Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship
{{Short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|name = Progress Atlas Championship
|image = File:Progress_Wrestling_Atlas_Championship.png
|caption = The current title design (2016 – present)
|currentholder = Axel Tischer
|won = 27 May 2024
|created = 25 March 2012
|promotion = Progress Wrestling
|firstchamp = Rampage Brown
|mostreigns = Walter
(3 reigns)
|longestreign = Ricky Knight Jr.
(404 days)
|shortestreign = Matt Riddle
(29 days)
|heaviest = Big Damo
({{convert|321|lb|kg|abbr=on}})
|lightest = Ricky Knight Jr.
({{convert|189|lb|kg|abbr=on}})
|pastnames =
|youngest = Luke Jacobs
({{age in years and days|2000|08|21|2022|04|18}})
}}
The Progress Atlas Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. Initially, the title was designated exclusively for wrestlers weighing over 205 pounds (the cruiserweight weight limit) in weight, but the respective rule was scrapped in time.{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/progress/progress-atlas.html|title=PROGRESS Atlas Title (Great Britain)|work=wrestling-titles.com|author=WrestlingTitles|date=March 13, 2021|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
Title history
On 27 February 2019, Progress announced that there would be a unification match between the Atlas and World championships at Super Strong Style 16 on 5 May of that year, with Walter winning and thus unifying the two titles.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/status/1100839272972726275|title=The biggest match in PROGRESS history takes place on Sunday 5th May, when World Champion @walteraut faces Atlas Champion @trentseven in a TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH. This huge clash goes down as part of #SSS16 at @yourallypally!|first=PROGRESS|last=Wrestling|date=27 February 2019}} On 21 July 2019, Progress announced that the Atlas Championship had been retired, to be replaced with the upcoming Proteus Championship. Luke Jacobs is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Jonah in a tournament final to reactivated title at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle on 18 April 2022, in Camden Town, London. Rampage Brown was the first champion after winning a tournament.
=Inaugural tournament (2016)=
The inaugural tournament of the championship was held under a two-block system with the winner of each one advancing to the finals. For the block matches, two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The tournament began at PROGRESS Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want on April 10, 2016 and ended at Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again on September 25.{{cite web|url=https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2016/04/21/progress-chapter-28/|title=PROGRESS: CHAPTER 28 “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME GET WHAT I WANT” REVIEW”|work=voicesofwrestling.com|first=Arnold|last=Furious|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+Final standings | |
| colspan="2" | Block A | colspan="2" | Block B |
|---|---|
| T-Bone || 6 | Joe Coffey || 5 |
| Dave Mastiff || 4 | Rampage Brown || 3 |
| Big Daddy Walter || 2 | Michael Dante || 2 |
| Iestyn Rees || 0 | Damian O'Connor || 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center" | ||||
| Block A | T-Bone | Walter | Rees | Mastiff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Bone
| {{n/a}} || T-Bone & Gibson{{efn|This was a tie-breaker tag team match in which Gibson replaced Mastiff.}} | ||||
| Walter
| T-Bone & Gibson | ||||
| Rees
| T-Bone | ||||
| Mastiff
| T-Bone & Gibson | ||||
| Block B | Dante | O'Connor | Coffey | Brown |
| Dante
| {{n/a}} || Dante | ||||
| O'Connor
| Dante | ||||
| Coffey
| Coffey | ||||
| Brown
| O'Connor & Coffey |
{{4TeamBracket
| align = center
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed1= B1
| RD1-team1= Joe Coffey
| RD1-score1= Pin
| RD1-seed2= A2
| RD1-team2= Dave Mastiff
| RD1-score2= 9:24
| RD1-seed3= A1
| RD1-team3= T-Bone
| RD1-score3= 9:46
| RD1-seed4= B2
| RD1-team4= Rampage Brown
| RD1-score4= Pin
| RD2-seed1= B1
| RD2-team1= Joe Coffey
| RD2-score1= 13:53
| RD2-seed2= B2
| RD2-team2= Rampage Brown
| RD2-score2= Pin
}}
Reigns
There have been a total of thirteen reigns shared between ten different official champions. The current champion is Axel Tischer who is in his first reign.
