Line #9 Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels


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3	Christopher Daniels (real name Daniel Christopher Covell, born March 24, 1970) is an American {{professional wrestl\|ing}}er. A student of Mike Anthony, he made his debut in Windy City Pro Wrestling in 1993 and went on to have brief stints in the World Wrestling Federation and [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]]. He is best known for his time in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and Wrestling/RingOfHonor, with him being one of the founding fathers of the latter promotion: the first wrestler to seriously threaten the code of honor. He is also in the East Coast Wrestling Alliance Hall Of Fame.
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5	Among his many achievements, he is an Empire Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion, a WCPW League Champion, WCPW Lightweight Champion, WCPW Middleweight Champion, WCPW Tag Team Champion, a UPW Heavyweight champion, a two time Canadian Wrestling Federation[[note]]With Kevin Quinn, Big Cliff and Big Kahuna through the magic of the Freebird Rule[[/note]], a four time ROH Tag Team Champion, an ROH Television Champion, A Michinoku British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, an FWA British Heavyweight Champion, an IFWA Heavyweight Champion, a WWC Tag Team Champion, a [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 Zero1-Max United States Openweight Champion]], a Ballpark Brawl Natural Heavyweight Champion, an [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP]] Junior Heavyweight tag team champion[[note]]with [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] as Curryman[[/note]] a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], An All Action Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion, a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-x.html TNA X-Division Champion]][[note]]3x as himself, 1x as Suicide[[/note]], an inaugural AEW Tag Team Champion and ROH World Champion.
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7	!! "And those are the tropes according to the Fallen Angel":
8	* AbortedArc: The Claire Lynch angle in TNA (in which Daniels and Frankie Kazarian accussed AJ Styles of having an affair with the titular drug-addicted woman and having a child with her) ended up being canned early, as people discovered the actress' online acting profiles and started sending her abuse.
9	* AffectionateParody: The Prince Justice Brotherhood (Curry Man, Wrestling/SharkBoy and [[Wrestling/EricYoung Super Eric]]) was one of {{Superhero}}es. [[note]]Prince Justice was one of Wrestling/{{Abyss}}'s old gimmicks.[[/note]]
10	* AntiClimax: He signed with WCW and a match between him and Michael Modest was heavily hyped. The match was actually entirely awesome — until it ended with Wrestling/ScottSteiner running in and kayfabe breaking both their ankles with a pipe. Neither one would be seen in WCW again. To make it a little worse, Daniels underperformed a bit and was overshadowed by Modest, who put in one of the best performances of his career.
11	* ArchEnemy:
12	** Possible to say he does not have one, but if he does it's Wrestling/AJStyles considering how much they've feuded with each other over the years.
13	** Of the tag teams he has faced, America's Most Wanted are his most prominent opponents as he had embroiled in bitter feuds with them by teaming with Triple X (most primarily Wrestling/ElixSkipper) and even AJ Styles.
14	* AsHimself:
15	** In 1998, during his 'Fallen Angel' days, he and Wrestling/BretHart demonstrated wrestling moves on a talk show called ''Later''.
16	** He shows up in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' as the DJ for Gen X, the rock and alternative radio station.
17	** He showed up on ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'' with Tito Ortiz.
18	* AwardShow: The Extraordinary Gentlemen's Organization opened up their own Hall of Fame and inducted Bobby Roode in protest for Wrestling/KurtAngle being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
19	%%* BaldOfEvil: Depending on whether he's a {{Face}} or {{Heel}}.
20	* BadassLongcoat: He's been known to wear a sleeveless one of these.
21	* BadassLongrobe: A BlackCloak with white wing and flame designs and a matching detached hood he wore up to early 2007.
22	* BatmanGambit: The Addiction came up with one to defeat reDRagon at the 2015 ''Best In The World''. While Kyle O'Reilly acted in the exact manner they needed him to, Bobby Fish proved more resourceful than they anticipated, causing them to have fall back on plan B: Chris Sabin giving them a numerical advantage.
23	* BlankBook: Joined the House Of Truth after stealing Wrestling/TruthMartini's book to learn the game plan of Eddie Edwards and learned that it was blank.
24	* BlasphemousBoast: The Almighty nickname in ROH in 2015. The Fallen Angel nickname too as a matter of fact.
