Flip Gordon

Flip Gordon
Gordon in February 2017
Birth name Travis Gordon Lopes Jr.
Born (1991-12-12) December 12, 1991[1]
South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Flip Gordon
Travis Gordon
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight 187 lb (85 kg)[1]
Billed from Kalispell, Montana
Trained by Brian Fury[3]
Debut May 6, 2015[3]

Travis Gordon Lopes Jr. (born December 12, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently working for Ring of Honor.[1]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2015–2018)

Gordon trained under Brian Fury and the New England Pro Wrestling Academy.[4] He made his singles debut against Biff Busick on May 6, 2015. Gordon previously served 6 years as a member of the Army National Guard, working as a combat engineer with specialization in explosives training.[5] After completing his enlistment, Gordon was honorably discharged on May 1, 2018. [6]

He appeared for Chaotic Wrestling, where he won his first title during A Night Of Grand Slams on September 9, 2016, in a Six-Way Scramble match to gain the CW New England Championship.[7] He lost his title on February 3, 2017 against Mike Verna.[8]In 2016, Gordon debuted for Combat Zone Wrestling defeating Chuck Taylor, Steve Scott and Dan Barry.[9]

On December 1, 2017, Gordon defeated Cody Rhodes and Brad Hollister to become Northeast Wrestling Champion. On June 23, 2018 Gordon would lose the Northeast Wrestling Championship to Wrecking Ball Legursky.

Ring of Honor (2017–present)

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.[10] 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. [11] 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.[12]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2017)

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.[13] He also wrestled several events during the week such as Puebla shows and Tuesday, Friday and Sunday Arena México shows.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2018)

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 win and 4 losses, failing to advance to the finals.

Personal life

Lopes is currently dating model and actress Brittany Toczko.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 "T r a v i s – G o r d o n. c o m". travis-gordon.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Flip Gordon". Instagram. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Flip Gordon". CageMatch. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Flip Gordon | ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Flip Gordon | ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ Ryan Satin. "ROH Wrestler Flip Gordon Completes Military Duties, Reflects on Final Day in the Army". Pro Wrestling Sheet. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chaotic Wrestling Results 9.9.16: Lowell, MA – Cody Rhodes, RVD, Austin Aries, More". 411 Mania. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ "CW". Cagematch. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Flip Gordon". CageMatch. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ring Of Honor Signs Travis "Flip" Gordon". WrestleFix. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ Josiah MacDonald. "ROH Honor For All 2018: Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon Results And Grades". Daily DDT. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  12. ↑ http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0901/645418/all-in-live-coverage-cody-rhodes-faces-nick-aldis-for-the-nwa/
  13. ↑ "Flip Gordon Victorious at CMLL's 84th Anniversary". Ring of Honor.
  14. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj0uO3dHKRS/?taken-by=brittany_toczko
  15. 1 2 "Flip Gordon". WrestlingData.
  16. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2018". cagematch.net. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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