Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell ( March 24 , 1971 ) 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 best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , 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 ) . Professional wrestling career . Early career . 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 . 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 ) . 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 . His left arm was impaired for the rest of the match . 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 success to after he won the Human Torch match against Sting . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . X Division and Tag Team Division ( 2002 – 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 ; this match would later get a 5 - star rating from Dave Meltzer . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . Daniels succeeded in winning an Ultimate X match the following month to regain the X Division Title , but lost it on April 13 , 2006 to Joe after receiving a second 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 , 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 . 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 . 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 . He lost it to Sabin in a three - way bout at Final Resolution , which also involved Jerry Lynn . Daniels then took time off from TNA for a repackaging of his character but made his return as a villain at Destination X . He distracted Lynn during his match with Sabin . 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 . At Lockdown , Daniels pinned Jerry Lynn in the Six Sides of Steel . At Sacrifice , Daniels pinned Rhino after hitting him with a baseball bat . 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 . At Victory Road , he won a 10 - Man Ultimate X Gauntlet Match to become the number one contender for the X Division Championship . Senshi and Elix Skipper helped Daniels to win the match , resulting in the reunion of Triple X . At Bound for Glory on October 14 , Daniels challenged unsuccessfully for Jay Lethal ' s X Division Championship . On the December 6 episode of " Impact ! " , Daniels beat Senshi in a match for his Feast or Fired briefcase , refereed by Elix Skipper . On the following week ' s show it was revealed that Daniels ' briefcase contained a pink slip , immediately causing him to be fired from TNA . Curry Man and Suicide ( 2008 – 2009 ) . One month after Daniels was fired , Covell returned to TNA as his masked persona Curry Man , soon to team up regularly with Shark Boy . 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 . On the March 13 , 2008 " Impact ! " , Curry Man qualified for the Xscape match for the X Division Title at Lockdown by beating Petey Williams . At Lockdown , he fought Jay Lethal , Sonjay Dutt , Shark Boy , Consequences Creed , and Johnny Devine . Curry Man eliminated Creed from the match after delivering the Spice Rack . He was later eliminated by Devine via the Devine Intervention . 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 . 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 . 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 " . 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 . 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 . Return of Daniels ( 2009 – 2010 ) . 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 . At Lockdown , Team Jarrett defeated Team Angle . 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 . On the May 7 episode of " Impact ! " , Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide . 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 . 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 . 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 . At Victory Road , Daniels lost to Matt Morgan in a standard match . 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 . Daniels lost the match at No Surrender , along with a triple threat match on the following Impact , also featuring Homicide . 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 . 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 . At Turning Point , Styles retained his title in a three - way match against Daniels and Samoa Joe by pinning Joe . 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 . 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 . The following month at Genesis Daniels was defeated by Sean Morley in his first match for the company . 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 . 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 . 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 . Covell was released from his TNA contract on March 31 , 2010 , after spending nearly eight years with the company . Fortune ( 2011 ) . Covell returned to TNA at the January 31 , 2011 , taping of " Xplosion " , as Suicide . Still contracted to Ring of Honor , he received the promotion ' s blessing for the return , provided he not work as Christopher Daniels until the contract expired . On February 10 , Suicide returned to " Impact ! " , losing a three – way X Division number one contender ' s tournament match , also involving Brian Kendrick , to Robbie E . On March 16 , at the tapings of the March 31 " 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 . On the April 7 " 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 . Despite his return as Daniels , Covell also kept performing as Suicide and on the same April 7 " Impact ! " , teamed with Brian Kendrick and Chris Sabin in a six - man tag team match , where they defeated Generation Me and Robbie E . 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 . On the next " Impact ! " , Daniels was officially named a member of Fortune . On the May 26 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Styles defeated Bully Ray and his new partner , Tommy Dreamer , in a No Disqualification Street Fight . 