Lockdown (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on April 15, 2007 at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri. This was the second monthly pay-per-view, after Bound for Glory (2006), to be held outside Orlando, Florida. It was the third annual event under the Lockdown chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. In the tradition of Lockdown events, every match took place inside a steel structure with six sides, known as Six Sides of Steel. It was the final TNA Wrestling pay-per-view event to officially feature National Wrestling Alliance championships (although the physical belts were used at the following Sacrifice event, the titles had been vacated by the NWA by that point). This event holds the record for the largest attendance for any TNA PPV.

Results[link]

See also[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• List of TNA pay-per-view events
• TNA Lockdown

References[link]

External links[link]

• TNAWrestling.com - the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
• Results/Details at OWW

Jerry Lynn
Ring name(s)	Jerry the Ram Gorgada Cross[1] Jerry Lynn[1] Mr. J.L.[2] Sultan Gargola
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Billed weight	212 lb (96 kg)[4]
Born	(1963-06-12) June 12, 1963 (age 49) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billed from	Minneapolis, Minnesota[3]
Trained by	Francisco Abarca Brad Rheingans[2] Eddie Sharkey
Debut	March 1988[1]

Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn^[4] (born June 12, 1963) is an American professional wrestler. He has worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Lynn is a two-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once and the ROH World Championship once.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early years (1988–1995)[link]

Lynn started wrestling in March 1988 in various independent promotions in the Minnesota and Michigan areas, one being Pro Wrestling America, and a brief stop in the Tennessee-based Smoky Mountain Wrestling. After the PWA folded, Lynn wrestled for the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) based in Dallas, Texas. While in GWF, Lynn captured the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Lynn also engaged in a two year feud with The Lightning Kid which gave both men considerable exposure.^[2][4]

World Championship Wrestling (1995–1997)[link]

Lynn first became known to a larger wrestling audience in World Championship Wrestling as the masked Mr. J.L.^[4] The high-flying Lynn joined the WCW cruiserweight division, where he competed against the Mexican luchadores and a variety of wrestlers from around the world such as Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Sabu, Chris Jericho and Alex Wright. Lynn suffered a broken arm on December 18, 1995, in a match against Dean Malenko that would air one week later on Nitro on Christmas night. He also wrestled a couple of matches on Saturday Night as himself, most notably wrestling Lex Luger. One of his last major matches took place at the Clash of the Champions XXXV, where he suffered a six-man tag team loss while teaming with Konnan and La Parka against Chris Jericho, Super Calo and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.. While he was injured, Eric Bischoff fired him from WCW.^[2]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997–2001)[link]

After leaving WCW, Lynn joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. Upon arriving, Lynn was involved in a "respect" feud with Justin Credible, resulting in the two being booked in a series of matches, which saw Credible winning the last match at the Heatwave '98 pay-per-view. After this, Lynn was involved in a feud with Lance Storm and Mikey Whipwreck, a feud that was shortened when Whipwreck left for WCW.

Once the feud with Lance Storm was ended, Lynn was booked in a match for the ECW World Television Championship with Rob Van Dam at Living Dangerously in 1999. The finish saw Lynn win the title from Van Dam (the time limit expired and Lynn was awarded the title by referee decision instead of by pinfall or submission). Despite this win, he asked for a five-minute time extension, in which he was pinned by Van Dam after a Five-Star Frog splash. Though Lynn did not win the match, he from then on refer to himself as "The New F'N Show", mocking Van Dam's nickname, "The Whole F'N Show", as well as claiming he would be the wrestler to deprive Van Dam of the ECW World Television title. Though Lynn received several more title opportunities with Van Dam, he was not successful in winning the World Television Title before Van Dam was stripped of the title after suffering a legitimate broken ankle. Around the same time, Lynn also suffered a broken ankle, taking him out of action.^[5] On his return to ECW TV, Lynn challenged Van Dam to one more match at Hardcore Heaven, which Lynn won due to interference by Scotty Anton.^[4]

On October 1, 2000 at the Anarchy Rulz, Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.^[4] He held the title for one month, making a successful title defense against Steve Corino, to whom he lost the title to in a re-match. At the last ECW pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged in 2001, Lynn was in the main event, losing to Rob Van Dam via a Van Terminator.^[4]

