PTW#5: Gold Rush

Gold Rush was an event by PTW. It was announced as a "Season Finale", which suggested it's going to close some kind of chapter in PTW's history. The event featured PTW's cast alongside foreign wrestlers from UK, USA, Germany and Italy, including former WWE performers Justin Gabriel (now as PJ Black), Evan Bourne (Matt Sydal, later canceled) and NXT UK's Nina Samuels. Heavily promoted was also the involvement of the former Maximum Male Models tag team, consisting of Mason Madden and Mansoor, who as of 2024 were touring the independent wrestling scene. Another name advertised was James Storm, known for his long tenure in TNA/Impact.

Polish celebrity and former boxer Marcin Najman was also expected to appear in some capacity, as the event is held in his hometown.

Build-up to the event

• PTW has been teasing the introduction of a singles championship belt for several months. The first champion is going to be crowned in a 20-man royal rumble at this event.
• Dziedzic defeated Disco Pablo and Renegade on PTW Underground 20, with each wrestler's tag team partners present and involved in the match.
• The day before the event, PTW posted on Facebook that Matt Sydal will not be performing due to unforeseen circumstances. In a video attached to that post, Sydal explained that this was due to passport issues. A replacement of his or higher caliber was announced, to be revealed at the event.
• The surprise, was however spoiled by Lince Dorado, who posted about a last-minute trip to Poland on his Instagram profile.

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• No. Results Details
• 1 Scotty Rawk(c) d. Speedball Mike Bailey British Wrestling Revolution Championship
• 2 Diana Strong d. Nina Samuels
• 3 Krampus d. "Starboy" Nano Lopez No DQ Match
• 4 PJ Black d. Lince Dorado
• 5 Budapest Bastards: Renegade, Nitro d. PAKA: Taras, Disco Pablo and Sinister Kingdom: Sinister, Dziedzic and MxM Collection: Mansoor, Mason Madden PTW Tag Team Championship
• 6 Marius Al-Ani d. Sam Della Vale PTW:WWA Championship
• 7 Segment: Legia Łysych: Olgierd, Marco Hammers, Karyna, Marcin Najman Shaving Karyna, Najman's MMA promo
• 8 Dawid "Puncher" Seńko d. Axel Fox and Marcelito and Jonny Storm and Cowboy James Storm and Marco Hammers and Diana Strong and Max Speed and Mutant and Karol "Iskra" Górski and Wiktor Longman and Sędzia Rafał and Santino and Erik Šlotíř and Olgierd and King Kaiden and Sambor and Spartan and TAXI Złotówa and Krampus and Arczi Czajka PTW Championship Gold Rush Rumble
• 9 Segment: Arkadiusz Pawłowski, Karolina (Pawłowski's real-life partner), Wiktor Longman, Bad Bones, Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek Pawłowski's in-ring proposal

• No. Participants Details
• 1 Scotty Rawk(c) vs Speedball Mike Bailey British Wrestling Revolution Championship
• 2 Nina Samuels vs Diana Strong
• 3 "Starboy" Nano Lopez vs Krampus No DQ Match
• 4 Lince Dorado vs PJ Black
• 5 Budapest Bastards: Renegade, Nitro vs MxM Collection: Mansoor, Mason Madden vs PAKA: Taras, Disco Pablo vs Sinister Kingdom: Sinister, Dziedzic PTW Tag Team Championship
• 6 Marius Al-Ani vs Sam Della Vale PTW:WWA Championship
• 7 Segment: Legia Łysych: Olgierd, Marco Hammers, Marcin Najman, Karyna Shaving Karyna, Najman's MMA promo
• 8 Arczi Czajka vs Cowboy James Storm vs Sędzia Rafał vs Axel Fox vs Dawid "Puncher" Seńko vs Diana Strong vs Erik Šlotíř vs Jonny Storm vs Karol "Iskra" Górski vs King Kaiden vs Krampus vs Marcelito vs Marco Hammers vs Max Speed vs Mutant vs Olgierd vs Sambor vs Santino vs Spartan vs TAXI Złotówa vs Wiktor Longman PTW Championship Gold Rush Rumble
• 9 Segment: Karolina (Pawłowski's real-life partner), Arkadiusz Pawłowski, Bad Bones, Marcin "Rzeźnik" Rzeźniczek, Wiktor Longman Pawłowski's in-ring proposal

