PROGRESS Wrestling recently held their Chapter 85 event from the O2 Academy in Bournemouth. The show took place on March 9th and the full results are as follows:

  • Super Strong Style 16 Qualifying Match – DJ Z b. Angelico – DJ Z took the win against former Lucha Underground star Angelico to advance to the Super Strong Style 16 tournament later this year
  • PROGRESS Atlas Champion Trent Seven b. Ligero – Seven was originally scheduled to take on Jody Fleisch however fellow NXT UK Superstar Ligero was drafted in at the last second due to a family emergency
  • Women’s Championship Qualifying Match – Millie McKenzie b. Session Moth Martina – Former NXT UK Superstar McKenzie took the win to advance to the Women’s Championship match on Super Strong Style 16 weekend
  • Super Strong Style 16 Qualifying Match – Jordan Devlin b. Austin Theory – Devlin took the win to advance to the Super Strong Style 16 tournament later this year
  • Travis Banks b. El Phantasmo
  • The 198 (“Flash” Morgan Webster & Wild Boar) b. The Anti-Fun Police (Chief Deputy Dunne & Los Federales Santos Jr)
  • Do Not Resuscitate (Chuck Mambo, William Eaver & Spike Trivet) b. Jimmy Havoc, Mark Haskins & Eddie Dennis (w/ Vicky Haskins)

AEW Star Jimmy Havoc recently made his return to the company. The former PROGRESS Champion appeared following the Mark Haskins vs Do Not Resuscitate bout to help his former tag team partner Mark Haskins.

One of the bigger stories of the night saw Austin Theory debut for the company. The working relationship between WWE and Theory’s home base EVOLVE has long been publicised. WWE’s ties to PROGRESS are also now more in the limelight than ever before, with PROGRESS co-owner Jim Smallman apparently being groomed to run the NXT UK territory. Austin Theory heading over to the UK might well be an opportunity to get him working with NXT UK Superstars and get more seasoning before moving up to NXT in either North American or the United Kingdom.