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Nob Hill
—  Neighborhood of San Francisco  —
California Street on Nob Hill
Nickname(s): "Snob Hill", "Lower Nob Hill”, "Upper Nob Hill", "The Tender Nob", "Upper China Heights"
Nob Hill Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates: 37°47′36″N 122°24′52″W / 37.793230°N 122.414480°W / 37.793230; -122.414480
Government
• Board of Supervisors	David Chiu
• State Assembly	Tom Ammiano (D)
• State Senate	Mark Leno (D)
• U.S. House	Nancy Pelosi (D)
Area[1]
• Total	1.02 km2 (0.395 sq mi)
• Land	1.02 km2 (0.395 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	20,671
• Density	20,230/km2 (52,390/sq mi)
	[2]
ZIP Code	94108, 94109, 94133
Area code(s)	415

Nob Hill refers to a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, centered on the intersection of California and Powell streets. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills."

Location[link]

The actual peak of Nob Hill lies slightly to the northwest, approximately at the intersection of Jones and Sacramento Streets. South of Nob Hill is the shopping district of Union Square, the Tenderloin neighborhood, and Market Street. To the east is San Francisco's Chinatown and a little farther, the city's financial district. Northeast of Nob Hill is North Beach and Telegraph Hill. North of Nob Hill is Russian Hill, and eventually, the tourist-centered areas of the waterfront such as Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf.

History[link]

The area was settled in the rapid urbanization happening in the city in the late 19th century. Because of the views and its central position, it became an exclusive enclave of the rich and famous on the west coast who built large mansions in the neighborhood. This included prominent tycoons such as Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University and other members of The Big Four.

The neighborhood was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, except for the granite walls surrounding the Stanford, Crocker, Huntington and Hopkins mansions. Those walls remain and you can see black scars caused by smoke from the intense fires that burned after the quake.

Also gutted by the fires was the newly completed Fairmont Hotel at Mason and California Streets, as well as the mansion of tycoon James Flood. Both structures had stone exteriors that survived the fires. So though gutted by fire both buildings were rebuilt. The Fairmont Hotel remains in operation to this day and the Flood Mansion is the headquarters of the exclusive Pacific-Union Club.

While the neighborhood was able to maintain its affluence following the quake, every mansion owner moved or rebuilt elsewhere. Some rebuilt mansions further west in San Francisco, for example, in Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow. In place of where the mansions had been located, swank hotels were erected. Hotels built over the ruins of the former mansions include the Mark Hopkins, Huntington and Stanford Court.

Since the 1990s, Chinatown to Nob Hill's east has been expanding into the neighborhood, shifting all but the very top of Nob Hill to a Chinese demographic and characteristic.

Attractions and characteristics[link]

Nob Hill is an affluent district, home to many of the city's upper class families as well as a large young urban professional population, and a growing Chinese immigrant population from a slowly encroaching Chinatown to the east. Sometimes it is sarcastically referred to as Snob Hill (in fact, "nob" is a slang term meaning "wealthy and distinguished person", possibly influenced by the word "nabob", and thus similar in meaning to "snob").The intersection of California and Powell streets is the location of its four well-known and most expensive hotels: the Fairmont Hotel, the Mark Hopkins Hotel, the Stanford Court, and the Huntington Hotel. Interestingly, they represent also three names out of The Big Four (i.e. Stanford, Hopkins & Huntington). The Fairmont is also named for a San Francisco tycoon, James G. Fair.

Opposite the Fairmont Hotel and Pacific Union Club is Grace Cathedral, one of the city's largest houses of worship. The state Masonic Temple is also located across from the church.

Parks[link]

Though Nob Hill is a very densely-built neighborhood, there are parks at which residents and visitors can relax and enjoy the outdoors. The parks are owned and maintained by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. The most prominent park in the neighborhood is Huntington Park, which takes up an entire block, bounded by Sacramento Street to the north, Taylor Street to the west, California Street to the south, and Cushman Street to the east. Huntington Park was formerly the site of the mansion of Central Pacific Railroad baron Collis P. Huntington; the mansion was detroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, however, and Mr. Huntington's widow donated the property to the city to establish a park in 1915.^[3] Huntington Park has a playground for children, landscaping, and several fountains. Washington & Hyde Mini Park is situated on a single lot between two apartment buildings on the north side of Washington Street, between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street. Washington & Hyde Mini Park has a playground for children, landscaping, and public restrooms.^[4]

Images[link]

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  MUNI electric bus coming uphill

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  Looking down Nob Hill, San Francisco bay and Fisherman's Wharf in distant background.

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  By the Cable Car Museum

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  Looking south on Nob Hill, from intersection at Mason and Sacramento Streets.

