Mark Davis (wrestler)
Davis Passfield (born 20 August 1990), better known by his in-ring name Mark Davis, is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor, where he is a former one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion. He also appears for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he a former IWGP Tag Team Champions, and record-setting and inaugural two-time Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion in his second reign and Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is a former two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion.
Mark Davis | |
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Birth name | Davis Passfield |
Born | [1] Queensland, Australia | 20 August 1990
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Mark Davis |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg)[2] |
Trained by | Travis Banks |
Debut | 2007[2] |
Since 2017 he has teamed with fellow Australian wrestler Kyle Fletcher as the tag team Aussie Open and both are current members of the United Empire. They have also made appearances for All Elite Wrestling and British independent promotions such as Progress Wrestling and Attack! Pro Wrestling. Davis commonly made appearances for Australian Independent Promotions from 2007, such as Melbourne City Wrestling, during his early career.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2007–2016)
Passfield made his professional wrestling debut in 2007, under the name Mark Davis for Professional Wrestling Alliance.[3] He competed on the Australian Independent Wrestling scene till 2016, working for promotions such as Melbourne City Wrestling, feuding with the likes of Robbie Eagles.[4]
Aussie Open & Freelancing (2017–Present)
Davis traveled to work in the British Independent Scene in May 2017, commonly working for WhatCulture Pro-Wrestling (WCPW) and Attack! Pro Wrestling. During July of the same year, Davis teamed up with fellow Australian wrestler Kyle Fletcher as The Aussie Assault. The two commonly teamed from there on and eventually changed their team name to Aussie Open, competing together across the UK. Aussie Open also competed in Europe, for promotions such as Westside Xtreme Wrestling.[5] In August, Aussie Open made their debuts for Revolution Pro Wrestling and continued to work with them in the long term. This meant that they would work with New Japan Pro-Wrestling talent due to their working agreement with RevPro. Aussie Open commonly faced talent such as Roppongi 3K, who were on a learning excursion from New Japan.[6] During their tour of the UK in May 2018, Aussie Open made their Ring of Honor debut, losing to Dalton Castle's "boys".[7] On October 14 at Global Wars UK, an inter-promotional event held by RevPro and NJPW, Davis lost to Satoshi Kojima.[8] In March 2019, Aussie Open won the wXw World Tag Team Championship, before losing them to Ilja Dragunov and WALTER, ending their reign at 147 days.[9][10] They regained the championships 41 days later but had to vacate them after 14 days, due to Davis suffering a leg injury. In May 2019, Aussie Open achieved a massive victory, by defeating NJPW's Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.), to win the British Tag Team Championships for the first time. They lost the titles to Sha Samuels and Josh Bodom, ending their reign at 50 days.[11]
Appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and United Empire (2019–Present)
Aussie Open made their NJPW debut at NJPW Royal Quest on August 31, losing in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match to Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).[12] Aussie Open wrestled infrequently in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, Aussie Open returned to Australia, for the first time as a team, wrestling on several independent shows. Aussie Open returned to RevPro on August 21, 2021, and regained the British Tag Team Championships the following month. On September 19, at RevPro's High Stakes Event, Aussie Open joined Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship Will Ospreay in attacking The Young Guns and Shota Umino, joining the United Empire stable and turning heel.[13] The three consistently began teaming as a trio across the UK. They lost the championships to Roy Knight and Ricky Knight Jr, ending their reign at 63 days. On April 10, 2022, Aussie Open, made their NJPW Strong debuts, teaming with fellow United Empire stablemate, Jeff Cobb to defeat TMDK.[14] On April 16 at Windy City Riot, Aussie Open and Cobb, teamed with fellow stablemates, Great-O-Khan, T. J. Perkins and Aaron Henare to defeat Bullet Club representatives, The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson), Chris Bey, El Phantasmo and guest member Scott Norton in a 12-man tag-team match.[15] At Capital Collision, Cobb, Henare and Aussie Open lost to TMDK in an 8-man tag-team match.[16]
On the June 19th edition of NJPW Strong Ignition, Aussie Open competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship. In the first round, they defeated The Dark Order's Evil Uno and Alan Angels and they defeated the Stray Dog Army in the semi-finals.[17] In the finals at Strong: High Alert, Davis and Fletcher defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura to become the inaugural champions.[18]
At Music City Mayhem, Aussie Open teamed with T. J. Perkins to defeat the team of Alex Zayne and the IWGP Tag Team Champions, FTR.[19] After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.[20] They received their match at Royal Quest II, where they lost to FTR.[21] At Rumble on 44th Street, Aussie Open lost the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships to The Motor City Machine Guns in a three-way tag-team match also involving The DKC and Kevin Knight, ending their inaugural reign at 76 days.[22]
