Trained in Sheffield by Alan Johnson,[1] Travis began competing on shows in the North of England in 2002. His earliest successes came in Grand Pro Wrestling, where he held the GPW Tag Team Championship with Scotty Hexx in an early incarnation of the popular Project Ego team, and in Norton British Wrestling, where he held the NBW Cruiserweight Championship. He received further training from Stixx and Keith Myatt, which he believed helped him get onto bigger shows.[9]
Travis also had singles success, most notably in Preston City Wrestling. On 17 August 2012, Kravis defeated Lionheart to win the PCW Heavyweight Championship.[14] In Lionheart's Pro Wrestling Elite promotion, Travis challenged Andy Wild for the PWE World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort.[15] He also had the opportunity to compete outside of the UK for Westside Xtreme Wrestling in Germany, in a triple threat with BxB Hulk and John Klinger.[16] He competed on one occasion for Total Nonstop Action, while taking part in their British Boot Camp television series.[17][18]
Hiatus and illness (2014)edit
Travis was forced to take a hiatus from wrestling due to a diagnosis of stomach cancer in September, 2014.[19] Wrestlers such as CM Punk, Colt Cabana, William Regal and Chris Jericho gave words of support.[20] During this time he worked with cancer charities to raise funds[21] and made a couple of non-wrestling appearances at shows.[22]
Return (2015)edit
In June 2015, it was announced that Travis had beaten cancer and would be returning to the ring.[23][24][25][26][27] He wrestled Sha Samuels for PCW in his return match[28] on 7 August 2015, before capturing the PWE Tag Team Championship with Lou King Sharp[29] in Scotland .[30]
He was victorious in singles competition against Chris Tyler for HOPE Wrestling in Nottingham[31] and against his Project Ego partner Martin Kirby at Attack! Pro Wrestling in Cardiff, Wales.[32] Travis also returned to Southside Wrestling Entertainment alongside Martin Kirby at 9 August 2015 show, where the pair were revealed as the surprise final entrant in a tag-team gauntlet match for the SWE Tag Team Championships which Travis and Kirby won for the first time that night.[33]
There was a large number of tributes to Travis in the weeks following his death. Noam Dar dedicated his qualifying match for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic series to Travis,[51][52] and Will Ospreay both wore ring attire themed after Travis' pink tights in his NJPW debut and dedicated his Best of the Super Juniors victory to Travis.[53] At NXT Takeover: Dallas, the day after Travis passed, Finn Balor paid tribute by painting Travis's trademark stars on one hand and a black love heart on the other.[54]
Championships and accomplishmentsedit
3 Count Wrestling
3CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Martin Kirby
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