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  Masonic Memorial Temple

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  Nine ton Cable Car racing a Lexus RX up Nob Hill

• NobHillTheatre.JPG

  Nob Hill Theatre

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  A condominium complex across the street from Huntington Park

See also[link]

San Francisco Bay Area portal

• Mark Hopkins Hotel
• Russian Hill
• 49-Mile Scenic Drive
• List of hills in San Francisco

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Nob Hill Association
• The Chronicle's standing article about Nob Hill
• The Cable Car Museum site

Coordinates: 37°47′36″N 122°24′52″W / 37.793230°N 122.414480°W / 37.793230; -122.414480

Look up nob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Nob may refer to:

• Nob, Israel, a place in the vicinity of Jerusalem
• Non-occluded baculovirus, a genus of virus
• Newell's Old Boys, Argentinian football team
• NoB, Japanese singer Nobuo Yamada
• Nob Yoshigahara, a Japanese puzzle-maker
• Narodnoosvobodilna borba, World War II Yugoslavian resistance
• Nob Hill, San Francisco, a neighborhood in the California city
• "one for his nob", a score in cribbage
• a person of social standing (cf. nobility)

See also[link]

• knob (disambiguation)
• NOB (disambiguation)

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Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels, Los Angeles, CA on October 1, 2011
Ring name(s)	Chris Daniels[1] Christopher Daniels[1] Conquistador Dos[2] Curry Man[1] Daniels[1] Suicide[1]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) as Curry Man[4] 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) as Suicide[5]
Billed weight	224 lb (102 kg)[3] 232 lb (105 kg) as Curry Man[4] 240 lb (110 kg) as Suicide[5]
Born	(1971-03-24) March 24, 1971 (age 41)[1] Kalamazoo, Michigan[6]
Billed from	Sin City[1][7] The City of Angels[1][3] Los Angeles, California[8] India (As Curry Man; Independent circuit) Tokyo, Japan (As Curry Man; TNA)[4] Parts Unknown (As Suicide; TNA)[5]
Trained by	Sam DeCero[1] Windy City Wrestling School[1] Mike Anthony[1] Kevin Quinn[1]
Debut	April 1993[1]

Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1971)^[1] is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is currently one half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions, while also working for several independent promotions. He has also worked with Ring of Honor (ROH) in the past, and between TNA and ROH has won 14 total championships, nine of which being tag team titles (seven in TNA, two in ROH).

He is known as The King of Indies for his work with independent promotions all over the world, including Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), International Wrestling Cartel (IWC), and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).^[1]

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early career[link]

Daniels began his professional wrestling career at Windy City Pro Wrestling in Chicago during the early 1990s. In 2000, he tagged in the World Wrestling Federation with Aaron Aguilera as "Dos" one half of Los Conquistadores.^[2] He also challenged Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort in his Fallen Angel gimmick on WWF Shotgun Saturday Night. He also wrestled for hardcore wrestling promotions XPW and ECW.

World Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)[link]

On January 23, 2001, during an episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Daniels had a match against Michael Modest. During the match, Daniels attempted a springboard moonsault, but his left foot went over the rope as his other foot connected. This lack of momentum left him unable to complete the rotation. He therefore botched the move and landed on his head with his legs towards the ropes, nearly breaking his neck.^[1] His left arm was impaired for the rest of the match. Daniels managed to continue the match to its finish.^[1] After the match, both Daniels and Modest were offered 90-day contracts, but the purchase of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation meant neither would wrestle another match in WCW.^[1] He continued to wrestle on the independent circuit and in Japan. Daniels also portrayed a hooded figure that Vampiro reported his success to after he won the Human Torch match against Sting.^{[citation needed]}

Ring of Honor[link]

The Prophecy (2002–2004)[link]

Daniels was known as one of the "Founding Fathers" of Ring of Honor, due to being in the company's main show. On February 23, 2002, he wrestled in the main event of the first show entitled The Era of Honor Begins, in a triple threat match against Low Ki and "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. Daniels lost the match, but refused to shake hands with his opponents, thus breaking the Code of Honor, which at the time stated that all wrestlers must shake hands before and after the match.^[9] Directly following his decision not to shake hands, Daniels got on the mic and challenged both Low Ki and Danielson to a Round Robin match, which took place at ROH's second show, the Round Robin Challenge. Daniels won the first match, defeating Danielson, and forced Dragon to shake his hand.^[9] In the next match of the series, Daniels faced Low Ki. Daniels tapped out to the Dragon Clutch, but, just like the first show, Daniels refused to shake hands and stated that he could have beaten Low Ki if he had not already wrestled that night.^[9] He also said he would not step into the ring again with Low Ki unless the ROH Title was on the line. Daniels also created The Prophecy alliance during this time.

Christopher Daniels at an event in Quincy, Massachusetts in 2004

At Ring of Honor's third show, A Night of Appreciation for Eddie Guerrero, Daniels was defeated by Donovan Morgan.^[9] They showed a mutual respect for each other, and Morgan formed a partnership with Daniels.^[9] Daniels earned the right to compete to become the first ROH Champion in a 60 Minute Iron Man match against Spanky, Doug Williams, and Low Ki, by defeating A.J. Styles on June 22.^[9] During the match for the title, Daniels pinned Low Ki, but due to Iron Man match rules, Low Ki was still able to win the match. Daniels lost the match despite the fact he was the only person not to lose a decision by pinfall or submission.^[9] Two months later, Low Ki defended his title against Xavier. During the match, Christopher Daniels came to the ring to distract Low Ki, allowing Xavier to attack Low Ki with a chair. Low Ki lost to Xavier, who was the newest member of The Prophecy.^[9] Later that night, Daniels and Morgan defeated Bryan Danielson and Michael Modest to become the inaugural ROH Tag Team Champions, meaning that The Prophecy held all the titles in ROH.^[10] At Glory By Honor, Daniels defeated Doug Williams, who was as a result banned from shaking hands in ROH.^[9] The Prophecy also had plans for Low Ki that night, as they hired Samoa Joe, making his ROH debut that night, to take out Low Ki in the first ever Fight Without Honor.^[9] Low Ki won the match and shook Joe's hand.^[9] On March 13, 2003, A.J. Styles and Amazing Red defeated Daniels and Xavier, substituting for Morgan, to win the ROH Tag Team Championship.^[9] At the following show The Prophecy lost also the ROH Championship, when former ally Samoa Joe defeated Xavier.^[9]

