Super Strong Style 16 | |
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Promotions | Progress Wrestling |
First event | 2015 |
Event gimmick | Annual single elimination tournament |
Super Strong Style 16 is an annual professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by Progress Wrestling.
First introduced in 2015, the tournament comprises four rounds and features sixteen professional wrestlers who compete in singles matches. Since its inception, the tournament has been notable for featuring various professional wrestlers, who have gone on to achieve huge mainstream success, competing for promotions such as WWE, All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. [1] The tournament is used to determine the #1 contender for the PROGRESS World Championship. An exception was during the 2022 edition, where the title was declared vacant before the tournament and the title was decided in the tournament.
Year | Tournament winner | Times won | Date | Runner-up | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
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2015 | Will Ospreay | 1 | May 24, 2015 | Zack Sabre Jr. | London, England | Electric Ballroom | Regression (Jimmy Havoc and Paul Robinson) vs. The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) | [2] |
May 25, 2015 | Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the 2015 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [3] | ||||||
2016 | Tommy End | 1 | May 29, 2016 | Mark Andrews | The Origin (El Ligero and Nathan Cruz) (c) vs. The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship | [4] | ||
May 30, 2016 | Tommy End vs. Mark Andrews in the 2016 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | |||||||
2017 | Travis Banks | 1 | May 27, 2017 | Tyler Bate | Matt Riddle vs. Trent Seven in the first round of the 2017 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament | [5] | ||
May 28, 2017 | Laura Di Matteo vs. Jinny vs. Toni Storm in a three-way match for the inaugural PROGRESS Women's Championship in the Natural Progression Series IV final | [6] | ||||||
May 29, 2017 | Travis Banks vs. Tyler Bate in the 2017 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [7] | ||||||
2018 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 1 | May 5, 2018 | Kassius Ohno | Alexandra Palace | Chris Brookes vs. Kassius Ohno in the first round of the 2018 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament | [8] | |
May 6, 2018 | Travis Banks (c) vs. Walter for the PROGRESS World Championship | [9] | ||||||
May 7, 2018 | Kassius Ohno vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the 2018 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [10] | ||||||
2019 | David Starr | 1 | May 4, 2019 | Jordan Devlin | Chris Ridgeway vs. Kyle O'Reilly in the first round of the 2019 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament | [11] | ||
May 5, 2019 | Walter (World Champion) vs. Trent Seven (Atlas Champion) in a Title unification match | [12] | ||||||
May 6, 2019 | David Starr vs. Jordan Devlin in the 2019 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [13] | ||||||
2022 | Chris Ridgeway | 1 | June 3, 2022 | Warren Banks | Electric Ballroom | Jack Evans vs. Johnny Progress in the first round of the 2022 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament | [14] | |
June 4, 2022 | Cara Noir vs. Spike Trivet in an "I Quit" Loser Leaves PROGRESS match | [15] | ||||||
June 5, 2022 | Chris Ridgeway vs. Warren Banks for the vacant PROGRESS World Championship in the 2022 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [16] | ||||||
2023 | Kid Lykos | 1 | May 27, 2023 | Mark Haskins | The Dome | Will Ospreay vs. Tate Mayfairs in the first round of the 2023 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament | [17] | |
May 28, 2023 | Electric Ballroom | Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) (c) vs. Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley) in a Ladder match for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship | [18] | |||||
May 29, 2023 | Kid Lykos vs. Mark Haskins in the 2023 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [19] | ||||||
2024 | Luke Jacobs | 1 | May 27, 2024 | Ricky Knight Jr. | Electric Ballroom | Kid Lykos (c) vs. Mark Haskins for the PROGRESS World Championship | ||
May 27, 2024 | Luke Jacobs vs. Ricky Knight Jr. in the 2024 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final | [20] |
# | Winner | Event | Year | Championship match |
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1 | Will Ospreay | Chapter 20: Thunderbastard - Beyond Thunderbastard | 2015 | Ospreay defeated Jimmy Havoc in a no disqualification match to win the PROGRESS World Championship. |
2 | Tommy End | Chapter 32: 5000 To 1 | 2016 | End lost to Marty Scurll for the PROGRESS World Championship. |
3 | Travis Banks | Chapter 55: Chase The Sun | 2017 | Banks defeated Pete Dunne to win the PROGRESS World Championship. |
4 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Chapter 77: Pumpkin Spice PROGRESS | 2018 | Sabre lost to Walter for the PROGRESS World Championship. |
5 | David Starr | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | 2019 | Starr lost to Eddie Dennis for the PROGRESS World Championship in a three-way match also involving Walter. |
6 | Kid Lykos | Chapter 157: Hungry Like The Wolf | 2023 | Lykos lost to Spike Trivet for the PROGRESS World Championship. |
7 | Luke Jacobs | Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder | 2024 | Jacobs defeated Kid Lykos to win the PROGRESS World Championship. |
First Round [21] | Quarterfinals [22] | Semifinals [22] | Finals [22] | ||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | 15:48 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommaso Ciampa | 15:48 | ||||||||||||||
Damo O'Connor | 12:53 | ||||||||||||||
Tommaso Ciampa | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | 19:49 | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | 10:46 | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Dave Mastiff | 9:27 | ||||||||||||||
Noam Dar | 10:43 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Mastiff | By referee's decision | ||||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 17:58 | ||||||||||||||
Rampage Brown | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | 7:26 | ||||||||||||||
Rampage Brown | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | 14:10 | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 17:51 | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | 12:47 | ||||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jack Gallagher | 8:05 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | 10:50 | ||||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | Pin | ||||||||||||||
