Six months on from their debut, PROGRESS moved onto their third show back at the Garage in Islington, as the story involving the babyface but conflicted El Ligero PROGRESSed (sorry!)
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Our latest #BACKFILL review looks at a show from over thirteen years ago, as we recap Insurrextion 2003. Held in June, this was one of the two annual UK-only pay-per-views that WWE used to run, back before they replaced it with bi-annual Raw and SmackDown tapings.
Three months after their debut, PROGRESS returned to The Garage in Islington, London for their second event, entitled “The March of PROGRESS”. Featuring an increased roster of 18 wrestlers (only four of which appeared on the first show), show two headlined with a best-of-three falls title match between Nathan Cruz and Marty Scurll, and also had the PROGRESS debut of a 19-year-old Will Ospreay.
Well, since we’re up to date (as best we can be) with PROGRESS events, it’s time to set the time machine back a little further, all the way back to March 2012, for Chapter 1.
It’s incredible that PROGRESS – almost exclusively based out of London – have lasted for four years, but it’s a testament to what a well-run promotion can do if they don’t seek to annoy fans and other promotions. Chapter 27 – The Lost Art of Suffering – was their fourth-anniversary show, headlined by the third-ever Thunderbastard match, a nine-man affair for Marty Scurll’s title.
We’re back to Manchester for our latest instalment of #BACKFILL, with PROGRESS’ first show “up north” in 2016. It’s perhaps the weirdest way for a non-wrestling fan to spend a Valentine’s Day – it’s Chapter 26: Unknown Pleasures.
PROGRESS opened up 2016 with a return to Camden, and a show headlined by champion Will Ospreay defending against the “Villain” Marty Scurll, in a card named after what many were hoping would happen to Scurll – “Chat Shit, Get Banged”
For our latest #BACKFILL offering, we go back to the end of 2015, with PROGRESS’ final show of the year, with their debut offerings in Manchester. It’s Chapter 24: Hit The North!