On April 26 Daniels competed in the second Round Robin Challenge, which he was able to win after defeating Amazing Red and Paul London in singles matches.^[9] On June 14 The Prophecy put their future in ROH on the line in a six-man tag team match against The Group (Samoa Joe, C.W. Anderson and Michael Shane). The Prophecy managed to win the match and as a result The Group was forced to disband.^[9] Daniels defeated the returning Xavier on August 16 to earn the right to challenge for the ROH World Championship, but was defeated by the champion Samoa Joe on September 20.^[9] After CM Punk turned down an offer to join The Prophecy, someone assaulted his girlfriend Lucy backstage, forcing her out of Ring of Honor.^[9] On December 23, 2003, Daniels revealed that B.J. Whitmer, the newest member of The Prophecy, had been the one who had attacked Lucy, starting a rivalry between The Prophecy and the Second City Saints, CM Punk's stable.^[9] On January 10, 2004, at Battle Lines are Drawn The Prophecy (Daniels, Whitmer and Dan Maff) faced the Second City Saints (Punk, Colt Cabana and Ace Steel) in a six man tag team main event. The match ended in a disqualification, when Whitmer accidentally hit the referee of the match with a chair, but after the match Punk dropped Daniels from the ropes through a table with the Pepsi Plunge, putting him out of Ring of Honor.^[9] This was done due to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pulling all of their contracted wrestlers from all ROH shows due to the Rob Feinstein scandal.

Return from absence (2005–2007)[link]

In the summer of 2005, Ring of Honor announced that after a sixteen month absence Daniels would be returning to the company on July 8.^[11] However, on June 18 at Death Before Dishonor III Daniels made a surprise return, confronting and challenging the brand new ROH World Champion CM Punk, who had threatened to leave for World Wrestling Entertainment with the title. Punk, however, refused the challenge and fled the arena.^[11] The next show, Sign of Dishonor saw Daniels defeat Punk's stablemate Colt Cabana, despite interference by Punk, who attempted to hit Daniels with a steel chain, but instead hit Cabana.^[9] At Fate of an Angel, Daniels lost thanks to Punk, against the debuting Matt Hardy, but was granted a shot at the title after stealing the belt following Punk's successful defense against James Gibson.^[9] On July 23 at The Homecoming Daniels and Punk faced each other for the title in a match that eventually ended in a one hour time limit draw, just as Daniels hit the Angel's Wings.^[9] Redemption, the next ROH show held on August 12, featured Christopher Daniels, James Gibson, and Samoa Joe challenging CM Punk in a Four-Way Elimination match for the ROH Title. During the match, while Joe had Daniels locked in a submission, Daniels got his foot on the rope. Punk, however, knocked it off before the referee could see, and Daniels was eliminated.^[12] Daniels tried to get revenge, but ended up accidentally helping Punk eliminate Samoa Joe.^[12]

After this, Daniels remained a permanent member of the ROH roster. He also made his first appearances in the United States as Curry Man, starting with his match against Shingo Takagi at Dragon Gate Invasion on August 27, 2005.^[9] After defeating Matt Sydal in two singles matches and losing to him in their third match, Daniels chose him as his new tag team partner in the summer of 2006.^[9] On August 26 the duo failed in their first shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championship against champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong, but on November 25, 2006, they managed to defeat Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli to win the championship, making Daniels a two-time ROH Tag Team Champion.^[10] After defending the title against the teams of CIMA and Shingo, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong and Jack Evans and Shingo, Daniels and Sydal lost the title on February 24, 2007, to Jay and Mark Briscoe.^[9] At Good Times, Great Memories on April 28, Daniels went to a fifteen minute time-limit draw with Erick Stevens. Following the match, Daniels became a villain and quit the company.^[9] It had been his last night in ROH.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling[link]

X Division and Tag Team Division (2002–2007)[link]

Christopher Daniels at a Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event in 2007

Daniels joined TNA shortly after the company was founded in 2002. He formed a stable with Low-Ki and Elix Skipper known as Triple X, which competed in the tag division and won the NWA World Tag Team Championship.^[13] He also joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction. Triple X disbanded in June 2003 after Low-Ki began wrestling primarily in Japan and the remaining two members decisively lost a cage match to America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm). After XXX disbanded, Daniels had a brief feud with Jeff Jarrett around August through September 2003. Afterwards, Daniels competed in the X Division until reviving XXX as a tag team with Skipper in July 2004. They were forced to disband once more after losing to America's Most Wanted on December 5 at Turning Point.^[14]

