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Daniel Covell
BornDecember 24, 1971
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Christopher Daniels
Chris Daniels
Curry Man
Conquistador Dos
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Billed fromSin City (ROH)
The City of Angels (TNA, ROH)
India (As Curry Man)
Trained bySam DeCero
Windy City Wrestling School
Mike Anthony
Kevin Quinn
DebutApril 1993

Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name in the United States, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He also wrestles as Curry Man, a masked persona which he portrays principally in Japan.

Daniels is currently performing mainly for Ring of Honor where he one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He also works regularly for many independent promotions.

Career

Christopher Daniels got his start in pro wrestling at Windy City Pro Wrestling in Chicago during the early 1990's. In 2000, he tagged in the World Wrestling Federation with Aaron Aguilera as "Dos" one half of Los Conquistadores. 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. Covell was also given the title King of Indies for his work with independent promotions all over the world; including Ring of Honor and Frontier Wrestling Alliance.

Covell wrestles frequently in Japan as his masked alter-ego Curry Man.

World Championship Wrestling

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 thus he botched the move and landed on his head with his legs towards the ropes, nearly breaking his neck. Despite this however Daniels managed to continue the match to its finish. 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. He continued to wrestle on the independent circuit and in Japan. Daniels also portrayed a hooded figure that Vampiro reported his sucess to after he won the Human Torch match against Sting.

Ring of Honor

Christopher Daniels is known as one of the "Founding Fathers" of Ring of Honor. He wrestled in the main event of the first show, The Era of Honor Begins, in a triple threat match against Low Ki and American Dragon. Daniels lost the match, but refused to shake hands with his opponents, thus breaking the Code of Honor, which states that all wrestlers must shake hands before and after the match. Directly following his decision not to shake hands, Daniels got on the mic and challenged both Low Ki and American Dragon to a Round Robin match, which took place at ROH's second show, the Round Robin Challenge. Daniels won the first match, defeating American Dragon. However, this time, because Daniels won, he forced Dragon to shake his hand. 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 hadn't already wrestled that night. He also said he would not step into the ring again with Low Ki unless the ROH Title was on the line. Daniels made it clear that he was trying to break down Ring of Honor by not following its code. To help him do this, he created The Prophecy.

At Ring of Honor's third show, A Night of Appreciation for Eddie Guerrero, Daniels faced Donovan Morgan. Many people thought Morgan would beat some respect into Daniels, but instead, they showed a mutual respect for each other, and Morgan formed a partnership with Daniels. The next show, Road to the Title, would feature a series of matches to determine who would fight to become the first ROH Champion. Daniels earned the right to compete at the next show, Crowning a Champion, in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match against Spanky, Doug Williams Low Ki. During the match, Daniels managed to pin Low Ki, but due to Iron Man Match rules, Low Ki was still able to win the match. This did not sit well with Daniels, since he lost the match despite the fact he was the only person to be neither pinned nor submitted.

Two months later at the show Unscripted, Low Ki would defend his title against Xavier. During the match, Christopher Daniels, who was also competing in a one night tournament to crown the first ROH Tag Team Champions with his partner Donovan Morgan, came to the ring. Because of ROH rules, Daniels couldn't touch Low Ki, but he did distract his attention, allowing Xavier to attack Low Ki with a chair. Low Ki was badly beaten, but managed to get back in the ring, only to be pinned by Xavier. It was soon known that Xavier was the newest member of The Prophecy. Later that night, Daniels and Morgan would go on to win the Tag Team Titles, meaning that The Prophecy now held all the titles in ROH.

At Glory By Honor, Daniels did not allow any of the titles to be on the line. Instead, he faced Doug Williams, and Xavier faced Jay Briscoe, as suggested by his brother Mark. The Prophecy also had plans for Low Ki that night, as they hired Samoa Joe, who made his ROH debut that night, to take out Low Ki in the first ever Fight Without Honor. Low Ki would win the match, and shake Joe's hand, which is not what The Prophecy had in mind.

Daniels would recruit new members to The Prophecy, such as Dan Maff and B.J. Whitmer, while other members, Xavier and Donovan Morgan, would leave. The new Prophecy would engage in a bitter feud with the Second City Saints, which would see the temporary end to Daniels' ROH career. In a match with the Saints, Daniels was given the Pepsi Plunge through a table by CM Punk. Daniels would not return for sixteen months, due to being pulled from all ROH shows by Total Nonstop Action as a result of the Rob Feinstein scandle.

At Death Before Dishonor III, Christopher Daniels would make his ROH return, challenging CM Punk for his newly won ROH Title, who was determined to take it to WWE with him. However, Punk refused the challenge. 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 (he instead hit Cabana, behind Daniels' back). At Fate of an Angel, Daniels would lose thanks to Punk, against the debuting Matt Hardy. Even with this loss, Daniels was granted a title shot at The Homecoming. Daniels and Punk fought back and forth, eventually ending in a one hour time limit draw, just as Daniels hit the Angel's Wings. Redemption, the next ROH show, featured Christopher Daniels, James Gibson, and Samoa Joe challenging CM Punk in a 4 Way Elimination Match for the ROH Title. During the match, Christopher Daniels was covered by Joe. Daniels got his foot on the rope, but Punk knocked it off before the referee could see, and Daniels was eliminated. Daniels tried to get revenge, but ended up accidentally eliminating Samoa Joe.

