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.
At one time, they wrestled under masks as The Nightmares.
The duo also worked under masks as The Galaxians for WCW in the 1990s. 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 World Wildlife Fund 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 Mobile Marketing Association 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. Finishing move
Tombstone piledriver
Nicknames
"Nightmare"
"Nitro"
"Private"
"Sergeant"
Entrance themes
"Blackboard Jungle" by Jimmy Hart
"We"re Not Gonna Take lieutenant" by Twisted Sister
"Hello Again" by The Cars
"Nothin" But A Good Time" by Poison
"TNT" by Air Corps/District of Columbia
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/Sergeant Blade/Roger the Karaoke Manitoba
by OVW
Ryan Nemeth
John Cena
Randy Orton
Brock Lesnar
Dave Bautista
Shelton Benjamin
Continental Championship Wrestling / Continental Wrestling Federation
NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Wayne
NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (1 time)
NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Ken Wayne
NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
Continental Wrestling Association
Aging with Attitude Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Wayne
Deep South Wrestling
Doctor of Social Work Tag Team Championship (3 times, inaugural) - with Ken Wayne
Global Wrestling Federation
GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
Stampede Wrestling
NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (1 time) - with Hubert Gallant
Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
United States Wrestling Association
USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
USWA Middleweight Championship (1 time).