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|defenses=yes}}
{{PWtitlereign
|number = 1
|champion = Rampage Brown
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|25 September 2016}}
|days = {{age in days|25 September 2016|15 January 2017}}
|location= Brixton, London
|event = Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again
|defenses = 3
|notes = Defeated Joe Coffey in a tournament final to crown the inaugural champion.
|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4092&page=2|title=PROGRESS Atlas Title Round Robin Tournament (2016)|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=25 September 2016|access-date=23 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=135791|title=PROGRESS Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Room ... Again - Event @ O2 Academy Brixton in London, England, UK|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=25 September 2016|access-date=23 May 2021}}
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 2
|champion = Matt Riddle
|reign = 1
|date = 15 January 2017
|days = {{age in days|15 January 2017|9 July 2017}}
|location = Birmingham, England
|event = Chapter 42: Life, the Universe and Wrestling
|defenses = 9
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 3
|champion = Walter
|reign = 1
|date = 9 July 2017
|days = {{age in days|9 July 2017|12 August 2017}}
|location = Birmingham, England
|event = ''Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress':
|defenses = 1
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 4
|champion = Matt Riddle
|reign = 2
|date = 12 August 2017
|days = {{age in days nts|12 August 2017|10 September 2017}}
|location = New York City, NY
|event = Progress: New York City
|defenses = 0
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 5
|champion = Walter
|reign = 2
|date = 10 September 2017
|days = {{age in days|10 September 2017|6 May 2018}}
|location = Haringey, London
|event = Chapter 55: Chase the Sun
|defenses = 2
|notes = This was a three-way match, also involving Timothy Thatcher.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 5.5
|type = vacated
|date = 7 May 2018
|location = Haringey, London
|event = Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16
|defenses = yes
|notes = Walter voluntarily vacated the title.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 6
|champion = Doug Williams
|reign = 1
|date = 20 May 2018
|days = {{age in days|20 May 2018|30 September 2018}}
|location = Manchester, England
|event = Chapter 69: Be Here Now
|defenses = 2
|notes = This was a four-way match for the vacant title, which involving Joseph Conners, Rampage Brown and Rob Lynch.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 7
|champion = Trent Seven
|reign = 1
|date = 30 September 2018
|days = {{age in days|30 September 2018|21 July 2019}}
|location = Wembley, London
|event = Chapter 76: Hello Wembley
|defenses = 6
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 8
|champion = Walter
|reign = 3
|date = 5 May 2019
|days = {{age in days|5 May 2019|21 July 2019}}
|location = Haringey, London
|event = Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16
|defenses = 1
|notes = Upon Walter's victory, the title was unified with the Progress World Championship, but not deactivated.
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 8.5
|type = deactivated
|date = 21 July 2019
|defenses = yes
|event = Chapter 95: Still Chasing
|notes = PROGRESS declared the championship retired, to be replaced with the Proteus Championship.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 9
|champion = Luke Jacobs
|reign = 1
|date = 18 April 2022
|days = {{age in days|April 18, 2022|September 25, 2022}}
|location = Camden Town, London
|event = Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle
|defenses = 5
|notes = Defeated Jonah in a tournament final to win the reactivated championship.
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 10
|champion = Big Damo
|reign = 1
|date = 25 September 2022
|days = {{age in days|September 25, 2022|February 26, 2023}}
|location = Birmingham, England
|event = Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour
|defenses = 3
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 11
|champion = Ricky Knight Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = 26 February 2023
|days = {{age in days|February 26, 2023|April 5, 2024}}
|location = London, England
|event = Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around
|defenses = 6
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 12
|champion = Yoichi
|reign = 1
|date = 5 April 2024
|days = {{age in days|April 5, 2024|May 27, 2024}}
|location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|event = Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again
|defenses = 1
|notes =
}}{{PWtitlereign
|number = 13
|champion = Axel Tischer
|reign = 1
|date = 27 May 2024
|days = {{age in days|May 27, 2024}}+
|location = London, England
|event = Super Strong Style 16
{{small|(Night 2)}}
|defenses = 2
|notes =
}}
{{BundleEnd}}
= Combined reigns =
File:Axel Tischer, June 2022 15.jpg.]]
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|†
|Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |
| Rank
!Wrestler !No. of !Combined !Combined |
|---|
| 1
| Ricky Knight Jr. || 1 || 6 || 404 |
| 2
|Walter || 3 || 4 || 349 |
| 3
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"| Axel Tischer † || 1 || 2 || {{age in days|May 27, 2024}}+ |
| 4
|Trent Seven || 1 || 6 || 217 |
| 5
|Matt Riddle || 2 || 9 || 204 |
| 6
|Luke Jacobs || 1 || 5 || 160 |
| 7
| Big Damo || 1 || 3 || 154 |
| 8
|Doug Williams || 1 || 2 || 132 |
| 9
|Rampage Brown || 1 || 3 || 112 |
| 10
| Yoichi || 1 || 1 || 52 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3125 Progress Atlas Title History] at Cagematch.net
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