Travis Gordon
Travis Gordon Lopes Jr. is an American professional wrestler currently working for Chaotic Wrestling and Ring of Honor. He is listed as an active duty member of the National Guard, working as a combat engineer with specialization in explosives training. Gordon signed a contract with Ring of Honor a month after his first match on the promotion, where he lost to Matt Sydal on April 8, 2017 in Baltimore, l MD.[8] On December 15, 2017 at ROH's Final Battle Gordon teamed with Dragon Lee and Titan against The Young Bucks and Hangman Page for the ROH World 6-Man Tag Titles but they were unsuccessful. On July 20, 2018 at ROH's Honor for All event, Nick Aldis defeated Gordon by submission to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Cody Rhodes helped Gordon to his feet and teased booking him for the All In event before Bully Ray assaulted Gordon with a low blow. On September 1, 2018, Gordon won the All In Over the Budget Battle Royal for the chance to challenge Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship the same night, which he did unsuccessfully In the Sea At Honor Tournament, Gordon defeated Jay Briscoe in the finals to win the tournament giving him a future ROH World Championship shot. At ROH's Honor Reings Supreme Gordon was in a match against Tracy Williams and early in the match Gordon injured his knee ending the match early.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2017-2018)
On September 16, 2017 Gordon made his debut with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, teaming with Volador Jr. and Carístico to defeat Kojima, Mephisto and Último Guerrero at the CMLL 84th Anniversary Show.[11] He also wrestled several events during the week such as Puebla shows and Tuesday, Friday and Sunday Arena México shows. Gordon would come back for CMLL's Gran Prix Internacional - Torneo Cibernético where his team would win.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2018-present)
In February 2018, Gordon wrestled for the Ring of Honor's and New Japan Pro-Wrestling's cross-promotional event, Honor Rising, where he would win a three-way match against Hiromu Takahashi & Kushida on Night One. He would lose a tag team match on Night Two, teaming with Ryusuke Taguchi against Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi). In May 2018, Gordon was announced as one of the 16 participants in New Japan's annual Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He finished the tournament with 3 wins and 4 losses, failing to advance to the finals. After competing at the jointly promoted G1 Supercard, Gordon was announced as returning to the Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
Lopes previously served 6 years as a member of the Army National Guard, working as a combat engineer with specialization in explosives training.[12] After completing his enlistment, Lopes was honorably discharged on May 1, 2018
