Rayne Leverkusen vs Session Moth Martina
Rayne Leverkusen is “over the moon” after retaining her PROGRESS Women’s World Championship belt at Chapter 186: Noisy Neighbours!
Wrestling in Manchester for the first time in three years to defend her title, Leverkusen overcame Session Moth Martina to remain as PROGRESS Women’s World Champion.
Having initially secured her PROGRESS Women’s World Championship crown at Chapter 185: Jump The Line under the lights of Camden’s iconic Electric Ballroom by defeating Rhio in October 2025, Leverkusen put her title on the line in the North-West.
Following on from her victory, The Maiden of Metal shared her delight after delivering in front of the packed PROGRESS crowd.
Leverkusen told progresswrestling.com: “It’s awesome. I felt quite nervous with my first title defence but I’m very happy, so I’m going to go into my next one feeling a hell of a lot more confident, so I’m over the moon.
“I haven’t wrestled in Manchester for three years so that was cool. The PROGRESS fans were so supportive after my match and it was one of my favourite moments of my whole wrestling career, so I was very happy to be back in front of them in Manchester.”
Londoner Leverkusen now wants to dominate the PROGRESS Wrestling and wider British independent wrestling scene.
She continued: “I want to keep dominating the British scene, I want to dominate the PROGRESS wrestling scene and prove to everyone in PROGRESS and the indies that no-one can kill the metal!”
Rayne went onto praise the brilliant support of the PROGRESS fans during Sunday’s show at the O2 Ritz, and she has a message for her competitors.
Leverkusen added: “For the PROGRESS fans, you guys are the best, when I won that belt that was one of my favourite moments of my whole career, that’s purely because of all the fans, so thank you for being such wicked, dedicated fans, you guys are awesome.
“To my competitors, you guys have got to watch out because the metal is here, the beast of the East End is here in PROGRESS with the Women’s title, and you can’t kill the metal.”
Rayne will now take on Emersyn Jayne at Vendetta 3, who has been a trailblazer across the indies and in particular at TNT Extreme Wrestling and GCW. Will her Rayne continue or will Emersyn become the new PROGRESS Wrestling Women’s World Champion?
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Ben Reardon for PROGRESS Wrestling and in association with our partners Camp New York and WrestleTours.
