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Progress Wrestling
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen Joseph). The company is now co-owned by Lee McAteer, Martyn Best, and Matthew Buczek. History Progress was conceived by Jim Smallman and Jon Briley in 2011, who were both wrestling fans. Smallman is a fan of "strong style" wrestling, Japanese in particular, and Briley was Smallman's agent. In 2015, Progress appeared for five nights at Download Festival. In December of that year, they began running regular shows at The Ritz in Manchester. On 30 September 2018, Progress Wrestling held "Hello Wembley" at the Wembley Arena. Billed by the promotion as the largest independent wrestling show in England for 30 years, the event drew 4,750 people; making it the most attended event in Progress Wrestling history. In 2016, the company began worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship
The Progress Atlas Championship is a professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship, championship created and promoted by the United Kingdom, British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. Initially, the title was designated exclusively for wrestlers weighing over 205 pounds (the cruiserweight weight limit) in weight, but the respective rule was scrapped in time. Title history 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. 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 (wrestler), Jonah in a List of Progress Wrestling tournaments#PROGRESS Atlas Championship Tournament (2022), tournament final to reactivated title at Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Andrews (wrestler)
Mark Andrews (born 25 January 1992) is a Welsh professional wrestler and musician, currently performing on the British independent scene and for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro), where he and stablemate Flash Morgan Webster are former Undisputed British Tag Team Champions. He previously wrestled for WWE, where he and Webster were the first Welsh Champions in WWE history during their reign as NXT UK Tag Team Champions. He had a previous stint in Impact Wrestling - then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) - in the mid 2010s under the ring name Mandrews. As a musician, Andrews is the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the pop punk band Junior. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006–2016, 2022–present) Andrews started training at the age of 13, upon discovery of the NWA Wales training school in Newport. As well as training there under Edd Ferris, Andrews would travel to Kent three times a year to attend NWA UK Hammerlock's training camps, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil On My Shoulder
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Lykos
Ethan Beach (born 22 March 1997) – better known by his ring name Kid Lykos – is an English professional wrestler, who currently performs on the British independent circuit. Professional wrestling career European independent scene (2012–present) Beach made his professional wrestling debut in Coventry Pro Wrestling at a house show entitled ''CPW TheOne'' promoted on 9 November 2012, where he went into a double count-out against Sky Blue Sam. He is known for his tenures with various promotions from the European independent scene with which he has shared brief or longer stints such as Attack! Pro Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Over the Top Wrestling, Defiant Wrestling and many others. Progress Wrestling (2017–present) One of the promotions in which Beach is best known for working is Progress Wrestling. He made his debut in the company at ''PROGRESS Chapter 50: I Give It Six Months'' on 25 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, England
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jacobs
Luke Jacobs (born August 21, 2000) is an English professional wrestler working for the British promotions Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Progress Wrestling. In RevPro, he is a former Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, and a former Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion; and in Progress, a former Progress Atlas Champion and the current PROGRESS World Champion. Early life Jacobs was born on August 21, 2000 in Manchester England. He attended the Middleton Technology School and later Hopwood Hall College. At age 15, Jacobs began training at the FutureShock Wrestling Performance Centre under the instructions of James Drake and Zack Gibson. Professional wrestling career British independent scene (2018–present) Jacobs is known for competing in various of the British independent scene. At Royal Quest II, an event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling on British territory on October 2, 2022, Jacobs teamed up with Ethan Allen in a losing effort against '' Los Ingo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PROGRESS World Championship
The Progress World Championship is a professional wrestling World championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. The current champion is Luke Jacobs, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Kid Lykos at '' Progress Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder'' in London, England on July 28, 2024. History Inaugural tournament (2012) 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 and Ireland on 16 July 2016. On 5 May 2019, the World Championship and Atlas Championship were unified by Walter, defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video-on-demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typical static broadcasting schedule, which was popular under traditional broadcast programming, instead involving newer modes of content consumption that have risen as Internet and IPTV technologies have become prominent, and culminated in the arrival of VOD and over-the-top (OTT) media services on televisions and personal computers. Television VOD systems can stream content, either through a traditional set-top box or through remote devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. VOD users may also permanently download content to a device such as a computer, digital video recorder (DVR) or, a portable media player for continued viewing. The majority of cable and telephone company–based television providers offer VOD streaming, whereby a user selects a vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four Weekly'' website in 2008, becoming ''Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online''. The newsletter is often considered the first "dirt sheet", which is a wrestling publication covering the art from a real-life perspective. History The beginnings of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' date back to 1980, when Meltzer began an List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, annual poll amongst those with whom he corresponded regarding professional wrestling. According to Meltzer, he was just a fan at first. A short time later, he began maintaining a tape-trading list, and would occasionally send match results and news updates along with tape updates. Meltzer stated that he wanted to keep his friends in college "in the loop" for his tape trading as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