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 . After weeks of Daniels asking for a rematch , Styles finally granted him one on the September 1 " Impact Wrestling " , which Daniels won . After the match , Daniels refused to shake hands with Styles . On the September 22 episode , Daniels refused to return the favor and give Styles a rematch , which led to them brawling . When they were separated by Kazarian , Daniels kicked Styles in the groin , completing his heel turn and signifying his departure from Fortune . At Daniels ' request , he faced Styles at Bound for Glory on [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] in an " I Quit " match ; Daniels lost the match after being threatened with a screwdriver , but continued the feud by attacking Styles after the match . On the October 27 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels lost to Rob Van Dam by disqualification after hitting him with a toolbox . On the November 10 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels was defeated by A . J . Styles , after Van Dam prevented Daniels from using a screwdriver . On November 13 at Turning Point , Daniels lost to Van Dam in a No Disqualification match . In retaliation , Daniels interfered and cost Van Dam his match for the TNA Television Championship on the December 1 " Impact Wrestling " . This led to a singles match on December 11 at Final Resolution on December 11 , where Van Dam was victorious . Bad Influence ( 2012 – 2014 ) . Daniels then returned to his rivalry with A . J . Styles , managing to convince Kazarian to turn on him on the January 5 , 2012 " Impact Wrestling " . On the February 9 " 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 . On March 18 at Victory Road , Daniels and Kazarian were defeated in a tag team match by Styles and Mr . Anderson . 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 . 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 . On the May 10 " 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . On June 10 at Slammiversary , Daniels and Kazarian lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Styles and Angle . On the next " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels entered the 2012 Bound for Glory Series , taking part in the opening gauntlet match , from which he eliminated both Styles and Angle , before being eliminated himself by James Storm . On the June 21 " Impact Wrestling " , Styles and Carter proved that Daniels and Kazarian had been lying about their relationship by producing a pregnant woman named Claire , whom they had been helping overcome her addictions . The following week , Kazarian teased dissension with Daniels , claiming that he had been lied to . However , in the main event of the evening , Kazarian revealed that he was still on Daniels ' side , when the two defeated Styles and Angle , after Kazarian hit Styles with a steel chair , to regain the TNA World Tag Team Championship . Following the win , Daniels admitted that Styles and Carter had told the truth about Claire , but claimed that they had left out the part about Styles being the father of her unborn baby . On July 8 at Destination X , Daniels was defeated by Styles in a Last Man Standing match . On the August 8 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian , billing themselves as " The World Tag Team Champions of the World " , made their first televised defense of the TNA World Tag Team Championship , defeating Devon and Garett Bischoff . Daniels ' participation in the 2012 Bound for Glory Series ended on the following " Impact Wrestling " with a loss against A . J . Styles , leaving him outside a spot in the semifinals . As a result of the win , Styles also earned a paternity test , which revealed that Claire was not pregnant at all . The storyline ended with Claire , through her attorney , revealing Daniels ' and Kazarian ' s plot to blackmail Styles with her fake pregnancy . On September 6 as part of the first " Championship Thursday " , Daniels and Kazarian successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez . Three days later at No Surrender , Daniels and Kazarian made another successful title defense against previous champions , A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle . On October 14 at Bound for Glory , Daniels and Kazarian lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez in a three - way match , which also included A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle . Daniels and Kazarian received their rematch on November 11 at Turning Point , but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez . On December 9 at Final Resolution , Daniels defeated A . J . Styles in what was billed as their " final match " , after hitting Styles with his own " Styles Clash " finisher . Following this , Daniels and Kazarian dubbed their tag team Bad Influence , and Daniels tweaked his " Fallen Angel " character into that of a vice - ridden heel to fit the team ' s new name . Bad Influence then began a rivalry with James Storm after he defeated Kazarian at Final Resolution , and again on the January 3 , 2013 " Impact Wrestling " . On January 13 at Genesis , Daniels defeated Storm in a number one contenders match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . Daniels received his title shot on the January 24 " Impact Wrestling " , but was defeated by defending champion Jeff Hardy . On March 10 at Lockdown , Bad Influence unsuccessfully challenged Austin Aries and Bobby Roode for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a three - way match , also involving Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez . In April , Daniels and Kazarian began teasing a Fortune reunion to battle the Aces & Eights stable , however , this plan was foiled by A . J . Styles and Bobby Roode both turning down offers to join them . Bad Influence faced Austin Aries and Bobby Roode in a number one contenders match on the May 9 " Impact Wrestling " , however , the match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Daniels and Aries and walked out on the match . On June 2 at Slammiversary XI , Bad Influence failed to capture the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez in an fatal four - way elimination match , which also included Austin Aries and Bobby Roode and was won by Gunner and James Storm . On the June 13 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian defeated Gunner and Storm in a non - title match to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series . The following week , Daniels defeated Hernandez in his first BFG series match via pinfall to earn seven points in the tournament . On the August 8 " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian faced off in a BFG series match . Despite teasing tension earlier in the night , they both intentionally got counted out to gain two points each . Afterward , they allied with Bobby Roode , in hopes it would