Super Strong Style 16

Annual independent wrestling tournament by Progress Wrestling
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
Super Strong Style 16
PromotionsProgress Wrestling
First event2015
Event gimmickAnnual single elimination tournament

Super Strong Style 16 is a popular annual professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by Progress Wrestling.

First introduced in 2015, the tournament comprises four rounds and features sixteen professional wrestlers who compete in singles matches. Since its inception, the tournament has been notable for featuring various professional wrestlers, who have gone on to achieve huge mainstream success, competing for promotions such as WWE, All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[1] The tournament is used to determine the #1 contender for the PROGRESS World Championship. An exception was during the 2022 edition, where the title was declared vacant before the tournament and the title was decided in the tournament.

Winners, dates, venues and main events

Year Tournament winner Times won Date Runner-up City Venue Main Event Ref.
2015 Will Ospreay 1 May 24, 2015 Zack Sabre Jr. London, England Electric Ballroom Regression (Jimmy Havoc and Paul Robinson) vs. The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) [2]
May 25, 2015 Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the 2015 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [3]
2016 Tommy End 1 May 29, 2016 Mark Andrews The Origin (El Ligero and Nathan Cruz) (c) vs. The London Riots (James Davis and Rob Lynch) for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship [4]
May 30, 2016 Tommy End vs. Mark Andrews in the 2016 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final
2017 Travis Banks 1 May 27, 2017 Tyler Bate Matt Riddle vs. Trent Seven in the first round of the 2017 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament [5]
May 28, 2017 Laura Di Matteo vs. Jinny vs. Toni Storm in a three-way match for the inaugural PROGRESS Women's Championship in the Natural Progression Series IV final [6]
May 29, 2017 Travis Banks vs. Tyler Bate in the 2017 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [7]
2018 Zack Sabre Jr. 1 May 5, 2018 Kassius Ohno Alexandra Palace Chris Brookes vs. Kassius Ohno in the first round of the 2018 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament [8]
May 6, 2018 Travis Banks (c) vs. Walter for the PROGRESS World Championship [9]
May 7, 2018 Kassius Ohno vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the 2018 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [10]
2019 David Starr 1 May 4, 2019 Jordan Devlin Chris Ridgeway vs. Kyle O'Reilly in the first round of the 2019 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament [11]
May 5, 2019 Walter (World Champion) vs. Trent Seven (Atlas Champion) in a Title unification match [12]
May 6, 2019 David Starr vs. Jordan Devlin in the 2019 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [13]
2022 Chris Ridgeway 1 June 3, 2022 Warren Banks Electric Ballroom Jack Evans vs. Johnny Progress in the first round of the 2022 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament [14]
June 4, 2022 Cara Noir vs. Spike Trivet in an "I Quit" Loser Leaves PROGRESS match [15]
June 5, 2022 Chris Ridgeway vs. Warren Banks for the vacant PROGRESS World Championship in the 2022 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [16]
2023 Kid Lykos 1 May 27, 2023 Mark Haskins The Dome Will Ospreay vs. Tate Mayfairs in the first round of the 2023 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament [17]
May 28, 2023 Electric Ballroom Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo and TK Cooper) (c) vs. Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley) in a Ladder match for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championship [18]
May 29, 2023 Kid Lykos vs. Mark Haskins in the 2023 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final [19]

Championship match for winner

  – Championship victory
  – Championship match loss
# Winner Event Year Championship match
1 Will Ospreay Chapter 20: Thunderbastard - Beyond Thunderbastard 2015 Ospreay defeated Jimmy Havoc in a no disqualification match to win the PROGRESS World Championship.
2 Tommy End Chapter 32: 5000 To 1 2016 End lost to Marty Scurll for the PROGRESS World Championship.
3 Travis Banks Chapter 55: Chase The Sun 2017 Banks defeated Pete Dunne to win the PROGRESS World Championship.
4 Zack Sabre Jr. Chapter 77: Pumpkin Spice PROGRESS 2018 Sabre lost to Walter for the PROGRESS World Championship.
5 David Starr Chapter 95: Still Chasing 2019 Starr lost to Eddie Dennis for the PROGRESS World Championship in a three-way match also involving Walter.
6 Kid Lykos Chapter 157: Hungry Like The Wolf 2023 Lykos lost to Spike Trivet for the PROGRESS World Championship.

