PROGRESS Indefinitely Suspends Jordan Devlin And Travis Banks

PROGRESS Wrestling responds to recent sexual abuse allegations.

By Andrew Pollard / June 19, 2020

WWE.com

Following recent sexual abuse allegations made towards so many wrestling names, PROGRESS Wrestling has moved to announce three suspensions.

NXT UK stars Jordan Devlin and Travis Banks join Scotty Davis in being “suspended indefinitely” by PROGRESS. In addition to this, the promotion has confirmed that they will no longer be working with David Starr and Marc ‘Paz’ Parry.

The full PROGRESS statement reads:

Further to our statement made earlier today, here is an update regarding specific allegations and current roster members:

David Starr – will no longer be working for PROGRESS

Marc ‘Paz’ Parry – will no longer be working for PROGRESS

Travis Banks – will be suspended indefinitely

Jordan Devlin – will be suspended indefinitely // the tag titles have been vacated

Scotty Davis – will be suspended indefinitely // the tag titles have been vacated

We take these allegations extremely seriously. Those under suspension will have their situation reviewed periodically between now, and events starting again.

We continue to monitor and listen to the Speaking Out movement so that we can take appropriate action where necessary.

It now remains to be seen what actions will be taken by other wrestling promotions towards talents who have had similar accusations made about them over the past 24 hours.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

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Posted On: 19th Jun 2020

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