25	* ButtMonkey: Early in his career, whenever he was in triple threat matches with guys that could kick hard, he would usually end up in a spot as the one those guys would use as a kicking dummy to try to show who’s kicks were better. Examples include his match with Wrestling/LowKi and Wrestling/BryanDanielson at the first Wrestling/RingOfHonor show and his match with Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/AJStyles at Wrestling/{{TNA}}’s Unbreakable event.
26	* CanonName: His first name became this when his ring name was inexplicably reduced to just "Daniels" for his 2009-2010 run.
27	* CaptainErsatz: ''Videogame/FireProWrestling'' has close approximations of his, or rather Curryman's, likeness.
28	* CatchPhrase:
29	** "That's the Gospel according to the Fallen Angel."
30	** "You have permission to worship uuuuuuuuuuussssssss pause noooooooooooooow!"
31	** "This is the worst town I've ever been in!"
32	* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown:
33	** During his time in TNA, Daniels was forced out of the company (kayfabe). Shortly after, a masked wrestler named "Curry Man" debuted in the promotion. {{Smark}}s knew that it was Daniels under the mask. Subverted in that nobody in the storyline ever voiced suspicion that they were the same person. Played straight after ''Curry Man'' was forced to leave the company, around the same time another masked wrestler named Suicide made his debut. After a while, it was suspected by many that Daniels was Suicide (he was, but he wasn't the original), which was even made into a minor storyline after Daniels' official return to TV. But this was eventually "disproved" when Daniels and Suicide were seen together (after Wrestling/FrankieKazarian, the original Suicide prior to an injury, retook the role).
34	** Back in 2000, when Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}} had revived the "Conquistadores" gimmick in an attempt at getting a shot at the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]], Daniels and Aaron Aguilera, as "Rick" and "Sparky," were the alternate Conquistadores when E&C needed to "prove" they weren't under the masks.
35	* ChivalrousPervert: Curry Man, who did prevent Shark Boy from "stomping a fishing hole" in Wrestling/AngelinaLove but also was constantly trying to get her to agree to a date with him, when accusing Shark Boy of such was part of the reason why he was going to attack her in the first place.
36	* CombinationAttack: In Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Frankie Kazarian became the first victim of Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Meltzer Driver. Two years later in ROH, The Addiction showed they hadn't forgotten when they gave The Bucks what they called "The Best Meltzer Ever".
37	* ConspiracyTheorist: He and Kazarian were suspected that there was a conspiracy in ROH against the Knights Of The Rising Dawn. They were correct. What they didn't realize was that fellow member partner Chris Sabin was in on it.
38	* CoolTeacher: He's been trained by Kevin Quinn and Wrestling/DoryFunkJr. He's given training to B-Boy and Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa.
39	* TheCorrupter: To Wrestling/FrankieKazarian, it's the only way to explain why the latter turned heel with and joined with him to cause general mischief.
40	* {{Crossover}}: Back when TNA and Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla had a working relationship, he would defend the X Division Title in PWG.
41	* CrowdChant: The TNA fans figured out pretty quickly who "Suicide" was and chanted "Daniels" during "Suicide's" matches. As Chris Sabin put it "That ass is unmistakable". However, perhaps not ''too'' unmistakeable because they kept the chant up after Frankie Kazarian had taken back the suit and did a pretty good job of imitating him.
42	* DefeatMeansFriendship: This was the impetus for Wrestling/AJStyles and Christopher Daniels to form a tag team and go after the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Championship]].
43	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Whenever he and Kazarian are Tag Team Champions, they refer to themselves as "The World Tag Team Champions of the World". He tried to justify it by claiming they were two worlds worth of greatness.
44	* {{Determinator}}: Daniels endured a ruptured ear drum to defend his #2 spot in the Pick Six standings against Kenny Omega at ''Death Before Dishonor VIII''.
45	* DiabolusExMachina: Bad Influence owes its existence to this trope. He and Kazarian had issues with each other and were pretty much thrown back together after the end of Fortune just to make AJ Styles's life more difficult…hey, Administrivia/{{tropes are not bad}}.
46	* DynamicEntry: On the March 31st, 2011 episode of TNA, Daniels returns by rushing from the crowd, scaling the cage, and taking out all of Immortal in one move!
