Nightmare Danny Davis

Nightmare Danny Davis
Birth name	Daniel Briley
Born	June 30, 1952 Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Danny Davis Tiger Mask
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Billed weight	213 lb (97 kg)
Trained by	Buddy Fuller
Debut	1977
Retired	1997

Daniel Briley (born June 30, 1952), better known by the ring name "Nightmare" Danny Davis, is an American retired professional wrestler and referee. He is the founder and former owner of Ohio Valley Wrestling.^[1]

Career

Briley started wrestling in 1977 in the Tennessee territory, where he made a name for himself as "Nightmare" Danny Davis. He would also wrestle as one half of the masked Masters of Terror in the United States Wrestling Association. Davis had a frequent tag team with Ken Wayne in the 1980s.^[2] At one time, they wrestled under masks as The Nightmares.^[2] The duo also worked under masks as The Galaxians for WCW in the 1990s.^[3]

Davis also had a brief stint during the latter days of the Central States/Kansas City territory as Tiger Mask, which occurred a few years after Satoru Sayama's tour of the WWF introduced American audiences to the gimmick. He retired in 1997 and opened Ohio Valley Wrestling. He, however, legally retained the name of Danny Davis. In 2009, he opened Vyper Fight League, an MMA promotion, alongside John "Bradshaw" Layfield. The promotion ceased operations in 2010.

On December 13, 2012, he appeared on a segment of Impact Wrestling where he was training Joseph Park to improve Park's skills. On March 7, 2013, he was named as a judge for TNA Gut Check. He returned to in-ring action in the December 2014 Saturday Night Special, teaming up alongside Trailer Park Trash and losing to War Machine (Shiloh Jonze and Eric Locker).

On July 7, 2015, Davis sold OVW to an investor.

Personal life

Briley has two sons, Stewart Davis and Simon Davis-Millis. He is the uncle of wrestler Doug Basham.

In wrestling

• Finishing move
  • Tombstone piledriver
• Nicknames
  • "Nightmare"
  • "Nitro"
  • "Private"
  • "Sergeant"
• Entrance themes
  • "Blackboard Jungle" by Jimmy Hart
  • "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister
  • "Hello Again" by The Cars
  • "Nothin' But A Good Time" by Poison
  • "TNT" by AC/DC

Wrestlers trained

Wrestlers trained by Davis

• Daniel Hollie/Danny Basham/The Damaja
• Doug Basham
• Nick Dinsmore
• Vito & Guido Andretti
• Trailer Park Trash
• Vic The Brusier
• Jason Lee
• Jebediah Blackhawk
• Cousin Otter/Mr. Black
• The American Eagle
• Chris Alexander
• Johnny Spade
• Roger Blade/Sgt. Blade/Roger the Karaoke Man
• Muhammad Hassan

Wrestlers trained by OVW

• Ryan Nemeth
• John Cena
• Randy Orton
• Brock Lesnar
• Dave Bautista
• Shelton Benjamin
• Dolph Ziggler

Championships and accomplishments

• Continental Championship Wrestling / Continental Wrestling Federation

• NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Wayne^[2][4]
• NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (1 time)^[5]
• NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Ken Wayne^[2][6]
• NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[7]

• Continental Wrestling Association

• AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Wayne^[2][8]

• Deep South Wrestling

• DSW Tag Team Championship (3 times, inaugural) - with Ken Wayne^[2][9]

• Global Wrestling Federation

• GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[10]

• Stampede Wrestling

• NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (1 time) - with Hubert Gallant^[11]
• Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[12]

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (7 times)^[13]
• USWA Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[14]

References

1. "ABOUT OVW". Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "The Territorial Era (Mid-1960s to mid-1980s): The Nightmares". The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. pp. 215–217. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
3. Cawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1499656343.
4. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
5. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title (Northern Division)". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
6. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
7. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
8. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: AWA Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
9. "Deep South Tag Team title history". wrestling-title.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
10. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Texas) Dallas: GWF Ligjt Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
11. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
12. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 342. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
13. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: USWA Junior Heavyweight Title [Jarrett and Lawler]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
14. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Memphis: USWA Middle Title [Jarrett and Lawler]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.