El Ligero | 9:12 | ||||||||||||||
Will Ospreay | Pin |
First Round [23] | Quarterfinals [24] | Semifinals [24] | Finals [24] | ||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Pete Dunne | 9:50 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mikey Whiplash | 1:44 | ||||||||||||||
Damon Moser | 4:36 | ||||||||||||||
Mikey Whiplash | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | 7:53 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Gallagher | Pin | ||||||||||||||
TK Cooper | 6:21 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Gallagher | 13:19 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kenny Williams | 10:24 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | 6:19 | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | 16:13 | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | 11:54 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Mastiff | 11:13 | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | 12:36 | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Cross | 10:06 | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | 6:34 | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Rampage Brown | 7:29 | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin |
First Round [25] | Quarterfinals [26] | Semifinals [27] | Finals [27] | ||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Havoc | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Flamita | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Flamita | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | [27] | ||||||||||||||
Jack Sexsmith | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Jack Sexsmith | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | [27] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Trent Seven | 0.06 [25] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Nathan Cruz | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | [27] | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Morgan Webster | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin | ||||||||||||||
William Eaver | [25] | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin |
First Round [28] | Quarterfinals [29] | Semifinals [30] | Finals [30] | ||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chuck Mambo | 10:48 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | 15:57 | ||||||||||||||
TK Cooper | 9:44 | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | 12:22 | ||||||||||||||
Angélico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Andrews | 14:16 | ||||||||||||||
Angelico | 14:35 | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Morgan Webster | 14:16 | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kassius Ohno | 18:58 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Joey Janela | 0:14 | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Pete Dunne | 10:04 | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 10:50 | ||||||||||||||
Pete Dunne | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Gibson | 11:18 | ||||||||||||||
Kassius Ohno | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kassius Ohno | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Brookes | 21:52 | ||||||||||||||
Kassius Ohno | 15:00 | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jordan Devlin | 9:10 | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Bate | Pin |
The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and May 6, 2019 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. [31]
First Round [32] | Quarterfinals [33] | Semifinals [34] | Finals [34] | ||||||||||||
Jordan Devlin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | 13:34 | ||||||||||||||
Jordan Devlin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kyle Fletcher | 13:09 | ||||||||||||||
Daga | 14:56 | ||||||||||||||
Kyle Fletcher | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jordan Devlin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kyle O'Reilly | 17:59 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Robinson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Darby Allin | 10:40 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Robinson | 17:43 | ||||||||||||||
Kyle O'Reilly | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | 19:19 | ||||||||||||||
Kyle O'Reilly | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jordan Devlin | 21:03 | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Brookes | 14:16 | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Trevor Lee | 1:11 | ||||||||||||||
Aero Star | 7:11 | ||||||||||||||
Trevor Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | 9:46 | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
DJZ | 10:31 | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | 13:40 | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Double Count Out | ||||||||||||||
Artemis Spencer | 7:59 | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin |
The tournament was used to crown the new PROGRESS World Champion after previous champion Jonathan Gresham was stripped off the title due to Lykos Gym attacking Gresham's opponent Gene Munny at Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough. The match stipulated that Gresham would lose the title if he got disqualified. [35]
The tournament was held across three nights between June 3 and June 5, 2022 at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. [36]
First Round [37] | Quarter Final [38] | Semi Final [39] | Final [39] | ||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Dean Allmark | 11:17 | ||||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Charlie Dempsey | 11:06 | ||||||||||||||
Charles Crowley | 12:44 | ||||||||||||||
Charlie Dempsey | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Gene Munny | 11:10 | ||||||||||||||
Gene Munny | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Rickey Shane Page | 14:32 | ||||||||||||||
Gene Munny | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Malik | 9:24 | ||||||||||||||
Callum Newman | 11:23 | ||||||||||||||
Malik | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Warren Banks | 21:46 | ||||||||||||||
Aramis | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Robbie X | 9:53 | ||||||||||||||
Aramis | 9:55 | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Progress | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jack Evans | 12:06 | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Progress | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Progress | 10:26 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Damo | 8:42 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kid Lykos | 5:10 | ||||||||||||||
Maggot | 10:26 | ||||||||||||||
Kid Lykos | Pin |