History Trivia / ProgressWrestling

** Paul Robinson left the company in 2021 due to allegations that had been brought to light at the same time as the above, but generally gone under the radar until it was found out that he'd worked the return tapings as a backstage agent. Although he claimed innocence on personally doing anything wrong, he admitted to seeing the same girl being abused by the IPW locker room and not reporting it to anyone at the time which he considered a mistake. This, along with a lack of indication that he'd ever distanced himself from the Swords of Essex after their above controversies made it unfeasible to keep him around.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jim Smallman revealed that Wrestling/JimmyHavoc's heel entrance was going to be "Let Em Come" by Scrobius Pip which would go on to be used by Paul Robinson as his entrance music.

* PlayingAgainstType: In general, Progress tends to book wrestlers very differently from other promotions in the UK, leading to plenty of ShockingSwerve moments where a likeable heroic character gets their first opportunity to experiment playing a heel.

* FanNickname: Almost as soon as Progress announced they were going to have a heavyweight division, people started calling it "The Big Lads' Division".
** The team of Mark and Vicky Haskins, Wrestling/JimmyHavoc and Flash Morgan Webster, who have no official name, has been dubbed "Entropy" by fans. There's been a few hints on social media that this is their intended name, but if that is the case, none of them have officially stated it. Prior to Webster joining they were also known by some fans as "Triple Ha".

* PlayingAgainstType: In general, Progress tends to book wrestlers very differently from other promotions in the UK, leading to plenty of ShockingSwerves where a likeable heroic character gets their first opportunity to experiment playing a heel.

* PlayingAgainstType: Progress is one of the few companies in England that uses El Ligero as a heel.
** The London Riots are faces in Progress, after three years of being monster heels there, and are still heel pretty much everywhere else with a few exceptions.
** Trent Seven is a hugely-popular face everywhere, except for Progress where he's a heel.
** As of Chapter 39 we can add Tyler Bate to the list of people who seem to be face everywhere apart from Progress as he joined Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle and attacked Wrestling/JimmyHavoc who has recently become more of an AntiHero
** And as of the end of 2016, Will Ospreay is a heel.
** Of course, we have a looping version of this in Wrestling/JimmyHavoc. He was a face in Progress, as he was in other places, then turned heel, started to be used as a heel everywhere else, then turned back face after he was used as a heel everywhere and is now a heel again?
** In a more meta example James Davis is transitioning into a more technical style since becoming Strangler Davis after years of having a more power move brawling style.

** After the above, The management of the company went under a restructure due to evidence of initial poor handling of the allegations. Matt and Glen stepped away altogether, and Jon gave up his management of the company while retaining an ownership stake. A new management team was brought in including Vicky Haskins and Michael Oku.

** David Starr, Travis Banks, El Ligero and Mark Parry were all banned from the company due to various levels of abuse allegations in June 2020. Scotty Davis and Jordan Devlin were also stripped of the Tag Team Championships and suspended pending investigation of allegations against both of them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jim Smallman has recently revealed that Wrestling/JimmyHavoc's heel entrance was going to be "Let Em Come" by Scrobius Pip which would go on to be used by Paul Robinson as his entrance music.

* [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Role Ending Illegal Activity]]:

* YouLookFamiliar: [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]] wrestled at two Progress shows; Chapter Thirteen and the Progress World Cup. Now, he's better known as Finn Balor in the WWE. In fact, his last independent wrestling match was for Progress before he began his WWE career.
** So did Wrestling/JohnnyGargano, Wrestling/TommasoCiampa and [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Tommy End]].

** So did Wrestling/JohnnyGargano, Wrestling/TomassoCiampa and [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Tommy End]].

** The team of Mark and Vicky Haskins, Jimmy Havoc and Flash Morgan Webster, who have no official name, has been dubbed "Entropy" by fans. There's been a few hints on social media that this is their intended name, but if that is the case, none of them have officially stated it. Prior to Webster joining they were also known by some fans as "Triple Ha".

** As of Chapter 39 we can add Tyler Bate to the list of people who seem to be face everywhere apart from Progress as he joined British Strong Style and attacked Jimmy Havoc who has recently become more of an AntiHero

** Of course, we have a looping version of this in Jimmy Havoc. He was a face in Progress, as he was in other places, then turned heel, started to be used as a heel everywhere else, then turned back face after he was used as a heel everywhere and is now a heel again?

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Ospreay's 2017 heel run was cut short by an exclusivity clause in his Ring of Honor contract, meaning his match with Jimmy Havoc in March had to become Loser Leaves Progress. He came back at the end of the year after the contract ran out. Marty Scurll's unexplained disappearance around the same time was for the same reason.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jim Smallman has recently revealed that Jimmy Havoc's heel entrance was going to be Let Em Come by Scrobius Pip which would go on to be used by Paul Robinson as his entrance music.

** So did Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa and [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Tommy End]].

* CreatorCouple: Dahlia Black and TK Cooper are a couple both on and off screen.

** So did Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa and Tommy End (now known as Aleister Black).

* [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Role Ending Illegal Activity]]: James Davis was immediately cut from the company after two girls alleged they'd previously been in relationships with him when they were under the age of consent. The company also [[RetGone scrubbed his recent promos from their YouTube channel]].

* OneOfUs: During Paul Robinson’s entrance, it’s customary for the majority of fans to turn their backs and flip him off above their heads. When the London Riots faced Robinson and Jimmy Havoc at Super Strong Style 16 Night 1, the Riots too turned their backs during Robinson’s entrance.
** Nathan Cruz has said he's a fan of Main/PowerRangers and Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** Zack Gibson has also said he was a Power Rangers fan.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Jimmy Havoc? Sadistic bastard. The real Jimmy? just about the nicest person around. Apparently [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCAkjUgLFmg loves romantic comedies.]]
** Also Zack Gibson according to a Jim Smallman podcast, who is clearly pleased at how hilariously hated his character is.

** The team of Mark and Vicky Haskins, Jimmy Havoc and Flash Morgan Webster, who have no official name, has been dubbed "Entropy" by fans. There's been a few hints on social media that this is their intended name, but if that is the case, none of them have officially stated it. Prior to Webster joining they were also known by some fans as "Triple Ha"