Travis Bligh

Biography

Better known by his ring name Travis Banks, is a New Zealand professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE performing for their NXT UK brand. He's known for competing in promotions such as Fight Club Pro, What Culture Pro Wrestling, Attack! Pro Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, and most notably Progress Wrestling, where he is a former World Champion 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.

On 18 May 2018, it was announced that Banks would be taking part in the second ever WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Banks beat El Ligero in the first round at NXT Download on 8 June. On 18 June, the first night of the two-night tournament event at the Royal Albert Hall, Banks beat Ashton Smith in the quarter finals and Joe Coffey in the semi finals before ultimately losing to Zack Gibson in the final. On the second night, he lost a match to decide the number one contender for the WWE United Kingdom Championship to Noam Dar in a bout that also featured Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster