| Paul Robinson | |
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 Robinson in January 2019 | |
| Born | July 12, 1988 [1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
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| Billed height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2] |
| Billed weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Trained by | Jon Ritchie |
| Debut | 2004 |
Paul Robinson (born July 12, 1988) is an English professional wrestler best known for his tenure with Progress Wrestling where he is a former Progress Proteus Champion and Progress Tag Team Champion. He regularly competed in various promotions of the British independent scene. [3]
Robinson was trained by Jon Ritchie and made his professional wrestling debut at a house show of Elite Wrestling Federation, later known as Grade 1 Wrestling (G1W) on April 17, 2004, where he defeated Ashley Reed and Tony Sefton in a three-way match. [4] Throughout his career, Robinson competed in various promotions from the British independent scene such as Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), TNT Extreme Wrestling (TNT), Lucha Britannia and many others. [2]
Robinson shared a one decade-long tenure with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK). He is a former IPW:UK World Champion, title which he won at Title Showdown 2013: Evening Show on December 7 by defeating Sha Samuels. [5] He also won the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship on one occasion by teamin up with Scott Wainwright as The Swords of Essex at IPW:UK Biggest Show Ever on August 21, 2016. [6]
Robinson made his debut in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) at the inaugural edition of the RevPro Uprising of 2012, where he defeated Ashley Reed in an intergender match. [7] At RevPro Road To Thunder on May 26, 2013, he teamed up with Will Ospreay and defeated The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) to become the number one contenders for the British Tag Team Championship. [8] They won the titles three weeks later at RevPro When Thunder Strikes on June 15, 2023, by defeating Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby). [9] Robinson and Ospreay dropped the titles at the 2014 edition of the RevPro High Stakes to The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet). [10]
Robinson made a one-time return at RevPro Live In Southampton 7 on April 14, 2019, where he fell short to Pac in singles competition. [11]
Robinson made his debut in Progress Wrestling at Chapter Three: Fifty Shades Of Pain on September 30, 2012, where he fell short to Noam Dar. [12]
During his time with the promotion, he has chased for various titles and accomplishments. At Chapter 82: Unboxing Live, A Dukla Prague Away Kit on December 30, 2018, he teamed up with his The Swords of Essex tag team partner Will Ospreay and defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) for the Progress Tag Team Championship. [13] At Chapter 101: Dalmatians on January 19, 2020, he fought for the vacant PROGRESS World Championship in a four-way match won by Cara Noir and also involving Ilja Dragunov and Kyle Fletcher. [14]
Robinson competed in various signature events of the promotion. In the Natural Progression Series, he made his first appearance in the inaugural edition of 2013, where he defeated MK McKinnan in the first rounds, Eddie Dennis in the second ones, but fell short to Mark Andrews in the finals which took place at Chapter Ten: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow. [15] In the Super Strong Style 16 series of events, Robinson made his first appearance at the 2019 edition where he defeated Darby Allin in the first rounds but fell short to Kyle O'Reilly in the quarterfinals. [16]
At Chapter 95: Still Chasing on September 15, 2019, Robinson won a 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Danny Duggan to become the inaugural Progress Proteus Champion. The bout also involved notable opponents both male and female such as Millie McKenzie, Jonathan Gresham, Michael Oku, Eddie Kingston and others. [17] Robinson successfully defended the title seven times in a row until Chapter 103: Beer Snake City on February 23, 2020. [18]
After a three-year hiatus with the company, Robinson returned at Progress Chapter 167: One Bump Or Two? on April 21, 2024, where he successfully defended the Progress Proteus Championship against Homicide. [19] During his absence, the Proteus title was replaced by the Atlas Championship, however, upon his return, Robinson declared the Proteus reign as uninterrupted. [20] At Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder on July 28, 2024, he defended the title against Malik. [21] Robinson dropped the title at Chapter 172: Werewolves Of London on October 17, 2024, to Simon Miller. His reign later for 1,869 days, making him one of the longest-reigning champions in professional wrestling of the 21st-century. [22]
