Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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 rule was scrapped in time.
01Title history
Rampage Brown became the inaugural champion after winning a two-block round-robin tournament in 2016. On 27 February 2019, Progress Wrestling announced a unification match for the Progress Atlas Championship and the Progress World Championship at Night 2 of Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 on 5 May. The Progress World Champion Walter defeated Progress Atlas Champion Trent Seven to unify the two titles. On 21 July at Chapter 95: Still Chasing, Progress Wrestling replaced the Progress Atlas Championship with the Progress Proteus Championship, officially retiring the title. Three years later, the title was reactivated and an 8-man tournament was held to crown the new champion. The tournament was won by Luke Jacobs.
Inaugural championship tournament
This round-robin tournament was held to crown the inaugural Progress Atlas Champion. It used a two-block system with the two participants with the most points each block advancing to the semifinals. For the block matches, two points were awarded for a win and one point for a time-limit draw. The tournament began at Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want on 10 April 2016 and ended at Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again on 25 September. The tournament was won by Rampage Brown.
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02Reigns
Overall, there have been 18 reigns among 15 champions and one vacancy. Rampage Brown is the inaugural champion. Walter holds the record for most reigns with three. Axel Tischer held the title the longest at 426 days with zero successful title defenses, while both Matt Riddle and Mike D Vecchio held the title the shortest at 29 days with two successful title defenses. Doug Williams is the oldest champion at 45 years and 261 days, while Luke Jacobs is the youngest champion at 21 years and 240 days.
Tommy Tanner is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Gene Munny, Donovan Dijak, and Sha Samuels in a four-way match at Chapter 197: Wrestling Over Everything on 31 August 2026, in Camden, London, England.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Rampage Brown | 25 September 2016 | Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again | Brixton, London, England | 1 | 112 | 3 | Defeated Joe Coffey in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Matt Riddle | 15 January 2017 | Chapter 42: Life, the Universe and Wrestling | Birmingham, England | 1 | 175 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Walter | 9 July 2017 | Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress: | Birmingham, England | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Matt Riddle | 12 August 2017 | Progress: New York City | New York City, New York, U.S. | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Walter | 10 September 2017 | Chapter 55: Chase the Sun | Haringey, London, England | 2 | 238 | 2 | This was a three-way match, also involving Timothy Thatcher. | |
| , | Vacated | 7 May 2018 | Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London, England | , | , | , | Walter vacated the title. | |
| 6 | Doug Williams | 20 May 2018 | Chapter 69: Be Here Now | Manchester, England | 1 | 133 | 2 | Defeated Joseph Conners, Rampage Brown and Rob Lynch in a four-way match to win the vacant title. | |
| 7 | Trent Seven | 30 September 2018 | Chapter 76: Hello Wembley | Wembley, London, England | 1 | 294 | 6 | ||
| 8 | Walter | 5 May 2019 | Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London, England | 3 | 77 | 1 | Progress World Champion Walter defeated Progress Altas Champion Trent Seven to unify the two titles. | |
| , | Deactivated | 21 July 2019 | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | , | , | , | , | Progress Wrestling retired the championship and replaced it with the Progress Proteus Championship. | |
| 9 | Luke Jacobs | 18 April 2022 | Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle | Camden Town, London, England | 1 | 160 | 5 | Defeated Jonah in the tournament final to win the reactivated championship. | |
| 10 | Big Damo | 25 September 2022 | Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour | Birmingham, England | 1 | 154 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 26 February 2023 | Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around | London, England | 1 | 404 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Yoichi | 5 April 2024 | Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 1 | 52 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Axel Tischer | 27 May 2024 | Super Strong Style 16 (Night 2) |
London, England | 1 | 426 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Mike D Vecchio | 27 July 2025 | Chapter 182: Stay Humble | London, England | 1 | 29 | 0 | This was a Tables match. | |
| 15 | Gene Munny | 25 August 2025 | Chapter 183: Hundred Volts | London, England | 1 | 34 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Will Kroos. | |
| 16 | Will Kroos | 28 September 2025 | Chapter 184: Camden Lock Up | London, England | 1 | 95 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Saxon Huxley | 1 January 2026 | Noah The New Year 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 45 | 1 | This was a Pro Wrestling Noah event. | |
| 17 | Gene Munny | 15 February 2026 | Chapter 190: In Brightest Day | London, England | 2 | 197 | 4 | ||
| 18 | Tommy Tanner | 31 August 2026 | Chapter 197: Wrestling Over Everything | Camden, London, England | 1 | 18+ | 2 | This four-way match also featured Donovan Dijak and Sha Samuels. | |
03Combined reigns
As of 18 September 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Axel Tischer | 1 | 2 | 426 |
| 2 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 1 | 6 | 404 |
| 3 | Walter | 3 | 4 | 349 |
| 4 | Gene Munny | 2 | 4 | 231 |
| 5 | Trent Seven | 1 | 6 | 217 |
| 6 | Matt Riddle | 2 | 9 | 204 |
| 7 | Luke Jacobs | 1 | 5 | 160 |
| 8 | Big Damo | 1 | 3 | 154 |
| 9 | Doug Williams | 1 | 2 | 132 |
| 10 | Rampage Brown | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| 11 | Will Kroos | 1 | 3 | 95 |
| 12 | Yoichi | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| 13 | Saxon Huxley | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| 14 | Mike D Vecchio | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| 15 | Tommy Tanner † | 1 | 2 | 18+ |
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship.png by Progress Wrestling, Fair use
- Axel Tischer, June 2022 18 (cropped).jpg by Miguel Discart (Photos Vrac), CC BY-SA 2.0
- Walter 16 Carat Gold 2020 N3.jpg by Photos N Effect from Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
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