Progress Wrestling Proteus Championship

Progress Proteus Championship
Current design of the title (2019–present)
Details
Promotion	Progress Wrestling
Date established	21 July 2019
Current champion	Paul Walter Hauser
Date won	17 April 2025
Statistics First champion Paul Robinson Longest reign Paul Robinson (1,869 days) Shortest reign Simon Miller (172 days) Oldest champion Simon Miller (39 years, 294 days) Youngest champion Paul Robinson (31 years, 65 days) Lightest champion Paul Robinson (141 lbs)

The PROGRESS Proteus Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. The title is unique in that its champion decides the stipulation of the title defence. The current champion is Paul Walter Hauser in his first reign. He won the title by defeating the previous champion Simon Miller, Effy, Adam Priest, and Charles Crowley in a five-way scramble match at Chapter 179: Progress Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. on 17 April 2025. Hauser's stipulation was a Fans Bring the Weapons match.

Title history

Inaugural champion Paul Robinson

On 21 July 2019, Progress Wrestling co-founder Jim Smallman unveiled the PROGRESS Proteus Championship. The title was established to replace the Progress Atlas Championship, which was unified with the Progress World Championship. Named after the shape-shifting Greek sea god Proteus, the title features a unique stipulation where the reigning champion can determine the rules for their title defenses, subject to the promotion's approval. While intended as a replacement, the Progress Atlas Championship was later revived in April 2022 at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle.

Inaugural Rumble match

The inaugural Progress Proteus Champion was crowned in a 30-person rumble match at Chapter 95: Still Chasing in London, England on 15 September 2019. The winner was Paul Robinson.

Elimination table

  – Winner

Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Elimination(s)
1	Paul Robinson	—	Winner	2
2	Ilja Dragunov	28	William Eaver	4
3	Travis Banks	16	NIWA	3
4	Dani Luna	9	Charli Evans and Millie McKenzie	0
5	Connor Mills	1	Spike Trivet	0
6	Spike Trivet	11	Due to injury	1
7	Danny Duggan	29	Paul Robinson	2
8	Dan Moloney	10	Paul Robinson	0
9	Chakara	5	Los Federales Santos Jr.	0
10	Sugar Dunkerton	4	Chief Deputy Dunne	0
11	Martina	2	Chief Deputy Dunne	0
12	Gene Munny	3	Chief Deputy Dunne	0
13	Los Federales Santos Jr.	8	Chuck Mambo	2
14	Chief Deputy Dunne	7	Chuck Mambo	3
15	Vacant	6	Los Federales Santos Jr.	0
16	Chuck Mambo	26	Ilja Dragunov	2
17	The OJMO	25	Danny Duggan	0
18	Millie McKenzie	22	Chris Brookes	2
19	Charli Evans	21	Chris Brookes	2
20	Roy Johnson	14	NIWA, TK Cooper, and Travis Banks	1
21	Jonathan Gresham	12	Eddie Kingston	0
22	Mike Bailey	13	Travis Banks	0
23	NIWA	17	Ilja Dragunov	2
24	Eddie Kingston	15	Travis Banks	1
25	TK Cooper	18	Ilja Dragunov	1
26	Sid Scala	19	Danny Duggan	0
27	Fraser Thomas	20	Charli Evans and Millie McKenzie	0
28	Chris Brookes	23	Chris Roberts	2
29	Chris Roberts	24	William Eaver	1
30	William Eaver	27	Ilja Dragunov	2

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Reigns

Current champion Paul Walter Hauser

Overall, there have been three reigns among three different champions. Paul Robinson is the inaugural champion, who held the title the longest at 1,869 days with nine successful title defenses. Meanwhile, Simon Miller held the title the shortest at 172 days with seven successful title defenses. Miller is the oldest champion at 39 years and 294 days, while Robinson is the youngest champion at 31 years and 65 days.

Paul Walter Hauser is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Simon Miller, Effy, Adam Priest, and Charles Crowley in a five-way scramble match at Chapter 179: Progress Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. on 17 April 2025. Hauser's stipulation was a Fans Bring the Weapons match.

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
1	Paul Robinson	15 September 2019	Chapter 95: Still Chasing	Haringey, London	1	1,869	9	This was a 30-person rumble match, where Robinson last eliminated Danny Duggan to become the inaugural champion. Robinson declared he could only lose the title via knockout or submission. The title was inactive between 2021 and 2024; however, upon his return to the promotion at Chapter 167: One Bump Or Two? on 21 April 2024, Robinson declared his reign uninterrupted.
2	Simon Miller	27 October 2024	Chapter 172: Werewolves Of London	Camden Town, London	1	172	7	Miller declared that the stipulations for his title defenses be determined by fan polls conducted through social media or during live events.
3	Paul Walter Hauser	17 April 2025	Chapter 179: Progress Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	1	471+	5	This was a five-way match, also involving Effy, Adam Priest, and Charles Crowley. Hauser declared that he would defend the title in a Fans Bring the Weapons match.

External links

• Progress Proteus Title History on Cagematch