47	* DesignatedGirlFight:
48	** {{Exploited\| trope}} after [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] attacked Prophecy stablemate Simply Luscious in a vain attempt to stop her from ruining AJ Styles's shot at winning the ROH Heavyweight Championship from another Prophecy stablemate, Xavier. Christopher Daniels accused Laree of having no honor and dared her to face Simply Luscious head on in the ring. Laree accepted and [[{{Hypocrite}} Daniels jumped Laree from behind, laying her out with the Last Rites]].
49	** Later in TNA, Jim Cornette {{enforced\|Trope}} this trope in TNA so Daniels and Wrestling/AJStyles went and hired Sirelda to stop Wrestling/GailKim from screwing them out of the tag team titles.
50	* EasyComeEasyGo: At Future Of Wrestling, he beat Danny Doring for the Wrestling/{{N\|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA Florida Championship only to lose it back to Doring a night later.
51	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The point of The Prophecy may have been to tear down the ROH code, but even they could not pretend they did not respect [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh The Great Muta]].
52	* EvilIsPetty: His crusade against the {{code of honor}} while he was with the prophecy. He seemed to take some perverse pleasure from the fact that there would be no more handshaking in title matches after the stable won all the title belts.
53	* EvilVirtues: Daniels has ''always'' had a sense of honor. His conflicts with ROH stem from the fact Daniels does not believe HonorIsFairPlay. [[MoralMyopia He'll still complain about things that he feels are unfair to himself or his partners]], though.
54	* EyeScream: A head injury during SCU's match with the Young Bucks left him with some burst blood vessels that gave him an almost completely black left eye permanently. He hasn't attempted to have it fixed because it doesn't affect his vision at all, and it suits his character enough anyway.
55	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: When he was put in a "feast or fired" match with Senshi, stipulation being the winner would get a brief case (presumably a contract for a title shot ala money in the bank) but instead it contained a pink slip, meaning Daniels was fired from TNA anyway. Curry Man later suffered the same fate but at least had a 1/4th chance of staying hired.
56	* FavorsForTheSexy: In Round 2 of the Beauty Contest between Wrestling/TaylorWilde and Wrestling/AngelinaLove, the latter brings Curry Man and Shark Boy, who are two of the three judges, up-close to show her bikini to them, even bending over in front of them to further entice them into voting her to win. Even then, Curry Man was completely in favor of Angelina throughout the contest, voting for her in all three rounds in contrast to Super Eric, who voted for Wilde, with Shark Boy serving as the neutral party.
57	* FinishingMove:
58	** (as himself): Angel's Wings, Last Rites, BME (Best Moonsault Ever), Koji Clutch.
59	** (as Curry Man): The Spicy Drop.
60	** (as Suicide): Suicide Solution.
61	* FireForgedFriends: Formed a tag team in ROH with [[Wrestling/EvanBourne Matt Sydal]] after the two traded back to back wins and losses.
62	* FlippingTheBird: Wore a black "GFY glove" on his right hand during the peak of his Ring General gimmick in TNA which covered all his fingers except the middle finger (and the thumb, if that counts), deliberately giving off this appearance.
63	* ForceFeeding: Curry Man feeds his opponent curry at the start of his HeroicSecondWind
64	* ForeignWrestlingHeel: He and Kazarian [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} painting their faces blue, wearing kilts, and imitating]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]] to get CheapHeat from English fans.
65	* FunnyForeigner: Curry Man is billed from India. And speaks Japanese.
66	* TheGadfly: Attempted at the 2016 ''Death Before Dishonor'' during the three way world tag team title defense when he tagged out Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi right when he was about to lockup with Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito. Daniels was quickly outdone by Naito, who refused to lockup with him.
67	* GimmickMatches: He brought the round robin challenge to Ring of Honor.
68	* AGodAmI:
69	** Has claimed that the original idea for the "Fallen Angel" gimmick was "someone with a God complex, someone who thought he was God." Cited Wrestling/{{Goldust}} as an inspiration, claiming that he saw the reactions Goldust was generating based on sexuality so he wanted to see if he could get the same kind of reactions based on religion.
70	** Still carried over in his post-Fallen Angel self, what with giving fans [[ItsAllAboutMe permission to worship him now]]. Lately in ROH he's picked up the handle of "The Almighty".
71	* GratuitousFrench: Habitually says Kazarian's first name as "Francois".
