First introduced in 2015, the tournament comprises four rounds and features sixteen professional wrestlers who compete in singles matches.
Since its inception, the tournament has been notable for featuring various professional wrestlers, who have gone on to achieve huge mainstream success, competing for promotions such as WWE, All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
[1] The tournament is used to determine the #1 contender for the PROGRESS World Championship.
The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and May 6, 2019 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.
[31] The tournament was used to crown the new PROGRESS World Champion after previous champion Jonathan Gresham was stripped off the title due to Lykos Gym attacking Gresham's opponent Gene Munny at Chapter 134: No Mountain High Enough.