Super Strong Style 16 (2024) | |||
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Promotion | Progress Wrestling | ||
Date | Night One: May 26, 2024 Night Two: May 27, 2024 | ||
City | London, England | ||
Venue | Electric Ballroom | ||
Attendance | Night One: cca. 500 [1] Night Two: cca. 600 [2] Combined: cca.1100 | ||
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Super Strong Style 16 chronology | |||
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The 2024 Super Strong Style 16 was the eighth Super Strong Style 16 professional wrestling tournament produced by Progress Wrestling. It was a two-night event, which took place on May 26 and 27, 2024 and was held at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. [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]
On April 26, 2024, it was announced that ex-WWE superstar Shelton Benjamin was making his Progress Wrestling debut by being presented as a Super Strong Style 16 competitor. [6] On the first night of the event from May 26, Simon Miller pulled out of the competition due to injury and was immediately replaced by Jack Bandicoot. [7]
No. | Results [8] | Stipulations | Times [1] | ||
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1 | Man Like DeReiss defeated Aigle Blanc by pinfall | First round match in the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 12:10 | ||
2 | Ricky Knight Jr. defeated Jack Bandicoot by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 7:36 | ||
3 | Eddie Dennis defeated TK Cooper by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 7:46 | ||
4 | Tate Mayfairs defeated KC Navarro by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 7:59 | ||
5 | Shelton Benjamin defeated Leon Slater by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 5:35 | ||
6 | Kid Lykos II defeated Gene Munny by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 9:24 | ||
7 | Luke Jacobs defeated Mike D Vecchio by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 10:58 | ||
8 | Mike Santana defeated Connor Mills by pinfall | First round match in the first round of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament | 11:57 | ||
9 | Kid Lykos (c) defeated Mark Haskins by pinfall | Singles match for the PROGRESS World Championship | 29:58 | ||
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First Round (May 26) [10] | Quarterfinals (May 27) [9] | Semifinals (May 27) [9] | Finals (May 27) [9] | ||||||||||||
Shelton Benjamin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Leon Slater | 5:35 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Shelton Benjamin | 11:32 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Man Like DeReiss | DQ | ||||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | 12:10 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Man Like DeReiss | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Man Like DeReiss | 7:43 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mike Santana | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Connor Mills | 11:57 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Mike Santana | 4:43 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jack Bandicoot | 7:36 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Knight Jr. | 21:29 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tate Mayfairs | Pin | ||||||||||||||
KC Navarro | 7:59 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Tate Mayfairs | |||||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | Pin | ||||||||||||||
TK Cooper | 7:46 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Dennis | 6:31 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kid Lykos II | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Gene Munny | 9:24 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Kid Lykos II | 7:56 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | 10:58 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | Pin |
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