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PROGRESS Wrestling: Chapter 165 – Freedom Walks Again
This show is from the The Auditorium at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Commentary by Jack Palmer and Rich Bocchini
Multi-Man Match: Simon Miller vs. Leon Slayer vs. Cody Chhun vs. Marcus Mathers vs Gringo Loco vs Kid Lykos II vs Tate Mayfairs
Mayfairs comes out with a mic and puts himself over. He mocks the crowd, makes fun of Dave Meltzer, and then his opponents.
Mayfairs is able to clear the ring and it then becomes one to one fights in the rings and someone takes a near fall, rolls out and someone else comes in. Matches like this are usually a spot fest and this one is no different. Lots of big moves, dives, leaps, Miller doing comedy versions of such moves, and Mayfairs as the arrogant heel of the match.
Lykos gets the win with a brain buster on Chhun for the pin.
Winner: Kid Lycos II
Ricky Knight Jr. (PROGRESS Atlas Championship) vs. YOICHI
This looks to be a hoss fight.
They lock up collar and elbow and then break. They lock up again and Knight forces them to the ropes. They lock up a third time and run the ropes and neither can move the other with shoulder tackles. Yoichi finally is able to knock Knight down and starts to work him over. Knight shoves Yoichi out of the ring and then hits a dive. He rolls Yoichi into the ring and delivers a chop. He sets for another and delivers a low blow instead.
Knight hits a Saito suplex and Yoichi is able to get up and gets a slam with an elbow drop. He then hits a Vader bomb for two. Knight escapes from Yoichi and gets a running Death Valley Driver and works Yoichi over in the corner before a two count. They dodge each other in the corner before Knight gets some big kicks and Yoichi gets a clothesline and both men are down.
They get to their feet and trade chops. Yoichi ends it with a charge and a slam for two. Knight gets a short arm clothesline and then hits a crucifix toss for two. Knight puts Yoichi on the top and Yoichi fights his way free. Knight gets an insigiri, but Yoichi gets a series of quick attacks, a spine buster and a two count. Yoichi follows with an attack followed by a two count two more times.
Yoichi comess of the top and leaps into a cutter. Knight then hits a muscle buster for two. He slaps Yoichi and hits a shoulder breaker, but Yoichi rolls to the apron instead of getting pinned. They brawl on the apron. Knight hits a Rikishi Driver on the apron and then rolls Yoichi into the ring and heads to the top. Knight hits a 450 for two. Yoichi gets a surprise inside cradle for two.
Yoichi gets a lariat and a cover for two. Yoichi grabs Knight from a springboard and hits a side slam for the pin and the win.
Winner and NEW Atlas Champion: Yoichi
Yoichi offers his hand and Knight eventually shakes it.
Session Moth Martina & Gene Munny vs. BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy)
Allie and Effy dance with Martina as she dances to the ring with a pair of beers. Martina and Munny don't get along and they argue before the bell.
Martina and Effy start the match by dancing. Munny tags in and they run the ropes with Munny getting a shoulder tackle. Munny and Effy do a comedy bit where Munny says he is a married man. He then tries for a low blow and Effy catches his hand. Munny gets a rolling sentron and a two count. Martina is tagged in and Munny and Martina can’t figure out how to do a double suplex.
Allie is tagged in and they do the old Groucho Marx mirror routine. They then each chug a beer. They hug and Munny tags himself in, but Allie tells him no way. Allie has Effy go to Munny’s side and they are switched partners. After Allie and Martina hit hip attacks, Effy tells Allie to focus and we go back to regular wrestling.
Munny is kept in the ring with quick tags and Martina goes to the bar to get another beer. When Munny is able to get a series of attacks, Martina comes back to the ring for a hot tag, but trips on her way into the ring.
So, they beat her down now. Martina gets a DDT on Effy and then tags in Munny. Munny cleans house. He tosses Effy into Allie and tags in Martina. They give Effy a double suplex and a double Russian leg sweep to Allie. Munny gets a coast to coast head butt to Effy’s swimsuit area for two. Effy is able to toss Munny into Martina’s double knees. Effy hits a Famouser on Martina, and then puts Munny on top. They hit Munny with the doomsday machine for the pin and the win.
