Subject: Progress presents .... Ring of Victory Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:09 pm
Hagen Elijah Jones October 16, 1996 ~ March 18, 2019
Before the show begins, the entire Progress locker room comes out on the ramp for a 10 bell salute and a moment of silence .... a tribute video is shown on the big screen ....
The Show starts off with Johnny Saint in-ring with the UK title .... Jack Swagger comes out and takes credit for injuring Pete Dunne and demands that Saint hand him the UK title .... Saint refuses .... out comes WALTER and he calls Swagger a disgrace because he has no honor .... the mat is sacred and he may not like Pete Dunne but he was at least a fighting champion .... WALTER says he will bring honor to the title .... American Alpha hit the ring, but so do Barthel & Aichner and they have their hands behind their back in their signature pose as Ringkampf faces off with American Alpha .... Saint books a 6 man match for right now!
1. Ringkampf (WALTER, Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) def. American Alpha (Jack Swagger, Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) when WALTER reverses a chaos theory attempt by Gable into the Gojira Clutch (rear naked choke) for the tapout ....
Swagger attacks WALTER after the match and locks on the ankle lock .... Jordan and Gable hold Ringkampf at bay, allowing Swagger to continue to keep the hold locked on and do more damage .... Barthel & Aichner eventually make their way past and are finally able to make the save ....
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Up next, we get an in-ring segment with Austin Aries and The ONE% as they come out and refuse to let the show continue .... Aries calls out MVP because he’s the best wrestler on the roster and he isn’t featured on the show .... MVP comes out and gets into an argument with The ONE%, which leads to Aries shoving MVP and MVP responding with a right hand! The ONE% put the boots to MVP but Kenny King runs out to make the save .... King announces that he’s cashing in his briefcase for a tag title shot tonight, and he asks one final time for MVP to be his partner! MVP finally agrees to reform Young Money and he says now the tag title match will be a 3 way dance!
it is announced that Lacey Evans has been laid out backstage, putting her title rematch against Toni Storm tonight in jeopardy ....
2. United States title: Johnny Gargano def. Low Ki to win the title .... Gargano’s gripe has been that he was injured by Ciampa and never lost the title, and this is his first match back .... Gargano is now sporting a new gimmick, and gone is the white meat babyface persona and it has been replaced by more of a tweener that will do whatever it takes to win .... Candice LeRae is out with Gargano, and at one point she ends up on the apron .... Low Ki misses a flying chuck and accidentally kicks Candice off the apron! Low Ki looks distracted allowing Gargano to grab him and throw him shoulder-first into the ringpost! Gargano to the apron and hits the slingshot DDT to win the belt ....
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Rhea Ripley comes out for an in-ring promo .... She heard Shayna Baszler mention her name and says no one puts her on notice .... she’s a champion, and she’s not hard to find so Baszler needs to keep her name out of her mouth .... she references Shayna Baszlers comments about how no title in Progress was safe from them .... Ripley says the Internet title is safe from them or anyone else who wants to come after her .... Baszler and the Horsewomen come out and surround the ring .... Ripley challenges Baszler to fight her right now ....
3. Shayna Baszler def. Rhea Ripley in a non-title match .... Ripley looks impressive but The Horsewomen get involved in the match .... Ripley takes all of them out, but falls victim to the Kirafuda Clutch from Baszler and she passes out ....
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4. ‘Switchblade’ Jay White vs. Drew McIntyre .... This match never happens because as Drew McIntyre comes out to the ring he’s attacked from behind by Jordan Devlin! What is Devlin doing here??? Mcintyre tries to fight back against Devlin, but Jay White joins the attack .... BLADE RUNNER ON THE RAMP lays out McIntyre!!!! Devlin and White give each other the ‘2 sweet’ and leave together .... McIntyre is unable to continue and has to be helped out ....
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Before the tag team title match, we get an appearance from former UWF world tag team champions War Machine (Rowe & Hanson) .... Rowe’s arm is in a sling .... Hanson cuts a promo about how Rowe is hurt and because of that they were forced to surrender the UWF tag team titles .... they didn’t get beat for the belts, because no one can beat them .... he says when Rowe gets healthy they WILL be the world champions again .... This brings out the ONE% who cut a promo on Hanson on how they are the ones that beat War Machine for the Progress tag team titles .... they surround Hanson, and he is prepared to fight them all but Young Money’s music hits! MVP and King hit the ring and brawl with O’Reilley and Strong, sending them from the ring ....
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5. Progress tag team titles: (champions) The ONE% (Kyle O’Reilley & Roderick Strong) def. Mustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) and the reformed Young Money (Kenny King & MVP) to retain .... Young Money is obviously the crowd favorite here, and they bust out a lot of their old moves to get a good pop .... Bate & Seven are money as they always are .... Bate wipes out MVP and Strong with a corkscrew dive, while in the ring Trent Seven hits the 7 Stars Lariat on O’Reilley for a close near fall that is broken up by King! King sets O’Reilley up for the Royal Flush, but Austin Aries interferes and takes out King with a brainbuster! He pulls O’Reilley on top as the ref turns around and counts the 3 count!
Aftet the match, MVP comes in and helps King up .... The crowd gives them a standing ovation ....
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Toni Storm cuts a promo .... someone took out Lacey Evans, and it’s not hard to figure out who it was .... it was the same person that took out Rhea Ripley earlier .... Toni says she will fight anyone .... Charlotte comes out and challenges Toni! Storm accepts, saying Charlotte is one of the best and if she can’t beat her then she doesn’t deserve to have the belt ....
6. Women’s title match: (champion) Toni Storm vs. Charlotte Flair ends in a no contest when Shayna Baszler and the Horsewomen interfere and attack both women .... Baszler hits the ring and interrupts a really good back and forth match ....
The 4 on 1 beat down ensues again, but this time Rhea Ripley hits the ring and makes the save with a chair .... Charlotte and Storm and Ripley all have an uneasy face off as Ripley stares at the Universal title ....
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6. Atlas title: In the main event, (champion) AJ Styles and Matt Riddle battle to an amazing 60 minute draw .... This one has a little bit of everything, from Riddle matching AJ in his wrestling to AJ out-striking Riddle .... AJ nearly has a tapout win with the calf crusher twisting Riddle’s unprotected ankle, only to have Riddle come back and nearly pin AJ after a ‘Bro 2 Sleep’ in a cloooooose near fall .... Riddle counters AJ’s 2nd attempt at the calf crusher and rolls him into the Bro-mission, but the time limit expires before AJ can tap out!!!!
After the match the fans are chanting ‘5 MORE MINUTES!’ and ‘FIGHT FOREVER’ as both guys lay on the mat exhausted. The trainers are out and they apply ice packs to the necks of both guys to bring down their body temp .... As they are both laying there, the music of ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll hits!!!! Scurll comes out to the ring and sees the Atlas title laying in the ring, and he picks it up and puts it on his shoulder! Scurll looks down at both Riddle and AJ and just sneers, then walks out with the Atlas title to end the show!
