Martyn Best

@noah_yu0812 @ThisIs_Progress Welcome to @ThisIs_Progress and good luck today. Kon'nichiwa, ganbattekudasai

Tomorrow is my first match at Progress. I'm looking forward to it, but my opponent is definitely garbage. Garbage opponent. @ThisIs_Progress

@defyNW Looking good

….welcome to the future.

Our host today at @ThisIs_Progress is @fabbakewellboy - live on @FiteTV #deathtoplastic

Getting ready for our show today @ThisIs_Progress #deathtoplastic.

I did indeed mention this and looking forward to seeing @RKJ450 in what looks like a great match up with Zozaya vs @MikeDvecchio and Connor Mills I just hope Ricky recovers from his awesome looking match with @TheOJMO at @RevProUK the Sunday before.

As a co-owner of @ThisIs_Progress I am totally behind @RKJ450 and his statement. Ricky has been our Atlas Champion and winner of our Natural Progression Series and has performed in some of our most iconic matches over the last 2 years. Over and above he has worked with, roomed with, trained and befriended many of our other wrestlers who have come from a range of backgrounds, countries, cultures and diversities. We judge people by their words and their actions and not by at worst a naively taken picture. I personally have enjoyed befriending Ricky over the last 3 years and I applaud his courage in making this very sincere statement which just confirms his values to those who know him and hopefully clarifies those values to those who don’t. We stand by Ricky and will be welcoming him to our next show.

Addressing the situation. I’m aware there has been some controversy surrounding a picture that recently I posted to social media of myself at a boxing gym. I just wanted to take an opportunity to address this and provides both an apology and some clarity and context to the situation. I started training at this gym due to my old boxing gym closing. Simply put, this gym was the most local to me. I have always entered the gym with the mindset of going to train, with no outside distractions whist I’m there & training being my pure focus. I understand why people may be sceptical, but I did not pay any specific attention to my surroundings! Chat was limited to small talk about family & sports with the only real focus being about training, setting goals, making adjustments and improvements. This was no different to any other experience I’ve had in a gym and I’m sure many people who have relationships in gyms with PT’s and people they attend fitness classes with can also relate. As soon as my mistake was pointed out, I took immediate action by removing the picture from my social media and decide to cut ties with the gym & the trainer. It’s not a message I promote or believe in & the thought that people could believe that of me, genuinely makes me feel sick. It's this feeling however that has meant I have been in two minds as to if I should publicly state this or just hope people would understand this and assume the best as opposed to the worst. This has clearly not been the case, yet with everything that has gone on I’ve struggled to comment publicly as I haven’t been in a positive mental state. I’m not attempting to hide behind mental health. But I can only give my experience. Being labelled something that is completely against my beliefs & values completely crushed me. Anyone who knows me, knows this is not who I am and throughout my career I have prided myself on changing any preconceived misconceptions about myself. I recognise how you could say, that not having made a statement has made things worse, however this is not something you can prepare yourself for. I have started to write something many times, but I haven’t been able to as my mind starts racing. It was on the long drive home last night that I realised I had to say something despite the feeling of anxiety & helplessness. I’d like to apologise to anyone who has been upset by the picture, or who thought this may be something that I truly believe, it most definitely is not. I’d also like to thank all the people that have reached out to me and those that have supported me. I can honestly say that without my children, I really don’t know how I would have got through this past week. I’m not looking for sympathy, I understand I made a stupid mistake and am simply trying to explain my feelings. I will be at shows going forward, where I am more than willing to have a conversation with anyone about this situation and hopefully, you’ll be able to see and hear it is a genuine mistake and not a reflection of the person I am. This will be my only statement on the matter. I hope it clears up any questions and makes my position perfectly clear. All I have ever wanted since being a child is to be a professional wrestler, to put my body on the line to entertain everyone that comes to shows. I understand now more than ever, the responsibility that comes with that privilege, and I will learn from this experience.

#tridentsup @defyNW at the ball game

I’m aiming to have the clean edit up this week. Huge thanks to the joy that is Queen Lizzie and Gerry 😎 and a pleasure to share @ThisIs_Progress and @WWE with you

@JonathonSwift12 @MrLeeMcAteer Errr …. and ?? 😂😂😂

👏 @MrLeeMcAteer

@RevProUK Very sad news. Thoughts with all his family and friends and fellow wrestlers. RIP Kurt. 🥲

We, at Revolution Pro Wrestling are absolutely heartbroken to report the loss of our dear friend Kurtis Chapman. We watched Kurtis grow from a child to a young man who loved professional wrestling and continued to excel in all aspects of his life. One of the most gifted technical wrestlers, charismatic characters and magnetic personalities. He will never be forgotten

This will be exciting @W3Lwrestling @ThisIs_Progress @TateMayfairs @malik_pw @MrLeeMcAteer

If you only come to three wrestling shows for the rest of the year then these are the three 😎 @ThisIs_Progress

Championship matches of a special kind. @imsomunny @ThisIs_Progress @KidLykos @MrLeeMcAteer link.dice.fm/p7282e94e447

@SAJWrestling @ThisIs_Progress Good luck to the belts @sajwrestling @thisisprogress @DEREISS_ @LEONSLATER_ @TheRobbo_720 @malik_pw @MrLeeMcAteer

ASCA TITLES LEGACY TO BE DEFENDED INTERNATIONALLY CONTINUES IN UK! Boisterous Behaviour faces Paul Robinson and Malik! The first match for those titles already proves to be a challenging one, will Boisterous Behaviour be able to keep their belts?

Nice article and insights here; ahead of an amazing weekend of wrestling in the U.K. @acailler @MrLeeMcAteer @ThisIs_Progress @AEW @defyNW @TheRock @dailystar

@sainsburys @SainsburysNews - is their gift card a joke? Can’t buy alcohol Can’t buy petrol Can’t use more than £50 Can’t be bothered

This band is well worth listening to - and why not in Paris? @PeanessBand @parisreview @DisneyParis_EN

Has @ChickenSoupSoul gone out of business? Really sad if it has.

Help Cara Noir get back on his feet gofund.me/4511d33f @MrLeeMcAteer @ThisIs_Progress @CaraNoirPW