Winners: Bussy
A fun comedy match. As Bussy leave the ring, they show that Danhausen is in the crowd.
Spike Trivet vs. Luke Jacobs
They quickly go to mat wrestling with hold;counterhold work. They then just go at each other with strikes and charges. They chop each other in the corner and move to throwing hands. Jacobs gets a side slam for two. They move to fighting on the apron, and after Jacobs is knocked to the floor, Trivet gets a double stomp off the apron. He rolls Jacobs into the ring and gets a stalling facebuster for two.
Trivet puts Jacob’s hand in the turnbuckle pad and stomps on it. Trivet then grabs a wrist lock and then slams his hand onto the mat. He slaps and mocks Jacobs while he is on the mat. Jacobs is up and gets a uri nage and a DDT. He then hits a pair of charges in the corner and follows with a suplex and a two count.
Trivet gets out of a hold byu biting Jacob’s hand and he lays in a series of slows and a suplex. Trivet gets a codebreaker for two. Trivet goes to the top, and Jacobs meets him there. He hits a superplex followed by a buckle bomb and a sit out powerbomb for two. He and Trivet trade blows back and forth. Jacobs gets a hard blow and a German suplex. Trivet gets a German suplex into the buckle followed by a double stomp from the top.
Trivet gets a ripcord knee, but Jacobs reverses a suplex and then hits a brutal clothesline. Jacobs follows with a drill claw for the pin and the win.
Winner: Luke Jacobs
Rhio (Progress Women’s Champion) vs. Lana Austin
A reminder that this is not Riho from AEW, but Rhio, a British wrestler.
They lock up collar and elbow and break quickly. They lock up again and Rhio forces them to the rope and they break clean, but slowly. After a long sequence where Austin flips off Rhio, Rhio hits a shotgun drop kick and just beats her down. Austin rolls out of the ring. She trips Rhio, but Rhio recovers and hits a dive.
They brawl at ringside. When Austin rolls Rhio into the ring, she then goes and takes So Cal Val’s mic. She then gets in the ring and says she is going to sing, and Rhio gets a surprise rollup for the two. Austin nails Rhio with the mic and starts to sing. Poorly.
When she puts the mic down, Rhio pummels her and grabs a leg. Austin begs for Rhio to put the leg down, and Rhio does, violently. Rhio gets a back breaker and covers for two. Austin is able to get a chinlock and snap mare. She hits a running drop kick for two, and Rhio grabs the rope at two.
Austin gets a snap suplex for two. Austin presses her advantage with more two count covers. Rhio is able to get an insigiri followed by a superkick for two. They run the ropes and Rhio gets a spinning heel kick for two. Rhio tries for a package pile driver, but Austin is able to block it. Rhio gets a shotgun dropkick. They struggle in the corner and Austin carried Rhio to the middle of the ring for a power bomb for two. Rhio is able to get a stunner. She can’t lift Austin, and Austin gets an elbow strike. Rhio rolls to the floor.
Austin rolls her into the ring and covers for two. Rhio is able to get a back body drop and then powers up. She misses a charge in the corner, and Austin covers with feet on the ropes and the ref sees it. Rhio gets a superkick and finally gets the package piledriver for the pin and the win.
Cheeky Little Buggers (Charles Crowley & Alexxis Falcon) World Tag Team Champions vs. Sunshine Machine (TK Cooper & Chuck Mambo) vs. SAnitY (Axel Tischer & Big Damo)
You’ve got the speed of Sunshine, the power of Sanity, and the Buggers who are kind of a comedy team so this is a clash of styles.
Falcon and Mambo start with wrist and waistlocks as well as some comedy bits. Crowley gets the blind tag and then gets a two count on Falcon. Crowley gets a quick rollup for two. Buggers and Sunshine keep up with the silliness. Then Cooper and Crowley run the ropes with fast moves.
