Unboxing PROGRESS Wrestling is one of the most unpredictable nights of wrestling in Europe, but what exactly is it? Let us take you on a trip under the learning tree…
PROGRESS Wrestling was created in 2012 and played a huge part in the boom of British wrestling on these shores, with a rabid fanbase forming for the first promotion to properly run London for years. It was a bold tactic, but it paid off as fans were soon travelling to London from other parts of the UK and even abroad for the shows at The Garage or the Electric Ballroom.
A big part of the reason for the success was the incredible talent that the UK was bringing through in the early years of PROGRESS Wrestling from Will Ospreay, to Mark Haskins to Mark Andrews and Noam Dar. Once the world started to sit up and take notice, import wrestlers became a familiar thing and worlds collided to make an unbelievable talent pool at PROGRESS’ disposal.
During the boom, it was decided that something fresh and annual was needed and in 2016, the owners came up with Unboxing Progress Wrestling. A show inspired by PWG’s Mystery Vortex shows where no matches are announced ahead of time and fans buy a ticket without knowing the card, to be surprised in each and every match adding an air of excitement and unpredictability.
This year PROGRESS Wrestling is breaking the norm with Simon Miller using his influence to announce his street fight with Tate Mayfairs exactly a year after he was cheated out of a victory by his nemesis at Chapter 147. Rules are sometimes meant to broken…
Chapter 41: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing Live!
In the first ever PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing show, Pete Dunne defended his Men’s PROGRESS Championship against Fabian Aichner in a match featuring two current WWE Superstars, whilst current AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm wrestled Kay Lee Ray (WWE’s Alba Fyre).
Chapter 60: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing Live 2 – Unbox Harder!
In the second ever PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing show, Pete Dunne defended his NXT UK Championship and a crazed eight man elimination tag match kicked off the show featuring a blow-up doll version of Kid Lykos which was eliminated by Mark Davis of Aussie Open fame.
Chapter 82: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing Live 3 – A Dukla Prague Away Kit
In the third PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing show, we saw two title changes as Jordynne Grace beat Jinny to become the Women’s PROGRESS Champion and the Swords of Essex tag team of Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson beat Aussie Open to become the PROGRESS Tag Team Champions. Plus in the main event Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne had a rematch from their classic in Chicago.
Chapter 100: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing 4 – A New Hope
In the fourth PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing show, Ilja Dragunov faced Kyle Fletcher in a one time only matchup that has never been seen since and the O.J.M.O Michael Oku had his shot to win the Men’s PROGRESS World Championship against Eddie Dennis.
Chapter 147: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing 5 – Deal Or No Deal
Last year was main evented by new PROGRESS vs Old PROGRESS as Sunshine Machine defended their PROGRESS Tag Team Titles against the first time ever champions of FSU, Eddie Dennis and Mark Andrews. The passing of the torch was symbolic as the old shield Tag Championships were handed to the newly crowned winners.
Chapter 161: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing VI… And A Movie
This year we have gone against the grain and announced one match ahead of time. The hatred that Simon Miller and Tate Mayfairs is so much so that Miller knocked Mayfairs out at the last chapter with his foe’s own brass knucks and told him exactly where he will be on Sunday December 30th…. at the Electric Ballroom for a street fight!
You can see all five previous PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing shows by subscribing to DEMAND PROGRESS PLUS.
There is just days weeks left to buy your PROGRESS Wrestling tickets for Chapter 161: PROGRESS Wrestling Unboxing VI… And A Movie in Camden. Head to the DICE app to see what looks to be one of the strongest cards of the year live and in person.
