{"id":51358,"date":"2019-07-29T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=51358"},"modified":"2019-07-29T13:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:50:51","slug":"grizzled-young-veterans-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/29\/grizzled-young-veterans-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Grizzled Young Veterans Win PROGRESS Tag Team Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/25\/progress-chapter-93\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>PROGRESS Chapter 93<\/em><\/a> the Grizzled Young Veterans (<strong>James Drake<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Zack Gibson<\/strong>) faced old rivals Aussie Open (<strong>Mark Davis<\/strong> &amp;<strong> Kyle Fletcher<\/strong>) in the main event for the PROGRESS tag team championships.\u00a0 In their first appearance in PROGRESS since last November the Grizzled Young Veterans emerged victorious to become three-time PROGRESS tag team champions much to the surprise of the audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty sure <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AussieOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AussieOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DUNKZILLADavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DUNKZILLADavis<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylefletcherpro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@kylefletcherpro<\/a> just said goodbye to  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIs_Progress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ThisIs_Progress<\/a> here&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CheerUpJuice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CheerUpJuice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Optimus Time \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@gadget80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gadget80\/status\/1155549882159116291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What perked most fans interest was the fact that Aussie Open seemingly said goodbye to PROGRESS after the match.\u00a0 With Aussie Open teasing the possibility of challenging\u00a0<strong>Guerrillas Of Destiny\u00a0<\/strong>and being in a tournament to earn said match it seems very likely that they are departing PROGRESS to wrestle for NJPW.<\/p>\n<p>If this was a forced change due to Aussie Open leaving then Grizzled Young Veterans are a good team to give the titles to.\u00a0 They will always be over as heels in the UK and have credibility as the NXT UK tag team champions.\u00a0 Whatever the reasoning for the change the Grizzled Young Veterans are surrounded by a tag team division in desperate need of stability and they can provide it.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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