72	* GratuitousLatin: Said something in what sounded like Latin in Wrestling/{{MLW}} (Major League Wrestling) in 2003, while trying to recruit Wrestling/JerryLynn to join forces with him, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck and [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell the Sinister Minister (James Mitchell, aka James Vandenberg)]].[[note]]Lynn DID join them, but it wasn't the Latin that did it.[[/note]]
73	* GreenEyedMonster:
74	** The underlying truth behind every installment of his [[VitriolicBestBuds feud with AJ]].
75	** He was visibly upset by the fact that prophecy stablemate Simply Luscious was dating Mr. Wrestling Steve Corino. Both because he wasn't member and because Daniels seemed to wanted to be dating her himself.
76	* {{Guyliner}}: During his "worship me" phase.
77	* HeterosexualLifePartners:
78	** The relationship between AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels was chock full of HoYay, even when they were enemies. When they were arguing over the possibility that Daniels could beat Styles, it seemed like a lover's spat that lasted for weeks. Wrestling/SamoaJoe acting like a jealous third party didn't help any. Keep in mind that in real life, Daniels and Styles have named their kids after each other, so this is hardly a relationship that ends when the match does.
79	** Bad Influence also gives off this vibe, especially if you watch the videos they were putting out for the [=#Impact365=] programs.
80	* {{Homage}}: When TNA was on the road and stopped in Chicago, Bad Influence paid tribute to "[[CheapHeat The Second Greatest Tag Team In Wrestling History]]", Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors.
81	* HesBack: After the TNA issues were apparently resolved, Daniels was scheduled to make a return to Ring Of Honor but ended up returning earlier than announced when Wrestling/CMPunk stated he was going to take the World Title to WWE. Unfortunately for ROH, those TNA issue apparently weren't resolved but the company found an unlikely savior in James Gibson.
82	* ICouldaBeenAContender:
83	** While not the least decorated of the three founding ROH fathers, Daniels is the only one who never held the belt that would eventually become their world title. This is because TNA removed him from the promotion twice, first during the Prophecy/Second City Saints feud and then during the angle where CM Punk was trying to leave with that world title and Daniels was trying to stop him. With Daniels is back in the promotion again, this time with Wrestling/FrankieKazarian as the Addiction (formerly Bad Influence), he gained the chance to finally win it and subvert this trope, this best of opportunities being "The Decade Of Excellence" Tournament.
84	** Much like his best bud AJ Styles, Chris has been a victim of the rampant backstage politics and constant catering to former-WWE stars that goes on in TNA. Despite constantly proving himself to be one of TNA's top stars and most loyal workers, Chris has ''never'' been TNA World Heavyweight Champion, which is even worse than AJ's situation, as by now he's been shown deserving to have at least ''one'' run with the title. This was especially {{JustForFun/egregious}} when he was feuding with Wrestling/JeffHardy for the title right before the annual UK tour (which Hardy is unable to go on due to being a convicted felon on drug trafficking charges), and instead of having Hardy drop it to him so the tour could have a defending champion, they instead had Hardy beat him clean and hog the belt for a month. When AJ finally left, Chris decided to leave again not long after, presumably for good.
85	* IllKillYou: Threatened to murder AJ Styles with a screwdriver during their "I quit" match at TNA's ''Bound for Glory 2011''.
86	* ImprovisedWeapon: A tool box and a screw driver to try and gain an edge over Rob Van Dam following his heel turn after his second TNA run.
87	* InTheirOwnImage: His ultimate plan for Ring Of Honor was its destruction, with the Prophecy as the tool to make it happen and the blue print of what the new company he would build out of its ruins would look like.
88	* InkSuitActor: In mostly in ''Awe Yeah Comics'' with Wrestling/FrankieKazarian. In ROH he took to drawing his own comics so the kids in attendance who have more merchandise to enjoy, but Daniels was also the villain in a ''Series/DoctorWho'' book.
89	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: WCW released him after he botched a spring board moonsault during his first Nitro match.
90	* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: BME- Best Moonsault Ever. (he runs up the turnbuckles then jumps)
91	* {{Jobber}}: Served as one for the WWF after getting additional training from Dory Funk Jr, spending most of time their on [[BShow WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, Jakked and Sunday Night Heat.]] He got to join in the lineage of LegacyCharacter jobbers The Conquistadors.
92	* LargeHam: Most of the time, but especially as a heel, when he enjoys diving into "Cartoon Supervillain" territory.
93	* LastNameBasis: Done during his last 2010 TNA run. Even HE didn't understand why.
