Mark Davis to face former ECW Champion at WrestleCon SuperShow

The present will battle the past at the WrestleCon SuperShow.

It was announced today that Mark Davis, currently one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions, will be taking on former ECW World Champion Masato Tanaka in Las Vegas. 

Tanaka, age 53, made his pro wrestling debut in 1993. He is probably best known to American fans for his feud with Mike Awesome in the original ECW, where they traded the ECW Championship in 1999 then stole the show in a rematch at WWE’s ECW One Night Stand in 2005. They also frequently battled in FMW in Japan. 

Tanaka is also a three-time former ECW World Tag Team Champion, winning the belts once with Balls Mahoney and twice with Tommy Dreamer. He is still very active in Japan, where he is the reigning ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion, as well as the reigning GHC Hardcore Openweight Champion in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Davis has his own background in hardcore wrestling—he is a five-time 24/7 Hardcore Champion in HOPE Wrestling in the United Kingdom. He has won dozens of other titles all over the world, usually teaming with Kyle Fletcher. The two of them and Kazuchika Okada are the current AEW World Trios Champions. 

WrestleCon SuperShow takes place at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, from the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets are available here. The event will also stream live on Triller TV.