Editing Travis Tomko (section)

===New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2006–2008)===
Tomko debuted in [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) on July 1, 2006, participating in an eight-man tag match which he won. A few days later, Tomko and [[Matt Bloom|Giant Bernard]] took part in a tournament to determine the interim [[IWGP Tag Team Champions]] and reached the finals before losing to [[Shiro Koshinaka]] and [[Togi Makabe]]. Tomko participated in a tournament for the vacant [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]], which had been vacated by [[Brock Lesnar]], and lost in the first round to [[Yuji Nagata]]. He also participated in [[G1 Tag League#2006|G1 Tag League 2006]] in block B with Giant Bernard and reached the semi-final before losing to the eventual winners, [[Masahiro Chono]] and [[Shinsuke Nakamura]].

At [[January 4 Dome Show|Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome]], Tomko teamed up with [[D'Lo Brown]] and [[Barry Buchanan|Buchanan]] to take on [[Tomohiro Ishii]], [[Togi Makabe]] and [[Toru Yano]], Makabe pinned Buchanan. Tomko lost to Togi Makabe in the first round of the [[New Japan Cup|New Japan Cup 2007]]. On March 11, 2007, Tomko and [[Matt Bloom|Giant Bernard]] defeated [[Manabu Nakanishi]] and [[Takao Omori]] to win the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]].<ref name=IWGP>{{cite web|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttiwgp.html|access-date=2008-06-21|last=Duncan|first=Royal|title=I.W.G.P. - New Japan International Grand Prix I.W.P.G. Tag Team Title History|publisher=Solie}}</ref>  Tomko and Bernard joined Masahiro Chono's BLACK faction and would eventually defect to RISE. The pair won [[G1 Tag League#2007|G1 Tag League 2007]] by defeating [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] and [[Koji Kanemoto]].

At [[January 4 Dome Show|Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome II]], Tomko and Bernard defeated [[The Steiner Brothers]]. They lost the titles on February 2, 2008, to Great Bash Heel members [[Togi Makabe]] and [[Toru Yano]]. Tomko was released early in March 2008 after NJPW decided not to renew his contract. NJPW were struggling financially and could not afford to keep him going. They did however, re-sign his tag team partner Giant Bernard.