# Progress Wrestling Atlas Championship

The Progress Atlas Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion Progress Wrestling. Initially, the title was designated exclusively for wrestlers weighing over 205 pounds (the cruiserweight weight limit) in weight, but the respective rule was scrapped in time.

## Title history

On 27 February 2019, Progress announced that there would be a unification match between the Atlas and World championships at Super Strong Style 16 on 5 May of that year, with Walter winning and thus unifying the two titles. On 21 July 2019, Progress announced that the Atlas Championship had been retired, to be replaced with the upcoming Proteus Championship. Luke Jacobs is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Jonah in a tournament final to reactivated title at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle on 18 April 2022, in Camden Town, London. Rampage Brown was the first champion after winning a tournament.

### Inaugural tournament (2016)

The inaugural tournament of the championship was held under a two-block system with the winner of each one advancing to the finals. For the block matches, two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The tournament began at PROGRESS Chapter 28: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want on April 10, 2016 and ended at Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again on September 25.
Final standings :
| Block A | Block A | Block B | Block B |
| T-Bone | 6 | Joe Coffey | 5 |
| Dave Mastiff | 4 | Rampage Brown | 3 |
| Big Daddy Walter | 2 | Michael Dante | 2 |
| Iestyn Rees | 0 | Damian O'Connor | 0 |
| Block A | T-Bone | Walter | Rees | Mastiff |
| T-Bone | — | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | T-Bone (9:35) | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) |
| Walter | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | — | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | Walter (11:13) |
| Rees | T-Bone (9:35) | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | — | Mastiff (6:33) |
| Mastiff | T-Bone & Gibson (9:56) | Walter (11:13) | Mastiff (6:33) | — |
| Block B | Dante | O'Connor | Coffey | Brown |
| Dante | — | Dante (6:56) | Coffey (9:23) | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) |
| O'Connor | Dante (6:56) | — | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | Brown (forfeit) |
| Coffey | Coffey (9:23) | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | — | Draw (15:00) |
| Brown | O'Connor & Coffey (7:22) | Brown (forfeit) | Draw (15:00) | — |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Joe Coffey | Pin | | | |
| A2 | Dave Mastiff | 9:24 | | | |
| A2 | Dave Mastiff | 9:24 | B1 | Joe Coffey | 13:53 |
| | | | B2 | Rampage Brown | Pin |
| A1 | T-Bone | 9:46 | B2 | Rampage Brown | Pin |
| B2 | Rampage Brown | Pin | | | |

## Reigns

There have been a total of thirteen reigns shared between ten different official champions. The current champion is Axel Tischer who is in his first reign.
Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Rampage Brown | 25 September 2016 | Chapter 36: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Room... Again | Brixton, London | 1 | 112 | 3 | Defeated Joe Coffey in a tournament final to crown the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Matt Riddle | 15 January 2017 | Chapter 42: Life, the Universe and Wrestling | Birmingham, England | 1 | 175 | 9 | | |
| 3 | Walter | 9 July 2017 | Chapter 51: Screaming For Progress': | Birmingham, England | 1 | 34 | 1 | | |
| 4 | Matt Riddle | 12 August 2017 | Progress: New York City | New York City, NY | 2 | 29 | 0 | | |
| 5 | Walter | 10 September 2017 | Chapter 55: Chase the Sun | Haringey, London | 2 | 238 | 2 | This was a three-way match, also involving Timothy Thatcher. | |
| — | Vacated | 7 May 2018 | Chapter 68: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London | — | — | — | Walter voluntarily vacated the title. | |
| 6 | Doug Williams | 20 May 2018 | Chapter 69: Be Here Now | Manchester, England | 1 | 133 | 2 | This was a four-way match for the vacant title, which involving Joseph Conners, Rampage Brown and Rob Lynch. | |
| 7 | Trent Seven | 30 September 2018 | Chapter 76: Hello Wembley | Wembley, London | 1 | 294 | 6 | | |
| 8 | Walter | 5 May 2019 | Chapter 88: Super Strong Style 16 | Haringey, London | 3 | 77 | 1 | Upon Walter's victory, the title was unified with the Progress World Championship, but not deactivated. | |
| — | Deactivated | 21 July 2019 | Chapter 95: Still Chasing | — | — | — | — | PROGRESS declared the championship retired, to be replaced with the Proteus Championship. | |
| 9 | Luke Jacobs | 18 April 2022 | Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle | Camden Town, London | 1 | 160 | 5 | Defeated Jonah in a tournament final to win the reactivated championship. | |
| 10 | Big Damo | 25 September 2022 | Chapter 142: The Deadly Viper Tour | Birmingham, England | 1 | 154 | 3 | | |
| 11 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 26 February 2023 | Chapter 150: When The Man Comes Around | London, England | 1 | 404 | 6 | | |
| 12 | Yoichi | 5 April 2024 | Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 52 | 1 | | |
| 13 | Axel Tischer | 27 May 2024 | Super Strong Style 16 (Night 2) | London, England | 1 | 267+ | 2 | | |

### Combined reigns

As of February 18, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
| 1 | Ricky Knight Jr. | 1 | 6 | 404 |
| 2 | Walter | 3 | 4 | 349 |
| 3 | Axel Tischer † | 1 | 2 | 267+ |
| 4 | Trent Seven | 1 | 6 | 217 |
| 5 | Matt Riddle | 2 | 9 | 204 |
| 6 | Luke Jacobs | 1 | 5 | 160 |
| 7 | Big Damo | 1 | 3 | 154 |
| 8 | Doug Williams | 1 | 2 | 132 |
| 9 | Rampage Brown | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| 10 | Yoichi | 1 | 1 | 52 |