Christopher Daniels is signed to All Elite Wrestling and is the Head of Talent Relations.
95 Facts About Christopher Daniels
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Christopher Daniels is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor, as well as extensive time on the independent circuit.
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Christopher Daniels is known as "The King of Indies" for his work with independent promotions across the world, including Frontier Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Cartel, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
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Christopher Daniels subsequently traveled to Puerto Rico to wrestle for the World Wrestling Council, and on October 22,1995, teamed with Kevin Quinn to defeat Huracan Castillo Jr.
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Back in Windy City, Christopher Daniels defeated Bret Sanders for the WCPW Middleweight Championship, losing it to Brandon Bishop 17 days later.
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Christopher Daniels teamed with Kevin Quinn to defeat Danny Dominion and Ace Steele at the NWA's 50th Anniversary show in October 1998 to become the first NWA Midwest Tag Team Champions.
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Christopher Daniels participated in the 3rd Annual ECWA Super 8 Tournament, reaching the finals where he lost to Steve Bradley.
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Christopher Daniels then won APW's King of the Indies tournament, the WCPW League Championship, and the UPW Heavyweight Championship.
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In 1998, Christopher Daniels signed a developmental deal with the World Wrestling Federation and trained at Dory Funk Jr.
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Christopher Daniels made his WWF debut on January 19,1998, losing a dark match to Mick Tierney, and went on to be used as a jobber on the WWF's B-shows, Sunday Night Heat and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Christopher Daniels appeared in WWE as one of the Los Conquistadores alongside Aaron Aguilera where they competed in the APA's bar room brawl.
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Christopher Daniels made several appearances on WWF Jakked during the spring of 2001, including a singles loss to Jerry Lynn and a tag team loss to Kaientai with Scoot Andrews as his partner.
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On January 14,2000, Christopher Daniels received a tryout match with World Championship Wrestling, defeating Mikey Henderson.
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The original idea was for Christopher Daniels to portray Vampiro's dark master, Syndrome, but his WCW debut was continually postponed, and he eventually returned to the independent scene.
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Christopher Daniels then took the mic and challenged Low Ki and Danielson to a round robin tournament at ROH's second show, Round Robin Challenge.
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Christopher Daniels next submitted to Low Ki's Dragon Clutch, but again refused to shake hands and said he would have won if he had not already wrestled that night, vowing to not wrestle Low Ki again unless the ROH World Championship was on the line.
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At Ring of Honor's third show, A Night of Appreciation, Christopher Daniels lost to Donovan Morgan, with both men showing mutual respect.
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At Glory By Honor, Christopher Daniels defeated Doug Williams, who was consequently banned from shaking hands in ROH.
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In reality, Christopher Daniels' exit was a result of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling not allowing their contracted wrestlers to work ROH shows, in light of a scandal surrounding ROH promoter Rob Feinstein.
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At the next show, Sign of Dishonor, Christopher Daniels defeated Punk's stablemate, Colt Cabana, when Punk attempted to hit Christopher Daniels with a steel chain, but instead hit Cabana.
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At Fate of an Angel, Christopher Daniels lost to the debuting Matt Hardy after Punk interfered.
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Later that night, after Punk's successful defense against James Gibson, Christopher Daniels stole the belt and was granted a title shot.
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Christopher Daniels tried to get revenge, but inadvertently helped Punk eliminate Joe.
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Christopher Daniels remained a regular member of the ROH roster, while working other promotions.
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Christopher Daniels joined the newly founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002.
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Christopher Daniels was recognized as the champion as well with any two of the three members defending the tag team titles via the Triple X Rule.
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Christopher Daniels briefly feuded with Jeff Jarrett in the summer of 2003.
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However, Christopher Daniels competed at the event as he teamed with Michael Shane and Kazarian against 3Live Kru in a losing effort.
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Styles, thus earning a title shot against Styles for the TNA X Division Championship at Against All Odds, where Christopher Daniels failed to win the title.
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Christopher Daniels hit Styles with an Angel's Wings and took the belt when the ref woke, thus winning his first X Division Championship.
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Christopher Daniels successfully defended the title against Skipper in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown.
