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Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship
The Progress Atlas Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. Initially, the title was destinated exclusively for wrestlers weighing over 205 pounds (the cruiserweight weight limit) in weight, but the respective rule was scrapped in time.[1]
| Progress Atlas Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Progress Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | 25 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Yoichi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | 5 April 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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Title history edit
On 27 February 2019, Progress announced that there would be a unification match between the Atlas and World championships at Super Strong Style 16 on 5 May of that year, with Walter winning and thus unifying the two titles.[2] On 21 July 2019, Progress announced that the Atlas Championship had been retired, to be replaced with the upcoming Proteus Championship. Luke Jacobs is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Jonah in a tournament final to reactivated title at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle on 18 April 2022, in Camden Town, London. Rampage Brown was the first champion after winning a tournament.
Inaugural tournament (2016) edit
The inaugural tournament of the championship was held under a two-block system with the winner of each one advancing to the finals. For the block matches, two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The tournament began at PROGRESS Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want on April 10, 2016 and ended at Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again on September 25.[3]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| T-Bone | 6 | Joe Coffey | 5 |
| Dave Mastiff | 4 | Rampage Brown | 3 |
| Big Daddy Walter | 2 | Michael Dante | 2 |
| Iestyn Rees | 0 | Damian O'Connor | 0 |
| Block A | T-Bone | Walter | Rees | Mastiff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Bone | — | T-Bone & Gibson[a] (9:56) | T-Bone (9:35) | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) |
| Walter | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | — | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | Walter (11:13) |
| Rees | T-Bone (9:35) | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | — | Mastiff (6:33) |
| Mastiff | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | Walter (11:13) | Mastiff (6:33) | — |
| Block B | Dante | O'Connor | Coffey | Brown |
| Dante | — | Dante (6:56) | Coffey (9:23) | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22)[b] |
| O'Connor | Dante (6:56) | — | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | Brown (forfeit) |
| Coffey | Coffey (9:23) | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | — | Draw (15:00) |
| Brown | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | Brown (forfeit) | Draw (15:00) | — |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| B1 | Joe Coffey | Pin | |||||||
| A2 | Dave Mastiff | 9:24 | |||||||
| B1 | Joe Coffey | 13:53 | |||||||
| B2 | Rampage Brown | Pin | |||||||
| A1 | T-Bone | 9:46 | |||||||
| B2 | Rampage Brown | Pin | |||||||
Reigns edit
There have been a total of twelve reigns shared between nine different official champions. The current champion is Yoichi who is in his first reign.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Rampage Brown | 25 September 2016 | Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again | Brixton, London | 1 | 112 | 3 | Defeated Joe Coffey in a tournament final to crown the inaugural champion. | [4][5] |
| 2 | Matt Riddle | 15 January 2017 | Chapter 42: Life, the Universe and Wrestling | Birmingham, England | 1 | 175 | 9 | [6] | |
| 3 | Walter | 9 July 2017 | Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress': | Birmingham, England | 1 | 34 | 1 | [7] | |
| 4 | Matt Riddle | 12 August 2017 | Progress: New York City | New York City, NY | 2 | 29 | 0 | [8] | |
| 5 | Walter | 10 September 2017 | Chapter 55: Chase the Sun | Haringey, London | 2 | 238 | 2 | This was a three-way match, also involving Timothy Thatcher. | [9] |
| — | Vacated | 7 May 2018 | Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London | — | — | — | Walter voluntarily vacated the title. | |
| 6 | Doug Williams | 20 May 2018 | Chapter 69: Be Here Now | Manchester, England | 1 | 133 | 2 | This was a four-way match for the vacant title, which involving Joseph Conners, Rampage Brown and Rob Lynch. | [10] |
| 7 | Trent Seven | 30 September 2018 | Chapter 76: Hello Wembley | Wembley, London | 1 | 294 | 6 | [11] | |
| 8 | Walter | 5 May 2019 | Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London | 3 | 77 | 1 | Upon Walter's victory, the title was unified with the Progress World Championship, but not deactivated. | [12] |
| — | Deactivated | 21 July 2019 | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | — | — | — | — | PROGRESS declared the championship retired, to be replaced with the Proteus Championship. | [13] |
| 9 | Luke Jacobs | 18 April 2022 | Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle | Camden Town, London | 1 | 160 | 5 | Defeated Jonah in a tournament final to win the reactivated championship. | [14] |
| 10 | Big Damo | 25 September 2022 | Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour | Birmingham, England | 1 | 154 | 3 | [15] | |
| 11 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 26 February 2023 | Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around | London, England | 1 | 404 | 6 | [16] | |
| 12 | Yoichi | 5 April 2024 | Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 5+ | 0 | [17] | |
Combined reigns edit
As of April 10, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 1 | 6 | 404 |
| 2 | Walter | 3 | 4 | 349 |
| 3 | Trent Seven | 1 | 6 | 217 |
| 4 | Matt Riddle | 2 | 9 | 204 |
| 5 | Luke Jacobs | 1 | 5 | 160 |
| 6 | Big Damo | 1 | 3 | 154 |
| 7 | Doug Williams | 1 | 2 | 132 |
| 8 | Rampage Brown | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| 9 | Yoichi † | 1 | 0 | 5+ |
Notes edit
- ^ This was a tie-breaker tag team match in which Gibson replaced Mastiff.
- ^ This was a tie-breaker tag team match in which Mikey Whiplash replaced Dante.
References edit
- ^ WrestlingTitles (13 March 2021). "PROGRESS Atlas Title (Great Britain)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ Wrestling, PROGRESS (27 February 2019). "The biggest match in PROGRESS history takes place on Sunday 5th May, when World Champion @walteraut faces Atlas Champion @trentseven in a TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH. This huge clash goes down as part of #SSS16 at @yourallypally!".
- ^ Furious, Arnold (21 April 2016). "PROGRESS: CHAPTER 28 "PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME GET WHAT I WANT" REVIEW"". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 September 2016). "PROGRESS Atlas Title Round Robin Tournament (2016)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 September 2016). "PROGRESS Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Room ... Again - Event @ O2 Academy Brixton in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 January 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 42: Life, The Universe & Wrestling - Event @ O2 Academy in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (9 July 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 51: Screaming For PROGRESS - Event @ O2 Academy in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (12 August 2017). "PROGRESS New York City - Event @ Elmcor Center in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (10 September 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 55: Chase The Sun - Event @ Alexandra Palace in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (30 September 2018). "PROGRESS Chapter 76: Hello Wembley! - Event @ The SSE Arena Wembley in Wembley, Greater London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (5 May 2019). "PROGRESS Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2019 - Night 2 - Event @ Alexandra Palace in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "A landscape-changing announcement for Alexandra Palace..." PROGRESS Wrestling on YouTube. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (18 April 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle - TV-Show @ The Dome in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (25 September 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 142 Results: The Deadly Viper Tour ~ Codename: California Mountain Shake – Birmingham, England (9/25)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (26 February 2023). "PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 150 Results: Atlas Championship Changes Hands, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (5 April 2024). "PROGRESS Chapter 166 Results (4/5): New Champions Crowned". fightful.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
External links edit
- Progress Atlas Title History at Cagematch.net