Alexxis Falcon is the current Progress Wrestling Women’s World Champion and is set to defend her title against the winner of the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament.
Soundsphere sat down with Alexxis Falcon to discuss her time as champion, her journey to becoming a professional wrestler, and her pride in representing the city of Hull each time she walks to the ring.
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Soundsphere: Where did your wrestling journey begin as a fan and then as a performer?
Alexxis Falcon: I started watching it with my late granddad when I was young, and when the Hardys were really prominent. I used to say to my mum, I’m going to be a wrestler, and she’d say, ” No, you are not!” because when I was first watching it, the women were doing bra and panties matches and stuff like that.
And even though when I started watching it again in college, it was definitely taken more seriously, the women were still only having two to three-minute matches. There were some shows where there weren’t really any women at all.
And then when I saw that the women could main event, and then they were starting to get taken a lot more seriously, even shows like Total Divas, where it would show you the background, and you’d see these women fighting for more time on TV and stuff. And then I was, do you know what, I’m just going to start wrestling school.
And I didn’t have a very good time at university. I was living in a really horrible house, so I wanted a reason to get out of the house. I found a wrestling school, and the rest is history.
Soundsphere: Is there anyone from this time who jumps out at you as a massive inspiration?
Alexxis Falcon: I would definitely say that, at the time, it was the Hardys and Lita. And then the Bayley, Mercedes match definitely inspired me. And I’ve always loved Charlotte Flair as well. Since rewatching it, Charlotte Flair and Paige are two wrestlers that I would say, when I started rewatching it again, those four were some of my favourites.
And also, controversially, Nikki Bella, which I know a lot of people would say that’s controversial, but I think she’s class, and she was someone I became a massive fan of on Total Divas, and then I watched her in the ring, and then, seeing how she kind of come back after her injury and all that stuff, I think she’s really inspiring as well.
Soundsphere: You’re from Hull, but how important is it to you to represent your hometown in wrestling?
Alexxis Falcon: I think it’s really important. I think that there are not a lot of people from Hull [in wrestling]. You see all these people, I’m not even just talking in the world of wrestling, there are not a lot of famous people from Hull. There are a few, but there’s not a lot, considering it’s a big city.
They all come from London, and there obviously is that North-South divide. So, I’m a very, very, very proud Northerner. I’m a very, very proud Yorkshire lass. I don’t live there anymore, but all my family still live there, and I absolutely love it. I love going home. I feel that is me. I feel it’s a large part of my identity.
But it’s really important for me to carry that with me, fly the old flag, and be the best thing out of Hull since Dean Windass, and, yeah, just make my family proud.
Alexxis Falcon formed an alliance with Charles Crowley. Image credit: Progress Wrestling
Soundsphere: So you are the current Progress Women’s World Champion, and you’ve held it for a few months now. So tell me about that win. What it means to you to be in that position now.
Alexxis Falcon: I feel it was a long time coming. Going back to 2024, I was the first ever, and still only, female Tag Team Champion in Progress. And I don’t feel that ever got the run that it deserved, which made me feel a little bit bad, because I was, is it because I am a female, and that, is that how the fans are going to perceive it as, oh, well, she’s not good enough to kind of hang?
And then I got injured really shortly after that. I was out for seven months. I was having a massive identity crisis. I was seeing all these fantastic women in Progress be at the top of the scene. And after that, technically, my confidence was just on the floor.
And I was just, after the injury, my confidence was on the floor even more. But if anything, I think it just made me more determined. So, yeah, and then I fought my way back to the title picture, and I was still a goodie at the time. And so it was a nice feel-good moment, because I’d been a goodie in Progress for as long as I’d been there.
And so it was a really nice moment to have all the Ballroom. You could feel that. And maybe this is big-headed, but I don’t care, but you could feel that the Ballroom and the fans at Progress were ready for me to be champion. So it just felt amazing.
Soundsphere: So we’ve also got, as well, one of the biggest shows in wrestling in all of Europe, which is Super Strong Style 16, coming up. You’re likely to have a new challenger at the end of it. Who are you rooting for?
Alexxis Falcon: I’m gonna throw in and say Skye Smitson. I’ve not annoyed her, whereas every other member of the roster I seem to have rubbed up the wrong way. And also, yeah, I think Skye works really hard and deserves it.
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Soundsphere: Progress has worked with WWE in the past, AEW, TNA, so is there anyone on those rosters that you’d love to bring into Progress for one night, just step into the ring with them?
Alexxis Falcon: Bring Toni Storm back. Toni Storm back, back. Bring her back. But I want to see her back in a Progress ring, but this time as “Timeless” Toni Storm. I think that name alone would sell out the Ballroom. It would absolutely sell out the Ballroom within minutes.
Soundsphere: So let’s talk a little bit about the UK scene. So it’s had its ups and downs, how do you feel about it as somebody who’s at the top of the card in one of the UK’s biggest promotions?
Alexxis Falcon: I feel the UK scene is back booming. I really do. And I’m not just saying that because I’m at the top of the card, but because I have massive imposter syndrome. But when I can remove myself from that, I think the level of wrestling is mad. I think the British scene is easily the best scene in the world – easily.
I think that no one can tell a story quite like the British can in the ring. You’ve got fantastic wrestlers, the women are incredible, having the best matches on the cards, main eventing in a lot of these places, and rightfully so.
The women main evented three shows back to back at Progress, and you’ll have someone who’ll be, oh, it’s just so they can tick a box. It’s not, it’s not, it’s because they had the best reactions and because they were the best matches and the story. I do feel wrestling’s back on top now. I do feel the British scene is the best in the world. I say that with pride.
Soundsphere: Tribalism at the moment just seems out of control in wrestling. What would you say to tribal fans who may watch one show, refuse to watch another, and argue with each other online about it?
Alexxis Falcon: If you don’t enjoy it, don’t watch it. I think that people do forget that, no matter whether you rate someone or not, they are actually putting their bodies on the line for your entertainment. And if you don’t like it, just turn it off. Really simple. I think that they need to just chill.
Soundsphere: How has Progress Wrestling been as a home to you?
Alexxis Falcon: I definitely feel Progress is my home. They’ve been great for me during my injury. They were the first people to be, do you want to come still do a job? We’ve got backstage work for you if you want it, which was great because I went seven months without getting paid off wrestling, which was a big financial hit.
But yeah, and I feel I am now in this kind of new character era there. But even still, in that kind of Wicked Witch era, I still feel it’s my home. I feel I would just, rather than tapping my red glittery shoes, I’m riding there on a broomstick instead now. So, but yeah, it feels like home to me.
And it’s important, because I do feel Progress is one of the best companies in the world. It’s one of the most globally recognised companies. I’m proud of Progress, proud of myself and proud of everything they’re building.
PROGRESS Wrestling’s annual Super Strong Style 16 2026 will be held at Camden Town’s prestigious the Electric Ballroom on Sunday 3rd May and Monday 4th May.