Daniels as Curry Man

After this, Daniels would remain a permanent member of the ROH roster, competing against the likes of Samoa Joe, Jimmy Yang, Homicide, and Colt Cabana. He also made his first appearances in America as Curry Man, starting his match against Shingo Takagi at Dragon Gate Invasion.

On 25th November 2006, Christopher Daniels teamed up with Matt Sydal to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship from Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Daniels joined TNA shortly after the company was founded in 2002. In December of that year he formed a stable with Low-Ki and Elix Skipper known as Triple X. XXX competed in the tag division, winning the NWA World Tag Team Championships and taking turns to defend the titles, and also joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction. The stable 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. After XXX disbanded, Daniels had a brief feud with Jeff Jarrett around August through September of 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 TNA Turning Point 2004.

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 2005 under dubious circumstances at the end of an Ultimate X Challenge. 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. Daniels went on to become 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. Daniels lost to Styles once again in a thirty minute Iron Man match for the X-Division Championship at Bound For Glory on October 23.

On Genesis on November 13, Daniels received a Grade III Concussion after being attacked by Samoa Joe following their tag match together. At Turning Point 2005, 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. Over the next few weeks Styles and Daniels would team together to face Joe. At Final Resolution, Daniels was defeated by Samoa when Styles threw in the towel to prevent the badly beaten Daniels from suffering serious injuries. The next week, Daniels turned on Styles claiming he did it to get the number 1 contendership for the X-Division Title. That same night he cost Styles a match against the "Prince of Punk" Shannon Moore. At Against All Odds, Samoa Joe retained his title against Daniels and Styles. The following month at Destination X, Daniels succeeded in winning an Ultimate X match to regain the X-Division Title. He lost his X-Division Title on April 13, 2006 to Samoa Joe after receiving a middle rope Island Driver.

After losing the X-Division title, Daniels was scheduled to face Jushin Liger in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown. However, Liger was pulled out of the match. With no one to face, and Lockdown only a short time away, it was announced that Daniels would be facing a mystery opponent. The opponent turned out to be the returning Low Ki, Daniels' former tag parner who had now changed his ring name to Senshi, and the two competed in a back-and-forth match, which ultimately saw Senshi win, using his surroundings for assistance.

Daniels eventually turned face and would go on to continue teaming with AJ Styles. Within a short time, the pair would become #1 contenders for the NWA Tag Team Titles, then held by America's Most Wanted. Daniels and Styles won the titles from AMW at TNA Slammiversary 2006. While champions, the team would feud with LAX; trading the tag titles 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 then X-Division Champion A.J. Styles in the primetime debut of TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV. Daniels won the match by pinning Chris Sabin to capture his third TNA X Division Championship. He went to lose it again to Sabin in a Three-Way bout at TNA Final Resolution, which also involved Jerry Lynn.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • As Christopher Daniels
  • As Curry Man
  • Nicknames
  • "The Fallen Angel"
  • "God's Gift to Wrestling"
  • "Wrestling Prophet"
  • "The Lord of The Ring"
  • "The Greatest Wrestler Ever"
  • "Mr. TNA" (self-proclaimed)
  • "Hot And Spicy" (as Curry Man)
  • Managers

Trivia

Championships and accomplishments

  • All Pro Wrestling
  • APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)
  • APW King of the Indies (2000)
  • Empire Wrestling Federation
  • EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • MPW Futaritabi Tag Team League Tournament (2002)
  • Midwest Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jayson Reign
  • NWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kevin Quinn
  • CT Cup Co-Holder (1 time) – with John Brooks
  • Premier Wrestling Federation
  • PWF United States Championship (1 time)
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year - with AJ Styles (2006)
  • Ranked #15 in PWI 500 (2006)
  • UPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Windy City Pro Wrestling
  • WCPW League Championship (1 time)
  • WCPW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
  • WCPW Middleweight Championship (1 time)
  • WCPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kevin Quinn (1), and Mike Anthony (1)
  • World Power Wrestling
  • WPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kevin Quinn
  • 5 Star Match: vs Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles (TNA Unbreakable, September 11, 2005)

Personal life

Daniel is married to Lisa, and has two children, the latter of which, a son, was born on October 21, 2005. He is a Roman Catholic. Daniel reads a lot of comics, and has collected a lot of issues. In addition to this, Daniel is a big Marvel Comics fan, his favourite Marvel creation is the X-Men, and his favourite X-Men character is Wolverine. Daniel trades comics with other wrestlers such as Samoa Joe and Homicide.

References

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