PROGRESS World Championship

The Progress World Championship is a professional wrestling World championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling.[2] The current champion is Spike Trivet, who is in his first reign.

Progress World Championship
The current title design (2014 – present)
Details
PromotionProgress Wrestling
Date established25 March 2012[1]
Current champion(s)Spike Trivet
Date won28 August 2022
Other name(s)
  • PROGRESS Championship
    (2012 - 2016)
  • PROGRESS World Championship
    (2016 - 2019, 2021 - present)
  • PROGRESS Unified World Championship
    (2019 - 2021)
Statistics
First champion(s)Nathan Cruz
Most reignsMarty Scurll
(2 reigns)
Longest reignCara Noir
(791 days)
Shortest reignMark Andrews
(<1 days)
Youngest championNathan Cruz
(21 years, 197 days)
Heaviest championBig Damo
(321 lb (146 kg))
Lightest championMark Andrews
(159 lb (72 kg))

History
Inaugural champion, Nathan Cruz shown here with the staff representing the title (2012-2014).

Unlike conventional wrestling championships which are generally represented by a Championship belt, the Progress championship was initially represented by a large staff with an eagle head piece since its creation in May 2012. At Chapter 16 on 30 November 2014, the staff was replaced by a more traditional title belt. The title has been defended in the United States at the WrestleCon Supershow in Dallas, Texas, and subsequently defended in Italy on 30 April 2016[3] and Ireland on 16 July 2016.[4] On 5 May 2019, the World Championship and Atlas Championship were unified by Walter, defeating Trent Seven. The title was henceforth known as the Unified World Championship.[5]

Vacant title tournament (2022)

Jonathan Gresham vacated the championship on 15 May 2022 due to a controversial defense. Progress Wrestling announced that the 2022 edition of the Super Strong Style 16 tournament finals from 6 June will also be for the vacant championship.[6]

Round 1
June 3[7] 		Quarter-finals
June 4[8] 		Semi-finals
June 5[9] 		Finals
June 5[9]
            
Dean Allmark 11:17
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Charlie Dempsey 11:06
Charlie Dempsey Pin
Charles Crowley 12:44
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Gene Munny 11:10
Malik Pin
Calum Newman 11:23
Malik 9:24
Gene Munny Pin
Rickey Shane Page Pin
Gene Munny 14:32
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Warren Banks 21:46
Robbie X 9:53
Aramis Pin
Aramis 9:55
Johnny Progress Pin
Jack Evans 12:06
Johnny Progress Pin
Johnny Progress 10:26
Warren Banks Pin
Kid Lykos Pin
Maggot 10:26
Kid Lykos 5:10
Warren Banks Pin
Big Damo 8:42
Warren Banks Pin

Title history

There have been a total of 19 reigns and three vacancies shared between 17 distinctive champions. Nathan Cruz was the inaugural and is also the youngest champion, winning the title at 21 years. Cara Noir had the longest reign at 791 days and 17 successful title defenses, while Mark Andrews had the shortest reign at less than a day and zero successful title defenses. Spike Trivet is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Big Damo at PROGRESS Chapter 139: Warriors Come Out to Play on August 28, 2022, to win the title.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Nathan Cruz 25 March 2012 Chapter 1: In the Beginning Highbury, London 1 2451 Defeated Marty Scurll, El Ligero, and Mike Mason in a four-way tournament final match to become the inaugural champion. [10]
2 El Ligero 25 November 2012 Chapter 4: The Ballad of El Ligero Highbury, London 1 2453 [11]
3 Rampage Brown 28 July 2013 Chapter 8: The Big Boy's Guide to Strong Style Highbury, London 1 1192 [12]
4 Mark Andrews 24 November 2013 Chapter 10: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow Highbury, London 1 <10 Successfully cashed in his Natural Progression Series title shot.
5 Jimmy Havoc 24 November 2013 Chapter 10: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow Highbury, London 1 6099 Used the open contract given to him by Jim Smallman to make an immediate title match. [13]
6 Will Ospreay 26 July 2015 Chapter 20: ThunderBastard: Beyond ThunderBastard Camden Town, London 1 1824 Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot. [14]
7 Marty Scurll 24 January 2016 Chapter 25: Chat Shit, Get Banged Camden Town, London 1 1547 [15]
8 Pastor William Eaver 26 June 2016 Chapter 32: 5000 to 1 Camden Town, London 1 351 Successfully cashed in his Natural Progression Series title shot. [16]
9 Marty Scurll 31 July 2016 Chapter 33: Malice in Wonderland Camden Town, London 2 561 [17]
10 Mark Haskins 25 September 2016 Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again Brixton, London 1 351 This was a triple threat match also involving Tommy End. [18]
— Vacated 30 October 2016 Chapter 38: When Men Throw Men At Men Camden Town, London — —— Haskins vacated the title due to injury
11 Pete Dunne 27 November 2016 Chapter 39: The Graps of Wrath Camden Town, London 1 28711 Defeated Jimmy Havoc, Matt Riddle, Sebastian, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, and Trent Seven in a seven-way elimination match to win the vacant title. [19]
12 Travis Banks 10 September 2017 Chapter 55: Chase the Sun Haringey, London 1 31817 Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot [20]
13 Walter 25 July 2018 Chapter 74: Mid Week Matters Camden Town, London 1 41715 Unified with the Progress Atlas Championship on May 5, 2019 following Walter's win over Trent Seven. [21]
14 Eddie Dennis 15 September 2019 Chapter 95: Still Chasing Haringey, London 1 1262 Successfully cashed in his title opportunity gained by defeating Mark Andrews at Chapter 76. This was a triple threat match also involving David Starr. [22]
— Vacated January 19, 2020 — — — —— Dennis vacated the title due to a shoulder injury. [23]
15 Cara Noir 19 January 2020 Chapter 101: Dalmatians Camden Town, London 1 79117 This was a four-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov, Kyle Fletcher and Paul Robinson. [24][25]
16 Jonathan Gresham 20 March 2022 Chapter 130: Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive, Dodge London, England 1 560 This was a winner takes all match, in which Gresham defended the ROH World Championship. [26]
— Vacated 15 May 2022 Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough Camden Town, London — —– Jonathan Gresham stripped of the title due to interference by the Lykos. [27]
17 Chris Ridgeway 5 June 2022 Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16
Night 3		 Camden Town, London 1 691 Ridgeway defeated Warren Banks in the Super Strong Style 16 tournament final to win the vacant title. [9]
18 Big Damo 13 August 2022 Chapter 137: The Deadly Viper Tour - Codename: Copperhead Sheffield, England 1 152 [28]
19 Spike Trivet 28 August 2022 Chapter 139: Warriors Come Out To Play London, England 1 423+13 [29]

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Cara Noir117791
2 Jimmy Havoc19609
3 Spike Trivet †113423+
4 Walter115417
5 Travis Banks117318
6 Pete Dunne111287
7 El Ligero13245
Nathan Cruz11245
9 Marty Scurll28210
10 Will Ospreay14182
11 Eddie Dennis12126
12 Rampage Brown12119
13 Chris Ridgeway1169
14 Jonathan Gresham1056
15 Mark Haskins1135
Pastor William Eaver1135
17 Big Damo1215
18 Mark Andrews10<1

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