Crowley crawls to the wrong corner, and Damo tags himself in. He hits a Samoan drop of both members of Sunshine at once. He then runs Tischer back and forth into Sunshine in the corners. Tischer is tagged in and he and Damo work over Cooper with quick tags. Mambo gets a tag and gets an arm drag on Damo before the double team Tischer. They cover Tischer and the Buggers break it up at two. Sanity goes back to work on Mambo.
Mambo is able to get a DDT and tags in Falcon, who gets slammed by Damo. Tischer then works over Falcon, slowly and with precision. Crowley yells at Tischer and tells him to let him in to fight. Tischer keeps Falcon from tagging. Tischer misses and elbow. Falcon leaps and Tischer tries to hold her back, but she does finally get the tag and Crowley runs wild.
Damo tags in and Crowley hits him as well. Sanity rolls out of the ring and Crowley uses Falcon as a launch pad for a dive. Sunshine is in after tagging Damo and Falcon is able to fight them both off until they get a double head butt. They hit her with a double wheelbarrow suplex for two. Falcon rolls out of the ring, and Mambo climbs onto Cooper's shoulders, diving onto everyone at ringside and rolling Falcon in for the two count.
Sunshine sets for a double superkick, and Crowley gets in the ring to push Falcon out of the way and takes the kicks. Tischer tags in and stalks Falcon. Falcon lays in slaps and chops. Tischer spits on her and she gets a falcon arrow on him for two. Damo tags in and it’s everyone in the ring. Crowley is suplexed into Falcon. They all brawl and Sanity is able to clear everyone but Crowley out and they work him over.
Mobon sneaks in the ring for a rollup and gets two. Sunshine hits a pair of dives off the top onto Damo in the middle of the ring for two. Sanity then dominates Sunshine and they hit Copper with a double team slam for the pin and the win.
Winners and NEW World Tag Team Champions: Sanity
Kid Lykos (Men’s World Champion) vs. Man Like Dereiss
They shake hands to start the match. They lock up and Dereiss forces them to the ropes quickly. Lykos goes for a brain buster immediately and Dereiss tosses him off. Dereiss grabs a side headlock and after being shot into the ropes, he gets a shoulder tackle. They run the ropes and Lyukos gets an octopus in the ropes and breaks at four. Lykos hits a drop kick on Dereiss, who was seated on the apron. Lykos waits for Dereiss to get in the ring but attacks him when he trees. Lykos then hits a dive onto the floor and rolls Dereiss into the ring.
Dereiss gets a pair of slams and knocks Lykos into the corner. Dereiss gets a big back body drop for one. He then works Lykos over in the corner. Dereiss starts whipping Lykos into the corners, hard. Detreiss stomps down Lykos and covers for two. Lykos is able to get a series of leaps and kicks into Dereiss and hits a trio of side suplexes. Lykos goes to the top, and Dereiss dodges a dive. Lykos gets a standing corkscrew for two.
Lykos calls for the brain buster again, and Dereiss blocks it> he takes over with kicks and suplexes on Lykos. Hits a Michinoku driver for two. Dereiss goes to the top and Lykos rolls out of the way. Dereiss climbs down and they run the ropes, each hitting an attack until they are both on the mat.
Lykos kips up at 8 and calls for a superkick. Dereiss catches it and they trade rollups for two. Lykos gets the round the world roll for two. Dereiss gets a cutter and again, both men are down. Both kip up at 8 this time. They trade kicks and Dereiss gets an electric chair drop and follows with a drop kick and a blue thunder bomb for two.
The blue thunder bomb NEVER wins a match.
Lykos gets a jack knife pin for two. He is finally able to get the brain buster, but only for two. Lykos grabs an octopus submission. Dereiss powers out and again, both men are down. Lykos goes to the apron and leaps into a power bomb from Dereiss, and Dereiss gets a sit out powerbomb. He goes to the top for a 450 for two.
Lykos escapes a power bomb into a brain buster. Lykos gets a swanton off the top for the pin and the win.
Winner and still Men’s World Champion: Kid Lykos
A solid show from Progress showing a mix of styles and a lot of good matches. Worth your time to check out.
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