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: AJ STYLES
United Kingdom Champion: United States Champion:
Pete Dunne LOW KI
Progress Tag Team Champions: RODERICK STRONG & KYLE O’REILLEY
LOCATION: Bethnal Green, London, England
ARENA: York Hall
ANNOUNCERS: Matt Striker & Pat McAfee
NOTE: *** We get the disclaimer about how in Progress UK, we settles things in the ring .... The emphasis is more on the competition and the combatants fighting spirit than the characters .... ******* RECAP ****
We see highlights of Progress TAKEOVER: Atlanta, including Mustache Mountain winning a battle royal to earn a shot at the tag team titles on tonight’s show and Marty Scurll defeating Juice Robinson after the surprising return of Adrian Neville ....
Then on to the UWF 10th Anniversary show, where the shocking arrival of ‘Switchblade’ Jay White robbed Drew McIntyre of becoming the UWF world champion in his match against Adam Cole .... * * * * OPENING SEGMENT * * * *
Pat McAfee is in the ring and he introduces UWF World Heavyweight Champion Adam Cole! Cole comes out and is all smiles .... ADAM
COLE BAY BAY!!!! He asks who is ready for ‘Story time with Adam Cole Bay Bay?’ Cole says he’s here tonight and this is the last time these people will see him because he’s not coming back to this stinking country .... He talks about how he beat Drew McIntyre all by himself at the 10th Anniversary show because Drew is not on his level .... McAfee is quick to call him out on his bullshit and says we all saw that the only reason he is still champion is because of Jay White ....
THE LIGHTS GO OUT! ....
When the lights come back on, White is in the ring standing behind McAfee .... He grabs him and drills him with the Blade Runner! Cole takes the mic and says he has something important to do, and it’s the only reason he’s here tonight .... Lauren hands him a Bullet Club t-shirt and he tosses it to White, who puts it on and they 2 sweet each other .... White takes the mic says this is a new era for Bullet Club because now BC is in the U.K. .... White tells the United Kingdom that it’s time to ‘Breathe With the Switchblade’ ....
There is a commotion on the ramp and we see that a ton of producers and officials have come out to try to prevent Drew McIntyre from coming to the ring .... McIntyre is trying to push his way past them, while Cole is in the ring goading McIntyre on .... McIntyre pushes his way past them and hits the ring! Cole and White are immediately on him and put the boots to him, but McIntyre tackles Cole down .... White stomps on McIntyre and pulls him off of Cole, then lays him out with the Blade Runner! Cole picks McIntyre up and drills him with the Last Shot! Cole and White smile at each other and give each other another 2 sweet and leave the ring .... McIntyre tries to pull himself up, but White stops halfway up the ramp .... he comes back to the ring and hits one more Blade Runner on McIntyre, then takes his Bullet Club shirt off and lays it over the fallen McIntyre ....
We go to the announce desk with Matt Striker, who is in shock about what Jay White just did to his broadcast partner .... Striker pulls it together, and focuses on what we will see here tonight .... Jordynne Grace and Becky Lynch both have their sights set on the Internet title held by Rhea Ripley .... they will meet one on one tonight .... Jordan Devlin will be in action as will Juice Robinson .... And in the main event, British Strong Style led by U.K. champion Pete Dunne clash with American Alpha in a 6 man elimination tag match, plus MORE .... ’Irish Ace’ Jordan Devlin (IRELAND)
- vs -
‘Hot Sauce’ Tracey Williams (UNITED STATES)
Devlin continues to rack up the wins here .... he pins Williams after hitting the Coup De Grace, a move adopted from Finn Balor .... Matt Striker wonders if Devlin is giving Balor an homage or mocking him by using the move ...
PROMO:
‘Bruiserweight’ Pete Dunne & Mustache Mountain cut a promo about tonight’s 6 man elimination tag match .... Dunne says American Alpha thinks they are better than them because they are American .... but it doesn’t matter if they are an Olympic athlete, or a college star, tonight they are in ENGLAND .... Strong Style started in the Black Country, and they are going to give them a taste of it tonight ....Mark Andrews (WALES)
- vs -
Juice Robinson (UNITED STATES)
Juice rebounds from his loss at Takeover: Atlanta, pinning Andrews after hitting the Left Hand of God followed by Pulp Friction ....
POST MATCH - Juice cuts a promo on all the new faces in Progress, specifically Adrian Neville .... He calls out Neville to face him in the ring .... instead, out comes ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll ....
