Progress Chapter 188: Unboxing VIII: The Search For Socks

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Chapter 188: Unboxing VIII: The Search For Socks
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Promotional poster of the event
Promotion Progress Wrestling
Date28 December 2025 [1]
City London, England
Venue Electric Ballroom
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The Chapter 188: Unboxing VIII: The Search For Socks was a professional wrestling event produced by Progress Wrestling. It took place on 28 December 2025, in London, England, at the Electric Ballroom. [2]

Contents

Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Rayne Leverkusen defeated Kanji to retain the Progress World Women's Championship.

Production

Storylines

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, [3] while storylines were produced on Progress' events airing on the Demand PROGRESS streaming service. [4]

As the "Unboxing" category of Progress Chapters tradition hints, the pay-per-view's entire match card was revealed on the night of the event.

Event

The event started with the singles confrontation between Ricky Sosa and Tommy Tanner, solded with the victory of the latter. The second bout saw Alexxis falcon picking up a victory over Rhio, Lana Austin, Maddie Morgan, Harley Hudson and Hollie Barlow in a six-way scramble. The third bout saw Bullit outmatching Charles Crowley in singles competition. In the fourth match, Gene Munny and Kouga picked up a victory over Mark Trew and Kieron Lacey in tag team competition. Next up, Drilla Moloney defeated Spike Trivet in singles competition. The sixth bout saw Chuck Mambo, TK Cooper, Simon Miller and Drew Parker pick up a victory over Kid Lykos, Kid Lykos II, Josh Holly and Scott Oberman in eight-man tag team competition. In the semi main event, Man Like DeReiss defeated Robbie X to secure the tenth consecutive defense of the PROGRESS World Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, DeReiss nominated Cara Noir as his next title challenger. [5]

In the main event, Rayne Leverkusen defeated Kanji to secure the third consecutive defense of the Progress World Women's Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Leverkusen was challenged by Alexxis Falcon to a title match. [6]

Matches

No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes [1]
1Tommy Tanner defeated Ricky Sosa by pinfall Singles match
2Alexxis Falcon defeated Rhio, Lana Austin, Maddie Morgan, Harley Hudson and Hollie Barlow by pinfall Six-way scramble 10:21
3Bullit defeated Charles Crowley by pinfall Singles match 7:56
4 Gene Munny and Kouga (with Session Moth Martina) defeated Mark Trew and Kieron Lacey by pinfall Tag team match 7:02
5 Drilla Moloney defeated Spike Trivet by pinfall Singles match 13:08
6 Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper), Simon Miller and Drew Parker defeated (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II), Josh Holly and Scott Oberman by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 15:17
7 Man Like DeReiss (c) defeated Robbie X by pinfall Singles match for the PROGRESS World Championship 15:29
8Rayne Leverkusen (c) defeated Kanji by pinfall Singles match for the Progress World Women's Championship 20:32
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip. "PROGRESS Chapter 188: Unboxing VIII: The Search For Socks". cagematch.net. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. "Progress Wrestling – Chapter 188". electricballroom.co.uk. Electric Ballroom . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks . Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  4. "PROGRESS Wrestling leaves WWE Network". Progress Wrestling . 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  5. Mitchell, Scott (28 December 2025). "PROGRESS Wrestling 12/28/2025 Chapter 188: Unboxing VIII – In Search of Socks Results". PWPonderings. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. Lambert, Jeremy (28 December 2025). "PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 188 Results (12/28): Rayne Leverkusen vs. Kanji Headlines". Fightful. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. Thomas, Jeremy (28 December 2025). "PROGRESS Chapter 188 Results: World Title Matches & More". 411Mania. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.