Nightmare Danny Davis Explained

Nightmare Danny Davis
Birth Name:	Daniel Briley
Birth Date:	30 June 1952
Birth Place:	Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Children:	2
Names:	Danny Davis Galaxian 1 Mr X Nightmare Danny Davis Nightmare 1 Sergeant Danny Davis Galaxian 1 Dangerous Danny Davis
Height:	5 ft 9 in
Weight:	213 lb
Trainer:	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 also wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1992. He retired in 1997 and opened Ohio Valley Wrestling. In 2009, Davis 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 with Trailer Park Trash and losing to War Machine (Shiloh Jonze and Eric Locker).

On April 6, 2018, Davis sold OVW to Al Snow.

Personal life

Briley has one son, Duane Briley, and one daughter April. He is the uncle of wrestler Doug Basham.

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) - 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABOUT OVW. 7 January 2013. 1 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170401122456/http://ovwrestling.com/about. dead.
2. Book: Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson . The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams . ECW Press . The Territorial Era (Mid-1960s to mid-1980s): The Nightmares . 215–217. 2005. 978-1-5502-2683-6.
3. Book: Cawthon, Graham . the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994 . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform . 2014 . 978-1499656343.
4. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Memphis: NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Title . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
5. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Memphis: NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title (Northern Division) . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
6. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Memphis: NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
7. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Memphis: NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Title . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
8. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . Memphis: AWA Southern Tag Team Title . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
9. Web site: Deep South Tag Team title history . wrestling-title.com . June 20, 2015.
10. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . (Texas) Dallas: GWF Light Heavyweight Title . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
11. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title. 340–341. 0-9698161-5-4.
12. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title. 342. 0-9698161-5-4.
13. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . Memphis: USWA Junior Heavyweight Title [Jarrett and Lawler] . 0-9698161-5-4.
14. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . Memphis: USWA Middle Title [Jarrett and Lawler] . 0-9698161-5-4.