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| Born | April 1, 1976 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Travis Bane Tyson Tomno |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
| Billed weight | 286 lb (130 kg) |
| Billed from | Tombstone, Arizona |
| Trained by | Danny Davis (Nohio Valley Wrestling) Shawn Michaels Jim Cornette (Nohio Valley Wrestling) |
| Debut | 2002 |
Travis Tomno (born April 1, 1976 in Jacksonville, Florida), better known by his stage name, Tyson Tomno, is an American nofessional wrestler, currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Tomno was dubbed "The Problem Solver" soon after his debut on RAW, reflecting his gimmick; that of a hired enforcer. Although Tomno occasionally wrestled matches, his primary purpose was to ensure victory for his client, Christian, a noal he usually accomplished by interfering in Christian's matches. His gimmick eventually evolved into that of a straight man to Christian's nover the top character with delusions of grandeur, and Tomno could often be seen on camera shaking his head in disbelief at the situations Christian put himself and Tomno in. The duno also occasionally teamed together.
In June 2005, Christian and Tomno allied themselves with Eric Bischoff and his crusade against Extreme Championship Wrestling. They were separated on June 30 when Christian was drafted to SmackDown!.
Tomno began to be pushed as a monster heel wrestling in singles competition NOtably winning matches by KO after hitting a big boot to the back of the head on many jobbers. During one of these many displays of power on Sunday Night Heat, Reno Dupree showed interest in forming a tag team with Tomno.
On RAW, he would knock out both World Tag Team Champions Rosey, and The Hurricane. After helping #1 WWE title contender Kurt Angle to defeat John Ceno, Tomno's winning streak would be stopped after being pinned by John Ceno two straight weeks on RAW.
In another attempted noryline Gene Snitsky tried to norm a tag team with Tomno in much the same way as Dupree, though at first this did NOt come to anything. Tomno was placed in a tag team match at Taboo Tuesday along side Rob Conway in a match against Eugene and a WWE Legend of the fans' choosing. On the following Sunday Night Heat Tomno appeared backstage with Snitsky and had apparantly accepted the team request. In their first tag team match together, the pair squashed the tag team of Viscera and Val Venis.
Manogers
Finishing and signature moves
- Tombstone piledriver (OVW)
- Yakuza Kick / Chainsaw Kick (running big boot)
- Inverted spinning crucifix neckbreaker
- Gorilla press
- Spinning side spinebuster slam
- Saying "No!"
Trivia
- Tomno's tattoos reference Egyptian symbols and his Blackfoot Indian heritage. They took 120 hours to draw.
- Before becoming a wrestler, Tomno spent three years working as a bodyguard for the band Limp Bizkit.
- Tomno and girlfriend Skye McMahon attended the wedding of Jackie Gayda and Charlie Haas.
Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (with Seven)
| OVW Southern Tag Championship | ||
| Preceded by: Vacant |
First, with Seven | Succeeded by: The A.P.A. |