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PROGRESS Wrestling Champion WALTER successfully defended his title at Wembley Arena against Tyler Bate in a dominant display on Sunday.

The London-based promotion ran the biggest British wrestling show in England in more than 30 years with an attendance of around 4,750 fans.

The show ended with the Austrian powerhouse standing tall in the middle of the ring, following a brutal and physical match with the former WWE UK Champion.

Bate, 21, from the West Midlands, had vowed to become PROGRESS World Champion for the first time in his career, but sadly for him, it wasn't to be.

Here's what we learned from PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 76: Hello Wembley.

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1 - Started from the bottom now we here!

PROGRESS owner Jim Smallman announced that the attendance for the show was 4,750, setting a new record for the promotion. The outstanding achievement was not just a testament to the hard work that Jim and his co-owners Jon Briley and Glenn Joseph had put into PROGRESS, but also a celebration of the strength of the British wrestling scene, which has been created with the graft of each and every wrestler over the years.

Nobody thought that British wrestling would be able to attract such a crowd to Wembley Arena, but PROGRESS dared to test that theory and prove it wrong. While there may have been a bit of a dip in atmosphere from the usual PROGRESS show at Camden's intimate Electric Ballroom, bringing 4,750 to a venue was a success and everyone involved in the show should be very proud of what they achieved.

There is nothing set in stone as to how PROGRESS top this venue, but you can only imagine that it won’t be long before they reveal another ground breaking event. Given how successful Wembley was, can you really blame them?

2 - A crowning moment for British favourites, Aussie Open

The team of Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis have been working tirelessly in the UK for the last 14 months and Sunday night was definitely a crowning moment for the popular pair. In a match featuring the very best in the PROGRESS tag team division, Fletcher and Davis overcame seven other duos to be crowned PROGRESS Tag Team Champions for the first time in their careers.

The Wembley crowd was elated for the Aussie duo who have been welcomed on to the UK scene with open arms since debuting in 2017. There is no denying that Aussie Open are one of the very best teams in Europe and this major title could be the first of many in the coming months for the tandem. With Germany's Westside Xtreme Wrestling World Tag Team League fast approaching, they could even come away from this coming weekend with more global opportunities, which they truly deserve.

3 - A good storyline goes a long way

One thing that PROGRESS did very well on this card was build up several key storylines and let them blow off on the biggest stage. Paul Robinson versus Jimmy Havoc and Mark Andrews versus Eddie Dennis are two perfect examples of letting a story play out and the result was two of the better matches of the show. The pre-match video packages hyped up everyone inside the SSE Arena and once the wrestlers made their way to the ring, each and every person was invested in the encounters.

The matches themselves also continued to tell the story, with Dennis almost throwing away the victory at one stage in order to inflict even more damage on his former friend Andrews. Great story telling is such a simple concept, which is often overlooked on an independent level, but there is no denying that PROGRESS knocked it out of the park with these two matches in particular.

4 - Legend Doug Williams calls it a day

It was very much an anticipated outcome, but still the moment that Trent Seven scored the three count over Doug Williams was when the realisation sunk in that one of the very best UK wrestlers of all time would finally be retiring from the scene that he gave so much to. It was however, a fitting moment to see Williams go out on such a big stage, in front of so many fans who had undoubtedly watched him compete in far smaller venues across the UK throughout the many years of his storied career. Ever the showman, Williams went out on his sword and during the match was able to hit all of his trademark moves on Seven, who was the perfect opponent for the veteran. After finally waving his goodbyes to the crowd, the whole of the locker room came out on stage to congratulate Williams on an incredible career in a very touching moment.

5 - wXw partnership is a perfect fit

It is encouraging to see promotions working together to put on exciting matches and there were two matches on Sunday night featuring wXw talent which stole the show. Ilja Dragunov versus Pete Dunne absolutely tore the house down in a brutal and high paced classic, which could easily headline most independent cards. And it probably would have here, if it wasn’t for the blockbuster main event, which featured another wXw talent, WALTER, in a match with former WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate.

This was a true David versus Goliath bout which saw both men throw absolutely everything at each other, before WALTER was able to overcome the challenger to retain the PROGRESS World Championship. PROGRESS have a great roster of their own but Dragunov and WALTER were definitely standouts on Sunday night and both men brought a level of intensity, which was pretty much unmatched throughout the rest of the show.

You can watch PROGRESS Chapter 76: Hello Wembley on PROGRESS Wrestling's streaming service Demand Progress within five to seven days.