Kory Chavis Kory Chavis is an American professional wrestler , also known by the ring name Rainman . He currently works for several independent promotions , including Dragon Gate USA , Full Impact Pro , and Evolve . Professional wrestling career . After being trained by New Jack and Murder One in Atlanta , Georgia , Chavis made his professional wrestling debut on Match 1 , 1998 . Rainman ( 2001 – 2007 ) . Chavis quickly began using the name Rainman , and began competing for NWA Wildside . He began teaming with Homicide as Blackout , and the pair won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship by defeating Tony Stradlin and Todd Sexton on August 10 , 2001 . They won the championship for the second time on November 17 , 2001 , when they won a four - way match for the championship . Rainman then moved into singles competition in NWA Wildside , and won the NWA Wildside Television Championship on December 28 , 2002 , by defeating Tony Mamaluke in a tournament . He was the awarded the championship on September 6 , 2003 , after Jeremy V was stripped of it , to begin his second reign . On March 26 , 2005 , he won the NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship for the first time by defeating Ray Gordy and Onyx in a three - way match . Rainman began competing in Full Impact Pro ( FIP ) in 2004 . On September 24 and 25 , he participated in a tournament for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship , defeating Jason Cross and Kahagas before losing to CM Punk in the semi - finals . He continued to compete for FIP throughout the rest of 2004 and 2005 , competing against wrestlers including Dan Maff , Azrieal , Sal Rinauro , Samoa Joe , Antonio Banks . In 2006 , Rainman began competing in Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) , and on December 12 , at " Cage of Death 8 " , he and Onyx won the CZW World Tag Team Championship by defeating BLK - OUT ( Sabian and Robbie Mireno ) . They held the championship for a month , before losing it back to a different combination of BLK - OUT members , Ruckus and Sabian , at " New Year , New Opportunities " on January 13 , 2007 . Kory Chavis ( 2005 – 2008 ) . At the end of 2005 , Rainman changed his ring name to Kory Chavis in FIP , and became the bodyguard of SoCal Val . He gained the nickname " The Soul Assassin " in early 2006 , and continued to wrestle in FIP . He also competed for NWA Anarchy and ! Bang ! during this time . In 2008 , Chavis made three appearances on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s " Impact ! " television program , losing to Judas Mesias , Kurt Angle and Matt Morgan . Dark City Fight Club ( 2008 – present ) . In March 2008 , Chavis teamed with up Jon Davis as the Dark City Fight Club ( DCFC ) in FIP . They were revelaed as a team on March 22 , when they defeated Shayne Swift and Myles Long , and were revealed to have been the masked team that had attacked the Black Market tag team . The following month DCFC faced Black Market in a match that ended in a no contest when DCFC poured gasoline onto Black Market member Joey Machete and threatened to set him on fire . In an Anything Goes match in May , DCFC defeated Black Market , which was followed by Black Market ' s Shawn Murphy defeating Davis via disqualification and Machete defeating Chavis in a No Disqualification match on July 19 . The following month at " Heatstroke ' 08 " , DCFC defeated Black Market in a weapons match to end the feud . Throughout 2009 , DCFC competed sporadically for FIP . On March 28 , they defeated Bumz R ' Us in a street fight . At the first night of the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup on November 20 , they competed in a ' tag team rumble ' , which was won by Bumz R ' Us . In 2010 DCFC moved into FIP Tag Team Championship contention . They faced the champions , The British Lions and The Irish Airborne in a three - way match for the championship on June 26 , but were unsuccessful . On July 31 , 2010 , DCFC won the FIP Tag Team Championship in Crystal River , Florida by defeating The British Lions . On January 16 , 2010 , DCFC made their debut for the Evolve promotion , by defeating Aeroform ( Flip Kendrick and Louis Lyndon ) . They also compete for Pro Wrestling Fusion , where they won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on August 22 , 2009 by defeating Dagon and Sinn Bodhi for the vacant championship . They held the championship for 225 days , successfully defending it against The Network , Bumz R ' Us , and The Poppers , before losing it to The New Heavenly Bodies ( Chris Nelson and Vito DeNucci ) on April 4 , 2010 . They regained the championship from The New Heavenly Bodies on April 16 , 2010 . On November 20 , 2010 , the Dark City Fight Club defeated Rasche Brown and Keith Walker to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship for the first time . Ring of Honor ( 2009 – 2010 ) . On February 6 , 2009 , Chavis and Davis made their Ring of Honor debut at " Proving Ground 2009 : Night 1 " . They appeared at the " Ring of Honor Wrestling " television tapings on March 1 , where they defeated Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge in a squash match . On April 24 , Davis dislocated his wrist during a tag team match , which kept him out of action for three months . At the November 5 television tapings , DCFC fought the Briscoe Brothers to a no contest . At the January 8 , 2010 , tapings of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " DCFC squashed the Bravado Brothers , and at the tapings the following night they defeated the former ROH World Tag Team Champions The American Wolves ( Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards ) . They challenged the Briscoe Brothers for the ROH World Tag Team Championship at ROH ' s " Eight Anniversary Show " in New York City on February 13 , but were unsuccessful . 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 on May 10 , the Briscoes had lost the Tag Team Championship , and the match was instead billed as a number one contender ' s match . On the July 5 episode of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , DCFC defeated the Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) via disqualification when the Briscoes interfered . 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 final Ultimate Endurance match . Chavis and Davis faced and defeated The Embassy team of Shawn Daivari and Ernesto Osiris in the first round and defeated the Bravado Brothers in the semi - finals on August 27 . The following night , on August 28 , DCFC faced the Kings of Wrestling , The All Night Express ( Kenny King and Rhett 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 . Dragon Gate USA ( 2011 ) . On April 3 , 2011 , at Open the Ultimate Gate , the Dark City Fight Club was presented as Dragon Gate USA ' s newest tag team . In their first match in the promotion , Chavis and Davis were defeated by the Dirty Ugly Fucks ( Arik Cannon and Sami Callihan ) . Personal life . In high school , Chavis played football for one year , and played basketball and participated in wrestling for three years .