Chris Brookes Announced for PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16

PROGRESS Wrestling has revealed the newest name for their Super Strong Style 16 tournament later this year. The annual tournament is held over 3 days and features some of the best independent (and sometimes WWE) talent across the globe. The World Famous Alexandra Palace in London, England will be hosting the 3 shows once again.

CCK stable leader Chris Brookes will be entering the tournament. Brookes is one of the biggest independent stars on the UK scene right now. The ‘Calamari Catch King’ recently took part in the wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament. Brookes was also due to appear at the PWG BOLA tournament last year but was removed due to injury.

NXT UK Superstar Travis Banks will also be taking part in this year’s tournament. The ‘Kiwi Buzzsaw’ actually appeared during the Wembley Arena event last year and confirmed his participation. Banks was the PROGRESS World Champion back in 2018. The South Pacific Power Trip member held the title for a year plus before finally losing to WALTER.

PROGRESS has also confirmed that Ilja Dragunov will also be part of the tournament. The former wXw Unified World Champion has been heavily linked with WWE over the past few months.

Last year’s event was won by Zack Sabre Jr, who unfortunately could not challenge for the PROGRESS Championship at Wembley as initially expected. ZSJ was booked in a New Japan event in the United States, this wasn’t announced until after PROGRESS had confirmed their Wembley main event. Will Ospreay was also removed from the Wembley Arena event, he was expected to face Jimmy Havoc.