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Christopher Daniels successfully defended the title against Shocker at Hard Justice, Chris Sabin and Michael Shane in a three-way match at Slammiversary and Petey Williams at No Surrender.
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Christopher Daniels set the record for the longest reign at the time, ending at 150 days.
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Christopher Daniels unsuccessfully challenged Styles for the title in an Iron Man match at Bound for Glory.
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Styles after winning the X Division Championship from him, Christopher Daniels returned and attacked Joe, enabling security guards to protect Styles and restrain Joe.
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At Final Resolution, Christopher Daniels challenged Joe for the title but lost when Styles threw in the towel to protect Christopher Daniels, badly beaten and defenseless, from further damage.
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The next week, Christopher Daniels accused Styles of doing this to get the number one contendership for the X Division Championship.
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Christopher Daniels was then scheduled to face Jushin Thunder Liger in a cage match at Lockdown, but Liger pulled out of the match.
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At Hard Justice, Styles and Christopher Daniels successfully defended the titles against LAX.
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At No Surrender, Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated LAX in an Ultimate X match to win their second NWA World Tag Team Championship as a team and marked Christopher Daniels' sixth individual reign.
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At Bound for Glory, Styles and Christopher Daniels lost the titles to LAX in a Six Sides of Steel match to end the rivalry.
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Christopher Daniels successfully defended the title against Sabin at Genesis and Turning Point before losing the title to Sabin in a three-way match at Final Resolution on January 14,2007, involving Jerry Lynn.
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Christopher Daniels made his return, as a heel, at Destination X, distracting Lynn during his match with Sabin.
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At Lockdown, Christopher Daniels pinned Jerry Lynn in a cage match.
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At Sacrifice, Christopher Daniels pinned Rhino after hitting him with a baseball bat.
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Christopher Daniels began feuded with Sting, costing him a King of the Mountain match qualifier by hitting him with a baseball bat.
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At Victory Road, Christopher Daniels won a ten-man Ultimate X Gauntlet match with the assistance of Senshi and Elix Skipper, thus reuniting Triple X in the process.
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At Turning Point, Christopher Daniels participated in the inaugural Feast or Fired but failed to win any briefcase.
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The next week, the briefcase was revealed to contain a pink slip, meaning Christopher Daniels was fired from TNA.
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One month after Christopher Daniels was fired, Covell returned to TNA as the colourful, masked Curry Man, who soon became allied with Shark Boy.
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Christopher Daniels eliminated Creed from the match after hitting his Spice Rack finisher, and was eliminated by Devine after the Devine Intervention.
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Christopher Daniels's contained a pink slip, meaning he was fired.
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Christopher Daniels defeated Kurt Angle to give Jeff Jarrett's team the first-man advantage in Lethal Lockdown, at Lockdown.
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Christopher Daniels was then announced as a member of Team Jarrett.
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The win was overturned by Jeff Jarrett, after he noticed Angle's shoulder was up during the pinfall and Christopher Daniels' shoulders were down.
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At Sacrifice, Christopher Daniels defeated Suicide to win the TNA X Division Championship.
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Christopher Daniels said he didn't want to win the belt like that and asked for five extra minutes.
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At Slammiversary, Christopher Daniels pinned Shane Douglas in a match with Christopher Daniels' job on the line, after hitting the Best Moonsault Ever.
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At Victory Road, Wrestling Observer's Worst Show of the Year, Christopher Daniels lost to Matt Morgan.
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At Hard Justice, Christopher Daniels won the Steel Asylum match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship, reigniting his feud with champion Samoa Joe.
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Christopher Daniels lost to Joe at No Surrender, then lost a three-way match to him on the following Impact.
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At Bound for Glory, Christopher Daniels wrestled a six-man Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, featuring Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Suicide, Homicide and successfully defending champion, Amazing Red.
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At Final Resolution, Christopher Daniels unsuccessfully challenged Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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At Destination X, Christopher Daniels competed in a four-way ladder match for the number one contendership for the X Division title, and was defeated by Kazarian.
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At the next PPV, Glory By Honor IX, Christopher Daniels defeated Austin Aries.
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Three days later Ring of Honor announced that Christopher Daniels had officially signed a contract with the promotion.