94	* LegionOfDoom: Bad Influence joined forces with Dixie Land, the Bromans, Bobby Roode and Brian Stiffler to finally rid TNA of AJ Styles in 2014. That's roughly eleven on one, or 11 on 2 when Wrestling/{{Sting}} tried to help AJ. Then they did it again to get rid of Sting when Wrestling/SamoaJoe tried to help.
95	* {{Leitmotif}}: "Your Sexy Beast" with Frankie Kazarian in The Addiction.
96	* LookWhatICanDoNow: Upon his ''third'' return to ROH from TNA, Daniels openly admitted he couldn't do everything he used to but added that he had gotten in the best shape of his life and could do more than enough to defeat Davey Richards for the Television Title. He didn't, but he did defeat Eddie Edwards for the belt later.
97	* MadeOfIron: He's taken some bumps that quite frankly should have killed him, especially in TNA where he's fallen on his head from ''above'' the Ultimate X. Yes, Daniels does have a bad neck from it but he maintained a high work rate despite it.
98	* ManipulativeBastard:
99	** In TNA, this is how Bad Influence essentially earned their name. Daniels and Kazarian took advantage of TNA President Dixie Carter's faux-MrsRobinson tendencies in order to frame her and AJ Styles into an affair situation. This forced a mutual friend of who they knew AJ and Dixie were helping to kick a drug addiction to come out of the woodwork and reveal herself. Then they convinced her somehow to turn the rumor around and accuse AJ of getting her pregnant after a drunken romp, creating a dent in his wholesome Christian reputation and possibly disrupting his marriage. This whole series of concentrated rumors meant to throw AJ off his game by attacking his reputation ended up accomplishing two things: they retained their relevance in TNA, became two-time World Tag Team Champions of the World, and Daniels won the final one-on-one match between him and AJ in TNA.
100	** In ROH, after having closed out their feud with the Decade (a poor man's imitation of Fortune), the Addiction started to go after the ROH Tag Team Championship titles being held at the time by reDRagon. Around the same time frame, an invading force in red masks called the Knights of the Rising Dawn started attacking longtime ROH mainstays in run-ins and speaking out against the idea that company longevity and politics should supercede talent. All eyes pointed to Wrestling/MariaKanellis and Adam Cole's stable, the Kingdom, as being responsible for this, meanwhile Kazarian and Daniels were able to appeal to Daniels' old friend, ROH Commissioner Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness, to score themselves one last tag title shot after wearing out the opportunities they'd actually earned in competition. Then the title shot came, and one of the red-masked KRD invaders interfered by attacking reDRagon, who fended him off, though this allowed the Addiction to take advantage and beat them for the titles. Then the masked man was unmasked as Chris Sabin. Then Kaz and Daniels hit reDRagon with the belts. The entire KRD plot was an intentional misdirection with a hint of truth HiddenInPlainSight by the Addiction and Sabin for the sole purpose of becoming World Tag Team Champions of the World once again.
101	** Shortly after winning the Decade of Excellence tournament in 2017 to earn a shot at Adam Cole's ROH World Championship at the ROH 15th Anniversary show, Daniels found himself betrayed by his best friend Kazarian joining Cole's stable, the Bullet Club, then verbally spitting on his name while blocking him from responding on Twitter. At the 15th Anniversary show, the Bullet Club's presence was conspicuously absent from the match…until Kazarian came running down the ramp and shoved Daniels into the ring, holding him open for Cole to hit him with the title. Daniels broke free and ducked out of the way ''before Cole got into his swing'', and then Kazarian decided he wanted to hit Daniels with the belt himself…[[FakeDefector only to throw the belt to the ground and rip up his Bullet Club shirt to reveal a winged Destiny shirt right in front of Cole]], stunning him and leaving him prone for a standing ura-nage and a triad of Best Moonsaults Ever leading to the three-count and the ultimate victory for @facdaniels.
102	* MaskedLuchador: Curry Man, who competed in the Japanese masked men league, and Conquistador Dos.
103	* MeaningfulName: Both "Bad Influence" and "The Addiction" take on much stronger implications when one remembers the Clare Lynch angle that predated both names.