In 2005, Daniels engaged in a lengthy feud with A.J. Styles over the TNA X Division Championship. He won the title at Destination X in an Ultimate X Challenge with a screwjob ending. Styles had taken down the belt, but the referee was unconscious. Daniels put Styles in the Angel's Wings and took the belt when the ref came to.^[15] Daniels became the longest reigning X Division champion in TNA history, holding the belt for over 150 days. During the run, Daniels successfully defended the X Division Title against Elix Skipper, Shocker, Petey Williams, Matt Bentley, Chris Sabin, and Austin Aries. Later, on September 11 at Unbreakable, Styles won back the title in a three-way dance with Daniels and Samoa Joe when Styles reversed an attempted Angels Wings into a pin;^[16] this match would later get a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.^[17]

At Genesis on November 13, Daniels (kayfabe) received a Grade III concussion after being attacked by Samoa Joe and given a Muscle Buster on a chair, following a tag match together.^[18] At Turning Point, when Joe tried to similarly injure A.J. Styles after winning the X Division Championship from him, Daniels made his return, attacking Joe and enabling members of TNA security to protect Styles and restrain Joe.^[19] At Final Resolution, Daniels was defeated by Joe when Styles threw in the towel to prevent the badly beaten Daniels from suffering serious injuries after Daniels was unable to defend himself.^[20] The next week, Daniels claimed Styles did it to get the number one contendership for the X Division Title. That same night he cost Styles a match against the "Prince of Punk" Shannon Moore by throwing in the towel, resulting in another three-way at for the title at Against All Odds, where Samoa Joe retained his title.^[21] Daniels succeeded in winning an Ultimate X match the following month to regain the X Division Title,^[22] but lost it on April 13, 2006 to Joe after receiving a second rope Island Driver.^[23] After losing the X Division title, Daniels was scheduled to face Jushin Liger in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown, but Liger was pulled out of the match. Daniels, instead, would face a mystery opponent, who turned out to be the returning Low Ki—now named Senshi—who won the match.^[24]

Daniels then completed his face turn by teaming with A.J. Styles and becoming the number one contenders for the NWA Tag Team Title, then held by America's Most Wanted. Daniels and Styles won the title from AMW at Slammiversary.^[13][25] The team feuded with The Latin American Xchange (LAX), trading the tag title back and forth with the team of Homicide and Hernandez. On November 16, 2006, Daniels competed in a triple threat match that also involved Chris Sabin and Styles in the primetime debut of TNA Impact! on Spike TV. Daniels won the match by pinning Sabin to capture his third TNA X Division Championship.^[26] He lost it to Sabin in a three-way bout at Final Resolution, which also involved Jerry Lynn.^[27]

Daniels then took time off from TNA for a repackaging of his character but made his return as a villain at Destination X.^[28] He distracted Lynn during his match with Sabin.^[28] After the match, the newly-bearded Daniels, sporting tribal-styled paint on one side of his face hit Sabin with the Angel's Wings and Lynn with the X Division title belt.^[28] At Lockdown, Daniels pinned Jerry Lynn in the Six Sides of Steel.^[29] At Sacrifice, Daniels pinned Rhino after hitting him with a baseball bat.^[30] Daniels next moved to a feud with Sting, costing him a King of the Mountain match qualifier by hitting him with a baseball bat. Sting then attacked Daniels the next week on Impact!. On June 17, 2007 at Slammiversary, Daniels lost a match against Sting via the Scorpion Death Drop.^[31] At Victory Road, he won a 10-Man Ultimate X Gauntlet Match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship.^[32] Senshi and Elix Skipper helped Daniels to win the match, resulting in the reunion of Triple X.^[32] At Bound for Glory on October 14, Daniels challenged unsuccessfully for Jay Lethal's X Division Championship.^[33] On the December 6 episode of Impact!, Daniels beat Senshi in a match for his Feast or Fired briefcase, refereed by Elix Skipper.^[1] On the following week's show it was revealed that Daniels' briefcase contained a pink slip, immediately causing him to be fired from TNA.^[1]

Curry Man and Suicide (2008–2009)[link]

Daniels while playing the Curry Man character

One month after Daniels was fired, Covell returned to TNA as his masked persona Curry Man, soon to team up regularly with Shark Boy.^[1][34] Unlike the brooding serious nature of his "Fallen Angel" persona, Curry Man was much more humorous, entertaining fans with his silly antics. He feuded with Team 3D and won a "Fish Market Street Fight" against them at Destination X.^[1] On the March 13, 2008 Impact!, Curry Man qualified for the Xscape match for the X Division Title at Lockdown by beating Petey Williams.^[1] At Lockdown, he fought Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Consequences Creed, and Johnny Devine.^[35] Curry Man eliminated Creed from the match after delivering the Spice Rack.^[35] He was later eliminated by Devine via the Devine Intervention.^[35]

In June Curry Man represented Team TNA in the 2008 World X Cup. After being defeated by Team International's Alex Koslov in a preview match, Curry Man lost to Team Japan's Milano Collection A.T. in the tournament itself.^[1] At Victory Road Curry Man took part in a four-team twelve-man elimination tag team, out of which he was eliminated by Team Mexico's Último Guerrero.^[36] After the tournament Curry Man and Shark Boy aligned themselves with Super Eric to form a comedic superhero-themed stable called the "Prince Justice Brotherhood".^[1] At Final Resolution, Curry Man was one of the four participants in the "Feast or Fired" match (along with Jay Lethal, and both members of LAX, Homicide and Hernandez) to collect a briefcase, in which he got the pink slip (again), meaning his contract with TNA was terminated according to the storyline.^[37]

In early 2009 Covell began portraying the character of Suicide while Frankie Kazarian, the original Suicide, was recovering from his injury and was in the costume when the character won the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match at Destination X.^[38]

Return of Daniels (2009–2010)[link]

Daniels wrestling Shane Douglas at Slammiversary 2009.