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (2001–2002)[link]

Following the bankruptcy of ECW in April 2001, Lynn was hired by the World Wrestling Federation. Lynn made his TV debut on the April 29, 2001 episode of Sunday Night Heat, where he defeated Crash Holly for the Light Heavyweight Championship in his debut match.^[4] He eventually lost the title to Jeff Hardy and had a notable match with Rob Van Dam on an episode of Sunday Night Heat before being released in February 2002.^[4] He then had a brief stint in the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion, where he won its Cruiserweight title.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2007)[link]

In early June 2002 (shortly after release from WWE), Lynn signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), taking part in the first ever TNA match as part of a six-man tag match against the Flying Elvises. He won the TNA X Division Championship twice, as well as the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice (once with A.J. Styles, once with Amazing Red).^[4] He feuded with A.J. Styles^[6] and Don Callis, and was an X Division mainstay. However, in February 2004 he suffered a severe shoulder injury, tearing the tendon from the bone in his rotator cuff, when Juventud Guerrera botched a Juvi Driver. Lynn became a TNA road agent, planning matches and coaching younger talent.^[4]

Lynn made his return to the ring on June 10, 2005 when he faced Justin Credible at Hardcore Homecoming, an ECW reunion show organized by ECW alumnus Shane Douglas. On July 17 at No Surrender, Lynn refereed a match between Sean Waltman and A.J. Styles, refusing to allow Waltman to cheat in the course of the match. This led to a match between Lynn and Waltman at Sacrifice on August 14, which Lynn won. After the match, Waltman initially celebrated with Lynn before attacking his former partner. The following week on Impact!, it was announced that Lynn had re-injured his shoulder (this was believed to be an angle designed to fuel the feud between Lynn and Waltman rather than a legitimate aggravation of the existing injury, but the length of his absence would seem to contradict this).

In January 2006, he began making on-screen appearances once more as a road agent. He came out at Final Resolution to watch a match which was Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Matt Bentley taking on the team of Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries. Lynn continued to make several other appearances throughout the rest of 2006, and even faced Bobby Roode in a losing effort during TNA's first house show in Detroit.

On January 14, 2007, Lynn made his return to regular in ring competition returning to TNA to compete for the TNA X Division Championship against Chris Sabin and then-champion Christopher Daniels at Final Resolution, in which he delivered his trademark cradle piledriver to Daniels and subsequently got pinned by Chris Sabin. Lynn carried on to feud with Sabin over the X Division title. On an episode of Impact!, Lynn won a ladder match to become the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship. At Destination X, Lynn was defeated by Chris Sabin in a two out of three falls match. After the match, a masked man (later revealed to be Christopher Daniels) performed the Angel's Wings on Sabin, but also hit Lynn with the title belt. At Lockdown, Daniels defeated Lynn in a Six Sides of Steel match. At Sacrifice, Jerry Lynn won a four-way X-Division battle between himself, Alex Shelley, Senshi, and Tiger Mask IV (New Japan Pro Wrestling star also making his TNA debut). On June 17, 2007 at Slammiversary, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck to defeat the team of James Storm and Ron Killings. Wycheck pinned Storm after using Lynn's signature move, the cradle piledriver. At Victory Road in July, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund against the tag team of The Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, with Kevin Nash in their corner. Lynn wrestled the majority of the match and was knocked out cold by an interfering Kevin Nash, followed by a pinfall by Chris Sabin. In August 2007, Lynn asked for and received his release from TNA.^[4]

Independent circuit (2003–present)[link]

Lynn worked for the All World Wrestling League presents Big Time Wrestling in late 2003/early 2004.

Lynn participated in the East Coast Wrestling Association's 11th-annual Super 8 Tournament, which he won, defeating Sonjay Dutt in the finals on November 10, 2007 in Newark, Delaware.

