STRONG STYLE
/strôNG/ /stīl/
1. ‘... A style of wrestling evolved from Japanese Puroresu (プロレス) and traditional British Catch wrestling that incorporates full contact martial arts kicks and strikes with a strong emphasis placed on submission wrestling ...’
Progress Atlas Champion: FINN BALOR
United Kingdom Champion: United States Champion:
WALTER ‘The Machine’ BRIAN CAGE
Progress Tag Team Champions: WAR MACHINE (HANSON & ROWE)
LOCATION: Bethnal Green, London, England
ARENA: York Hall
ANNOUNCERS: Vic Joseph & Pat McAfee
*** 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 .... ***Coming out of ENDGAME we have new champions crowned, including WALTER winning a hard-hitting 3 way to capture the United Kingdom Champion .... After battling ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll to a 30 minute time limit draw and failing to win the UWF Junior Heavyweight title, Finn Balor unleashed his inner demon and defeated Scurll in the main event to capture the Progress Atlas title ....**** INTRODUCTION ****
Imperium arrives .... WALTER is the UK champion now, but they lost War Games .... That cannot be overlooked .... Barthel has his hands bandaged because of the finger breaks from Dunne .... WALTER says that they do not tolerate weakness in Imperium .... Barthel accepts his punishment and WALTER lays him out with a big boot and then powerbombs the fuck out of him .... Barthel is unconscious, but WALTER refuses to let the trainers check on him .... WALTER instructs Aichner to pick Barthel up and he leaves while Aichner helps Barthel to the locker room ....
Killer Kross w/ Scarlett Bourdeaux (UNITED STATES) def. Antonio Cesaro (SWITZERLAND) in a great match .... this was set up on the last show when Kross attacked both Cesaro and Jordan Devlin following their match .... here it takes 2 Doomsday Saito suplexes to put Cesaro away .... POST MATCH: Kross and Scarlett make out, but Jordan Devlin arrives to attack Kross .... Kross is knocked outside, and when he tries to get back in the ring Devlin hits a basement dropkick .... Devlin challenges Kross to fight him tonight ....
Grizzled Young Veterans ~ Zack Gibson & James Drake (UNITED KINGDOM) def. South Wales Subculture ~ Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster (WALES) with the Ticket to Mayhem .... ‘Switchblade’ Jay White is at the desk to cut a promo .... he doesn’t have very nice things to say about either Jordan Devlin OR Killer Kross .... he says they didn’t have his back at Endgame, and he is their leader .... they are Bullet Club!
Jonah Rock comes out .... he’s tired of waiting in the back for his opportunity, and instead he is going to make one .... He’s the leader of ‘Australian Strong Style’ .... White laughs and says that Rock is just like Buddy Murphy .... White paved the way for Australian wrestlers so Rock owes him a ‘thank you’ that he’s even here .... Rock says he’s looking for a fight and tells White to meet him in the ring so he can get his thank you ....
’Switchblade’ Jay White (AUSTRALIA) def. Jonah Rock (AUSTRALIA) .... Rock looks really good here, dominating White for a
Good part of the match .... White has to resort to a ref bump, followed by a low blow to stop Rocks rampage .... he finishes him with the Blade Runner but White shows the signs that he was in a fight here .... Bea Priestley (UNITED KINGDOM) def. Dakota Kai (AUSTRALIA) w/ Tegan Nox via submission ... Jazzy Gabbert comes out of the crowd and attacks Nox at ringside, which distracts Kai and allows Priestley to hit the mushroom stomp followed by the dragon sleeper for the submission .... POST MATCH: Priestley & Gabbert admire their handiwork and leave together ....
Drew McIntyre comes out and says he stood face to face with WALTER like a man at Endgame .... Everyone wants to stake their claim, but Drew McIntyre is here to say he is the man that will end WALTER’s UK title reign before it even gets started .... McIntyre is in action next ....
Drew McIntyre (SCOTLAND) def. Alexander Wolfe (GERMANY) with the Claymore kick in a real hard-fought match .... WALTER’S music hits and he comes out to stare down McIntyre .... McIntyre wants him in the ring, but WALTER declines and leaves ....
A video package announces on next weeks Progress: USA show will be an all-women’s show .... On that show we will crown a new Women’s Internet champion .... Killer Kross w/ Scarlett Bourdeaux (UNITED STATES) def. ‘Irish Ace’ Jordan Devlin (IRELAND) via submission with the Kross Jacket Choke .... This was a great, hard-hitting battle, with Kross picking Devlin apart for most of it .... Devlin dug deep and overcame, matching Kross’ sadistic nature .... in the end Kross was too much for Devlin after the Doomsday Saito on the apron, followed by the Kross Jacket for the choke-out ....Kross and Bourdeaux celebrate, but ‘Switchblade’ Jay White comes out and gets nose to nose with Kross .... White wants to know why he wasn’t there .... Kross says he has transcended beyond his little group, and he throws down the Bullet Club t-shirt .... White slaps him, and Kross grabs him by the throat! Devlin is back up and attacks Kross, but Kross with the Saito! White takes advantage and grabs Kross for the Blade Runner, but Scarlett grabs his hair .... Kross attacks White and they brawl outside the ring, but Devlin is back up and dives off the stage onto the crowd and everyone spills onto the floor as Bullet Club UK continues to implode ....
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The show ends with new Atlas champion Finn Balor making his entrance to a huge pop .... Balor talks about being the first 2-time Atlas champion, but he is cut off as ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll comes out .... Scurll says Balor won because Johnny Saint made him wrestle 2 times in one night .... he tore the house down both times .... Scurll says Balor is on borrowed time because Scurll will get a one on one rematch .... Buddy Murphy comes out .... he is the star that makes this company run, and he wants his title shot as well .... he is the walking, talking, living, breathing main event ....
They are cut off by the arrival of British Strong Style .... Dunne says they proved in WAR GAMES that they still run British pro wrestling .... Dunne is setting his sights on the Atlas title as well .... Dunne challenges the 3 of them to fight British Strong Style on the next show!
