Progress: United Kingdom #348 - ‘Long Live The Villain’

*** The arena has a studio wrestling setup, and we start out at the announce desk with new announcer Vic Joseph and Pat McAfee to kick off the show .... They talk about how in Progress UK, the emphasis is more on the competition and the combatants fighting spirit rather than the characters, and things are settled in the ring .... ***


AT THE DESK: ....

We start the show off with the Progress Atlas & UWF Junior Heavyweight champion ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll coming out to the desk .... Scurll cuts a promo on Jushin Liger and their match at GLORY .... He says Liger hides behind a mask, but The Villain has nothing to hide .... what you see is what you get, and what he is is a belt collector and a champion .... Progress Atlas champion, UWF Junior Heavyweight Champion of the WORLD .... He is on top of the wrestling world .... Some say Liger is the greatest Junior Heavyweight in UWF history, 2nd only to Finn Balor .... Well, he is the man that beat Finn Balor. He’s the man that exiled AJ Styles from Progress and he promises to rip Ligers mask off at GLORY and expose him to the world .... He hasn’t forgotten about Cesaro, and promises to add another belt to his collection tonight .... ‘Long ... Live ... The Villain!’


Team F’N Kick (Tegan Nox ~ WALES) & (Dakota Kai ~ NEW ZEALAND) def. The Blossom Twins (Hannah & Haley) ~ (UNITED KINGDOM) .... Dakota pins Hannah after the TTYL (Go 2 Sleep) ....

VIDEO PACKAGE: .... A video package airs for EVOLUTION, a new, all-women’s touring promotion .... Evolution will hold its first 2 shows, entitled ‘Line in the Sand’, the week of Thanksgiving from the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England ....

AT THE DESK: .... Speaking of Evolution, they are joined at the desk by 2 women that will be a part of a 16 team tournament to crown the Evolution tag team champions, Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox, Team Kick!  Nox says this moment is not too big for them and they have waited a long time for this opportunity .... Kai promises they are going to win the tag team titles ....


AT THE DESK: .... As Team Kick make their exit, we are joined at the desk by Killer Kross & Scarlett Bourdeaux .... They talk about what happened on the last show where Scarlett made her debut and Kross defeated Aleister Black in a first blood match .... Kross says it’s not about Bullet Club anymore, it’s about them now .... Scarlett says she doesn’t have to be on an all-women’s show because she stands out no matter what show she is on .... Kross says this is their kingdom now, and says that they will all ‘Kneel at the Kross’ .... Donovan Dijak will ‘Kneel at the Kross’ ....

Donovan Dijak’s music hits, and he comes out for his match .... Scarlett & Kross leave, and Kross stops long enough to kick eyes with Dijak as they walk past ....


Donovan Dijak (UNITED STATES) def. Joe Coffey (SCOTLAND) .... Dijak wins a hard-hitting match as he manages to hoist Coffey on his shoulders and drill him with the ‘Feast Your Eyes’ for the pinfall  ....


LOCKER ROOM: .... Tenille Dashwood is on the search for a tag team partner because she wants to enter the Evolution tag team tournament .... She approaches Bayley, who says not ‘no’ but ‘hell no!’  She approaches Millie McKenzie and asks when the last time she was on tv .... Tenille needs a partner and she tells Millie to stick with her and she will take her to the top because she’s a star .... she will bring Millie up to her level .... Millie also says no, but Tenille snaps on her and goes off about how Millie is no one and can’t even get on TV .... Millie says she will fight her tonight and show her ....


Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) ~ (UNITED KINGDOM) def. South Wales Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) ~ (WALES) .... Very fun match that goes pretty long .... Andrews goes for ‘Fall to Pieces’ on Drake but he gets the knees up, then the Vets finish him with the Ticket to Mayhem ....

AT THE DESK: .... The Vets join the desk and they talk about week in and week out they are consistently the best tag team in this company .... Gibson is tired of being ignored, and says they are ready for ‘war’ ....


VIDEO PACKAGE: .... We see Highlights of a press conference where Johnny Saint announces the signings of international superstars HIDEO ITAMI & MEIKO SATOMURA .... They will be making their Progress debuts in the coming weeks ....


