In March 2008,Jon Davis teamed with upKory Chavis as The Dark City Fight Club (DCFC) inFull Impact Pro (FIP).[5] They were revealed as a team on March 22, when they defeated Shayne Swift and Myles Long, and were revealed to have been themasked team that had attacked the Black Market tag team.[6] The following month DCFC faced Black Market in a match that ended in ano contest when DCFC pouredgasoline onto Black Market memberJoey Machete and threatened to set him on fire.[7] In anAnything Goes match in May, DCFC defeated Black Market, which was followed by Black Market's Shawn Murphy defeating Davis viadisqualification and Machete defeating Chavis in aNo Disqualification match on July 19.[8][9] The following month atHeatstroke '08, DCFC defeated Black Market in a weapons match to end the feud.[10] Throughout 2009, DCFC competed sporadically for FIP. On March 28, they defeated Bumz R' Us in a street fight.[11] At the first night of theJeff Peterson Memorial Cup on November 20, they competed in a 'tag team rumble', which was won by Bumz R' Us.[12] In 2010 DCFC moved intoFIP Tag Team Championship contention. They faced the champions, The British Lions andThe Irish Airborne in athree-way match for the championship on June 26, but were unsuccessful.[13] On July 31, 2010, DCFC won the FIP Tag Team Championship inCrystal River, Florida by defeating The British Lions.[14][15]
On January 16, 2010, DCFC made their debut for theEvolve promotion, by defeatingAeroform (Flip Kendrick andLouis Lyndon).[16] They also compete forPro Wrestling Fusion, where they won theNWA Florida Tag Team Championship on August 22, 2009 by defeatingDagon andSinn Bodhi for the vacant championship.[17] They held the championship for 225 days, successfully defending it against The Network, Bumz R' Us, and The Poppers, before losing it toThe New Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson andVito DeNucci) on April 4, 2010.[17] They regained the championship from The New Heavenly Bodies on April 16, 2010.[5] On November 20, 2010, the Dark City Fight Club defeated Rasche Brown andKeith Walker to win theNWA World Tag Team Championship for the first time. With the win, the Dark City Fight Club vacated the NWA Florida tag title.[18] They would lose the title to the Usual Suspects (A.J. Steele and Murder One) on May 1, 2011.[19] They would regain the title two weeks later on May 15.[20] Davis did not participate in the match where the Dark City Fight Club lost the titles, inSan Antonio, TX on December 15, 2012.Lance Hoyt filled in for Davis, as the Dark City Fight Club had stopped taking bookings together earlier in 2012.
On February 6, 2009, Davis and Chavis made theirRing of Honor debut atProving Ground 2009: Night 1.[21] They appeared at theRing of Honor Wrestling television tapings on March 1, where they defeated Grizzly Redwood andAndy Ridge in asquash match.[22] On April 24, Davis dislocated his wrist during a tag team match.[23] He suffered four dislocated bones and "destroyed ligaments and tendons" in his left wrist, and underwent surgery for the injury during the first week of May.[16][24] DCFC returned as a team at theRing of Honor Wrestling tapings in August.[5] At the November 5 television tapings, DCFC fought theBriscoe Brothers to a no contest.[25]
At the January 8, 2010, tapings ofRing of Honor Wrestling DCFC squashed theBravado Brothers (Harlem and Lance), and at the tapings the following night they defeated the formerROH World Tag Team ChampionsThe American Wolves (Davey Richards andEddie Edwards).[26][27] They challenged the Briscoe Brothers for the ROH World Tag Team Championship at ROH'sEight Anniversary Show inNew York City on February 13, but were unsuccessful.[28] At the March 6, 2010 tapings, they won a squash match, before they lost to the Briscoes. At the tapings themselves, the match was billed as a non-title match, but by the time the match aired on May 10, the Briscoes had lost the Tag Team Championship, and the match was instead billed as a number one contender's match.[29][30][31] On the July 5 episode ofRing of Honor Wrestling, DCFC defeatedThe Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero andClaudio Castagnoli) via disqualification when the Briscoes interfered.[32]
In July 2010, ROH announced the teams that would be participating in the Tag Wars tournament, to determine three teams which would challenge the Kings of Wrestling in the finalUltimate Endurance match.[33] Chavis and Davis faced and defeatedThe Embassy team ofShawn Daivari andErnesto Osiris in the first round and defeated the Bravado Brothers in the semi-finals on August 27.[34][35] The following night, on August 28, DCFC faced the Kings of Wrestling, The All Night Express (Kenny King andRhett Titus) and The Briscoe Brothers in the Ultimate Endurance match, but were unsuccessful as the Kings of Wrestling won the match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship and win Tag Wars.[36]
Davis won the EVOLVE 2012 Style Battle Round-Robin Tournament by defeatingA. R. Fox, Tommy Taylor, and Bobby Fish over 3 nights June 28–30 in Ybor City, St. Petersburg, and Jacksonville, FL.
