Mark Davis (wrestler)

Davis Passfield (born 20 August 1990), better known by his in-ring name Mark Davis, is an Australian professional wrestler currently appearing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was an inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion and Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he is a former two-time Undisputed British Tag Team Champion.

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. 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.

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. 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. During their tour of the UK in May 2018, Aussie Open made their Ring of Honor debut, leading to Dalton Castle's "boys". On October 14 at Global Wars UK, an inter-promotional event held by RevPro and NJPW, Davis lost to Satoshi Kojima. 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. 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.

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). 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. 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. 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. At Capital Collision, Cobb, Henare and Aussie Open lost to TMDK in an 8-man tag-team match.

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. In the finals at Strong: High Alert, Davis and Fletcher defeated Christopher Daniels and Yuya Uemura to become the inaugural champions.

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. After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. They received their match at Royal Quest II, where they lost to FTR. 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.

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. 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. 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, along with O-Khan and Cobb facing FTR and Roppongi Vice in a triple threat tag-team match. At the event, Cobb and O-Khan lost the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to FTR. Later on in the evnt, 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.

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 on August 31. After the match, United Empire attacked The Elite.

Championships and accomplishments

*ATTACK! Pro Wrestling
**ATTACK! 24:7 Championship (3 times)
**ATTACK! Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher
*DEFIANT Wrestling
**Defiant Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher
*Fight Club:PRO
**FCP Championship (1 time)
*HOPE Wrestling
**HOPE 24/7 Hardcore Championship (5 times)
**HOPE Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher
*National Wrestling Alliance Australian Wrestling Alliance
**NWA AWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*New Japan Pro Wrestling
** Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) - with Kyle Fletcher
** Inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Tournament - with Kyle Fletcher
*Over The Top Wrestling
** OTT Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher
*PROGRESS Wrestling
** PROGRESS Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher
*Professional Wrestling Alliance
**PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kyle Fletcher
*Revolution Pro Wrestling
**British Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher
*Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
**PWA Queensland Championship (1 time)
*Westside Xtreme Wrestling
**wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kyle Fletcher

References

External links

*https://www.revolutionprowrestling.com/Team/Mark-Davis
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1990 births
Living people
Sportsmen from Queensland
Australian male professional wrestlers
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
PROGRESS Tag Team Champions
Undisputed British Tag Team Champions