PROGRESS Tag Team Championship

The Progress Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. Introduced on 24 November 2013, the inaugural championship team was FSU (Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis). The current champions are Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley), who are in their third reign.

Progress Tag Team Championship
Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper with the belts in 2022
Details
Promotion	Progress Wrestling
Date established	24 November 2013[1]
Current champion(s)	Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)
Date won	22 September 2024
Statistics First champion(s) FSU (Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis) Most reigns As a team (3 reigns) CCK Grizzled Young Veterans Smokin' Aces As an individual (4 reigns) Kid Lykos Longest reign Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) (358 days) Shortest reign The Origin (El Ligero and Nathan Cruz) (1 day)

History

It was announced at Chapter 9 that beginning in November 2013 there would begin a series of matches to determine the first Progress Tag Team champions. The champions were crowned at Chapter 12, the second anniversary show, in March 2014. As with the Progress Championship not being a conventional championship belt, the Progress Tag Team Championship was originally represented by a shield with the Progress eagle on the front. The shield splits into two, one for each championship holder.

At Chapter 46 the Tag Team shields were replaced with traditional strap title belts, with the design on the front plate of each belt representing the defunct Tag shields.

Reigns

As of November 12, 2024, there have been a total of 29 reigns shared between 20 different teams composed of 40 distinctive individual champions. The inaugural champions were the FSU (Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis).

The current champions are Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley), who are in their third reign as a team as well as individually. They defeated previous champions SAnitY (Big Damo and Axel Tischer) on 22 September 2024 at Chapter 171: History Is Written By The Victors in London, England.

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
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	FSU (Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis)	30 March 2014	Chapter 12: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room	Camden Town, London	1	301	2	Defeated Screw Indy Wrestling and Project Ego in a tournament final to crown the inaugural champions.	[2][3]
2	The Faceless/The Origin (Danny Garnell and Damon Moser)	25 January 2015	Chapter 17: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger	Camden Town, London	1	120	2	Danny Garnell and Damon Moser originally captured the titles as The Faceless before they unmasked, renaming themselves The Origin on 24 May 2015.	[4]
3	The Origin (El Ligero and Nathan Cruz)	24 May 2015	N/A	Camden Town, London	1	1	0
4	Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante)	25 May 2015	Chapter 19: Super Strong Style 16 2015	Camden Town, London	1	188	2	Defeated Nathan Cruz and El Ligero.	[5]
5	The Origin (Nathan Cruz and El Ligero)	29 November 2015	Chapter 23: What a Time to Be Alive	Camden Town, London	2	182	3	This was a three-way match also involving London Riots.	[6]
6	London Riots (Rob Lynch and James Davis)	29 May 2016	Chapter 30: Super Strong Style 16 2016	Camden Town, London	1	119	3		[7]
7	British Strong Style (Trent Seven and Pete Dunne)	25 September 2016	Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again	Brixton, London	1	82	1		[8]
—	Vacated	16 December 2016	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated by Progress management after Pete Dunne attempted to give his half of the title to Tyler Bate.
8	British Strong Style (Trent Seven (2) and Tyler Bate)	30 December 2016	Chapter 40: Unboxing Live	Camden Town, London	1	177	3	Won a three-way with London Riots and LDRS of the New School for the vacant titles.	[9]
9	CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos)	25 June 2017	Chapter 50: I Give it Six Months	Camden Town, London	1	14	0		[10]
10	British Strong Style (Trent Seven (3) and Tyler Bate (2))	9 July 2017	Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress	Birmingham	2	63	4	This was a six-man tag team match with Pete Dunne as Seven and Bate's partner, and Travis Banks as Brookes and Lykos'. Even if Dunne was part of the winning team, only Bate and Seven were recognized as new champions.	[11]
11	CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos)	10 September 2017	Chapter 55: Chase the Sun	Haringey, London	2	77	1	This was a ladder match.	[12]
12	Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson)	26 November 2017	Chapter 58: Live Your Best Life	Camden Town, London	1	77	2		[13]
13	Jimmy Havoc and Mark Haskins	11 February 2018	Chapter 63: Take Me Underground	Manchester	1	14	0		[14]
14	Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson)	25 February 2018	Chapter 64: Thunderbastards Are Go!	Camden Town, London	2	160	6		[15]
15	CCK (Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos)	4 August 2018	USA Coast to Coast Tour	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3	7	2	Kid Lykos was injured in the title match. Subsequent defences were made by Chris Brookes and either Jonathan Gresham or A. R. Fox.	[16]
16	MexaBlood (Flamita and Bandido)	11 August 2018	USA Coast to Coast Tour	Chicago, Illinois	1	50	1	Chris Brookes and A. R. Fox represented CCK in that respective defense.	[17]
17	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)	30 September 2018	Chapter 76: Hello Wembley	Wembley, London	1	91	4	This was an eight-team thunderbastard match also featuring Sexy Starr, M&M, Anti-Fun Police, Calamari Thatch Kings, Grizzled Young Veterans and The 198.	[18]
18	The Swords of Essex (Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson)	30 December 2018	Chapter 82: Unboxing Live, A Dukla Prague Away Kit	Camden Town, London	1	91	2		[19]
19	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)	31 March 2019	Chapter 87: Breadknife	Camden Town, London	2	119	2	Successfully cashed in Mark Davis' Natural Progression Series title shot. This was a tables, ladders, and chairs match.	[20]
20	Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson)	28 July 2019	Chapter 93: Cheer Up Juice	Camden Town, London	3	49	0		[21]
21	Jordan Devlin and Scotty Davis	15 September 2019	Chapter 95: Still Chasing	Haringey, London	1	278	3	Successfully cashed in Scotty Davis' Natural Progression Series title shot. This was a triple threat tag team match also involving Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis).	[22]
—	Vacated	19 June 2020	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated by Progress management after both Scotty Davis and Jordan Devlin were legitimately suspended.	[23]
22	Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos (4) and Kid Lykos II)	5 June 2021	Chapter 112: The Flowers Are Still Standing!	London, England	1	98	2	Defeated The Young Guns (Luke Jacobs and Ethan Allen) in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.	[24]
23	Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)	11 September 2021	Chapter 121: In 20 Years This Will All Be Orange	London, England	1	195	6		[25]
24	The 0121 (Dan Moloney and Man Like DeReiss)	25 March 2022	Chapter 131: 10th Anniversary	London, England	1	71	1	This was a five-way tag team match also involving Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II), Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper), and North West Strong (Chris Ridgeway and Luke Jacobs).	[26]
25	Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper)	4 June 2022	PROGRESS Chapter 135: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2022	London, England	1	358	13	This was a three-way ladder match also involving The Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley).	[27]
26	Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)	28 May 2023	Chapter 153: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2023	London, England	2	273	2	This was a ladder match.	[28]
27	Cheeky Little Buggers (Charles Crowley and Alexxis Falcon)	25 February 2024	Chapter 163: Twisted Metal	London, England	1	40	1	Falcon became the first female to win the titles.	[29]
28	SAnitY (Big Damo and Axel Tischer)	5 April 2024	Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	170	4	This was a three-way match also involving Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper).	[30]
29	Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)	22 September 2024	Chapter 171: History Is Written By The Victors	London, England	3	51+	1		[31]

