Super Strong Style 16 is an 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.
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]
2024
Luke Jacobs
1
May 27, 2024
Ricky Knight Jr.
Electric Ballroom
Kid Lykos (c) vs. Mark Haskins for the PROGRESS World Championship
[ 20]
May 27, 2024
Luke Jacobs vs. Ricky Knight Jr. in the 2024 Super Strong Style 16 Tournament final
2025
Man Like DeReiss
1
May 4, 2025
Leon Slater
Electric Ballroom
Nina Samuels (c) vs. Rhio in a Title vs. PROGRESS Career match for the PROGRESS Women's Championship
[ 21]
May 5, 2025
Man Like DeReiss vs. Leon Slater in the Super Strong Style 16 tournament final
– Championship victory
– Championship match loss
The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and May 6, 2019 at the Alexandra Palace in London , England .[ 32]
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.[ 36]
The tournament was held across three nights between June 3 and June 5, 2022 at the Electric Ballroom in London , England .[ 37]
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