Natural Progression Series is a professional wrestling tournament produced by Progress Wrestling, annually since 2012. The tournament is used to showcase upstart rising wrestlers from the United Kingdom. The winner receives a championship match of their choosing at anytime and any place. The winner also gets to name a participant of their choosing in the next Natural Progression Series. [1]
# | Winner | Finals date | Runner-up | Finals location | Ref. |
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I | Mark Andrews | November 24, 2013 | Paul Robinson | London, England | [2] |
II | Morgan Webster | January 25, 2015 | Zack Gibson | ||
III | William Eaver | April 24, 2016 | Damon Moser | [3] | |
IV | Toni Storm | May 28, 2017 | Jinny and Laura Di Matteo | [4] | |
V | Mark Davis | June 24, 2018 | Chris Ridgeway | [5] | |
VI | Scotty Davis | September 14, 2019 | Danny Duggan | ||
VII | Luke Jacobs | February 27, 2021 | Warren Banks | [6] | |
8 | Ricky Knight Jr. | November 27, 2022 | Tate Mayfairs | [7] |
Winner | Event | Year | Championship match |
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Mark Andrews | Chapter Ten: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow | 2013 | Andrews defeated Rampage Brown to win the PROGRESS Championship. |
Morgan Webster | Chapter 24: Hit The North | 2015 | Webster lost the trophy to Zack Gibson due to outside interference at Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive!. As a result, Webster was inserted into the PROGRESS Championship match between Will Ospreay and Gibson, making it a three-way match. Webster lost as Ospreay retained the title. |
Pastor William Eaver | Chapter 32: 5000 To 1 | 2016 | Eaver defeated Marty Scurll to win the PROGRESS World Championship. |
Toni Storm | Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 (night 2) | 2017 | Storm defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in three-way match in the NPS final to become the inaugural Progress Women's Champion. |
Mark Davis | Chapter 87: Breadknife | 2019 | Davis and his Aussie Open tag team partner Kyle Fletcher defeated The Swords of Essex (Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson) in a ladder match to win the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship. |
Scotty Davis | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | 2019 | Davis and his partner Jordan Devlin defeated Grizzled Young Veterans and Aussie Open in a three-way match to win the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship. |
Luke Jacobs | Chapter 106: Stick A Pony In Me Pocket | 2021 | Jacobs lost to Cara Noir for the PROGRESS World Championship. |
Ricky Knight Jr. | Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around | 2023 | Knight defeated Big Damo for the PROGRESS Atlas Championship. |
First Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin | |||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | 10:31 [8] | |||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Windsor | 10:00 [9] | |||||||||||||
Mike Hitchman | 11:24 [10] | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Windsor | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin | |||||||||||||
Paul Robinson | 13:28 [11] | |||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Darrell Allen, Joey Lakeside and Xander Cooper | 13:36 [12] | |||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | 10:35 [13] | |||||||||||||
Paul Robinson | Pin | |||||||||||||
MK McKinnan | 7:40 [14] | |||||||||||||
Paul Robinson | Pin |
First Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | 12:10 [15] | |||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ali Armstrong | 12:53 [16] | |||||||||||||
Chuck Mambo and Pastor William Eaver | 9:00 [17] | |||||||||||||
Ali Armstrong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | 15:57 [18] | |||||||||||||
Morgan Webster | Pin | |||||||||||||
Pete Dunne | Pin | |||||||||||||
Robbie X | 10:51 [19] | |||||||||||||
Pete Dunne | 7:42 [20] | |||||||||||||
Morgan Webster | Pin | |||||||||||||
Josh Bodom | 10:34 [21] | |||||||||||||
Morgan Webster | Pin |
First Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Pastor William Eaver | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | 8:57 [22] | |||||||||||||
William Eaver | Pin | |||||||||||||
Damian Dunne ** | 10:34 [23] | |||||||||||||
Damian Dunne | 8:58 [24] | |||||||||||||
Sebastian * | Pin | |||||||||||||
William Eaver | Pin | |||||||||||||
Damon Moser | 11:10 [25] | |||||||||||||
Ashton Smith | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kyle Ashmore | 9:30 [26] | |||||||||||||
Ashton Smith | 10:10 [27] | |||||||||||||