One of Amarillo's independent promotions, West-Texas Wrestling Association, announced January 12, 2008 at their second anniversary show that Jerry Lynn would face Kaos "The Rock Superstar" at WWA's Collision Course 3 on April 12, 2008 at The Nat "Brawl Room", hyping the fact they have two nationally known names facing off in a one-on-one match for Indy supremacy. Lynn would face local star, Mark Wilson, instead, due to a injury sustained by Joey Munoz. Jerry Lynn would return to WWA frequently to face local Amarillo stars. He would also face, and defeat, Justin Credible and Raven, in separate matches in WWA.

Ram-Jam (Lynn, right, and Grimmy Jam, left)‎

Lynn defeated Shawn Shultz on February 21, 2008 to become the UWA Heavyweight Champion in Seymour, Tennessee.

Lynn participated in Pro Wrestling Syndicate's Majestic Twelve Tournament on March 22, 2008 in Yonkers NY. Lynn teamed with Kenny Omega in the first round defeating Tommy Suede and Kevin Matthews. Omega eliminated Lynn in Round 2. Lynn's most recent PWS match was on May 8, 2010 when he defeated Vampiro in White Plains NY.

On April 25, 2008, Lynn defeated Jason Gory, Shiima Xion, and Davey Richards to win the Super Indy VII Tournament that is held by International Wrestling Cartel. Traditionally, the winner of the tournament is awarded the IWC Super Indy Championship. However, Lynn refused to accept the belt and instead challenged the champion Larry Sweeney to a title match at the next show. On May 17, 2008, Lynn defeated Sweeney to officially become IWC Super Indy Champion. On September 13, 2008, Lynn lost the Super Indy title to kayfabe apprentice Johnny Gargano in a 3 Way Dance, which also included Super HENTAI.

On March 10, 2012, Lynn announced that he would retire from professional wrestling at the end of the year.^[7]

On April 28, 2012, Lynn defeated Devon Storm at Extreme Reunion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ring of Honor (2008–2011)[link]

Lynn made several appearances for Ring of Honor, prior to becoming a full-time roster member. Lynn made an appearance for Ring of Honor, where he wrestled ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match, which he lost.^[8] He has also wrestled in ROH's sister promotion Full Impact Pro on two occasions, wrestling Austin Aries and Roderick Strong in a Three Way Dance, before taking on Aries the next night in a singles match. Lynn has wrestled on ROH's PPV taping on September 19, 2008 in a losing effort to Chris Hero. Then next night Lynn returned to the ECW Arena for ROH's Glory By Honor VII by defeating Kenny King. On September 22, 2008 Lynn was named a full time member of the ROH roster.^[9] Soon after, Lynn was a participant in the inaugural match of TV show Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, pinning Delirious for the win.

At Supercard of Honor IV, he defeated Nigel McGuinness to win his first ROH world title.^[10] Jerry Lynn is the first and only person from the Original ECW to win the ROH title. At Manhattan Mayhem III, Lynn lost the ROH World Title to Austin Aries in a Three Way Dance, which also involved Tyler Black, on June 13, 2009. He would later enter in a rivalry with Austin Aries, Kenny King and Rhett Titus, leading to an alliance with Delirious.^[10]

Return to TNA (2010, 2011)[link]

Lynn returned to TNA on the August 5, 2010, edition of Impact!, announcing that he would take on Rob Van Dam one more time at the ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, on August 8.^[11] However, on August 7 it was reported that Lynn was forced to pull out of the event due to a back injury and was replaced by Sabu.^[12] Lynn reappeared on Impact Wrestling on June 23, 2011, again confronting Van Dam, after which it was announced that the two would face each other on July 10 at Destination X.^[13] Lynn wrestled his TNA return match on the July 7 edition of Impact Wrestling, losing to Van Dam in a four-way match, which also included A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels.^[14] At Destination X, Lynn was defeated by Van Dam in a singles match.^[15] Lynn made his next appearance on August 7 at Hardcore Justice, where accompanied Van Dam to the ring for his match with Crimson. After Van Dam was hit with Crimson's finishing maneuver, Lynn entered the ring and broke up the following pin, causing the referee to disqualify Van Dam.^[16] On the August 18 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lynn cost Van Dam another Bound for Glory Series match against A.J. Styles in similar fashion.^[17] On the September 1 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lynn turned on Van Dam, costing him his match with Gunner and, in the process, eliminating him from the finals of the Bound for Glory Series and turning heel.^[18] The following week Lynn explained his turn by claiming that he was tired of being in Van Dam's shadow and mentioned that Eric Bischoff had helped him realize it.^[19] On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Van Dam defeated Lynn in a Full Metal Mayhem match.^[20]

