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Mark Davis says that working with a variety of people behind the scenes has contributed to his success as a singles wrestler in 2026. Davis was forced into singles action in AEW when his tag team partner, Jake Doyle, suffered an injury in late January.
“Yeah, I mean, one of the benefits and one of the blessings of being a part of AEW is there’s such like a… there is a real depth to the roster,” said Davis during an interview with PWTorch columnist Sean Radican on the Radican Worldwide podcast available now for PWTorch VIP members. “And obviously, a lot of, like, strategy and guidance comes from inside of the Don Callis family. It’s very helpful to be, you know, still work so closely with Kyle (Fletcher) and team with him and be able to, like, have strategy meetings and stuff like that.”
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Davis said that former NXT wrestler Chris Hero, who works behind the scenes in AEW as a producer and coach, was influential in helping him navigate the challenges he had transitioning from being a tag team wrestler for a long period of time to doing singles matches in AEW. “But, you know, there’s people backstage that are working in a non-screen role capacity that have such a depth and wealth of experience,” said Davis. “People like Chris Hero, who I’ve known since I was very young into my professional wrestling career, somebody who’s had a very big influence on my professional wrestling career and continues to.”
Davis also gave credit to Tony Khan and AEW with setting him up with the opportunities to be successful as a singles wrestler as he relearned performing in that role earlier this year. “So, outside of that, it was just about being able to receive the opportunities to do that, you know, showcase my singles professional wrestling,” said Davis.
“And for that I gotta credit Tony Khan and the company and Don Callis and negotiating those matches and all that kind of stuff. And it has just been a very, I think for me, I felt like I had to relearn how to do singles wrestling. So it has been a very, like, gratifying sort of past eight to nine months being able to step my toe back into it.”
NOTE: You can GO VIP and listen to the entire interview with Mark Davis talking about talking about being part of Will Ospreay’s entrance at All In, his match against Jon Moxley at WrestleDream, participating in the Blood And Guts match, and teaming with Jake Doyle to take on the AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks at Full Gear on Nov. 14 HERE
Davis & Doyle will challenge AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks on Nov. 14 at AEW’s FullGear PPV. You can purchase the WrestleDream PPV on HBO Max, traditional PPV providers, and PPV.com.