Damon Moser | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jack Sexsmith and Shen Woo | 6:54 [28] | |||||||||||||
Damon Moser | Pin |
This was the only edition of the tournament to feature female participants. This tournament was held to crown the inaugural PROGRESS Women's Champion. [29]
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [30] |
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1 | Chakara defeated Pollyanna | Natural Progression Series IV Final Spot Qualifying Match | 9:26 [31] |
2 | Jinny defeated Pollyanna | Natural Progression Series IV First Round | 16:25 [32] |
3 | Nixon Newell defeated Katey Harvey | Natural Progression Series IV First Round [33] | — |
4 | Toni Storm defeated Bea Priestley | Natural Progression Series IV First Round [34] | — |
5 | Alex Windsor defeated Livvii Grace | Natural Progression Series IV First Round | 13:43 [35] |
6 | Laura Di Matteo defeated Chakara | Natural Progression Series IV First Round [36] | — |
7 | Dahlia Black defeated Martina | Natural Progression Series IV First Round | 9:32 [37] |
8 | Jinny defeated Nixon Newell | Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final | 7:39 [38] |
9 | Toni Storm defeated Dahlia Black | Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final | 6:52 [39] |
10 | Laura Di Matteo defeated Alex Windsor | Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final [40] | — |
11 | Toni Storm defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo | Natural Progression Series IV Final Three Way match for the PROGRESS Women's Championship [41] | — |
Qualifying matches held for the tournament were:
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Maverick Mayhew defeated Connor Mills | Singles match | 21:27 |
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Mark Davis defeated Kyle Fletcher | Singles match | 21:27 |
The tournament brackets were:
First Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | |||||||||||||
Omari | [42] | |||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | |||||||||||||
Drew Parker | 11:39 [43] | |||||||||||||
Spike Trivet | 5:42 [44] | |||||||||||||
Drew Parker | Pin | |||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | 17:50 [45] | |||||||||||||
Mark Davis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Danny Duggan | Pin | |||||||||||||
Danny Jones | 13:26 [46] | |||||||||||||
Danny Duggan | [47] | |||||||||||||
Mark Davis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Maverick Mayhew | [48] | |||||||||||||
Mark Davis | Pin |
First Round [49] | Semifinals [49] | Finals [49] | ||||||||||||
Scotty Davis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Gene Munny | [49] | |||||||||||||
Scotty Davis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Cara Noir | [49] | |||||||||||||
Dan Moloney | [49] | |||||||||||||
Cara Noir | Pin | |||||||||||||
Scotty Davis | Pin | |||||||||||||
Danny Duggan | [49] | |||||||||||||
The OJMO | Pin | |||||||||||||
Veit Müller | [49] | |||||||||||||
The OJMO | [49] | |||||||||||||
Danny Duggan | Pin | |||||||||||||
Malik | [49] | |||||||||||||
Danny Duggan | Pin |
First Round [50] | Semifinals [51] | Finals [51] | ||||||||||||
Warren Banks | Pin | |||||||||||||
Big Guns Joe | 7:24 | |||||||||||||
Warren Banks | Pin | |||||||||||||
Danny Black | 10:49 | |||||||||||||
ELIJAH | 10:59 | |||||||||||||
Danny Black | Pin | |||||||||||||
Warren Banks | 10:14 | |||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ethan Allen | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kid Lykos II | 12:12 | |||||||||||||
Ethan Allen | 12:48 | |||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | |||||||||||||
Man Like DeReiss | 9:39 | |||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin |
Qualifying matches held for the tournament were:
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Liam Slater defeated Screwface Ahmed and Shreddy | Three-way match | 7:12 |
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Peter Tihanyi defeated Alexander Roth, Hari Singh and Tom Thelwell | Four-way match | 6:18 |
The tournament brackets were:
First Round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | 11:40 | |||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | Pin | |||||||||||||
Leon Slater | 12:08 | |||||||||||||
Leon Slater | Pin | |||||||||||||
Liam Slater | 11:35 | |||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tate Mayfairs | 15:11 | |||||||||||||
Sam Bailey | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tate Mayfairs | 10:55 | |||||||||||||
Tate Mayfairs | Pin | |||||||||||||
Nico Angelo | 9:29 | |||||||||||||
Joe Lando | Pin | |||||||||||||
Nico Angelo | 8:35 |
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