Combined reigns

As of November 12, 2024.

†	Indicates the current champion

By team

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Smokin' Aces † (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley)	3	9	519+
2	Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper)	1	13	358
3	FSU (Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis)	1	2	301
4	Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson)	3	8	286
5	Jordan Devlin and Scotty Davis	1	3	278
6	British Strong Style (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)	2	7	240
7	Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)	2	6	210
8	Summerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante)	1	2	188
9	The Origin (Nathan Cruz and El Ligero)	1	3	182
10	Sanity (Big Damo and Axel Tischer)	1	4	170
11	The Origin/The Faceless (Nathan Cruz, El Ligero, Danny Garnell and Damon Moser)	1	2	120
12	London Riots (Rob Lynch and James Davis)	1	3	119
13	CCK (Reigns 1-2: Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos) (3rd reign: Chris Brookes, Kid Lykos, Jonathan Gresham and A. R. Fox)	3	3	98
	Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II)	1	2	98
15	The Swords of Essex (Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson)	1	2	91
16	British Strong Style (Trent Seven and Pete Dunne)	1	1	82
17	The 0121 (Dan Moloney and Man Like DeReiss)	1	1	71
18	MexaBlood (Flamita and Bandido)	1	1	50
19	Cheeky Little Buggers (Alexxis Falcon and Charles Crowley)	1	1	40
20	Jimmy Havoc and Mark Haskins	1	0	14

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Charlie Sterling †	3	9	519+
	Nick Riley †	3	9	519+
3	Chuck Mambo	1	13	358
	TK Cooper	1	13	358
5	Trent Seven	3	8	322
6	El Ligero	2	5	302
	Nathan Cruz	2	5	302
8	Eddie Dennis	1	2	301
	Mark Andrews	1	2	301
10	James Drake	3	8	286
	Zack Gibson	3	8	286
12	Jordan Devlin	1	3	278
	Scotty Davis	1	3	278
14	Tyler Bate	2	7	240
15	Kyle Fletcher	2	6	210
	Mark Davis	2	6	210
17	Kid Lykos	4	5	196
18	Michael Dante	1	2	188
	Tommy End	1	2	188
20	Big Damo	1	4	170
	Axel Tischer	1	4	170
22	Damon Moser	1	2	120
	Danny Garnell	1	2	120
24	James Davis	1	3	119
	Rob Lynch	1	3	119
26	Chris Brookes	3	3	98
	Kid Lykos II	1	2	98
28	Paul Robinson	1	2	91
	Will Ospreay	1	2	91
30	Pete Dunne	1	1	82
31	Dan Moloney	1	1	71
	Man Like DeReiss	1	1	71
33	Bandido	1	1	50
	Flamita	1	1	50
35	Alexxis Falcon	1	1	40
	Charles Crowley	1	1	40
37	Jimmy Havoc	1	0	14
	Mark Haskins	1	0	14
39	A. R. Fox	1	2	7
	Jonathan Gresham	1	2	7

References

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External links

• Progress Wrestling Tag Team Title History at Cagematch.net