AT THE DESK: .... ‘Switchblade’ Jay White comes out to the desk .... He cuts a promo on Buddy Murphy and says he offered him a chance to be a part of their family, a part of the club and he spat in his face .... now he is going to shoot him down ....

This brings out Buddy Murphy .... Murphy says he is the main event in Progress UK, and he did it on his own without the help of a ‘club’ .... Murphy isn’t going to let White derail his march to the Atlas title .... It looks like these 2 are going to go at it at the interview desk, so security comes out to separate them .... Murphy gets in the ring and dares White to come fight him but White says he will fight him on his time .... he says he will see Murphy next week ....


Millie McKenzie (UNITED KINGDOM) def. Tenille Dashwood (AUSTRALIA) .... Dashwood thinks she’s going to roll over McKenzie, but that isn’t the case .... McKenzie takes the fight to Dashwood at first .... Dashwood takes control and works Millie over, and the fans rally behind her .... Millie catches Tenille in a moment of over confidence and rolls her up for the surprise 3 count to the surprise of everyone in the crowd!!!! ....

POST MATCH: Tenille attacks Millie and steals her moment .... the post match beat down is interrupted by Rhea Ripley, who comes out and all it takes is her getting in the ring for Tenille to high-tail it to the back .... Ripley helps Millie up, then raises her hand to a nice reaction ....


Zack Sabre Jr. (UNITED KINGDOM) def. Trevor Lee (UNITED STATES) ....This is a wrestling clinic from Sabre Jr. .... Lee gets in a little offense, but mainly gets worked and Sabre Jr. finishes him off with a cross-arm breaker for the submission ....


IN-RING:  Pat McAFee is in the ring for an interview with United Kingdom champion Jack Swagger .... Swagger comes out and lays the U.K. title in the ring and calls out WALTER .... He wants a fight, but WALTER isn’t going to get Jack Swagger, he’s going to get Jake Hager!  Hager shows off his chest, where WALTER chopped him so hard that he bled, and he calls WALTER out to the ring .... WALTER comes out, and WALTER hits the ring and we get a huge pull-apart between the 2 .... Imperium comes out and gets involved and so does Gable & Jordan and it is chaos ....


AT THE DESK: Johnny Saint comes out and tries to break up the situation .... he books Jake Hager to defend the U.K. title against WALTER on the next show ....


ATLAS TITLE MATCH: ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll (UNITED KINGDOM) def. Antonio Cesaro (SWITZERLAND) ....Hard-hitting affair here .... Cesaro comes close to winning the title after hitting Swiss Death, and he nearly gets a submission with the Sharpshooter but Scurll makes the ropes .... Scurll brings in the umbrella, but the ref takes it .... This only allows Scurll to low blow Cesaro as the ref is turned putting the umbrella away!  Small package for the 1 ... 2 ... Nooooo!  They fight up top, but Scurll hits the package DDT from the 2nd rope!  Cesaro kicks out again!!!!  Chickenwing attempt is reversed by Cesaro and he gets the Neutralizer for a 2 count on Scurll .... Swiss Death attempted again but this time Scurll catches the arm on the way down and goes into the chickenwing!!!!  Cesaro fights it but Scurll takes him to the mat and bridges like the Cattle Mutilation while still having the Chickenwing locked on!!!!  Cesaro has no choice but to tap out!!!! ....

POST MATCH: Scurll celebrates with both titles, BUT BUDDY MURPHY’S MUSIC HITS!  Murphy comes out and gets nose to nose with Scurll .... he looks at the Atlas title but Scurll just laughs .... Scurll goes to walk past him, but Murphy grabs his arm and pulls him back!  They are nose to nose but Jay White hits the ring and nails Murphy!  BLADE RUNNER LAYS OUT MURPHY!  White takes him to the floor and hits the Blade Runner on the floor!  Scurll takes his belts and walks past White, never breaking eye contact with White as he stands over the body of Murphy on the floor ....


NEXT WEEK:

Jake Hager defends the UK title against WALTER

Buddy Murphy battles ‘Switchblade’ Jay White ....