He competed at several major WWF events, during which his team won a six-man match at WrestleMania III and advanced to the semi-final round at King of the Ring 1987.
[5] His biggest win as Mr. X came on the October 28, 1986 episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling when he defeated fellow jobber Rudy Diamond.
[6] Davis involved himself in a steel cage match between face Hulk Hogan and heel Paul Orndorff.
When both wrestlers escaped the cage at the same time, Davis declared Orndorff the winner, while referee Joey Marella stated that Hogan won.
On the January 26, 1987 edition of Superstars (aired February 7, 1987), The Hart Foundation defeated The British Bulldogs to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.
[7] As a result of the match, WWF president Jack Tunney stripped Davis of his referee duties.
At WrestleMania III, Davis made his in-ring debut when he teamed up with the Hart Foundation to defeat the British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) and Tito Santana (Santana's inclusion was explained that Davis had been the referee when Tito had lost the Intercontinental Championship to "Macho Man" Randy Savage who had used a foreign object to get the win even though the heel gimmick had not actually started at that time).
Davis defeated Tito Santana and Junkyard Dog before being eliminated in the third round by Randy Savage, who went on to win the tournament.
The feud with Ware included a match televised on the April 13, 1987 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, which ended in a draw.
Davis, one of the "lumberjacks" at ringside to ensure that neither competitor could escape, attacked Steele with the timekeeper's bell and helped Savage with the match at Saturday Night's Main Event XI.
[9] At the inaugural Survivor Series, Davis participated in the opening contest, joining The Honky Tonk Man, Hercules, Ron Bass and Harley Race, facing Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, Brutus Beefcake and Jim Duggan.
[6] Following his return to refereeing, his highest profile appearance was after a match at WrestleMania IX where Hulk Hogan used a foreign object to attack his opponents in a tag team contest.
[21] Following eleven years of inactivity as a wrestler, Danny Davis made a return to the ring for Jersey All Pro Wrestling on October 26, 2001.
His final match came on September 28, 2013, at the NECW Throwback Throwdown event held by New England Championship Wrestling.
Davis's time as a wrestler and referee led to him appearing in the 1989 line of Classic WWF trading cards.
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