Covell returned as a fan favorite to TNA television under his "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels character (with the name simplified to just Daniels afterwards) on the April 16 episode of TNA Impact! in a match against Kurt Angle for the man advantage challenge for Lethal Lockdown at TNA's annual Lockdown PPV event. He was announced as being a member of Team Jarrett as a result. Daniels won the match, however the result was over-turned by Jeff Jarrett, after noticing that Angle's shoulder was up during the pinfall and Daniels' shoulders were down.^[1] At Lockdown, Team Jarrett defeated Team Angle.^[1] Then Daniels started a feud with Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin of The Motor City Machine Guns, who on the April 30 episode of Impact! accused him of being Suicide.^[1] On the May 7 episode of Impact!, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide.^[1] On the May 14 episode of Impact!, Daniels helped Suicide clear the ring of Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed while they attempted to unmask him, in an attempt to prove Daniels was Suicide all along.^[1] At Sacrifice, Daniels defeated Suicide to win the TNA X Division Championship. However, after the match Daniels saw a replay of the finish which showed Alex Shelley interfering in the match and said he didn't want to win the belt like that and asked for five extra minutes. In the end there was no winner, which meant that Suicide retained his title.^[39] At Slammiversary he faced Shane Douglas with Daniels' roster spot on the line. Daniels retained his roster spot by pinning Douglas after the Best Moonsault Ever.^[40] At Victory Road, Daniels lost to Matt Morgan in a standard match.^[41] At Hard Justice, Daniels managed to win the Steel Asylum match to become the number one contender to the X Division Championship, thus reigniting his feud with champion Samoa Joe.^[42] Daniels lost the match at No Surrender, along with a triple threat match on the following Impact, also featuring Homicide.^[1][43] At Bound for Glory, Daniels competed in a six way Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, also featuring Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Suicide, Homicide, and defending champion, and eventual winner, Amazing Red. Towards the end of the match, Daniels took a bump, falling from the cables to the ring, landing on his head.^[44]

Daniels in TNA in January 2010.

On the November 5 episode of Impact!, Daniels started showing signs of a heel turn when he confronted the TNA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles and claimed that while he was just as good a wrestler as Styles, he was never given the same breaks by the company, that was pampering, coddling, and spoiling Styles.^[45] At Turning Point, Styles retained his title in a three-way match against Daniels and Samoa Joe by pinning Joe.^[46] On the November 19 episode of Impact!, Daniels completed his heel turn and pinned Styles in a tag team match where he teamed with Desmond Wolfe against Styles and Kurt Angle.^[47] At Final Resolution Daniels received a one-on-one shot at the World Heavyweight Champion, A.J. Styles, but was unable to defeat him for the title.^[48] The following month at Genesis Daniels was defeated by Sean Morley in his first match for the company.^[49] On the March 8 episode of Impact! Daniels declared that he was going to be the one to re-ignite the flame of the X Division. Afterwards the X Division Champion Doug Williams pinned Daniels in a three-way match for the title, also involving Kazarian.^[50] At Destination X Daniels competed in a four-way ladder match for the number one contendership to the X Division title, but was defeated by Kazarian.^[51] Two days later Daniels defeated Kazuchika Okada in a dark match at the Impact! tapings in what would turn out to be his last match with the company.^[52] Covell was released from his TNA contract on March 31, 2010, after spending nearly eight years with the company.^[53][54][55]

Return to Ring of Honor (2010–2011)[link]

