PROGRESS Deadly Viper Tour Kicks Off This Saturday In Sheffield – Chapter 137: Copperhead Full Card
PROGRESS Kick off their Deadly Viper Tour this Saturday, with Chapter 137: Copperhead at the 02 Academy in Sheffield before heading to Newcastle the very next day for Chapter 138 Cottonmouth.
The full card for Copperhead has been announced by PROGRESS via their social media profiles, the show is set to feature 4 championship matches.
Full card as announced so far;
Dean Allmark vs Hayata
Dean Allmark needs to bounce back after two defeats to current PROGRESS World Champion Chris Ridgeway during the Super Strong Style 16 Weekend and most recently at Chapter 136: 24/7 with the PROGRESS World title on the line. He will have the chance to go up against the debuting Hayata, the current Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Jr Heavyweight Champion is a member of the Stinger faction in Noah along with Chris Ridgeway, so Allmark will also have a chance at some measure of revenge against Ridgeway’s stable mate.
Greedy Souls vs Sunshine Machine – Tag Team Championship
Sunshine Machine, TK Cooper and Chuck Mambo managed to defend the their tag team championships for the first time against RKJ and Leon Slater, following the match Sunshine Machine would state they are ready to face anybody and tried to set up a match with the CPF (Callum Newman, Danny Black, Just Joe Lando & Maverick Mayhew). However as Sunshine Machine were speaking Greedy Souls interrupted the pair, the Greedy Souls, Danny Jones and Brendan White were quick to remind Sunshine Machine of the two teams history during the no fan/Peckham era before challenging them to match at Chapter 137: Copperhead.
Robbie X vs Kanouske Takeashita
Another debuting star Kanosuke Takeshita has been making a big splash on the US scene putting on great performances for AEW, against some of the very best in AEW most recently challenging for the ROH World title in a match against Claudio Castagnoli. Robbie X finally made his return to PROGRESS during the Super Strong Style Weekend, although he is yet to pick up a win in a PROGRESS Ring despite some amazing performances most recently against Nick Wayne at Chapter 136: 24/7.
Kanji vs Laura Di Matteo – Women’s Championship
Following the shocking post match beat down from Laura Di Matteo to Kanji following their match at 24/7, Kanji will be looking for a measure of revenge. Laura Di Matteo is the longest serving member of the PROGRESS Women’s roster yet she is still as yet to hold the PROGRESS women’s championship, will her new found attitude and aggression finally let the Italian born superstar hold the gold. Kanji is used to having a target on her back following her long drawn out war with former women’s champion Gisele shaw, she’ll certainly be ready for anything Laura Di Matteo can throw at her.
Lana Austin vs Raven Creed vs Eliza Alexander
Lana Austin has been embroiled in a rivalry with Raven Creed that has seen her employ the likes of Nightshade, Max the Impaler and even Eliza Alexander to take out Raven Creed for her, most recently Lana Austin and Eliza Alexander picked up a tag team victory over Raven Creed and Alexxis Falcon at Chapter 136: 24/7. No doubt Lana will be hoping to turn this into a 2 on 1 situation against Raven Creed but will her alliance with Eliza be able to hold if only one of them can pick up the victory.
Luke Jacobs vs Man Like Dereiss – Atlas Championship
Man Like Dereiss get his first shot at singles gold in PROGRESS as he challenges Luke Jacobs, the former tag team champion along side Dan Maloney as the 0121 will be hopeful of adding the Atlas Championship to his list of achievements. Luke Jacob has looked dominant ever since becoming Atlas Champion, picking up huge wins over Big Damo and Jonah on the way to winning the Atlas Tournament and championship, he has successfully defended against the likes of Axel Tischer and Roy Johsnson.
Gene Munny vs Maggot
Gene Munny came so close to winning the SSS16 only being eliminated in the Semi Finals by the eventual winner and current PROGRESS World Champion Chris Ridgeway, After failing to win the Thunderbastard match, Gene will need to pick up a win here if he is to get back in the title contention and another shot at Chris Ridgeway. Maggot has become incredibly popular with the PROGRESS audience in his short time wrestling with the promotion, the current wXw Shotgun Champion managed to pick up a win over Charles Crowley at 24/7 another big win over Gene could see him rise up the ranks of PROGRESS,
Chris Ridgeway vs Big Damo – Progress World Championship
Ridgeway has gotten the first defence of the championship out of the way after successfully defeating Dean Allmark at 24/7. Big Damo however poses a completely different task, Damo will have a clear size, weight and power advantage and he’s going to need to use all of those attributes if he is going to dethrone the current PROGRESS World Champion. Ridgeway my be undersized in this match but he has shown time and time again his ability to take down much larger opponents able pick limbs apart at will, wearing down his opponents before unleashing vicious strikes with precision to KO his opponents.
Spike Trivet will be appearing
It has also been announced that Spike Trivet will be appearing at the show, as usual he’ll surely have plenty of things to say to the crowd in attendance.
PROGRESS Chapter 137: Copperhead takes place this Saturday the 13th of August at the 02 Academy in Sheffield as part of their deadly Viper Tour, which will see them makes stops at Newcastle on the 14th, Birmingham on 25th of September, Manchester on the 9th of October and in Cardiff on the 16th of October. All shows will be made available to stream on the Peacock Streaming Service in the USA, the WWE Network everywhere else as well as the Progress on Demand service, available worldwide.
Written by Andy More of the Tea & Tights: A Great British Wrestling Podcast
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