help one of them win the tournament . At Bound for Glory , Bad Influence were defeated by Eric Young and Joseph Park in a Gauntlet match . After being eliminated , both attacked Park and made him bleed . The same night , Abyss appeared and attacked Bad Influence . Over the following weeks , Bad Influence mocked about Park and tried to reveal his true identity , eventually divulging that Park Park and Park was closed 13 years ago . On December 12 , 2013 , Bad Influence were defeated by Parks and Eric Young when Young made Park bleed . On December 26 , 2013 , Bad Influence were defeated again by Park in a Monster ' s Ball match . On March 2 , 2014 , Bad Influence were part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle - 1 ' s event in Tokyo , Japan , defeating Junior Stars ( Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka ) in a tag team match . On April 23 , 2014 , Daniels announced his departure from TNA . Ring of Honor . The Prophecy ( 2002 – 2004 ) . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . At Ring of Honor ' s third show , " A Night of Appreciation " for Eddie Guerrero , Daniels was defeated by Donovan Morgan . They showed a mutual respect for each other , and Morgan formed a partnership with Daniels . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . At " Glory By Honor " , Daniels defeated Doug Williams , who was as a result banned from shaking hands in ROH . 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 . Low Ki won the match and shook Joe ' s hand . On March 13 , 2003 , A . J . Styles and Amazing Red defeated Daniels and Xavier , substituting for Morgan , to win the ROH Tag Team Championship . At the following show The Prophecy lost also the ROH Championship , when former ally Samoa Joe defeated Xavier . 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 . 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 . 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 . After CM Punk turned down an offer to join The Prophecy , someone assaulted his girlfriend Lucy backstage , forcing her out of Ring of Honor . 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 . 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 . 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 ) . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . " 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 . Daniels tried to get revenge , but ended up accidentally helping Punk eliminate Samoa Joe . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . It had been his last night in ROH . Return to Ring of Honor ( 2010 – 2011 , 2014 - present ) . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 ) . 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 . At the following PPV , Glory By Honor IX , Daniels defeated Austin Aries . On [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] , 2010 , Daniels finally received his match with Davey Richards , but was defeated via submission . Three days later Ring of Honor announced that Daniels had officially signed a contract with the promotion . 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 . 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 . On December 18 at Final Battle 2010 Daniels was defeated by Homicide in a non – title number one contender ' s match . 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 . Afterwards it was announced that Daniels would be challenging for the ROH World Championship at the following pay - per - view on April 1 . On March 18 Daniels successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against " The Prodigy " Mike Bennett . 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 . 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 . 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 . On June 26 at Best in the World 2011 , Daniels lost the ROH World Television Championship to El Generico . The event marked Daniels ' final appearance for ROH , before once again becoming a full - time member of the TNA roster . On May 17 , 2014 , Daniels made an appearance at War of the Worlds , announcing his return to ROH at Best in the World 2014 on June 22 . At Best In The World he and Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged reDragon for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . Chikara ( 2010 ) . 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 under the new name Team Delicioso . The trio was defeated in the first round of the tournament by Team Perros del Mal ( El Alebrije , Cuije and El Oriental ) . The following day Covell , now using his Christopher Daniels gimmick , defeated Hallowicked in a singles match . On the third night of the tournament Daniels was defeated by Eddie Kingston . Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( 2010 ) . 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 . 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 . Other promotions ( 2013 - present ) . While Bad Influence were in TNA , they appeared in other promotions . On January 24 , 2014 , Bad Influence appeared at Big Time Wrestling ' s Battle Royal , where they defeated The Ballard Brothers ( Shane Ballard & Shannon Ballard ) . On April 5 , Bad Influences appeared in two events . First , they defeated The Bravado Brothers ( Harlem Bravado & Lancelot Bravado ) at Dragon Gate USA ' s Mercury Rising . After , they defeated Irish Airborne ( Dave Crist & Jake Crist ) at WrestleCon . On June 6 , 2014 , Bad Influence made their debuts in Tommy Dreamer ' s House of Hardcore , defeating Outlaw Inc . ( Eddie Kingston and Homicide ) . On June 7 , 2014 , Bad Influence returned to House of Hardcore at HOH 5 , defeating Petey Williams and Tony Nese . on August 21 , 2014 WrestleCentre Voltage TV taping , Daniels defeated Lance Storm to win the IFWA Heavyweight Championship . Television and film appearances . 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 ; 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 " . 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 . 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 . 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 . Covell has a tattoo on his sternum of an ankh , the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph signifying " eternal life " . Covell enrolled in Methodist College in Fayetteville , North Carolina and earned a degree in theater . On August 28 , 2009 , Covell was arrested for driving under the influence .