PROGRESS Wrestling Reveals Brackets For Atlas Tournament

PROGRESS Wrestling Reveals Brackets For Atlas Tournament PROGRESS

PROGRESS Wrestling has revealed the brackets for the upcoming Atlas Tournament, featuring JONAH, Joe Hendry, Big Damo, Axel Tischer (fka Alexander Wolfe) and more.

Three first round matches are scheduled for Chapter 132: By the Beard of Zeus! on April 17, with the tournament set to conclude the next night at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle. The winner will be crowned the new Atlas Champion, the first since the title was unified with the PROGRESS World Championship in 2019.

In first round action, JONAH will do battle with Schaff, in a special showcase bout on PROGRESS Wrestling’s YouTube channel this Thursday.

Fans will have to wait until Chapter 132 for the other first round matches, which include Warren Banks vs Axel Tischer, Joe Hendry vs Rickey Shane Page and Big Damo vs Luke Jacobs.

You can view the brackets below:

PROGRESS shared the following press release on the tournament:

London, England (5th April 2022): PROGRESS Wrestling have today announced the bracket for the upcoming return of the Atlas Tournament that will take place across back-to-back events on Sunday 17th April and Monday 18th April at the Electric Ballroom in London.

The tournament will see eight heavyweight competitors come together to face off in a single elimination tournament that will end with the crowning of a brand new Atlas Champion – the first since the title was unified with the PROGRESS World Championship by WWE NXT’s Gunther (Then known as WALTER) in 2019.

In order to whet the appetite of fans, the first match in the tournament will be released on PROGRESS Wrestling’s YouTube channel on Thursday 7th April. This match will see one of the hottest heavyweights in the world, JONAH face off against the u-and-coming Pennsylvania-born Schaff.

The remaining three first round matches will take place at Chapter 132: By the Beard of Zeus! On Sunday 17th April.

The first of these matches will see Warren Banks return to a PROGRESS ring for the first time since coming so close to defeating Jonathan Gresham for the PROGRESS World Championship at The 10th Anniversary show in late March. He will face the German veteran Axel Tischer.

Joe Hendry, the Scottish superstar making waves across the world, will make his long-awaited PROGRESS Wrestling debut when he faces a man making his first PROGRESS appearance since 2019, Rickey Shane Page.

Rounding out the tournament bracket is another man making an eagerly-anticipated return to PROGRESS, Big Damo, facing the youngest competitor in the tournament, representing North West Strong, Luke Jacobs.

The tournament will culminate at Chapter 133: Stop Motion Skeleton Battle on Monday 18th April, Easter Bank Holiday in the UK when the crowd at The Electric Ballroom will witness a new champion crowned.

Tickets for both events are on sale now at Progresswrestling.com. Fans can purchase event tickets individually or purchase an ‘Atlas Weekender’ ticket covering both events at a special combined price.

Further matches for both events will be confirmed over the coming days.

Tickets for both chapter shows are available at Progresswrestling.com.

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