After his release from TNA, Daniels made his return to Ring of Honor on April 3, 2010, at their second live pay-per-view The Big Bang!, challenging Davey Richards.^[56] On May 7 at Civil Warfare Daniels defeated Kevin Steen in his return match and in doing so took his spot as number two in the Pick 6 standings.^[57] The following day at Supercard Of Honor V, Daniels defeated the ROH World Television Champion, and Davey Richards' tag team partner, Eddie Edwards in a non-title match.^[58] On May 21 Daniels participated in his first Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, teaming with Roderick Strong in a losing effort against The American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards).^[59] On June 19 Daniels made his ROH pay-per-view debut at Death Before Dishonor VIII, successfully defending his number two spot in the Pick 6 standings against Kenny Omega, suffering a ruptured eardrum in the process.^[60][61] At the following PPV, Glory By Honor IX, Daniels defeated Austin Aries.^[62] On October 16, 2010, Daniels finally received his match with Davey Richards, but was defeated via submission.^[63] Three days later Ring of Honor announced that Daniels had officially signed a contract with the promotion.^[64] On November 13 Daniels received his first shot at the ROH World Championship since his return, but was defeated by the defending champion, Roderick Strong.^[65] On December 10, 2010, Daniels defeated reigning champion Eddie Edwards to win the ROH World Television Championship during the tapings for Ring of Honor Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky.^[66] On December 18 at Final Battle 2010 Daniels was defeated by Homicide in a non–title number one contender's match.^[67] At the following pay-per-view, 9th Anniversary Show, on February 26, 2011, Daniels wrestled Eddie Edwards to a thirty minute time limit draw in a Two Out of Three Falls match for the ROH World Television Championship.^[68] Afterwards it was announced that Daniels would be challenging for the ROH World Championship at the following pay-per-view on April 1.^[69] On March 18 Daniels successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett.^[70] In preparation for his ROH World Championship match against Roderick Strong, Daniels stole the "Book of Truth" from Strong's manager Truth Martini in order to get to know his match strategy, but was forced to shift his focus, when on March 19 Strong lost the World Championship to Eddie Edwards.^[71] On April 1 at Honor Takes Center Stage, Daniels unsuccessfully challenged new ROH World Champion Eddie Edwards for his title and afterwards teased a heel turn by refusing to shake his hand.^[72] The following day, during the second day of the Honor Takes Center Stage weekend, 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, the stable known collectively as the House of Truth.^[73] On June 26 at Best in the World 2011, Daniels lost the ROH World Television Championship to El Generico.^[74] The event marked Daniels' final appearance for ROH, before once again becoming a full time member of the TNA roster.^[75]

Chikara (2010)[link]

On April 9, 2010, Chikara announced Curry Man would be replacing the injured Cassandro and teaming with Los Ice Creams (El Hijo del Ice Cream and Ice Cream, Jr.) in the 2010 King of Trios tournament starting on April 23.^[76] The trio was defeated in the first round of the tournament by Team Perros del Mal (El Alebrije, Cuije and El Oriental).^[77] The following day Covell, now using his Christopher Daniels gimmick, defeated Hallowicked in a singles match.^[78] On the third night of the tournament Daniels was defeated by Eddie Kingston.^[79]

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2010)[link]

On April 30, 2010, Covell, under his Christopher Daniels gimmick, made his debut for Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as a surprise member of the villainous La Legión Extranjera (Foreign Legion) stable, in a six man tag team match, where he, Alex Koslov and Joe Lider defeated Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans and Rocky Romero, when Daniels pinned the AAA Cruiserweight Champion, Extreme Tiger.^[80] On June 6 at TripleMania XVIII Daniels was defeated by Jack Evans in a four-way elimination match for the Cruiserweight Championship, which also included Extreme Tiger and Nosawa.^[81]

Return to TNA[link]

Fortune (2011)[link]

Covell returned to TNA at the January 31, 2011, tapings of Xplosion, working under the Suicide gimmick.^[82] Covell, who was still under a Ring of Honor contract, had gotten the promotion's blessing on the return and would continue to work as Suicide in order not to conflict with the deal.^[83] On February 10 Covell, as Suicide, returned to Impact!, competing in a three–way X Division number one contender's tournament match, which was won by Robbie E and also included Brian Kendrick.^[84] On March 16, at the tapings of the March 31 episode of Impact!, Covell made his TNA return under the Christopher Daniels character, saving Fortune members James Storm, Kazarian and Robert Roode from a four–on–three beatdown inside a steel cage at the hands of Immortal, in the process establishing himself as a face. In his return Daniels targeted especially Bully Ray, who had sidelined Fortune leader A.J. Styles with an injury two weeks earlier.^[85][86][87] On the April 7 episode of Impact!, Daniels proclaimed his loyalty to Styles and announced that he would be taking his place alongside Kazarian, Roode and Storm in the Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown, where they will face Immortal representatives Abyss, Bully Ray, Matt Hardy and Ric Flair. Later that same evening 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.^[88] Despite his return as Daniels, Covell also kept performing as Suicide and on the same April 7 episode of Impact!, teamed with Brian Kendrick and Chris Sabin in a six man tag team match, where they defeated Generation Me and Robbie E .^[88][89] Soon after this Suicide's profile was removed from TNA's roster page. On April 17 at Lockdown, Daniels and Fortune defeated Immortal in a Lethal Lockdown match.^[90] On the following episode of Impact!, Daniels was officially named a member of Fortune.^[91] On the May 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daniels and Styles defeated Bully Ray and his new partner, Tommy Dreamer, in a No Disqualification Street Fight.^[92] On July 10 at Destination X, TNA's first ever all X Division pay-per-view, Daniels faced fellow Fortune member A.J. Styles in the main event of the evening in a losing effort. During the event Daniels also made a brief appearance as Curry Man, in a segment where Eric Young was looking for a tag team partner to face Generation Me.^[93]

Heel turn (2011–present)[link]

Daniels making his entrance at Bound for Glory.