Scurll comes out and says Adam Cole can have his little club but Marty has a club of his own and they don’t just let anybody off the street in it .... welcome to the Villain Club .... Scurll brings out Neville, who cuts a promo and says Scurll showed him what a bastard he really was deep down
* this actually started back during their feud in RevPro, where Scurll got inside Neville’s head and played on his insecurities, eventually leading Neville down the path to turning heel * .... Juice doesn’t wait for them to attack, he goes on the attack himself but he gets overwhelmed, ending up with Neville laying him out with the Red Arrow ....
IN THE LOCKER ROOM: Johnny Saint confronts Marty Scurll and Adrian Neville backstage .... Since Scurll and Neville are buddies now, they are going to team up tonight against Fabian Aichner & Axel Dieter Jr. ....Jordynne Grace (UNITED STATES)
- vs -
Becky Lynch (IRELAND)
Grace dominates with her power to start .... Becky takes punishment but avoids a charge in the corner and Grace smacks the steel shoulder-first .... Becky works the arm for a long time but Grace counters using her good arm for a one-armed spinebuster .... Becky battles back with strikes but runs into a powerslam for a 2 count .... Grace runs into the Beck-sploder into the turnbuckles! Becky locks on the Disarm-Her! Grace makes the ropes! Becky up top, but Grace recovers and hits a Muscle Buster! Grace locks on the bear hug, but can’t hold it because of the injured arm .... Becky grabs her and hits a German suplex, but keeps the fingers locked and goes for a 2nd one but Grace blocks it and breaks her grip .... she pulls her into the ‘Fall from Grace’ (Tour of the Islands powerslam) for the 3 count!
POST MATCH - Becky is very upset at ringside, while Grace stares down Ripley who holds up the title at the top of the stage ....
PRE-TAPED INTERVIEW:
We get comments from ‘The Best Kept Secret’ Buddy Murphy .... He talks about all of WALTERS preaching about honor and the ring being sacred, and yet Murphy is winning HIS way .... He calls himself the ‘living, breathing, walking, talking main event’ and says this is HIS kingdom now ....’The Villain Club’ (‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll & Adrian Neville) ~~~ UNITED KINGDOM
- vs -
Ringkampf
Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel
(ITALY & GERMANY)
Scurll and Neville work extremely well together and they pull out the heel tactics early .... Ringkampf are no slouches .... However it’s not enough as Scurll and Neville eliminate Aichner from the equation and double team Barthel, leading to Neville getting the pin after the Red Arrow ....
PROMO: A promo airs for next weeks show, which will feature the return of Toni Storm to Progress UK .... she will defend the Universal title for the first time on the next show, which will also feature AJ Styles defending the Atlas title for the first time in the U.K. .... 6 Man Elimination Match:
British Strong Style
(‘Bruiserweight’ Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate)
UNITED KINGDOM
- vs -
American Alpha
(Jack Swagger, Chad Gable & Jason Jordan)
UNITED STATES
We get a lot of good action with all 6 men before the first elimination .... At one point Jack Swagger uses a camera cord to tie Pete Dunnes feet together around the ring post, then he grabs a chair and smashes his ankle with it!!!! Dunne is hurt bad and attended to at ringside, eventually being helped to the back .... Mustache Mountain has to go it alone, but is able to eliminate Jason Jordan with the Mustache Ride .... Swagger enters the match and eventually eliminates Bate after hitting the Doctor Bomb .... Seven is on his own now against both Swagger and Gable, but manages to battle back and eliminate Gable with the Seven Stars Lariat (rainmaker) .... it’s down to Swagger and Seven but Seven has endured a lot of punishment .... Seven fires up and hits the Seven Stars Lariat, but Swagger kicks out! Swagger comes back with a Backdrop Driver but Seven kicks out, then Seven hits the Burning Hammer but Swagger gets his foot on the ropes .... Swagger manages to trap Seven in the Patriot Act (Ankle Lock) and Seven is forced to tap out!
POST MATCH - Swagger appears to have won the match, but then Pete Dunne’s music hits! Dunne comes out badly limping and doesn’t even have a boot on, and his ankle is heavily taped .... Progress officials are trying to stop him, but he takes them out with KO forearms .... Dunne hits the ring and demands that the match continue!!!!
Of course this is a bad idea, as Dunne can barely even walk .... Swagger attacks, but Dunne tries to battle back with forearms .... Dunne bends the fingers, but Swagger stomps his ankle and he immediately goes down .... Swagger with the Doctor Bomb and then locks on the ankle lock!!!! Dunne looks like he’s going to fight it at first but then he can’t so he immediately taps out!
POST MATCH - Swagger celebrates while trainers check on Dunne again, who has obviously done a lot of damage to his ankle ....
