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IN 2012, THREE British entertainers—Jim Smallman, Jon Briley, & Glen Joseph—founded PROGRESS Wrestling. Quickly, it became a proving ground for wrestling’s rising stars. Pete Dunne (Butch), Walter (Gunther), Toni Storm, Dakota Kai, Ilja Dragunov, Tyler Bate, Will Ospreay, and Gisele Shaw all had early, career-defining matches there.

PROGRESS has undergone significant changes. Key roster members departed for WWE; others were shown the

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