After weeks of asking for a rematch, Styles finally granted Daniels one on the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, where Daniels managed to pick up the win. After the match, Daniels refused to shake hands with Styles.^[94] On the September 22 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daniels refused to return the favor and give Styles a rematch, which eventually led to a brawl between the two. When the two were finally separated from each other by Kazarian, Daniels kicked Styles in the groin, completing his heel turn.^[95] Two weeks later it was announced that, at Daniels' request, he and Styles would face each other at Bound for Glory in an "I Quit" match.^[96] On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Daniels submitted in the "I Quit" match after being threatened with a screwdriver, but continued the feud by attacking Styles after the match.^[97] On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daniels was defeated by Rob Van Dam via disqualification after hitting him with a toolbox.^[98] On the November 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daniels was defeated by Styles in a singles match, after Van Dam prevented him from using a screwdriver.^[99] On November 13 at Turning Point, Daniels was defeated by Van Dam in a No Disqualification match.^[100] Daniels continued his feud with Van Dam by costing him his match for the TNA Television Championship on the December 1 episode of Impact Wrestling.^[101] This led to a match on December 11 at Final Resolution, where Van Dam was again victorious.^[102] Daniels then returned to his rivalry with A.J. Styles, managing to convince Kazarian to turn on him on the January 5, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling.^[103] On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daniels defeated Styles in a singles match with help from Kazarian, who was now showing signs that Daniels was holding something over his head and had forced him to turn on Styles against his will.^[104] On March 18 at Victory Road, Daniels and Kazarian were defeated in a tag team match by Styles and Mr. Anderson.^[105] The rivalry continued on April 15 at Lockdown, where the two duos were on opposing teams in the annual Lethal Lockdown match. Styles' and Anderson's team, led by Garett Bischoff, ended up defeating Daniels' and Kazarian's team, led by Eric Bischoff.^[106] During Styles' absence from Impact Wrestling, Daniels and Kazarian set their sights on the TNA World Tag Team Championship, attacking champions Magnus and Samoa Joe on the April 26 episode.^[107] On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles' secret, but changed his mind after learning what the secret was. Daniels then revealed the secret, a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter.^[108] Three days later at Sacrifice, Daniels and Kazarian defeated Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the first time.^[109] Later in the event, Daniels and Kazarian cost A.J. Styles his match with Kurt Angle, who afterwards turned on the two, saving Styles from a beatdown.^[109] On May 31, Daniels main evented a live episode of Impact Wrestling, losing to A.J. Styles in a singles grudge match. After the match, Daniels and Kazarian attacked both Styles and Angle, who attempted to make the save, before rolling an audio of a phone conversation to prove an affair between Styles and Carter. The tape was abruptly cut short by Carter ending the show.^[110]

Television and film appearances[link]

Covell has appeared in numerous other forms of television, including two episodes of Distraction as Curry Man, along with fellow wrestlers Frankie Kazarian and Samoa Joe; a Chef Boyardee commercial alongside Matt and Jeff Hardy;^[111] and a guest appearance on the show Numb3rs alongside mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz.

Covell competed on the January 18, 2008 episode of Merv Griffin's Crosswords, coming in at the beginning of the second round as a "Spoiler". During the show he made it to the front row once, winning a trip to Reno, Nevada in the process, but he ended the show back as a Spoiler, therefore leaving with only the consolation prize.

Covell makes an uncredited appearance in the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat.^[112]

He has also been featured in several wrestling compilation DVDs, including ROH's The Prophecy Foretold: The Best of Christopher Daniels and Say Your Prayers: The Best of Christopher Daniels Volume 2, as well as TNA's Heaven Sent, Hell Bound: The Best of Christopher Daniels.

Personal life[link]

Covell is married to Lisa and has two children, a daughter Jerica Ellen (born on September 26, 2003) and a son Joshua Allen Covell (born on October 21, 2005). Joshua's middle name is derived from the first name of Covell's best friend Allen Jones, who wrestles as A.J. Styles.^[6][113] Covell reads a lot of comics and has collected a lot of issues. In addition to this, Covell is a big Marvel Comics fan; his favorite Marvel creation is the X-Men, and his favorite X-Men character is Wolverine. Covell trades comics with other wrestlers such as Samoa Joe and Homicide.^[6] Covell has a tattoo on his sternum of an ankh, the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph signifying "eternal life".^[6] Covell enrolled in Methodist College in Fayetteville, North Carolina and earned a degree in theater.^[1][114] On August 28, 2009, Covell was arrested for driving under the influence.^[115]

In wrestling[link]

Daniels fighting in an Ultimate X match

Daniels performing a crossbody

Daniels performing a Best Moonsault Ever on Chris Sabin

Daniels performing a Best Moonsault Ever on Shane Douglas

Daniels during his ring entrance

• As Christopher Daniels
  • Finishing moves
    • Angel's Wings (Spinning lifting sitout double underhook facebuster, sometimes from the second rope)^{[1][7][8][62]}
    • BME – Best Moonsault Ever (Double jump moonsault)^[1][3][7]
    • Last Rites (Rolling cutter)^[1][7][8]
    • Reverse STO followed into a Koji Clutch^[1]
  • Signature moves
    • Crossface^[1]
    • Death Valley driver^[1]
    • Enzuigiri^[1]
    • Fall From Grace (Modified cross-armed iconoclasm)^[1]
    • Gannosuke clutch^[116]
    • Reverse STO,^[1] sometimes into the turnbuckles or from the top rope
    • Running high knee to a cornered opponent^[117]
    • Running neckbreaker^[1]
    • Sidewalk slam, sometimes from the top rope^[1]
    • Spin-out powerbomb^[1]
    • Split-legged moonsault, sometimes while springboarding to a standing opponent on the outside^[1]
    • Springboard moonsault^[118]
    • Springboard plancha^[1]
    • Standing side slam^[1]
    • STO^[1]