Tournament history

2015

First Round[20] Quarterfinals[21] Semifinals[21] Finals[21]
        
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Zack Gibson 15:48
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Tommaso Ciampa 15:48
Damo O'Connor 12:53
Tommaso Ciampa Pin
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Marty Scurll 19:49
Marty Scurll Pin
Eddie Dennis 10:46
Marty Scurll Pin
Dave Mastiff 9:27
Noam Dar 10:43
Dave Mastiff By referee's decision
Will Ospreay Pin
Zack Sabre Jr. 17:58
Rampage Brown Pin
Big Daddy Walter 7:26
Rampage Brown Pin
Roderick Strong 14:10
Tommy End 17:51
Roderick Strong Pin
Roderick Strong 12:47
Will Ospreay Pin
Mark Haskins Pin
Jack Gallagher 8:05
Mark Haskins 10:50
Will Ospreay Pin
El Ligero 9:12
Will Ospreay Pin

2016

First Round[22] Quarterfinals[23] Semifinals[23] Finals[23]
        
Mark Haskins Pin
Pete Dunne 9:50
Mark Andrews Pin
Mikey Whiplash 1:44
Damon Moser 4:36
Mikey Whiplash Pin
Mark Andrews Pin
Zack Gibson 7:53
Jack Gallagher Pin
TK Cooper 6:21
Jack Gallagher 13:19
Zack Gibson Pin
Kenny Williams 10:24
Zack Gibson Pin
Mark Andrews 6:19
Tommy End Pin
Chris Hero Pin
Mark Andrews 16:13
Chris Hero Pin
Big Daddy Walter 11:54
Dave Mastiff 11:13
Big Daddy Walter Pin
Chris Hero 12:36
Tommy End Pin
Sami Callihan Pin
Matt Cross 10:06
Sami Callihan 6:34
Tommy End Pin
Rampage Brown 7:29
Tommy End Pin

2017

First Round[24] Quarterfinals[25] Semifinals[26] Finals[26]
        
Travis Banks Pin
Jimmy Havoc [24]
Travis Banks Pin
Flamita [25]
Mark Andrews [24]
Flamita Pin
Travis Banks Pin
Zack Sabre Jr. [26]
Jack Sexsmith Pin
Zack Gibson [24]
Jack Sexsmith [25]
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
David Starr [24]
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Travis Banks Pin
Tyler Bate [26]
Matt Riddle Pin
Trent Seven 0.06[24]
Matt Riddle Pin
Jeff Cobb [25]
Nathan Cruz [24]
Jeff Cobb Pin
Matt Riddle [26]
Tyler Bate Pin
Mark Haskins Pin
Morgan Webster [24]
Mark Haskins [25]
Tyler Bate Pin
William Eaver [24]
Tyler Bate Pin

2018

First Round[27] Quarterfinals[28] Semifinals[29] Finals[29]
        
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Chuck Mambo 10:48
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
David Starr 15:57
TK Cooper 9:44
David Starr Pin
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Keith Lee 12:22
Angélico Pin
Mark Andrews 14:16
Angelico 14:35
Keith Lee Pin
Morgan Webster 14:16
Keith Lee Pin
Zack Sabre Jr. Pin
Kassius Ohno 18:58
Zack Gibson Pin
Joey Janela 0:14
Zack Gibson Pin
Pete Dunne 10:04
Doug Williams 10:50
Pete Dunne Pin
Zack Gibson 11:18
Kassius Ohno Pin
Kassius Ohno Pin
Chris Brookes 21:52
Kassius Ohno 15:00
Tyler Bate Pin
Jordan Devlin 9:10
Tyler Bate Pin

2019

The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and May 6, 2019 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.[30]

First Round[31] Quarterfinals[32] Semifinals[33] Finals[33]
        
Jordan Devlin Pin
Lucky Kid 13:34
Jordan Devlin Pin
Kyle Fletcher 13:09
Daga 14:56
Kyle Fletcher Pin
Jordan Devlin Pin
Kyle O'Reilly 17:59
Paul Robinson Pin
Darby Allin 10:40
Paul Robinson 17:43
Kyle O'Reilly Pin
Chris Ridgeway 19:19
Kyle O'Reilly Pin
Jordan Devlin 21:03
David Starr Pin
Ilja Dragunov Pin
Chris Brookes 14:16
Ilja Dragunov Pin
Trevor Lee 1:11
Aero Star 7:11
Trevor Lee Pin
Ilja Dragunov 9:46
Travis Banks
David Starr 		Pin
Travis Banks Pin
DJZ 10:31
Travis Banks 13:40
David Starr Double Count Out
Artemis Spencer 7:59
David Starr Pin

2022

The tournament was used to crown the new PROGRESS World Champion after previous champion Jonathan Gresham was stripped off the title due to Lykos Gym attacking Gresham's opponent Gene Munny at Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough. The match stipulated that Gresham would lose the title if he got disqualified.[34]

The tournament was held across three nights between June 3 and June 5, 2022 at the Electric Ballroom in London, England.[35]

First Round[36] Quarter Final[37] Semi Final[38] Final[38]
        
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Dean Allmark 11:17
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Charlie Dempsey 11:06
Charles Crowley 12:44
Charlie Dempsey Pin
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Gene Munny 11:10
Gene Munny Pin
Rickey Shane Page 14:32
Gene Munny Pin
Malik 9:24
Callum Newman 11:23
Malik Pin
Chris Ridgeway Pin
Warren Banks 21:46
Aramis Pin
Robbie X 9:53
Aramis 9:55
Johnny Progress Pin
Jack Evans 12:06
Johnny Progress Pin
Johnny Progress 10:26
Warren Banks Pin
Warren Banks Pin
Big Damo 8:42
Warren Banks Pin
Kid Lykos 5:10
Maggot 10:26
Kid Lykos Pin

2023

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