| Progress World Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Progress Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | 25 March 2012 [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kid Lykos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | 25 February 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Progress World Championship is a professional wrestling World championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. [2] The current champion is Kid Lykos, who is in his first reign.
Unlike conventional wrestling championships which are generally represented by a Championship belt, the Progress championship was initially represented by a large staff with an eagle head piece since its creation in May 2012. At Chapter 16 on 30 November 2014, the staff was replaced by a more traditional title belt. The title has been defended in the United States at the WrestleCon Supershow in Dallas, Texas, and subsequently defended in Italy on 30 April 2016 [3] and Ireland on 16 July 2016. [4] On 5 May 2019, the World Championship and Atlas Championship were unified by Walter, defeating Trent Seven. The title was henceforth known as the Unified World Championship. [5]
Jonathan Gresham vacated the championship on 15 May 2022 due to a controversial defense. Progress Wrestling announced that the 2022 edition of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament finals from 6 June will also be for the vacant championship. [6]
| Round 1 June 3 [7] | Quarter-finals June 4 [8] | Semi-finals June 5 [9] | Finals June 5 [9] | ||||||||||||||||
| Dean Allmark | 11:17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Dempsey | 11:06 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Dempsey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Crowley | 12:44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Munny | 11:10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malik | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Callum Newman | 11:23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malik | 9:24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Munny | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rickey Shane Page | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Munny | 14:32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Banks | 21:46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robbie X | 9:53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aramis | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aramis | 9:55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Progress | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Evans | 12:06 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Progress | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Progress | 10:26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kid Lykos | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maggot | 10:26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kid Lykos | 5:10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Big Damo | 8:42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
There have been a total of 20 reigns and three vacancies shared between 17 distinctive champions. Nathan Cruz was the inaugural and is also the youngest champion, winning the title at 21 years. Cara Noir had the longest reign at 791 days and 17 successful title defenses, while Mark Andrews had the shortest reign at less than a day and zero successful title defenses. Kid Lykos is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Spike Trivet in a steel cage match at PROGRESS Chapter 163: Twisted Metal on February 25, 2024, to win the title.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Nathan Cruz | 25 March 2012 | Chapter 1: In the Beginning | Highbury, London | 1 | 245 | 1 | Defeated Marty Scurll, El Ligero, and Mike Mason in a four-way tournament final match to become the inaugural champion. | [10] |
| 2 | El Ligero | 25 November 2012 | Chapter 4: The Ballad of El Ligero | Highbury, London | 1 | 245 | 3 | [11] | |
| 3 | Rampage Brown | 28 July 2013 | Chapter 8: The Big Boy's Guide to Strong Style | Highbury, London | 1 | 119 | 2 | [12] | |
| 4 | Mark Andrews | 24 November 2013 | Chapter 10: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow | Highbury, London | 1 | <1 | 0 | Successfully cashed in his Natural Progression Series title shot. | |
| 5 | Jimmy Havoc | 24 November 2013 | Chapter 10: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow | Highbury, London | 1 | 609 | 9 | Used the open contract given to him by Jim Smallman to make an immediate title match. | [13] |
| 6 | Will Ospreay | 26 July 2015 | Chapter 20: ThunderBastard: Beyond ThunderBastard | Camden Town, London | 1 | 182 | 4 | Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot. | [14] |
| 7 | Marty Scurll | 24 January 2016 | Chapter 25: Chat Shit, Get Banged | Camden Town, London | 1 | 154 | 7 | [15] | |
| 8 | Pastor William Eaver | 26 June 2016 | Chapter 32: 5000 to 1 | Camden Town, London | 1 | 35 | 1 | Successfully cashed in his Natural Progression Series title shot. | [16] |
| 9 | Marty Scurll | 31 July 2016 | Chapter 33: Malice in Wonderland | Camden Town, London | 2 | 56 | 1 | [17] | |
| 10 | Mark Haskins | 25 September 2016 | Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again | Brixton, London | 1 | 35 | 1 | This was a triple threat match also involving Tommy End. | [18] |
| — | Vacated | 30 October 2016 | Chapter 38: When Men Throw Men At Men | Camden Town, London | — | — | — | Haskins vacated the title due to injury | |
| 11 | Pete Dunne | 27 November 2016 | Chapter 39: The Graps of Wrath | Camden Town, London | 1 | 287 | 11 | Defeated Jimmy Havoc, Matt Riddle, Sebastian, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, and Trent Seven in a seven-way elimination match to win the vacant title. | [19] |
| 12 | Travis Banks | 10 September 2017 | Chapter 55: Chase the Sun | Haringey, London | 1 | 318 | 17 | Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot | [20] |
| 13 | Walter | 25 July 2018 | Chapter 74: Mid Week Matters | Camden Town, London | 1 | 417 | 15 | Unified with the Progress Atlas Championship on May 5, 2019 following Walter's win over Trent Seven. | [21] |
| 14 | Eddie Dennis | 15 September 2019 | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | Haringey, London | 1 | 126 | 2 | Successfully cashed in his title opportunity gained by defeating Mark Andrews at Chapter 76. This was a triple threat match also involving David Starr. | [22] |
| — | Vacated | January 19, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Dennis vacated the title due to a shoulder injury. | [23] |
| 15 | Cara Noir | 19 January 2020 | Chapter 101: Dalmatians | Camden Town, London | 1 | 791 | 17 | This was a four-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov, Kyle Fletcher and Paul Robinson. | [24] [25] |
| 16 | Jonathan Gresham | 20 March 2022 | Chapter 130: Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive, Dodge | London, England | 1 | 56 | 0 | This was a winner takes all match, in which Gresham defended the ROH World Championship. | [26] |
| — | Vacated | 15 May 2022 | Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough | Camden Town, London | — | — | – | Jonathan Gresham stripped of the title due to interference by Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II). | [27] |
| 17 | Chris Ridgeway | 5 June 2022 | Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Night 3 | Camden Town, London | 1 | 69 | 1 | Ridgeway defeated Warren Banks in the Super Strong Style 16 tournament final to win the vacant title. | [9] |
| 18 | Big Damo | 13 August 2022 | Chapter 137: The Deadly Viper Tour - Codename: Copperhead | Sheffield, England | 1 | 15 | 2 | [28] | |
| 19 | Spike Trivet | 28 August 2022 | Chapter 139: Warriors Come Out To Play | London, England | 1 | 546 | 17 | [29] | |
| 20 | Kid Lykos | 25 February 2024 | Chapter 163: Twisted Metal | London, England | 1 | 22+ | 1 | This was a Steel Cage Match. | [30] |
As of March18, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cara Noir | 1 | 17 | 791 |
| 2 | Jimmy Havoc | 1 | 9 | 609 |
| 3 | Spike Trivet | 1 | 17 | 546 |
| 4 | Walter | 1 | 15 | 417 |
| 5 | Travis Banks | 1 | 17 | 318 |
| 6 | Pete Dunne | 1 | 11 | 287 |
| 7 | El Ligero | 1 | 3 | 245 |
| Nathan Cruz | 1 | 1 | 245 | |
| 9 | Marty Scurll | 2 | 8 | 210 |
| 10 | Will Ospreay | 1 | 4 | 182 |
| 11 | Eddie Dennis | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| 12 | Rampage Brown | 1 | 2 | 119 |
| 13 | Chris Ridgeway | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| 14 | Jonathan Gresham | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| 15 | Mark Haskins | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Pastor William Eaver | 1 | 1 | 35 | |
| 17 | Kid Lykos † | 1 | 1 | 22+ |
| 18 | Big Damo | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 19 | Mark Andrews | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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