• As Curry Man
  • Finishing moves
    • Bridging Northern Lights suplex^[119]
    • Spicy Drop (Independent circuit) / Spice Rack (TNA) (Backbreaker rack dropped into either a facebuster or a DDT)^[1][4]
  • Signature moves
    • Curry Bottom (Standing side slam)^[1]
    • Curry Cradle (Gannosuke clutch)^[1]
    • Domo Lariato (Modified running lariat)^[120]
    • Hi-C (Diving crossbody)^[121]
    • Spicy Elbow (Running delayed high-impact elbow drop, with theatrics)
    • Springboard back elbow^[122]
    • Tokyo Dangerous (Belly to back suplex backbreaker)^[123]

• As Suicide
  • Finishing moves
    • Suicide Solution^[5][124] (Overhead flipping leg hook belly-to-back suplex)
  • Signature moves
    • Headbutt^[124]
    • Running front dropkick^[124]
    • Running snapmare driver into the turnbuckles^[125]

• Managers
  • Simply Luscious^[126]
  • Allison Danger^[1]
  • Jim Cornette^[1]
  • Prince Nana^[127]
  • Truth Martini

• Nicknames
  • "The Fallen Angel"^[1]
  • "(Self-proclaimed) Mr. TNA"^[128]
  • "Hot and Spicy" – as Curry Man^[129]
  • "King of Spice" – as Curry Man^[130]

• Entrance themes
  • "Head Like a Hole (Slate Remix)" by Nine Inch Nails (ECW)^[131]
  • "Disposable Teens" by Marilyn Manson (Independent circuit)^[132]
  • "Manson" by Dale Oliver (TNA, ROH)^[131]
  • "Guerrilla Radio" by Rage Against the Machine (ROH) – as Curry Man^[131]
  • "Wings of a Fallen Angel" by Dale Oliver (TNA)^[133]
  • "Spicy Hot" by Dale Oliver (TNA; as Curry Man)^[134]
  • "Coming Alive" by Dale Oliver (TNA; as Suicide)^[135]
  • "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver (TNA)^[136]
  • "Wings of a Fallen Angel (Christopher Daniels '11 Remix)" by Dale Oliver^[137]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Daniels as the TNA X Division Champion in 2007.

Covell as Curry Man in the "Feast or Fired" match.

Daniels with AJ Styles at Destination X in 2006, after winning the X Division Championship.

• All Pro Wrestling
  • APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)^[138]
  • King of the Indies (2000)^[1]

• Ballpark Brawl
  • Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[139]

• East Coast Wrestling Association
  • ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[140][141]
  • Super 8 Tournament (2000, 2004)^[142]
  • ECWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2001)^[143]

• Empire Wrestling Federation
  • EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[144][145]

• Frontier Wrestling Alliance
  • FWA British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[146]

• German Stampede Wrestling
  • Battlefield 2008^[147]

• Impact Championship Wrestling
  • ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Xavier^[148]
  • Impact Cup (2010) – with Xavier^[149]

• Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[150]
  • Futaritabi Tag Team League (2002)^[1] – with Super Rice Boy

• Midwest Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[145] – with Reign

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[151] – with American Dragon

• NWA Florida
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[152]

• NWA Midwest
  • NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[153] – with Kevin Quinn

• New Age Wrestling Federation
  • CT Cup (1 time) – held jointly with John Brooks^[154]

• Premier Wrestling Federation
  • PWF United States Championship (1 time)^[155]

• Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[156]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year (2006)^[157] with A.J. Styles
  • PWI ranked him #15 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2006^[158]

• Pro Wrestling Report
  • Tag Team of the Year (2006) with A.J. Styles

• Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max
  • Zero1-Max United States Openweight Championship (1 time)^[159]

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Donovan Morgan (1) and Matt Sydal (1)^[7][10]
  • ROH World Television Championship (1 time)^[7][66]

• SoCal Uncensored
  • Match of the Year (2000) vs. Kurt Angle, September 13, 2000, Ultimate Pro Wrestling^[160]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2000)^[160]

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times)^[13] – with Low Ki and Elix Skipper as Triple X (3), James Storm (1) and A.J. Styles (2)
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Kazarian^[109]
  • TNA X Division Championship (4 times)^1[161]
  • World X Cup (2004)^[1] – with Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin, and Elix Skipper
  • Match of the Year (2004) with Elix Skipper vs. Chris Harris and James Storm at Turning Point, December 5, 2004^[162]
  • Match of the Year (2006)^[1] with A.J. Styles vs. Homicide and Hernandez at No Surrender, September 24, 2006^[163]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2006)^[1] with A.J. Styles^[163]

• Ultimate Pro Wrestling
  • UPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[164]

• Windy City Pro Wrestling
  • WCPW League Championship (1 time)^[145]
  • WCPW Lightweight Championship (1 time)^[145]
  • WCPW Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[145]
  • WCPW Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[145] – with Kevin Quinn (1), Mike Anthony (1)

• World Power Wrestling
  • WPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[145]

• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[165] – with Kevin Quinn

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • 5 Star Match (2005) vs. Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles at TNA Unbreakable^[17]
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!^[166]

¹Daniels won the title for the fourth time under the Suicide character.

References[link]