Progress Wrestling World Women's Championship

The Progress World Women's Championship is a women's world professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. It was announced on 24 April 2016, that Natural Progression Series IV would crown the first Progress Worlds Women's Champion. The tournament got underway in October 2016, with the champion to be crowned during the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 weekend from 27 May 2017 to 29 May 2017. At the conclusion of the tournament at day two of the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2016 weekend, Toni Storm was crowned the first Progress Women's Champion. As of April 12, 2024, there have been a total of nine reigns shared between seven different champions. The current title holder is Rhio who is in her first reign.^[2]

Progress World Women's Championship^[1]
Current title design
Details
Promotion	Progress Wrestling
Date established	28 May 2017
Current champion(s)	Rhio
Date won	22 October 2023
Other name(s)
Progress Women's Championship
Statistics First champion(s) Toni Storm Most reigns Jinny and Kanji (2 reigns) Longest reign Jinny (482 days) Shortest reign Meiko Satomura (91 days) Oldest champion Meiko Satomura (39 years, 302 days) Youngest champion Toni Storm (21 years, 221 days) Heaviest champion Jordynne Grace (150 lbs) Lightest champion Jinny (128 lbs)

Title history

Natural Progression Series IV Tournament

	Semi Final Chapter 45: Galvanize (19 March)^[3] Chapter 46: I Like To Chill Out Here And Shoot Some Dinosaurs (26 March)^[4] Chapter 47: Complicated Simplicity (24 April)^[5]					Final Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament - Night 2 (28 May)^[6]
	Nixon Newell		7:39
	Jinny		Pin
						Jinny
	Toni Storm		Pin
						Toni Storm		Pin
	Dahlia Black		6:52
						Laura Di Matteo
	Alex Windsor
	Laura Di Matteo		Pin

Reigns

Key

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	Toni Storm	28 May 2017	Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16	Camden Town, London	1	357	14	Defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in three-way match in tournament final to become the inaugural champion.	^[7]^[8]
2	Jinny	20 May 2018	Chapter 69: Be Here Now	Manchester, England	1	224	6		^[9]
3	Jordynne Grace	30 December 2018	Chapter 82: Unboxing Live, A Dukla Prague Away Kit	Camden Town, London, England	1	259	9		^[10]
4	Meiko Satomura	15 September 2019	Chapter 95: Still Chasing	Haringey, London, England	1	91	1		^[11]
5	Jinny	15 December 2019	Chapter 99: With a Flake, Please	Sheffield, England	2	482	2		^[12]
—	Vacated	10 April 2021	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated after Jinny was unable to commit to future dates, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
6	Kanji	8 May 2021	Chapter 111: One Leg in the Air	Sheffield, England	1	84	3	Kanji defeated Gisele Shaw in a Two out of Three falls match series of matches with 2-1 in total.	^[13]
—	Vacated	14 August 2021	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated after Kanji sustained an arm injury that would require surgery.
7	Gisele Shaw	14 August 2021	Chapter 117: Making Diamonds	Sheffield, England	1	295	7	Defeated Alexxis Falcon and Mercedez Blaze in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant title.	^[14]
8	Kanji	5 June 2022	Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2022	London, England	2	175	7	This was a best two-out-of-three falls match.	^[15]
9	Lana Austin	27 November 2022	Chapter 146: They Think It's All Over...	London, England	1	329	7		^[16]
10	Rhio	22 October 2023	Chapter 158: The Long Halloween	London, England	1	173+	7		^[17]

Combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Jinny	2	8	706
2	Toni Storm	1	14	357
3	Lana Austin	1	7	329
4	Gisele Shaw	1	7	295
5	Kanji	2	10	259
	Jordynne Grace	1	9	259
7	Rhio †	1	7	173+
8	Meiko Satomura	1	1	91

References

1. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Progress World Women's Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. WrestlingTitles (13 March 2021). "PROGRESS Women's Title (Great Britain)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
3. Kreikenbohm, Philip (19 March 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 45: Galvanize - Event @ The Ritz in Manchester, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
4. Kreikenbohm, Philip (26 March 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 46: I Like To Chill Out Here And Shoot Some Dinosaurs - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
5. Kreikenbohm, Philip (24 April 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 47: Complicated Simplicity - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
6. Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 - Tag 2 - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
7. Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "Natural Progression Series IV". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
8. Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 May 2017). "PROGRESS Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 - Tag 2 - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
9. 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.
10. Kreikenbohm, Philip (30 December 2018). "PROGRESS Chapter 82: Unboxing Live! 3 - A Dukla Prague Away Kit - Event @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
11. Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 September 2019). "PROGRESS Chapter 95: Still Chasing - Event @ Alexandra Palace in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
12. Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 December 2019). "PROGRESS Chapter 99: With A Flake, Please - Event @ O2 Academy Sheffield in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
13. Kreikenbohm, Philip (22 May 2021). "PROGRESS Chapter 111: One Leg In The Air - TV-Show @ Theatre Peckham in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
14. Kreikenbohm, Philip (14 August 2021). "PROGRESS Chapter 117: Making Diamonds - TV-Show @ Theatre Peckham in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
15. Kreikenbohm, Philip (5 June 2022). "PROGRESS Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2022 - Tag 3 - TV-Show @ Electric Ballroom in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
16. Lee, Joseph (28 November 2022). "PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 146 Results: Sanity Reunites". 411mania.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
17. Tarrier, Lee (23 October 2023). "Top Takeaways And Results From PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 158: The Long Halloween (10/22/2023)". pwimania.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

External links

• Progress Women's Title History at Cagematch.net