Travis idolizes Scotty Mac and is his biggest fan. What would you do if you could walk in your idol’s footsteps?
From a young age he has aspired to be a pro wrestler. For several years now Travis has sat in the front row holding Scotty Mac’s belt. Finally, Travis takes the leap at his dream of being a professional wrestler and joins SLAM to begin training. Follow Travis as he truly experiences what it takes to be a pro wrestler for the first time.
Travis stands 6 foot 4 and weighs an unhealthy 255 lbs at the young age of 18. We follow Travis as he makes the transition from outside to inside the ring. Will he be able to withstand the amount of physical, mental, and emotional struggle and stamina it takes? Will Travis join his idol inside this world or go back to sitting in the front row?
Growing up in a broken home Travis’s life hasn’t been easy. At the tender age of nine, Travis’s mother dropped him off on his father’s doorstep so she could check into rehab for cocaine addiction. His fathers’ house wasn’t much better; an old office renovated into a semblance of a house and attached to the steel fabrication plant where his father works. Growing up, Travis’s backyard was full of cranes, Mac trucks and rusted steel in an industrial area of Coquitlam BC where, for most, the constant noise and air pollution would be unlivable. His father now battles his own demon, alcoholism, and Travis has had enough.
With little to no financial or emotional support throughout most of his life, he now feels the need to make a full escape. Earning minimum wage washing dishes part-time and unable to purchase the necessary equipment for wrestling, how will he be able to afford to make it on his own? Will the financial pressure prevent him from escaping his current life circumstances, which he otherwise refers to as “hell”? Will he be forced to drop out of wrestling, which in his own eyes is the only hope he has for a good life? When living on the streets is a very real possibility, will his new wrestling family give him the support he needs, the support he never had?
