The Progress Men's World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. The current champion is Cara Noir, who is in his record-setting third reign. He won the title by defeating Malakai Black at Chapter 198: When September Ends on 27 September 2026.
History
The Progress Championship was created on 25 March 2012. On that date, Nathan Cruz was crowned as the inaugural champion after coming out victorious in the four-way final in the inaugural championship tournament against Marty Scurll, El Ligero, and Mike Mason at Chapter One: In The Beginning.
Unlike most wrestling championships which are conventionally represented by a championship belt, the Progress Championship was originally represented by a large staff with an eagle head piece. At Chapter 16 on 30 November 2014, the staff was replaced by a traditional title belt. The title has been defended in the United States at the WrestleCon Supershow in Dallas, Texas, and subsequently defended in Italy on 30 April and Ireland on 16 July in 2016. On 5 May 2019, the Progress World Championship and the Progress Atlas Championship were unified by Walter after defeating Trent Seven. The title was henceforth known as the Progress Unified World Championship.
Inaugural PROGRESS Championship Tournament (2012)
Title history
Overall, there have been 25 reigns among 19 champions and three vacancies. Nathan Cruz was the inaugural and is also the youngest champion, winning the title at 21 years. Cara Noir holds the record for most reigns with three. Noir had the longest reign at 791 days and 17 successful title defences, while Mark Andrews had the shortest reign at less than a day and zero successful title defences. Noir is the oldest champion at 39 years, while Nathan Cruz is the youngest champion at 21 years and 197 days.
Cara Noir is the current champion in his record-setting third reign. He won the title by defeating Malakai Black at Chapter 198: When September Ends on 27 September 2026, in Camden, London, England.
Combined reigns As of October 6, .
†Indicates the current champion RankWrestler No. ofreigns Combineddefenses Combined days1 † 3 19 +2 1 9 6093 1 17 5464 1 15 4175 1 13 3936 1 17 3187 1 11 2878 1 15 2519 1 3 245 1 1 24511 2 8 21012 1 4 18213 1 3 15414 1 2 12615 1 2 11916 1 1 6917 1 0 5618 1 1 35 1 1 3520 1 0 2121 1 2 1522 1 0 <1
References
External links Progress World Title History on Cagematch