104	* MythologyGag: During the Buy-In for ''Wrestling/{{AEW}} Revolution'', SCU lost a tag match to the Dark Order, who'd been teasing the arrival of their mysterious leader the "Exalted One". During the beatdown after the match, a robed and hooded figure, theorised to be the Exalted One himself, came out and revealed himself to be Daniels, [[BaitAndSwitch only for him to attack the Dark Order]] to rescue the faces. This was a reference to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Daniels being the original pick]] for the "Higher Power" behind the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness back in the Attitude Era (before Wrestling/VinceMcMahon nixed it because he thought Daniels was too small and cast himself in the role).
105	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Samoa Joe was set to put an end to the "Summer Of Punk" during a [[GimmickMatches four corners survival match]] but Christopher Daniels ended up getting him eliminated while trying to get revenge on Punk for cheating to get Daniels eliminated earlier.
106	* TheNicknamer: With Kazarian, epically.
107	* OlderThanHeLooks: Daniels turned forty in 2011, but can still keep up with high fliers like AJ Styles and Wrestling/EvanBourne.
108	** For context, he is one year younger than [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Runnels]] and Wrestling/TripleH, and 3 years younger than [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} Glenn Jacobs]]. He's 50 now in 2020.
109	* OnceASeason:
110	** See CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown above. TNA got into a weird habit of "firing" him almost once a year during a "Feast or Fired" match, and then him coming back in another persona. First Christopher Daniels, then Curry Man, then Suicide (albeit accidentally), then simply as "Daniels" (and not even he understands why). It was there that they ran out of ideas and gave up.
111	** The return of Curry Man in late 2013 (with both the Curry Man and Daniels personas active in TNA) saw a nice CallBack to this when Curry Man immediately dipped from the Feast or Fired match without even trying to grab a briefcase.
112	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: See Destination X 2011, and the AJ Styles match, rivalry. Samoa Joe is not impressed.
113	* OneSteveLimit: In ROH and TNA, he and Trinity both had moves called "Fall From Grace" but hers was a moonsault while his was a cross armed Iconoclasm.
114	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: No wings, though he flies just fine without them.
115	* PartsUnknown: Sin City, [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles The City of Angels]]
116	* PerkyFemaleMinion: [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} Angelica]], then Simply Luscious, then Allison Danger
117	* PetTheDog: The Addiction, surprisingly, decided to run Wrestling/{{Cody\|Rhodes}} out of the arena when he had shown his true colors to Wrestling/JayLethal at ''Final Battle''. Cross-promotional ContinuityNod mixed with {{Foreshadowing}} — the core members of Fortune considered Jay Lethal a friend when he wasn't opposing them, and this would be a harbinger of the Addiction's issues with Bullet Club.
118	* PowerStable:
119	** (in ROH): The Prophecy and the House of Truth
120	** (in Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling): Super Curry Max with CIMA, SUWA, Sumo Dandy Fuji and Súper Boy
121	** (in TNA): [[FunWithAcronyms Sports Entertainment Xtreme]] (led by Wrestling/VinceRusso)
122	** The TNA Front Line, Wrestling/{{Fortune}}
123	** (in Wrestling/{{AAA}}): [[ForeignWrestlingHeel La Legion Extranjera]] (led by Wrestling/{{Konnan}})
124	* PowerTrio:
125	** The Baptized with Monsta Mack and Wrestling/BallsMahoney in USA Pro Wrestling
126	** In TNA, Wrestling/BobbyRoode joined with Bad Influence to form the '''E'''xtraordinary '''G'''entlemen's '''O'''rganization. Also, Triple X with Elix Skipper and Low Ki. Curry Man had the Prince Justice Brotherhood with Super Eric and Shark Boy.
127	** Kaz and Daniels were also this with Chris Sabin, both sporadically towards the end of all three men's run in TNA and officially in ROH as the Knights of the Rising Dawn.
128	** Daniels/Kazarian/Scorpio Sky are also known as [=SoCal=] Uncensored or SCU.
129	* RapidFireNo: Wrestling/NigelMcGuinness wants to put an end to the three way Addiction-Young Bucks-Motor City Machine Guns feud? That's good. In a ladder war? NO!
130	* RedBaron:
131	** The Fallen Angel.
132	** Later, The New Face of Impact Wrestling, and even later has been trying his hat at handles such as The Sultan of Seduction and Simply Irresistible before finally arriving at Ring General. All [[TheNicknamer self-titled]], btw.
133	** He's even come up with a RedBaron for Kazarian, calling him "The Physical Fascination". It hasn't caught on as well. Ditto for Wrestling/BobbyRoode as "The Prime Minister of Suave and Debonair".