Cast and crew

Host, Ring Announcer

Arkadiusz Pawłowski

Commentary

Arek Paterek, Piotr "ShowOff" Małecki, Łukasz "Balik" Baliński

Special Guest Commentary

Andrzej Supron, Paweł "Boryss" Borkowski

English Commentary

Lewis Costello, Santino

Referees

Sędzia Klaudiusz, Sędzia Seweryn

Recap

• Speedball immediately won the Polish crowd's support. Delivered his signature fast kicks and running tornado kick.
• After the Nina vs Diana match, Pawłowski leaked plans to introduce a women's title.
• Nano was pinned, but managed to lift one shoulder for the three count. The ref initially awarded Krampus the victory, but as he was about to reverse this decision, Krampus decked him and kicked out of the ring. Sinister arrived to deliver more punishment to Lopez.
• Mario Pardua, a wrestler of Polish origin fighting in the Chicago area, introduced himself in a video clip. In Polish, he declared he's ready for Prime Time Wrestling. The crowd chanted CM-PUNK at him. Pawłowski added that Pardua is currently fighting for NWA, and that he's been signed to PTW.
• After Lince Dorado's entrance, Supron and Borkowski joined the Polish commentary team.
• Lince kicked out of the Styles clash, hitting the ref in the face with his feet. PJ Black hit the Placebo Effect to win.
• MxM received warmly by the audience, only to immediately turn heel and cut a promo calling them and the Polish language ugly. Cue chants of STFU.
• PAKA entered to Bonnie Tyler's Holding out for a hero. Coincidentally, the actual Bonnie Tyler was giving a concert in Poland the next day, Sunday Feb 4.
• MxM grabbed the win by Mason pinning Mansoor. However, Pawłowski was furious and ordered the match to continue.
• Marius Al-Ani retained the belt by submission.
• Legia Łysych (Marco hammers & Olgierd) entered the ring, Hammers holding an electric shaver. They summoned Karyna, their valet to the ring. Previously in a segment on PTW Underground, they declared that she'd have to shave bald to remain in Legia Łysych. Karyna was nowhere to be seen.
  Looking for someone else to shave, they started calling out people in the audience, then grabbed a hapless referee to the crowd's disappointment. Then, Marcin Najman appeared and entered the ring. Excited, Legia invited him to join the faction, as he's already bald, and is known by El Testosteron. However, in order to join, he must start winning fights in MMA, a reference to his losing streak.
  Najman took offense to this, referred to himself not as bald, but close cut and decked them with punches. Announced his upcoming fight against Murański at Clout MMA 4 on March 9.
• Pawłowski explained the Gold Rush Rumble rules: typical over-the-top rope elimination, but the final four can only eliminate by pinfall or submission.
• After the rumble, Puncher cut a promo, to be interrupted by Babatunde, an ex-WWE wrestler of Polish origin, now as Babathunder. Pawłowski announced him as signed to PTW.
• Pawłowski invited his fiancee Karolina, to do a proposal segment. Before he got his chance to bend the knee, Longman interrupted him.
• The screen showed a video recalling Rzeźniczak's kidnapping from PTW#4 Mystery, and revealing it was an elaborate ruse by Bones, Rzeżniczak and Longman who are scheming against Pawłowski. The surprised Arkadiusz confronted Longman calling him an idiot. Longman took offense, hit his boss with At Your Service, and closed the show by plugging the lottery.

Gold Rush Rumble entrances and eliminations

1. Axel Fox
2. Marcelito
3. PTW Championship belt is unveiled
4. Jonny Storm
5. Cowboy James Storm
6. Marco Hammers
7. Diana Strong
8. Diana eliminates Marco Hammers
9. Max Speed
10. Michał "Mutant" Świątkowski
11. Mutant eliminates Max Speed
12. Karol "Iskra" Górski fails to enter ring after getting beaten by Hammers and Max Speed
13. Wiktor Longman
14. Longman eliminates Diana
15. Longman eliminates Mutant
16. Bad Bones' music hits. Bones appears on screen and demands a title match from Pawłowski.
17. Sędzia Rafał, who remains outside the ring
18. Iskra enters the ring
19. Cowboy James Storm eliminates Iskra
20. Sędzia Rafał enters the ring
21. Santino
22. Santino eliminates Sędzia Rafał
23. Longman eliminates Santino
24. Erik Šlotíř
25. Olgierd
26. King Kaiden
27. Longman eliminates Jonny Storm
28. Kaiden eliminates Olgierd
29. Outside the ring, Karyna enters and punches Olgierd
30. Sambor
31. Sambor eliminates Erik Šlotíř
32. Longman eliminates Sambor
33. Spartan
34. Spartan eliminates Longman
35. Taxi Złotówa
36. Marcelito eliminates Złotówa
37. Dawid "Puncher" Seńko
38. Puncher eliminates Kaiden
39. Krampus, enters the apron but not the ring
40. Krampus eliminates Marcelito
41. Nano Lopez appears with a bound Sinister, forces Krampus to exit the fight
42. Arczi Czajka
43. Puncher eliminates Arczi Czajka
44. With the final four now in the ring, the Rumble became a Fatal Four-Way match.
45. James Storm eliminates Spartan
46. Axel Fox eliminates James Storm
47. Puncher pins Axel Fox to win

Mutant was last seen in PTW on their very first event in 2021. Taxi Złotówa was officially suspended by Pawłowski. Arczi Czajka is another character who made his debut at the first event, then showed on first two Underground events and disappeared.

References

• Facebook event page
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