel at Czyste Intencje, and continued into Gryffin's career with other referees officiating his matches.
Around mid-2023 Kornel began to be introduced as a "referee well-versed in hardcore", and officiated a hardcore match between Biesiad Strong and Chris X.
This experience in hardcore and deathmatches, as well as a history of taking ref bumps, sometimes resulting in bleeding (e.g. Feager vs Mister Z at PpW Ewenement Haze) earned him the nickname "Hardcore Referee". He later put that on a T-shirt, thus becoming the second Polish referee to sell his merchandise (after Krystian Czekaj).
Maniac Zone Wrestling (2023)
At Żadnych Granic Kornel made his debut in Maniac Zone Wrestling, and officiated a hardcore match between Biesiad Strong and Chris X.
In wrestling
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Tag Teams and stables:
- The Tourists (2024) - non-canon shows
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Entrance music:
Gallery
Photos from events
Career
Appearances per promotion and year
Matches and segments
Crew appearances