134	** Their tag team RedBaron: "The World Tag Team Champions of the World", or #WTTCOTW. Later "(The) Bad Influence (of TNA)" when deposed of both the titles and their rematch.
135	** He's recently started using "The Sexually Delicious" Christopher Daniels as a handle... also self-titled.
136	** Bad Influence + Wrestling/BobbyRoode = The [[FunWithAcronyms Extraordinary Gentlemen's Organization]]. Because "Fortune" just doesn't suffice anymore.
137	** He was known as "King Of The Indies" after WCW folded up until he became a mainstay of TNA, which is not considered independent. The title would then default to the second KOI winner, American Dragon and then go to HARASHIMA, who is perhaps best known for his time in Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam.
138	** Finally "The Almighty" in ROH.
139	* RedOniBlueOni: {{Inverted\|trope}} As the red and yellow dressed Curryman was the nicer calmer one than the white and blue dressed Shark Boy.
140	* RevengeByProxy: He felt ROH had mistreated his associates Kazarian and Kamaitachi, saying he was going to protest until their loses at the 2016 ''Aftershock'' were overturned. "Protest" in this case meant lead them in a three on one beat down of Moose.
141	* RingOldies: Daniels turns 50 in 2020, a career spanning more than half his life, and is still working.
142	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His reason for returning to TNA in 2011 is to take revenge for AJ Styles being taken out by [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bully Ray]].
143	* SanitySlippage:
144	** Fell under this at ''Bound for Glory'' 2011, complete with EvilLaugh and {{Ineffectual Death Threat\|s}}.
145	** Then he's claiming that he just "beat" AJ Styles and Wrestling/RobVanDam after pretty much every time he interacts with them.
146	** Then he drummed up a multi-faceted scam to ruin AJ's reputation and personal life in 2012 just because he couldn't beat him. Though this did work, as he managed to get a few wins on AJ and has had the year of his life.
147	* SignatureMove:
148	** Reverse STO, Death Valley Driver, Fall From Grace
149	** Curry Bottom (side slam), Curry Cradle (Gannosuke clutch), Domo Lariato (Lariat), Hi-C (crossbody) Tokyo Dangerous (Belly to back suplex backbreaker)
150	* ShakingTheRump: Christopher Daniels and Kazarian resolved to put some T&A back into TNA pay per views at ''Genesis'' 2013, complete with the fallen angel shaking his rump.
151	* ShoutOut
152	** His "Physical Fascination" title for Frankie Kazarian is a reference to one of Daniels's students, Brandon Bishop.
153	** The Addiction tend to dress as The Avengers and SHIELD or Venom, depending on the situation. Kazarian says this is at Daniels's urging.
154	* {{Slimeball}}: Became a notable part of his gimmick in TNA during his Bad Influence run, with Wrestling/{{Taz\|z}} constantly describing him as "shady" and "shifty".
155	* SmugSnake: Each heel run he has takes him into this more than the last. His 2011-present run in particular takes the cake on smugness, so much he's formed a team for the purpose of reaffirming his own high opinion of himself.
156	* SoreLoser: He forced [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] to shake his hand during Ring Of Honor's first ''round robin challenge'' but when he lost to Low Ki, Christopher Daniels refused to shake his hand and refused to wrestle Low Ki again unless it was for the ROH singles title.
157	* SpotMonkey: Averted; Daniels employs a wrestling style with many impressive spots, but manages to actually chain them together with decent wrestling, and thus avoid being tarred with the Spot Monkey brush.
158	* SquashMatch: His 2009 Victory Road match against Matt Morgan was a painful two minute squash in Morgan's favor. When Daniels was unable to complete a comeback due to being too hurt, some audience members started laughing at him.
159	* StudentAndMasterTeam: His WWC, Windy City, NWA Midwest and Canadian Wrestling Federation tag team titles runs with his trainers Kevin Quinn and Mike Anthony qualify.
160	* TagTeam:
161	** (in the Midwest indies): The International Males, with Kevin Quinn.
162	** (in ROH): with prophecy stablemate Donovan Morgan and with Matt Sydal
163	** (in TNA): Triple X, with Wrestling/LowKi and Prime Time Elix Skipper
164	** With Hayashi Rice Man as Curry Man
165	** The Prince Justice Brotherhood, as Curry Man with Shark Boy and Super Eric (Young).
