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Before the end of this year the London-based wrestling company will have hosted two WWE global cruiserweight qualifying matches, had its championship title defended on US soil and will have sold out the famous Brixton Academy in September for what will be its biggest ever show.
But before all of that, Progress had to celebrate its fourth birthday with an truly excellent show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom, Chapter 27: The Lost Art Of Suffering.
Starting at smaller venue, The Garage in Islington in 2012 before moving to the Electric Ballroom in 2014, the 27th instalment of Progress’s chapters did not disappoint. The company’s trademark of top-quality wrestling action spliced with plenty of wit had all 700 of the spectators, who play such a big part of the show themselves, glued to every minute.
The main event saw the champion, ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll defend his title in a nine-man ‘Thunderb*****d’ match which also involved 'The Aerial Assassin’ Will Ospreay, ‘The Star Attraction’ Mark Haskins, ‘White Lightning’ Mark Andrews, Rampage Brown, ‘The Pride Of Wales’ Eddie Dennis, Paul Robinson, ‘Liverpool’s No.1’ Zack Gibson and ‘Flash’ Morgan Webster.
The rules were simple; every two minutes another participant would enter the elimination match. The bout was a testament to the ring craft and skill of the nine competitors. Ospreay, who could easily go on to become a brilliant stunt man should he ever decide to knock wrestling on its head, stealing the show with his exceptional array of death-defying top-rope moves.
Eventually Scurll would win with a crafty roll-up on Ospreay, and it was then announced by Progress co-founder Jim Smallman that Scurll would soon be defending his title yet again - against Ospreay in America at WrestleCon this week in Dallas, Texas. Not too far away from where a certain WrestleMania 32, which Progress serves up such an entertaining alternative to, is taking place in Arlington this Sunday.
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