Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling Travis_Tomko




1 total nonstop action wrestling

1.1 christian s coalition (2006–2007)
1.2 teaming styles (2007)
1.3 kurt angle s henchman (2008)





total nonstop action wrestling
christian s coalition (2006–2007)


tomko (left) christian cage


on november 23, 2006 episode of tna impact!, tomko made debut in run-in during nwa world heavyweight championship number 1 contender s match between christian cage , sting, attacking sting , siding cage, once again acting christian s enforcer. on january 11, 2007 episode of impact!, tomko went 1 on 1 against nwa world heavyweight champion abyss in non-title match. avoid interference, jim cornette locked christian in cage, , had kurt angle @ ringside. during bout, angle got brawl samoa joe, leaving cage escape cage , interfere in match, causing disqualification. on march 1 edition of impact! beat samoa joe chance nwa title shot against cage.


on march 8 edition of impact!, christian s coalition lost kurt angle, rhino , samoa joe disqualification after interference abyss black hole slammed angle. @ destination x, while getting out of limo onto black , blue carpet, christian cage received telegram tomko stating tomko in japan , come if cage give him title shot. once tomko returned japan, cage offered tomko spot on team cage @ lockdown, tomko said not choose team until got title shot @ nwa world heavyweight championship. ended being jim cornette came out , said main event on impact! night 1 member team cage fighting 1 member team angle. whichever team member won, tomko go team member from. abyss team cage fighting kurt angle team angle. in end, kurt angle won pinfall, after match, tomko signed on team cage instead of team angle, making him final member of team cage fight team angle @ lockdown along abyss, a.j. styles, scott steiner, , christian cage. match held see go cage first. match between samoa joe , styles, jeff jarrett interfered become fifth member of team angle. tomko entered match third member, , successful, until being gored through cage door. in end jeff jarrett hit abyss guitar full of tacks, , sting got pin.


on following episode of impact!, tomko took part in team cage s attack on abyss being liability team s success after abyss , cage failed win nwa world tag team championship team 3d. 1 week later, tomko , scott steiner given tag team title shot of own, failed botched interference latin american xchange (lax). @ sacrifice, tomko , steiner met lax , 3d in three-way match title, failed again.


after loss, rick steiner debuted in tna , helped scott attack tomko. tomko remained in on once again known christian s coalition, once again focused on aiding cage. friction did set in after cage cost tomko may 31, 2007 king of mountain qualifying match distracting him chair. tomko had been placed in match against fellow coalition member a.j. styles because original contestant jeff jarrett no-showed (due wife s death). christian able convince tomko continue on ally, later came in handy tomko go on of brunt work in coalition s feud against returned abyss , sting, though twice pinned abyss @ ppv s after taking black hole slam each time. however, coalition avenged these losses bloody beatdown of abyss featured laying-out of sting on july 26 impact!.


on ppv followed, hard justice, tomko, along styles , christian, had taken part in doomsday chamber of blood match , abyss picked week after winning contract make it. match barbed-wire 6 sides of steel cage match in objective make opponent bleed , pin opponent. coalition able lock sting out while, after appeared in ring, tomko first man busted open. after long match, christian escape cage, , styles pinned abyss.


teaming styles (2007)

at no surrender , styles won 10-tag team gauntlet match win title shots @ bound glory. @ bound glory on october 14, a.j. styles , tomko won tna world tag team championship team pacman.


styles , tomko defeated lax on november 1 edition of impact! retain tna tag team title. styles , tomko s success led uncertainty within coalition, causing tomko ask christian chain of command was. christian said when wasn t around, styles - disappointing tomko. aj go on make foolish decisions without tomko s advice or help, starting take-down match against scott steiner night. last major choice styles made coalition join forces kurt angle, forming angle alliance @ genesis assisting angle in retaining tna world heavyweight championship. plan fell apart, christian , angles not cooperate, leaving them fight on styles , tomko. tension between christian , kurt make styles doubt himself, , d turn tomko advice, tomko not give, telling styles got mess himself since 1 in charge. tomko s continued distancing of himself both groups lead him separate alliance 2 weeks before final resolution on episode of impact!, stating on works tomko. , a.j. styles defeated kevin nash , samoa joe retain tna world tag team championship @ final resolution. when styles interfered on behalf of kurt angle him retain tna world heavyweight championship against christian cage, staying angle alliance , turning on cage, tomko not present him, leaving both christian , angle, staying true word.


kurt angle s henchman (2008)

on january 3 impact! clarified tomko s new outlook. while styles worried christian s wrath in kurt angle s dressing room, tomko explained him s on own. following week, in interview, tomko said styles got himself situation - matter of fact, created - , tomko knew no-win, stayed out of it, , making own decisions. same night, tomko had first singles match since becoming independent against shark boy, in storyline injured, , defeated him. @ against odds tomko cost christian world title, reluctantly aligned kurt angle, following styles example stay partners - no intention of being team player point of becoming lapdog again. became frustrated styles constant attraction karen angle, claiming s hurting team s focus , exploding on styles on episode of impact!.


at 2008 lockdown ppv, tomko captain of own team in lethal lockdown match, though team lost team cage after rhino pinned james storm. following episode of impact, styles , tomko lost tna tag team titles eric young , kaz in controversial fashion relating young s alter-ego of super eric . resulted in titles being vacated , put on line in tournament @ sacrifice, won latin american xchange. following tournament, tomko returned storyline injury suffered in japan, , expressed unhappiness towards styles participating in tournament super eric, responsible title loss in first place. styles, in turn, expressed frustration on having follow others past months , wanted break out on own. following that, tomko wished styles best of luck , officially disbanded tag team.


tomko continued act kurt angle s henchman, notably harassing karen angle on debut of interview segment karen s angle on july 31 episode of impact!. scheduled feud matt morgan program cut short when tomko parted ways tna in late july 2008, reports circulating unhappy management. final television appearance on august 7 edition of impact! in 8-man gauntlet in pinned samoa joe.


tomko had planned on working regularly inoki genome federation in japan cancelled many of upcoming shows, opening schedule appear 1 last time tna on non-contractual basis. on september 11, 2008, edition of impact! appeared third of 3 challengers samoa joe part of kevin nash s challenge.








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