| Progress Proteus Championship | |||||||||||||||
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 Current design of the title (2019–present) | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Progress Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | 21 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Paul Walter Hauser | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | 17 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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The PROGRESS Proteus Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. The title is unique in that it's champion decides the stipulation of the title defence. [1]
Progress Wrestling co-founder Jim Smallman unveiled the new PROGRESS Proteus Championship. [2] He said in the announcement that the champion will be able to pick the stipulation for the championship matches, subject to approval by the promotion. The title was named after the shapechanging Greek god, Proteus, the god of "elusive sea change". It was announced on 21 July 2019 that the old Progress Atlas Championship which was unified with the Progress World Championship will be replaced. The Atlas title was later revived at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle in April 2022. [3]
The first Proteus Champion was decided in a Royal Rumble match featuring 30 wrestlers on 15 September 2019, at PROGRESS Chapter 95: Still Chasing. The match took place at the Alexandra Palace in London, England, and was won by Paul Robinson who became the inaugural champion. [4] The bout also featured Chakara, Charli Evans, Chief Deputy Dunne, Chris Brookes, Chris Roberts, Chuck Mambo, Connor Mills, Dani Luna, Dan Moloney, Danny Duggan, Eddie Kingston, Fraser Thomas, Gene Munny, Ilja Dragunov, Jonathan Gresham, Los Federales Santos Jr., Session Moth Martina, Mike Bailey, Millie McKenzie, Niwa, Roy Johnson, Sid Scala, Spike Trivet, Sugar Dunkerton, The OJMO, TK Cooper, Travis Banks and William Eaver. [5]
There have been a total of three reigns shared between three different titleholders. The current champion is Paul Walter Hauser who is in his first reign.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Paul Robinson | 15 September 2019 | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | Haringey, London | 1 | 1,869 | 9 | This was a 30-person rumble match. Paul Robinson lastly eliminated Danny Duggan to become the inaugural champion. Robinson's selected stipulation was that he could only lose the title by being knocked out or by tapping out. Between 2021 and 2024, the title was inactive until Robinson returned to the promotion and defended it at Progress Chapter 167: One Bump Or Two? on April 21, 2024 against Homicide, declaring the reign as uninterrupted. [6] | [7] |
| 2 | Simon Miller | 27 October 2024 | Chapter 172: Werewolves Of London | Camden Town, London | 1 | 172 | 7 | Simon's announced stipulation was that all stipulations for his defenses would be decided by fan poll via social media or live events. | [8] |
| 3 | Paul Walter Hauser | 17 April 2025 | Chapter 179: Progress Las Vegas | Paradise, Nevada | 1 | 192+ | 2 | This was a Five-way scramble match, also involving Effy, Adam Priest and Charles Crowley. Hauser's announced stipulation is Fans Bring the Weapons. | [9] |
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