| Progress Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder | |||
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| Promotion | Progress Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 28, 2024 | ||
| City | London, England | ||
| Venue | Electric Ballroom | ||
| Attendance | ~700 [1] | ||
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The Progress Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder was a professional wrestling event produced by Progress Wrestling. It took place on July 28, 2024, in London, England at Electric Ballroom. [2] [3]
The event included matches that each resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by Progress' creative writers, [4] while storylines were produced on Progress' events airing on the Demand PROGRESS streaming service. [5]
The event featured the presence of Danhausen in one of the bouts. [6]
The event started with the preshow singles confrontation between Taishi Ozawa and Saxon Huxley solded with the victory of the latter.
The first main card bout saw Axel Tischer successfully defending the Progress Atlas Championship successfully for the first time in that respective reign against Mike D Vecchio. After the bout concluded, Tischer was jumped by the returning tag team of Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley). [7] In the third bout, Man Like DeReiss defeated Kid Lykos II in singles competition. Next up, Gene Munny defeated Danhausen in another singles bout, after Munny received help from Taishi Ozawa. The fifth match saw Paul Robinson successfully defending the Progress Proteus Championship for the ninth time in that respective reign against Malik in a hardcore match. The sixth bout saw Bussy (Allie Katch and Effy) falling short to Charles Crowley and a returning Session Moth Martina who was a mystery partner for Crowley until the bery beginning of the match. After the bout concluded, Martina turned on Crowley after attacking him. In the seventh bout, TNA Wrestling's Leon Slater defeated Aigle Blanc in singles competition. In the eighth bout, LA Taylor and Skye Smitson defeated Lana Austin and Rob Drake in tag team competition, ending a feud between themselves and Austin after the latter turned on them weeks prior to the event, thus ending the "Lana Austin Experience" stable. Taylor and Smitson went under the tag name of "The Experience" ever since. In the semi main event, Rhio defeated Lena Kross to secure the eleventh consecutive defense of the Progress World Women's Championship in that respective reign. [8]
In the main event, 2024 Super Strong Style 16 tournament winner Luke Jacobs defeated Kid Lykos to win the PROGRESS World Championship, ending the latter's reign at 154 days and three successful defenses. [9] [10]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [1] | ||||
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| 1P | Saxon Huxley defeated Taishi Ozawa | Singles match | 8:10 | ||||
| 2 | Axel Tischer (c) defeated Mike D Vecchio | Singles match for the Progress Atlas Championship | 15:21 | ||||
| 3 | Man Like DeReiss defeated Kid Lykos II | Singles match | 9:36 | ||||
| 4 | Gene Munny defeated Danhausen | Singles match | 9:19 | ||||
| 5 | Paul Robinson (c) defeated Malik by referee decision | Hardcore match for the Progress Proteus Championship | 21:21 | ||||
| 6 | Charles Crowley and Session Moth Martina defeated Bussy (Allie Katch and Effy) | Tag team match | 7:06 | ||||
| 7 | Leon Slater defeated Aigle Blanc | Singles match | 11:13 | ||||
| 8 | The Experience (LA Taylor and Skye Smitson) defeated Lana Austin and Rob Drake | Tag team match | 14:02 | ||||
| 9 | Rhio (c) defeated Lena Kross | Singles match for the Progress World Women's Championship | 11:53 | ||||
| 10 | Luke Jacobs defeated Kid Lykos (c) | Singles match for the PROGRESS World Championship | 9:22 | ||||
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