Personal life[link]

Lynn is married to his third wife and has two daughters, the youngest was born August 28, 2006.^[21]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Cradle piledriver^[3]
  • Cross armbar^[1] – WCW
  • TKO - 1997-2002, used rarely after
  • Tornado DDT^[1] - WWF

• Signature moves
  • Alley Oop
  • Brainbuster
  • Bridging German suplex^[22]
  • Diving crossbody^[22]
  • Fireman's carry cutter^[1]
  • Gory special^[1]
  • Lariat
  • Moonsault^[22]
  • Over the shoulder back to belly piledriver^[1]
  • Rope hung guillotine leg drop^[1]
  • Running sitout powerbomb^[22]
  • Spike DDT
  • Springboard dropkick^[22]
  • Sunset flip powerbomb
  • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
  • Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown^[1]
  • Wheelbarrow facebuster

• Managers
  • Cyrus
  • James Mitchell
  • Amy Vitale

• Nicknames
  • "Dynamic"^[1]
  • "The New F'n Show"^[1]

• Entrance themes
  • "El Cu Cuy" by Coal Chamber (ECW, 2000)
  • "Replica" by Fear Factory (ECW, 1997)
  • "Scapegoat" by Fear Factory (ECW, 1998)
  • "A Test of Faith" by Dividing Light (ROH)
  • "Trust (Instrumental)" by Megadeth (ECW, 1998)
  • "The Wonders at Your Feet" by Dark Tranquility

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Lynn's Hardcore Hall of Fame banner in the former ECW Arena.

• All American Wrestling
  • AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23][24]

• Anarchy Championship Wrestling
  • ACW-IWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (8 time)
  • ACW-IWA Texas Tag Team Championship (19 time) – with Scot Summers

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • CWA Heavyweight Championship (6 time)

• East Coast Wrestling Association
  • ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2007)

• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[25]
  • Hardcore Hall of Fame (2010)

• Gateway Championship Wrestling
  • GCW Heavyweight Championship (5 time)^[1]

• Global Wrestling Federation
  • GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[26]

• Hardcore Wrestling Association
  • HWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  • HWA Championship (2 time)

• Independent Wrestling Association East Coast
  • IWA East Coast Heavyweight Championship (5 time)

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[27]

• International Wrestling Cartel
  • IWC Super Indy Championship (5 time)
  • Super Indy Tournament (2008)

• New Era Pro Wrestling
  • NEPW Triple Crown Championship (1 time)^[28]

• New Wrestling Society
  • NWS World Championship (3 times)

• New York Wrestling Connection
  • NYWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[29]
  • NYWC Interstate Championship (1 time)^[1]

• Primos Hardcore & Wrestling
  • PH&W Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Grimmy Jam

• Pro Wrestling America
  • PWA Heavyweight Championship (5 time)^[30]
  • PWA Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[31]
  • PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[32] – with The Lightning Kid

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Comeback of the Year (2009)
  • PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1999)^[33]
  • PWI ranked him #29 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2003^[34]

• Ring Of Honor
  • ROH World Championship (1 time)^[10]

• Showtime Allstar Wrestling
  • SAW International Championship (1 time)

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[35] – with A.J. Styles (1), Amazing Red (1)
  • TNA X Division Championship (2 times)^[36]
  • World X Cup (2004) – with Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper

• United Wrestling Association
  • UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)

• United States Wrestling Organization
  • USWO Television Championship (1 time)^[1]

• West-Texas Wrestling Association/Amarillo Elite Wrestling
  • WWA Champion (1 time, final)
  • AEW Massacre Champion (1 time)
  • AEW Premier World Champion (1 time, final)

• World Wrestling All-Stars
  • WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[37]

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[38]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

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• Tha O Show Episode 165 Jerry Lynn Interview
• Art Of Wrestling 94: Jerry Lynn

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]