On 30 March 2013, at IPW Genesis, Banks was involved in a #1 Contendership Battle Royal for the IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship, Banks and Liam Fury both eliminated each other making the match a draw. On 27 April 2013, at IPW Decade Of Impact, Banks would win the IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match against Kingi and Liam Fury. On 6 September 2013, on ROH Road To Greatness Night 1, Banks would debut in Ring of Honor as he teamed with Aaron Solo and Mike Dean in a losing effort to Cheeseburger, Nick Merriman and Will Ferrara.[8] He returned to ROH on 20 November 2016, at ROH Reach For The Sky Night 3, where he was defeated by Kyle O'Reilly at York Hall during one of the company's UK shows.[9] He would appear again for the promotion at a UK show when he and Chris Brookes, as CCK, defeated The Boys at War of the Worlds Night 2 on 18 August 2017.[10]
Banks debuted for Progress Wrestling in June 2016 by assisting TK Cooper in defeating Jack Sexsmith at Chapter 32.[19] His debut match for Progress took place a month later at Chapter 33 where he and Cooper defeated Sexsmith and Roy Johnson.[20] Banks and Cooper would collectively be known as the South Pacific Power Trip and began a winning streak as a team that lasted until Chapter 45 where they were unsuccessful in challenging British Strong Style (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) for the Progress Tag Team Championship.[21]
Banks entered the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament in 2017 where he defeated Jimmy Havoc in the first round,[22]Flamita in the quarter finals[23] and Zack Sabre Jr. in the semi-finals.[24] Banks would defeat Tyler Bate in the tournament finals, after which he asked to face the Progress World Champion at Chapter 55 at Alexandra Palace in September 2017.[25]
On 10 September Banks defeated Pete Dunne to become the new Progress World Champion.[26] He successfully defended the title against a diverse range of opponents such as Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, Will Ospreay, and Mark Andrews. Over WrestleMania 34 weekend in April 2018, PROGRESS Wrestling held two shows in Louisiana during which Banks successfully defended his title in matches against Jeff Cobb and Shane Strickland.[27][28] Also in April 2018, PROGRESS embarked on a mini tour of Australia, culminating in Banks retaining his title against Robbie Eagles.[29]
After a feud that saw Banks previously retain the title by count-out, he eventually lost the PROGRESS World Championship to Walter at Chapter 74.[30] Due to a dislocated shoulder, Banks was unable to take part in PROGRESS’ Coast to Coast tour of America in August 2018.[31] He returned from injury at Chapter 79, defeating David Starr.[32]
Progress cut all ties with Banks after the Speaking Out movement in June 2020.[33]
Banks first worked for the WWE on 1 April 2017, participating in a match at WWE Wrestlemania Axxess where he teamed with TK Cooper in a losing effort to Mustafa Ali and Rich Swann.[41] He was offered a contract the next year and, on 18 May 2018, it was announced that Banks would be taking part in the second ever WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament.[42][43] He get to the finals, where he was defeated by Zack Gibson.[44] Banks worked for WWE in the NXT UK brand until 2020. During that time, was defeated by Noam Dar at NXT UK TakeOver:Cardiff, the second Takeover event hosted by the NXT UK Brand.[45][46] He also faced Walter for the NXT UK Championship (NXT UK's main championship) in June 2019, but he was defeated too.[47] He participated at Worlds Collide (an event with the participation of the NXT and NXT UK brands) in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, but Jordan Devlin won the title.[48] His stint in WWE ended in June 2020, when he was released by the promotion after he was accused of emotional abuse during a relationship with a 17-year-old trainee.[49]
On 10 November 2021, Banks would make his first statement, stating that due to the allegations, his UK work visa was revoked and he had to leave the country. He would also announce his return to professional wrestling in early 2022. He would also announce that he would only wrestle in the Mexican independent scene. He was booked to appear in September 2021 at Mexicanos Al Grito de Guerra, an event promoted by Big Lucha, Mexican promotion created by Bandido, but he was removed from the card after several fans complained about him being at the event.[50] He was also booked by The Crash in a tag team match with Marty Scurll. However, one of his rivals, Lince Dorado, asked to be removed from the match, since Banks and Scurll were accused during the Speaking Out Movement.[51]
Recently on 18 July, in an event held by the independent promotion Wrestling League Society, Travis defeated Iron Kid for the promotion's top championship, capturing his second championship in his career in Mexico since his return.[52]
Beginning in 2022 he started a collaboration with Morelia Michoacan wrestling company SCW where he defeated Rene Rocks for the company's top title which he has successfully defended multiple times until April 2023.
As part of the Speaking Out movement wrestler Millie McKenzie accused Banks of emotional abuse and of abusing his position of trust over her by having a relationship with her when she was seventeen years old and his trainee at Fight Club Pro. Banks had been thirty years old at the time of the relationship. Banks released a statement admitting to the relationship.[53] McKenzie released screenshots of abusive messages allegedly from Banks and claimed he had abused his position of trust over other trainees.[54]Progress cut ties with Banks on 20 June 2020.[55] On 26 June, Banks was released (without formal confirmation) from WWE.[56][57]
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