Kris Travis was a staple of the UK and European independent wrestling scenes, working for companies such as PROGRESS Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling, Preston City Wrestling, Premier British Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, British Championship Wrestling, One Pro Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action, Frontier Wrestling Alliance and others, until his death in 2016.
14 Facts About Kris Travis
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Kris Travis received further training from Stixx and Keith Myatt, which he believed helped him get onto bigger shows.
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Kris Travis had singles success, most notably in Preston City Wrestling.
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Kris Travis 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.
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Kris Travis competed on one occasion for Total Nonstop Action, while taking part in their British Boot Camp television series.
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Kris Travis was forced to take a hiatus from wrestling due to a diagnosis of stomach cancer in September, 2014.
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In June 2015, it was announced that Kris Travis had beaten cancer and would be returning to the ring.
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Kris Travis wrestled Sha Samuels for PCW in his return match on 7 August 2015, before capturing the PWE Tag Team Championship with Lou King Sharp in Scotland.
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Kris Travis returned to Southside Wrestling Entertainment alongside Martin Kirby at the 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 Kris Travis and Kirby won for the first time that night.
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In one of the bigger singles matches of his career, Kris Travis was defeated by Drew Galloway in an ICW World Heavyweight Championship match in Edinburgh.
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Kris Travis' final match, was a victory over Marty Scurll at PROGRESS' Chapter 21: You Know We Don't Like to Use the Sit Down Gun on 6 September 2015.
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On 21 September 2015 Kris Travis announced that his cancer had returned and he would be forced to retire from professional wrestling.
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Fans and professional wrestlers alike began petitioning for Kris Travis to be given the WWE Hall of Fame "Warrior Award".
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At NXT Takeover: Dallas, the day after Kris Travis passed, Finn Balor paid tribute by painting Kris Travis's trademark stars on one hand and a black love heart on the other.