Danny Davis from heel wrestler to referee?

[horsemen4ever]

So does anyone remember if there was any explanation over how Danny Davis went from a heel wrestler and former crocked referee back to a WWF referee?

Was there any explanation for his change of heart. I remember he was on probation at first, but did he apply for reenstatement on screen or anything.

I know almost a decade later there was a similar situation with Nick Patrick, but there was reasons and explanation for it, kicked out of the NWO, than went on Nitro and begged for a second chance. I don't remember anything like that happening with Davis.

[Ben Wyatt]

They phased him out as a heel wrestler and I think kept him off TV a bit before having him come back "on probation" (similar to Nick Patrick)

[molson5]

I remember them acknowledging his past, but only in passing during his first couple of appearances back. For some reason I specifically remember a match where the commentator said, "well, Jack Tunney must have a lot of confidence in him, putting him right in there in a match with Bad News Brown" (I'm about 99% sure it was Bad News Brown)

[lildude8218]

Actually Davis was still wrestling regularly up until the change. His last televised match was on the April 16, 1989 Wrestling Challenge (taped March 8, 1989) where he lost to The Blue Blazer. His last actual match is listed as a March 18, 1989 house show against Sam Houston but there's no result so it may not have actually happened.

at the next set of tapings on April 4th (airing April 22nd,) Jesse Ventura mentioned Davis was reinstated as a referee under probation and had to surrender his wrestling license.