Career
The RPM"s were one of the most well-known heel tag teams throughout the southern United States in promotions such as World Class Championship Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association based out of Memphis. Mike Davis got his start in Eddie Graham"s Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) promotion. In 1984 he lost the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title to Denny Brown.
Davis started the Rock "n" Roll RPMs tag team with Tommy Lane in Memphis where they wrestled in the mid 80"s before moving to the World Class promotion, which at the time was still affiliated with the NWA. They were known for their bright colored tights and hanging bandanas.
The Rock "n" Roll RPMs were glorified for their finishing move "The Spandex Splits". The move was later outlawed due to extensive neck injuries.
They had feuds with several teams, including another "Rock "n" Roll" tag team known as the Rock "n" Roll Express. Teaming with Cactus Jack, the Rock-n-Roll RPMs lost a match against Hector, Chavo, and Mando Guerrero at the only Aging with Attitude pay-per-view SuperClash III. After the demise of World Class, Davis and Lane moved on to World Championship Wrestling, where they were used as jobbers.
Davis later entered the Global Wrestling Federation, where in 1992, he claimed to have returned to Earth with a "Moon Rock" after he made a bungee jump following a "Bungee" match between Chaz Taylor and Steven Dane outside the Dallas Sportatorium.
In 1995, Davis returned to WCW to work once again as a "jobber to the stars", featuring on the WCW Saturday Night program Davis died on December 25, 2001 from a massive heart attack in Granbury, Texas, at the age of 45. He was the third World Class wrestler to die in six months (following the deaths of Terry Gordy and Chris Adams in July and October respectively).
Finishing moves
Abdominal stretch
Signature moves
Back body drop
Elbow drop
Knee lift
Short-arm clothesline
Vertical suplex
With Tommy Lane
The Spandex Splits (Back body drop (Davis) transitioned into a powerbomb (Lane) / neckbreaker (Davis) combination)
Managers
Downtown Bruno
Fallen Angel
Nicknames
"Maniac" Mike Davis
Big Doctorate Wrestling
Big Doctorate Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Terry Simms
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Mike Rotunda
Continental Wrestling Association / Championship Wrestling Association
Aging with Attitude Southern Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Tommy Lane
CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Lane
Continental Wrestling Federation
CWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masahiro Chono
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Global Wrestling Federation
GWF Television Championship (1 time)
United States of America Wrestling
United States of America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Lane
World Wrestling Council
WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tommy Lane.
