Natural Progression Series

Natural Progression Series is a professional wrestling tournament produced by Progress Wrestling, annually since 2012. The tournament is used to showcase upstart rising wrestlers from the United Kingdom. The winner receives a championship match of their choosing at anytime and any place. The winner also gets to name a participant of their choosing in the next Natural Progression Series.^[1]

List of winners

#	Winner	Finals date	Runner-up	Finals location	Ref.
I	Mark Andrews	November 24, 2013	Paul Robinson	London, England	[2]
II	Morgan Webster	January 25, 2015	Zack Gibson
III	William Eaver	April 24, 2016	Damon Moser		[3]
IV	Toni Storm	May 28, 2017	Jinny and Laura Di Matteo		[4]
V	Mark Davis	June 24, 2018	Chris Ridgeway		[5]
VI	Scotty Davis	September 14, 2019	Danny Duggan
VII	Luke Jacobs	February 27, 2021	Warren Banks		[6]
8	Ricky Knight Jr.	November 27, 2022	Tate Mayfairs		[7]

Championship match for winner

  – Championship victory

  – Championship match loss

  – Tournament was for a championship

Winner	Event	Year	Championship match
Mark Andrews	Chapter Ten: Glory Follows Virtue As If It Were Its Shadow	2013	Andrews defeated Rampage Brown to win the PROGRESS Championship.
Morgan Webster	Chapter 24: Hit The North	2015	Webster lost the trophy to Zack Gibson due to outside interference at Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive!. As a result, Webster was inserted into the PROGRESS Championship match between Will Ospreay and Gibson, making it a three-way match. Webster lost as Ospreay retained the title.
Pastor William Eaver	Chapter 32: 5000 To 1	2016	Eaver defeated Marty Scurll to win the PROGRESS World Championship.
Toni Storm	Chapter 49: Super Strong Style 16 Tournament Edition 2017 (night 2)	2017	Storm defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in three-way match in the NPS final to become the inaugural Progress Women's Champion.
Mark Davis	Chapter 87: Breadknife	2019	Davis and his Aussie Open tag team partner Kyle Fletcher defeated The Swords of Essex (Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson) in a ladder match to win the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship.
Scotty Davis	Chapter 95: Still Chasing	2019	Davis and his partner Jordan Devlin defeated Grizzled Young Veterans and Aussie Open in a three-way match to win the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship.
Luke Jacobs	Chapter 106: Stick A Pony In Me Pocket	2021	Jacobs lost to Cara Noir for the PROGRESS World Championship.
Ricky Knight Jr.	Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around	2023	Knight defeated Big Damo for the PROGRESS Atlas Championship.

Tournament history

Natural Progression Series I

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

Mark Andrews

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Will Ospreay

10:31[8]

Mark Andrews

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Jonathan Windsor

10:00[9]

Mike Hitchman

11:24[10]

Jonathan Windsor

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Mark Andrews

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Paul Robinson

13:28[11]

Eddie Dennis

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Darrell Allen, Joey Lakeside and Xander Cooper

13:36[12]

Eddie Dennis

10:35[13]

Paul Robinson

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MK McKinnan

7:40[14]

Paul Robinson

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Natural Progression Series II

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

Zack Gibson

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Will Ospreay

12:10[15]

Zack Gibson

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Ali Armstrong

12:53[16]

Chuck Mambo and Pastor William Eaver

9:00[17]

Ali Armstrong

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Zack Gibson

15:57[18]

Morgan Webster

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Pete Dunne

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Robbie X

10:51[19]

Pete Dunne

7:42[20]

Morgan Webster

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Josh Bodom

10:34[21]

Morgan Webster

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Natural Progression Series III

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

Pastor William Eaver

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Tyler Bate

8:57[22]

William Eaver

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Damian Dunne **

10:34[23]

Damian Dunne

8:58[24]

Sebastian *

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William Eaver

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Damon Moser

11:10[25]

Ashton Smith

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Kyle Ashmore

9:30[26]

Ashton Smith

10:10[27]

Damon Moser

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Jack Sexsmith and Shen Woo

6:54[28]

Damon Moser

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• (*) Sebastian had to withdraw from the tournament due to injury.
• (**) Replaced Sebastian.

