Johnny Blade 🇵🇱

Table of contents
  1. Basic info
  2. Professional wrestling career
    1. PpW Ewenement (2011-present)
    2. Dream Factory Wrestling (2017)
    3. Maniac Zone Wrestling (2024)
  3. In wrestling
  4. Championships and accomplishments
  5. Career

Johnny Blade, also known under numerous aliases, is a Polish wrestler best known for his time in PpW Ewenement. He also made a few appearances in Dream Factory Wrestling and Maniac Zone Wrestling.

Basic info

Professional wrestling career

PpW Ewenement (2011-present)

Backyard era

Johnny Blade was one of the founding members of PpW back in 2010/2011, along with his fellow classmates. Since the creation of this backyard group, Johnny was one of the wrestlers who made numerous appearances at early PpW shows. Like his fellow wrestlers, he worked under multiple gimmicks and aliases, often wearing a mask.

In his early days, his main persona was a masked luchador called Ultimo Combo. It was used from the earliest days of PpW, until about 2016. Occasionally, he also performed under a comedic gimmick of "the worst high-flyer in PpW" Angel Guerrero, as an unmasked authority persona Vins Michael $hot, and "Human" - a short-lived horror gimmick of a mutant. From 2016 to 2019 he also worked under his more tag-team oriented gimmick of Automatico's cousin: Black Orion. Johnny's primary gimmick was first used in late 2014, in a match against Jim Hardy. Over the years the concept of a reanimated corpse buried in a Wola cemetery became Johnny's main persona, which he uses to this day.

During the backyard years of PpW, Johnny - as his numerous characters - managed to win multiple "backyard era" championships, currently unrecognized by PpW after their transformation into a professional federation in 2020.

Going pro

With PpW's transformation into a professional federation, Johnny Blade became one of the most important roster members. His main expertise were ultraviolent matches, with his No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match against Viking at Bijatyka Dla Piesków being the first official ultraviolent match in PpW's professional history. At Ledwo Legalne II Johnny faced Viking once again in a Chaos Gods Deathmatch, for both the VcV Ultraviolent Championship and the newly created PpW Ultraviolent Championship. The Polish wrestler emerged victorious from that bout, becoming the first Polish Ultraviolent Champion. His reign as the PpW UV Champion lasted 112 days, before he lost it to Stanisław Van Dobroniak in a Three Way Match at Brak Mi Słów in September 2022. He dropped the VcV Championship to Viking later the same night.

Feud with Mandecky and Mister Z

When Jerry "Rich" Mandecky took over PpW in May 2022, after buying it from kayfabe owner Sun Ju, Mister Z - a long time friend of Johnny Blade - formed a partnership with the new owner. Johnny himself almost immediately got into a heated conflict with Mandecky, who despised Johnny for his anti-authoritarian stance. The opportunistic Mister Z gladly accepted any offer from Mandecky to secure his high position on the card, and matches with top-level wrestlers Mandecky could bring in to PpW. At Ledwo Legalne III in June 2023, Mister Z reluctantly agreed to Jerry's offer to face his old friend and fan-favourite Johnny Blade in a Singapore Cane Match. Following a brutal bout, Mister Z ultimately turned full-on heel after Mandecky's enforcer, Kapitan Bazooka, handcuffed the beaten-up Blade to the ropes, in order to punish him for his disobedient behaviour against Mandecky.

Championship pursuit

After Mister Z betrayed Johnny, Blade grew closer to his other best friend and fan-favourite Biesiad, occasionally teaming up with him for the rest of 2023 as The Hardcores. At Czyste Intencje they lost a Tag Team Match against Stanisław Van Dobroniak and Steve Kuningas. According to their agreement with PpW's producer - Mister Z - due to defeat both of The Hardcores were banned from earning any title shots in PpW. This defeat led to feud with other ultraviolent specialists, Isnorr and Chris X. This resulted in a Tornado Tag Team Match at Miasto Bezprawia in February 2024, which Blade & Biesiad won. At the next show, Ewenement Haze, Johnny made himself the special guest referee in an ultraviolent match between Dobroniak vs Alex Arthur, and forced Mister Z to lift his ban on competing for the UV Championship. Mister Z agreed and that led Johnny to be considered next in line for his long-lost PpW Ultraviolent Championship. The match took place at Ledwo Legalne IV. It was a Born to be Wired Four Way Elimination Match with Alex Arthur and Isnorr added to the mix, however it was Blade who managed to score the ultimate victory and regain the championship.

Feud with Isnorr

At Ale Grzeje Johnny set up his first title defence against the Ultraviolent specialist of Zmowa: Isnorr, who had been feuding with Blade in the past, citing his hatred towards "backyard guys" as the main reason to take Blade down. Johnny was able to score a victory over Isnorr. At Hardcore Friday X4 Johnny hosted an Insane Wheel of Fortune Gauntlet Invitational Match, where Isnorr reappeared and defeated the host. He later confirmed his ambitions for a rematch and scored another victory over Blade and his partner Samson in a match where he partnered with Gustav Gryffin at Hardcore Friday 2. The official rematch took part at Co Za Noc, and this time Johnny Blade was unable to sucessfully defend his championship against Isnorr.

Feud with Mister Z

After the villainous stable Zmowa lost to face stable Zmowa Przeciwko Zmowie led by Biesiad at Co Za Noc, Mister Z focused on taking revenge on Biesiad Strong and Johnny Blade - his former friends. He tried to suspend them from the federation during Gruba Przesada, but the duo bought regular tickets to get into the show, and were able to assist Axel Fox in a confrontation against Z and Legia Łysych. After Johnny took on Marco Hammers in a Vodka Match at Hardcore Friday 21.000, Mister Z managed to capture him and set Johnny as a lure for Biesiad. This led to Mister Z vs Johnny Blade III which took place at Teraz Albo Nigdy. In a brutal match Blade was defeated and beaten up to provoke Biesiad, but despite his injuries Blade made yet another appearance that night, when he took part in 20 Typa 20 Broni Match.

Dream Factory Wrestling (2017)

In September 2017 Johnny, under his masked alias Black Orion, made a one-off DFW appearance when he took part in a DFW Championship #1 Contender Battle Royale at DFW Anniversary.

Maniac Zone Wrestling (2024)

In October 2024 Johnny made his debut in Maniac Zone Wrestling, when he fought fellow PpW wrestler Feager in a No-DQ Match at MZW No Time To Die.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments
Photos from events

Career

Appearances per promotion and year

Matches and segments

Crew appearances