Progress Wrestling Unified World Championship

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Progress Unified World Championship
Will Ospreay after winning the PROGRESS Championship.jpg
Will Ospreay with the current belt design in July 2015
Details
Date establishedMarch 25, 2012[1]
Current champion(s)Cara Noir
Date wonJanuary 19, 2020
Other name(s)
Progress Championship
Progress World Championship

The Progress Unified World Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling.[2] 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. At Chapter 16, 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]

Title history[]

There have been a total of fifteen reigns and two vacancies shared between fourteen distinctive champions. The current title holder is Cara Noir who is in his first reign. He won the championship at Chapter 101: Dalmatians after defeating Ilja Dragunov, Kyle Fletcher and Paul Robinson in a four-way match for the vacant 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 Days Defenses
1 Nathan Cruz 25 March 2012 Chapter 1: In the Beginning Highbury, London 1 245 1 Defeated Marty Scurll, El Ligero, and Mike Mason in a four-way tournament final match to become the inaugural champion. [6]
2 El Ligero 25 November 2012 Chapter 4: The Ballad of El Ligero Highbury, London 1 245 3 [7]
3 Rampage Brown 28 July 2013 Chapter 8: The Big Boy's Guide to Strong Style Highbury, London 1 119 2 [8]
4 Mark Andrews 24 November 2013 Chapter 10: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow Highbury, London 1 <1 0 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 1 609 9 Used the open contract given to him by Jim Smallman to make an immediate title match. [9]
6 Will Ospreay 26 July 2015 Chapter 20: ThunderBastard: Beyond ThunderBastard Camden Town, London 1 182 4 Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot [10]
7 Marty Scurll 24 January 2016 Chapter 25: Chat Shit, Get Banged Camden Town, London 1 154 7 [11]
8 Pastor William Eaver 26 June 2016 Chapter 32: 5000 to 1 Camden Town, London 1 35 1 Successfully cashed in his Natural Progression Series title shot. [12]
9 Marty Scurll 31 July 2016 Chapter 33: Malice in Wonderland Camden Town, London 2 56 1 [13]
10 Mark Haskins 25 September 2016 Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again Brixton, London 1 35 1 This was a triple threat match also involving Tommy End. [14]
— 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 1 287 11 Defeated Jimmy Havoc, Matt Riddle, Sebastian, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, and Trent Seven in a seven-way elimination match to win the vacant title. [15]
12 Travis Banks 10 September 2017 Chapter 55: Chase the Sun Haringey, London 1 318 17 Successfully cashed in his Super Strong Style 16 title shot [16]
13 Walter 25 July 2018 Chapter 74: Mid Week Matters Camden Town, London 1 417 15 Unified with the Progress Atlas Championship on May 5, 2019 following Walter's win over Trent Seven. [17]
14 Eddie Dennis 15 September 2019 Chapter 95: Still Chasing Haringey, London 1 126 2 Successfully cashed in his title opportunity gained by defeating Mark Andrews at Chapter 76. This was a triple threat match also involving David Starr. [18]
— Vacated January 19, 2020 — — — — — Dennis vacated the title due to a shoulder injury. [19]
15 Cara Noir 19 January 2020 Chapter 101: Dalmatians Camden Town, London 1 606+ 11 This was a four-way match also involving Ilja Dragunov, Kyle Fletcher and Paul Robinson. [20][21]

Combined reigns[]

Inaugural champion, Nathan Cruz shown here with a Progress Wrestling crest logo scepter.

As of September 16, 2021.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Jimmy Havoc 1 9 609
2 Cara Noir † 1 11 606+
3 Walter 1 15 417
4 Travis Banks 1 17 318
5 Pete Dunne 1 11 287
6 El Ligero 1 3 245
Nathan Cruz 1 1 245
8 Marty Scurll 2 8 210
9 Will Ospreay 1 4 182
10 Eddie Dennis 1 2 126
11 Rampage Brown 1 2 119
13 Mark Haskins 1 1 35
Pastor William Eaver 1 1 35
14 Mark Andrews 1 0 <1

References[]

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  18. ^ PWPonderings Independent Wrestling News, Analysis, and Results (September 16, 2019). "PROGRESS 09/15/19 Chapter 95: Still Chasing Results". pwponderings.com. Retrieved March 18, 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  20. ^ TWMWrestling (January 22, 2020). "PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 101 'Dalmatians' Review". twm.news. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  21. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (January 20, 2020). "PROGRESS Chapter 101 Results (1/19): Cara Noir Wins PROGRESS Unified World Title". fightful.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

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