Progress Chapter 158: The Long Halloween
The Chapter 158: The Long Halloween was a professional wrestling event produced by Progress Wrestling. It took place on 22 October 2023, in London, England at Electric Ballroom.
Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Lykos Gym defeated Smokin' Aces (Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley). In other prominent matches, Rhio defeated Lana Austin to win the Progress World Women's Championship, who had just defeated Alexxis Falcon to retain the title.
Production
Storylines
The event included matches that each resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by Progress' creative writers, while storylines were produced on Progress' events airing on the Demand PROGRESS streaming service.Event
The event started with the singles confrontation between Yoshiki Inamura and Tate Mayfairs, solded with the victory of the latter. Next up, Big Damo and Axel Tischer picked up a victory over Malik and Paul Robinson in tag team competition. The third bout saw Nina Samuels defeat Aleah James in singles competition. Next up, Gene Munny outmatched Nathan Cruz in another singles bout. In the fifth match, KC Navarro defeated Brent Banks, Jack Bandicoot and Vaughn Vertigo to retain the Warrior Wrestling Championship. Next up, Luke Jacobs defeated Warren Banks in singles competition. The seventh match saw Lana Austin defeat Alexxis Falcon to secure the seventh consecutive defense of the Progress World Women's Championship in that respective reign. Austin then got challenged by Rhio who defeated her in a twenty-second squash match to win the Women's title, ending Austin's reign at 329 days and seven defenses.In the main event, Kid Lykos and Kid Lykos II defeated Progress Tag Team Champions Charlie Sterling and Nick Riley in a non-title match.