Natural Progression Series IV

This was the only edition of the tournament to feature female participants. This tournament was held to crown the inaugural PROGRESS Women's Champion.^[29]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[30]
1	Chakara defeated Pollyanna	Natural Progression Series IV Final Spot Qualifying Match	9:26[31]
2	Jinny defeated Pollyanna	Natural Progression Series IV First Round	16:25[32]
3	Nixon Newell defeated Katey Harvey	Natural Progression Series IV First Round[33]	—
4	Toni Storm defeated Bea Priestley	Natural Progression Series IV First Round[34]	—
5	Alex Windsor defeated Livvii Grace	Natural Progression Series IV First Round	13:43[35]
6	Laura Di Matteo defeated Chakara	Natural Progression Series IV First Round[36]	—
7	Dahlia Black defeated Martina	Natural Progression Series IV First Round	9:32[37]
8	Jinny defeated Nixon Newell	Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final	7:39[38]
9	Toni Storm defeated Dahlia Black	Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final	6:52[39]
10	Laura Di Matteo defeated Alex Windsor	Natural Progression Series IV Semi Final[40]	—
11	Toni Storm defeated Jinny and Laura Di Matteo	Natural Progression Series IV Final Three Way match for the PROGRESS Women's Championship[41]	—

Natural Progression Series V

Qualifying matches held for the tournament were:

Live At The Dome #3 – January 10, 2018 (The Dome – London, England)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Maverick Mayhew defeated Connor Mills	Singles match	21:27

Live At The Dome #4 – July 2, 2018 (The Dome – London, England)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Mark Davis defeated Kyle Fletcher	Singles match	21:27

The tournament brackets were:

First Round

Semifinals

Finals

Chris Ridgeway

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Omari

[42]

Chris Ridgeway

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Drew Parker

11:39[43]

Spike Trivet

5:42[44]

Drew Parker

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Chris Ridgeway

17:50[45]

Mark Davis

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Danny Duggan

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Danny Jones

13:26[46]

Danny Duggan

[47]

Mark Davis

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Maverick Mayhew

[48]

Mark Davis

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Natural Progression Series VI

First Round[49]

Semifinals[49]

Finals[49]

Scotty Davis

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Gene Munny

[49]

Scotty Davis

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Cara Noir

[49]

Dan Moloney

[49]

Cara Noir

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Scotty Davis

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Danny Duggan

[49]

The OJMO

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Veit Müller

[49]

The OJMO

[49]

Danny Duggan

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Malik

[49]

Danny Duggan

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Natural Progression Series VII

First Round[50]

Semifinals[51]

Finals[51]

Warren Banks

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Big Guns Joe

7:24

Warren Banks

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Danny Black

10:49

ELIJAH

10:59

Danny Black

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Warren Banks

10:14

Luke Jacobs

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Ethan Allen

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Kid Lykos II

12:12

Ethan Allen

12:48

Luke Jacobs

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Man Like DeReiss

9:39

Luke Jacobs

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Natural Progression Series 8

Qualifying matches held for the tournament were:

Chapter 138: The Deadly Viper Tour - Codename: Cottonmouth – August 14, 2022 (O2 Academy – Birmingham, England)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Liam Slater defeated Screwface Ahmed and Shreddy	Three-way match	7:12

Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour - Codename: California Mountain Snake – September 25, 2022 (The Boiler Shop – Newcastle, England)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Peter Tihanyi defeated Alexander Roth, Hari Singh and Tom Thelwell	Four-way match	6:18

The tournament brackets were:

First Round

Semifinals

Final

Peter Tihanyi

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Ricky Knight Jr.

11:40

Ricky Knight Jr.

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Leon Slater

12:08

Leon Slater

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Liam Slater

11:35

Ricky Knight Jr.

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Tate Mayfairs

15:11

Sam Bailey

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Tate Mayfairs

10:55

Tate Mayfairs

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Nico Angelo

9:29

Joe Lando

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Nico Angelo

8:35

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External links

• PROGRESS Wrestling official website