{"id":129769,"date":"2025-01-19T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129769"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:07:09","slug":"christopher-daniels-ballad-of-the-fallen-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/19\/christopher-daniels-ballad-of-the-fallen-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Daniels: Ballad of the Fallen Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Daniels, his wings long since clipped, retired from active pro wrestling on January 16, 2025,<\/a> on AEW Collision. He left it in blood and chaos at the hands of \u201cHangman\u201d Adam Page, leaving behind a lasting legacy. Like some Luciferian entity, this angel fell once more.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his wake, he left a legacy that will impact future generations of wrestling. He\u2019s helped build TNA Wrestling, made contemporaries look like stars, and leaves a labyrinthian library of matches that will be studied long after he hung up his boots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though most known for his X-Division matches<\/a>, wars against AJ Styles and Samoa Joe on TNA, and his time in Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling, there\u2019s more to the Michigan native than meets the eye.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is no eulogy. No, this is a celebration of The Fallen Angel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI sung of Chaos and Eternal Night,<\/span><\/p>\n

Taught by the heav’nly Muse to venture down<\/span><\/p>\n

The dark descent, and up to reascend…\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2015 <\/span>John Milton, <\/b>Paradise Lost<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Christopher Daniels \u2013 The Early Decade<\/span><\/h2>\n

Initially aiming to become an actor, Christopher Daniel Covell transitioned into professional wrestling in 1993. Among future stars and forgotten names, Daniels developed and learned with very little exposure to bigger promotions.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the decade, Daniels introduced his masked persona, Curry Man. This alter ego excited the Japanese audience. It debuted in Michinoku Pro and continued for the rest of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is, until some small appearances in WWF as an enhancement talent in 1998, including a masked appearance as Dos of the Los Conquistadors during Edge and Christian\u2019s feud with The Hardy Boyz. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is rumored that he may have been considered for the role of The Undertaker\u2019s superior as The Higher Power. A relative unknown at the time, this would have been a risk during the Ministry of Darkness storyline. One that would\u2019ve showcased him greatly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1999, he gained some bigger screen time on ECW in matches with Rhino and Super Crazy, and he had an extended rivalry with Simon Diamond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniels completed the trio of the big 1990s wrestling promotions with WCW in its final two years, with matches against Kwee Wee, Michael Modest, and Chris Candido.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Christopher Daniels Makes It Big<\/span><\/h2>\n