Jonathan Gresham has earned a shot at the PROGRESS World Championship.
At the “Ric Flair’s Last Match” event on July 31, Gresham defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Nick Wayne, and Alan Angels to earn a shot at the gold.
Here’s how the match broke down, courtesy of our play-by-play coverage:
Takeshita briefly gains the upper hand, but Gresham drops him with a flurry of offense. Angels enters the ring and squares off with Takeshita. They trade strikes, and Takeshita drops Angels with a stiff shot to the face. He turns the former Dark Order member inside out with a clothesline. Wayne comes in and suplexes Angels. He gets a two count with a Code Red-like maneuver. Takeshita tags in, and while Wayne flips out of one suplex, he gets slammed for a two count. Angels dives onto Gresham on the outside. Gresham dives onto Takeshita. Angels hits a suicide dive on Gresham. Takeshita suplexes AA. Gresham nails Takeshita with a cutter. Gresham dives onto Angels. “The Octopus” wins by pinning Angels.
Winner: Jonathan Gresham
.@thejongresham gets the win! #RicFlairsLastMatch pic.twitter.com/o59pnCqvQJ
— FITE (@FiteTV) July 31, 2022
Gresham previously won the title in March by defeating Cara Noir at PROGRESS Chapter 130. He was stripped of the title due to the interference of Lykos Gym in his match against Gene Munny at PROGRESS Chapter 134. Gresham recently lost the ROH World Championship to Claudio Castagnoli at ROH Death Before Dishonor.
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