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At the net pay-per-view, 9th Anniversary Show, on February 26,2011, Christopher Daniels wrestled Eddie Edwards to a thirty-minute time limit draw in a Two Out of Three Falls rematch for the Television title.
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In preparation for his World Championship match against Roderick Strong, Christopher Daniels stole "The Book of Truth" from Strong's manager, Truth Martini, to learn his match strategy.
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The next day, Christopher Daniels completed his heel turn by attacking El Generico with "The Book of Truth" and aligning himself with Truth Martini, Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin, a stable called The House of Truth.
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On June 26, at Best in the World 2011, Christopher Daniels lost the Television title to El Generico.
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Later that same evening Christopher Daniels wrestled his TNA return match, losing to Bully Ray in a Lumberjack match, where Fortune and Immortal worked as lumberjacks, after Immortal leader Hulk Hogan interfered and hit him with a chain.
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Styles, after Van Dam prevented Christopher Daniels from using a screwdriver.
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Christopher Daniels then revealed the secret, a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter.
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Christopher Daniels went on to hold the title for over year, defeating Lance Storm, AJ Styles, JP Simms, Riddick Stone, and Samoa Joe.
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Christopher Daniels would lose the IFWA Title on July 3,2015, to Simms, who was a replacement for an injured Julien Young.
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On March 20,2017, at WCPW Bulletproof: Championship Showdown Christopher Daniels successfully defended the ROH Championship against Adam Cole and Zack Sabre Jr.
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On March 21,2017, at WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup Christopher Daniels successfully defended the ROH Championship against El Ligero in a singles match.
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On May 17,2014, Christopher Daniels made an appearance at War of the Worlds, announcing his return to ROH at Best in the World 2014 on June 22.
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At Supercard of Honor IX Christopher Daniels was defeated by Roderick Strong.
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At Field of Honor Christopher Daniels was defeated by Adam Cole.
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At Survival of the Fittest Christopher Daniels defeated Mark Briscoe, Hanson and Kenny King in a Survival of the Fittest tournament match.
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At ROH 14th Anniversary Show Christopher Daniels was defeated by Alex Shelley.
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In early 2017, Christopher Daniels began feuding with Bullet Club, turning face in the process.
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On January 14,2017, Christopher Daniels defeated Jay Briscoe in the finals of the Decade of Excellence tournament to become the number one contender for the ROH World Championship at the 15th Anniversary Show.
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Christopher Daniels was briefly suspended by AEW in September 2022 after he was involved in a fight between CM Punk and Ace Steel on one side and Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks on the other.
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The suspension was lifted when an independent investigation commissioned by AEW concluded that Christopher Daniels was trying to break up the fight.
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In December 2021, Christopher Daniels made his return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, for the first time in 5 years, on the NJPW Strong special episode Nemesis, unsuccessfully challenging Jay White's "U-S-of-Jay" open challenge.
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Christopher Daniels made a Chef Boyardee commercial with Jeff and Matt Hardy and a guest appearance on Numb3rs with mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz.
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Christopher Daniels competed on the January 18,2008, episode of Merv Griffin's Crosswords, coming in at the beginning of the second round as a "Spoiler".
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Christopher Daniels made it to the front row once, temporarily winning a trip to Reno, Nevada, but ended the show back as a Spoiler, therefore leaving with only the consolation prize.
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Christopher Daniels would be introduced as "Fallen Angel", to help Hart demonstrate wrestling moves, including taking a clothesline from host Rita Sever.
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Christopher Daniels appears uncredited in the 1999 documentary film, Beyond the Mat.
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Christopher Daniels appeared wearing part of his Curryman outfit in episode 5 Debbie Does Something of the Netflix original series GLOW with fellow wrestler Frankie Kazarian.
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Christopher Daniels appeared uncredited in the 2013 parody film, 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Bane.
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In 2017 Christopher Daniels worked as a Stunt performer for Universal Studios Hollywood, in the Water World Stuntacular show, he played the Deacon, while away from Ring of Honor, this is a live action show based on the film Water World, it takes place in a arena in a 60-gallon pool with pyrotechnics and live motor stunts.