Davis and Fletcher would compete individually in the 2023 New Japan Cup in March. Fletcher defeated IWGP Tag Team Champion, Yoshi-Hashi, but was defeated by the other half of the tag-team champions Hirooki Goto.[23][24] Davis defeated Toru Yano in the first round before losing to United Empire stablemate Will Ospreay in the next round.[25][26] However, Ospreay would be injured in their match, resulting in Davis advancing to the third round where he would defeat Evil.[27] In the semi-final round, Davis lost to Sanada, thus being eliminated from the tournament.[28] Due to Davis' success in the tournament and Fletcher's victory over Tag Team Champion Yoshi-Hashi, Aussie Open earnt a shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championships, against Bishamon at Sakura Genesis.[29] On April 8 at the event, Aussie Open defeated Bishamon to win their first IWGP Tag Team Championship.[30] On April 15 at Capital Collision, Fletcher and Davis defeated The Motor City Machine Guns and the team of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi, in a three-way tag-team match, to regain the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships for a second time, making them double champions in NJPW.[31] They defended the Strong titles the next night against Lio Rush and Tomohiro Ishii.[32] On April 29 at NJPW Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni, Aussie Open retained the IWGP Tag Team Championships, defeating TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) [33] On May 21 at Resurgence, Fletcher announced that the team would vacate both titles, due to Mark Davis's injury.[34]
All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)
On the June 8th episode of Dynamite, Aussie Open and Aaron Henare made their All Elite Wrestling debuts, aiding Will Ospreay in attacking FTR and Trent Beretta, who Cobb and O-Khan had attacked two weeks prior.[35] They made their in-ring debuts on the June 10th edition of Rampage, where they and Ospreay lost to FTR and Beretta in a 6-man tag-team match.[36] Aussie Open returned on the June 15th special Road Rager edition of Dynamite attacking FTR and Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) after Ospreay, defeated FTR's Dax Harwood, however, they were stopped by Orange Cassidy who was announced to face Ospreay at AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door for Ospreay's IWGP United States Championship, along with O-Khan and Cobb facing FTR and Roppongi Vice in a triple threat tag-team match, for both Cobb and O-Khan's IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships and FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championships .[37][38] At the event, Aussie Open accompanied Ospreay to the ring for his match against Cassidy, often assisting Ospreay during the match. Ospreay eventually retained the championship, and along with Aussie Open, attacked Cassidy and Roppongi Vice after the match. However, Ospreay and Aussie Open were interrupted by Katsuyori Shibata, who beat down the trio, saving Cassidy and Roppongi Vice.[39]
On July 27, the AEW World Trios Championship was revealed, Aussie Open and Ospreay being named as participants in the inaugural tournament. On August 24, Aussie Open and Ospreay defeated Death Triangle to progress to the semifinals, where they were defeated by The Elite (The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega) on August 31.[40] After the match, United Empire attacked The Elite.[41]
Fletcher and Davis returned to AEW on the February 22 edition of Dynamite, competing in the Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal, but failed to win.[42] On the same week's edition of Rampage, Davis and Fletcher lost to The Young Bucks.[43] The following week on Dynamite, Aussie Open competed in the Casino Tag Team Royale, but again failed to win.[44]
A week after winning the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, Fletcher and Davis made their first title defense against Best Friends, defeating them and retaining the titles on the April 14 edition of Rampage.[45] Following, Fletcher's loss to AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy. On the May 24 edition of Dynamite, it was announced that both Davis and Fletcher had signed with AEW.[46]
Ring of Honor (2023-Present)
On March 9, Fletcher and Davis made their return to Ring of Honor (ROH), which was now AEW's sister promotion, following Tony Khan's purchase of the company, defeating Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams.[47] At Supercard of Honor, The duo competed in the "Reach for the Sky" ladder match for the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the match.[48]
On July 21, 2023, the duo won the ROH World Tag Team Championships at Death Before Dishonor in a Four-way tag team match.[49] The following week on Ring of Honor, Aussie Open made their first title defence, defeating the Iron Savages.[50] At Dynamite: 200, Aussie Open retained their titles against El Hijo del Vikingo and Komander.[51] On the following week's episode of Rampage, The duo accepted Better Than You BayBay's (Adam Cole and MJF) challenge for the titles on the Zero-Hour of All In.[52] In the lead up to the match, Aussie Open made further title defences against Ethan Page and Isiah Kassidy and Isiah Kassidy and The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy).[53][54] On the Zero-Hour of All In, Aussie Open lost the ROH World Tag Team Titles to Cole and MJF, ending their reign at 37 days.[55]
Championships and accomplishments
- ATTACK! Pro Wrestling
- ATTACK! 24:7 Championship (3 times)[56]
- ATTACK! Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher[57]
- DEFIANT Wrestling
- Defiant Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher[58]
- Fight Club:PRO
- FCP Championship (1 time)[59]
- HOPE Wrestling
- National Wrestling Alliance Australian Wrestling Alliance
- NWA AWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[62]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (2 times, inaugural) - with Kyle Fletcher[63][64][65]
- Inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Tournament - with Kyle Fletcher[66]
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher[67][68]
- Over The Top Wrestling
- OTT Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher[69][70]
- PROGRESS Wrestling
- PROGRESS Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher[71]
- Professional Wrestling Alliance
- Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
- PWA Queensland Championship (1 time)[74]
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- British Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher[75]
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[76] - with Kyle Fletcher
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher[77]
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External links
- Mark Davis at Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Mark Davis's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database