166	** With AJ Styles in many places.
167	** With Kazarian since 2011; in addition to the stable names of Fortune, EGO, and KRD, they've used the tag team names of Bad Influence and The Addiction, before they and Scorpio Sky settled on [=SoCal Uncensored=] as a standard team name in all combinations.
168	* TakeUpMySword: Took over AJ Styles' place as leader of Fortune for a month after AJ got taken out by Bully Ray.
169	* TallDarkAndSnarky: {{Inverted\|trope}}, as TNA progressively bills his height as taller and taller the less sarcastic he gets. Deadpan Daniels is 5'10, goofy Curry Man is 6'0 and silent Suicide is 6'2.
170	* TeethClenchedTeamWork: Triple X with America's Most Wanted against The Naturals and Team Canada after a ref somehow declared Prime Time Elix Skipper and Chris Harris of the two rival teams the winners of the NWA World Tag Team Titles. Attempting to make it work resulted in them losing the titles to Christopher Daniels and Wrestling/JamesStorm, their own regular partners, completely by mistake.
171	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daniels delivered one of these to Ring Of Honor fans as a heel, right before departing the company for TNA. The whole thing got more heat on TNA as a company than Daniels himself from the ROH bots.
172	* TheRival:
173	** Masked loudmouth Mentalo in Canada.
174	** While he did not win the match overall, Christopher Daniels was the first person in all of ROH to get any kind of pin fall on Low Ki, proving he ''was'' beatable. As noted, Low Ki was a frequent partner of Daniels in TNA.
175	* StartMyOwn: In protest to Wrestling/KurtAngle being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame during his feud with Bobby Roode, Bad Influence decided to start their own EGO Hall of Fame just to induct Roode.
176	* TonightInThisVeryRing: Has lapsed into this during some of his TNA promos.
177	* TournamentArc:
178	** He beat Scoot Andrews in the finals of the 2000 ECWA Super 8 and Wrestling/AustinAries in the 2004 finals
179	** He won APW's King of the Indies tournament in 2000, which is where he got the nickname up until joining TNA.
180	** Beat The Amazing Red at the end of the Pro Wrestling World 1 Legacy Cup in 2002. He and Donovan Morgan would win a tournament to become the first holders of Ring Of Honor's Tag Team Title Belts later that year.
181	** Curyman won the 'Futaritabi Tag Team League' of 2002 in Michinoku Pro with Super Rice Boy
182	** After coming up short in the first, he beat Amazing Red to win Premier Wrestling Federation's second Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto Legacy Cup in 2002.
183	** While he failed to win the first, he did succeed in ROH's ''second'' Round Robin Challenge, beating both Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]].
184	** He and Low Ki won TNA's 2003 NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament.
185	** He and Elix Skipper qualified for Ultimate X based on their performance in the 2004 X Cup.
186	** He won the CT Cup of New Age Wrestling in 2009.
187	** With Xavier as his partner he Impact Championship Wrestling 2010 'Impact Cup'.
188	** In 2017 he won the ROH 'Decade Of Excellence', which only those who had given ten years of their career to the company qualified for, beating Jay Briscoe in the finals to get a shot at the world title...
189	* TokenGoodTeammate: Curry Man when he teamed up with traditional Wrestling/{{Chikara}} Rudos Los Ice Creams. More like Token Good Competitor, since [[EvilVersusEvil their opponents were Los Perros Del Mal]].
190	* TwoFirstNames: One of his ring names anyway.
191	* UrExample: One-half of the first Wrestling/{{N\|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Midwest Tag Team Champions, alongside Kevin Quinn and one-half of the first ROH Tag Team Champions, alongside The Prophecy member Donovan Morgan.
192	* VersusTitle: ''WC Christopher Daniels Vs. Wrestling/LanceStorm''
193	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He didn't get the worship he desires but did throw the first pitch at The Hangar at Lancaster, CA prior to the Lancaster [=JetHawks=] hosting the San Jose Giants.
194	* YouAreTheNewTrend: One could make the case that Daniels and Kazarian's actions are what created the DarkerAndEdgier AJ Styles that would leave TNA for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and become the new ace of the Wrestling/BulletClub, not only keeping them solidly afloat but allowing them to thrive like never before following the loss of their leader [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]]. Doubles as UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom for New Japan and NiceJobFixingItVillain for everyone else.

Context Wrestling / ChristopherDaniels