Progress Wrestling Progress Chapter 26: Unknown Pleasures

The event felt like Progress's version of a house show. The first few matches are the shits - sloppy/dull opener, overcooked Sexsmith, the Cooper/Black combo makes it two matches in-a-row in which we all suffer from immature (in more than one way) talent. Things pick up with Thatcher/Gallagher but it's too short to make a solid dent. Of the regularly working big guys in Progress/the UK, I think Rampage is among the worst. Whiplash is fine - kind of reminds me of how Devon Storm works. That leaves the final two matches... both impress, especially the title match that plays off of their previous matches in Progress/the UK. Haskins has done a credible job of rebranding himself since his D Gate days but he's not yet there to be a highly respected/sought after talent. His stature is now one of a slightly smaller Tommy End. Scurll and his recent music change have yet to coalesce as his charisma has yet to match-up to the perceived darkness the music implies.

Spoofed in PROGRESS Chapter 50: I Give It Six Months (2017)