Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship

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Progress World Women's Championship [1]
Progress World Women's Championship belt.png
Current title design
Details
Promotion Progress Wrestling
Date established28 May 2017
Current champion Rhio
Date won4 May 2025
Other name
  • Progress Women's Championship
Statistics
First champion Toni Storm
Most reigns Jinny, Kanji and Rhio (2 reigns)
Longest reign Jinny (482 days)
Shortest reign Kanji (84 days)
Oldest champion Meiko Satomura (39 years, 302 days)
Youngest champion Toni Storm (21 years, 221 days)
Heaviest champion Jordynne Grace (150 lbs)
Lightest champion Jinny (128 lbs)

The Progress World Women's Championship is a women's world professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. It was announced on 24 April 2016, that Natural Progression Series IV would crown the first Progress Worlds Women's Champion. The tournament got underway in October 2016, with the champion to be crowned during the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 weekend from 27 May 2017 to 29 May 2017. At the conclusion of the tournament at day two of the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2016 weekend, Toni Storm was crowned the first Progress Women's Champion. As of August26, 2025, there have been a total of nine reigns shared between seven different champions. The current title holder is Rhio who is in her second reign. [2]

Contents

Title history

Natural Progression Series IV Tournament

Semi Final
Chapter 45: Galvanize
(19 March) [3]
Chapter 46: I Like To Chill Out Here And Shoot Some Dinosaurs
(26 March) [4]
Chapter 47: Complicated Simplicity
(24 April) [5] 		Final
Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament - Night 2
(28 May) [6]
Nixon Newell 7:39
Jinny Pin
Jinny
Toni Storm Pin
Toni StormPin
Dahlia Black6:52
Laura Di Matteo
Alex Windsor
Laura Di Matteo Pin

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Toni Storm 28 May 2017Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Camden Town, London 135714Defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in three-way match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [7] [8]
2 Jinny 20 May 2018Chapter 69: Be Here Now Manchester, England 12246 [9]
3 Jordynne Grace 30 December 2018Chapter 82: Unboxing Live, A Dukla Prague Away Kit Camden Town, London, England 12599 [10]
4 Meiko Satomura 15 September 2019Chapter 95: Still Chasing Haringey, London, England 1911 [11]
5 Jinny 15 December 2019Chapter 99: With a Flake, Please Sheffield, England 24822 [12]
— Vacated 10 April 2021—————Vacated after Jinny was unable to commit to future dates, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
6 Kanji 8 May 2021Chapter 111: One Leg in the Air Sheffield, England 1843Defeated Gisele Shaw in a Best of Three series, in with Kanji won 2–1. [13]
— Vacated 14 August 2021—————Vacated after Kanji sustained an arm injury that would require surgery.
7 Gisele Shaw 14 August 2021Chapter 117: Making Diamonds Sheffield, England 12957Defeated Alexxis Falcon and Mercedez Blaze in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant title. [14]
8 Kanji 5 June 2022Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2022 London, England 21757This was a Two-out-of-three falls match, in which Kanji won 2–1. [15]
9 Lana Austin 27 November 2022Chapter 146: They Think It's All Over... London, England 13297 [16]
10 Rhio 22 October 2023Chapter 158: The Long Halloween London, England 143420 [17]
11 Nina Samuels 29 December 2024 Chapter 175: Unboxing VII: The Curtain Call London, England 11263 [18]
12 Rhio 4 May 2025 Super Strong Style 16
(Night 1)		 London, England 2114+3This was a Title vs. PROGRESS Career match, in which Kanji was a special guest referee. [19]

Combined reigns

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined days
1 Jinny 28706
2 Rhio †223548+
3 Toni Storm 114357
4 Lana Austin 17329
5 Gisele Shaw 17295
6 Kanji 210259
Jordynne Grace 19259
8 Nina Samuels 13126
9 Meiko Satomura 1191

References

  1. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Progress World Women's Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ↑ WrestlingTitles (13 March 2021). "PROGRESS Women's Title (Great Britain)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (19 March 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 45: Galvanize - Event @ The Ritz in Manchester, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (26 March 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 46: I Like To Chill Out Here And Shoot Some Dinosaurs - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (24 April 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 47: Complicated Simplicity - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 - Tag 2 - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  7. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "Natural Progression Series IV". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 - Tag 2 - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (20 May 2018). "PROGRESS Chapter 69: Be Here Now - Event @ Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (30 December 2018). "PROGRESS Chapter 82: Unboxing Live! 3 - A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 September 2019). "PROGRESS Chapter 95: Still Chasing - Event @ Alexandra Palace in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  12. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 December 2019). "PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please - Event @ O2 Academy Sheffield in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (22 May 2021). "PROGRESS Chapter 111: One Leg In The Air - TV-Show @ Theatre Peckham in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (14 August 2021). "PROGRESS Chapter 117: Making Diamonds - TV-Show @ Theatre Peckham in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  15. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (5 June 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2022 - Tag 3 - TV-Show @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  16. ↑ Lee, Joseph (28 November 2022). "PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 146 Results: Sanity Reunites". 411mania.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  17. ↑ Tarrier, Lee (23 October 2023). "Top Takeaways And Results From PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 158: The Long Halloween (10/22/2023)". pwimania.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  18. ↑ Vetter, Chris (29 December 2024). "Progress Wrestling "Chapter 175 – Unboxing VII" results (12/29): Vetter's review of Luke Jacobs vs. Leon Slater vs. Man Like DeReiss vs. Ricky Knight Jr. for the Progress Title, El Hijo Del Vikingo suffers injury". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  19. ↑ Vetter, Chris (4 May 2025). "Progress Wrestling "Chapter 180 – Super Strong Style" results (5/4): Vetter's review of Nina Samuels vs. Rhio for the Progress Women's Title, the opening round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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