Bad Influence The Addiction ( formerly known as Bad Influence ) is a professional wrestling tag team who is currently wrestling for Ring Of Honor ( ROH ) , competed in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion , consisting of Christopher Daniels and Kazarian . The team was also a part of the Extraordinary Gentleman ' s Organization ( EGO ) , having been joined by Bobby Roode in August 2013 . History . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2011 - 2014 ) . Formation ( 2011 ) . Christopher Daniels and Kazarian were first united in TNA as members of the stable Fortune in 2011 . Kazarian had been one of the first two founding members of Fortune alongside A . J . Styles from the group ' s formation in 2010 , while Daniels would make his second return to TNA to join Fortune in their feud against Immortal after Styles was injured heading into the 2011 Lockdown pay - per - view . After Lockdown went by with Fortune defeating Immortal in the Lethal Lockdown main event , and he and Kazarian , who was X - Division Champion at the time and would lose it about a month later , would continue on in that capacity for the next few months . This would lead up to Destination X on July 10 , TNA ' s first ever all X Division pay - per - view , where Kazarian would defeat Samoa Joe while Daniels would face Styles in the main event , with Styles emerging victorious . For weeks after this , Daniels would begin talking to Styles on an unknown matter for a number of weeks , heading into Hardcore Justice , where A . J . , Daniels , and Kazarian would defeat three members of Immortal in a tag match . Soon after this , it was revealed that Daniels wanted a rematch of their Destination X encounter , which Styles finally granted on the September 1 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , where Daniels managed to pick up the win . After the match , however , Daniels refused to shake hands with Styles . On the September 22 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels refused to return the favor and give Styles a rematch , which eventually led to a brawl between the two . When the two were finally separated from each other by Kazarian , Daniels kicked Styles in the groin , completing his heel turn and leaving Fortune . Two weeks later it was announced that , at Daniels ' request , he and Styles would face each other at Bound for Glory in an " I Quit " match . On [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] at Bound for Glory , Daniels submitted in the " I Quit " match after being threatened with a screwdriver , but continued the feud by attacking Styles after the match . On the October 27 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels entered a feud with Rob Van Dam after hitting him with a toolbox during a match between the two and thus losing via disqualification . This feud would involve Van Dam stopping Daniels from using a screwdriver in a match against Styles on the November 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , as well as two straight pay - per - view losses to Van Dam on November 13 at Turning Point and on December 11 at Final Resolution . Feud with A . J . Styles and World Tag Team Champions ( 2012 – 2013 ) . Daniels then returned to his rivalry with A . J . Styles , managing to convince Kazarian to turn on him on the January 5 , 2012 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , effectively putting the nail in the coffin of the now defunct Fortune . On the February 9 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels defeated Styles in a singles match with help from Kazarian , who was now showing signs that Daniels was holding something over his head and had forced him to turn on Styles against his will . 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 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian revealed that he originally aligned himself with Daniels to keep him from revealing Styles ' secret , but changed his mind after learning what the secret was . Daniels then revealed the secret , a series of photographs insinuating a relationship between Styles and TNA president Dixie Carter . 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 following episode of " 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 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Styles and Carter proved that Daniels and Kazarian had been lying about their relationship by producing a pregnant woman named Claire Lynch , 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 episode of " 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 episode of " 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 . Bad Influence and EGO ( 2013 – present ) . Daniels and Kazarian then dubbed their tag team Bad Influence and began a rivalry with James Storm after he defeated Kazarian at Final Resolution , and again on the January 3 , 2013 episode of " 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 episode of " 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 episode of " 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 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian defeated Gunner and Storm in a non - title match to qualify for the 2013 Bound for Glory Series . While Daniels started off the series with seven points with pinfall victory over Hernandez , Kazarian would go on to lose all of his beginning matches . On the July 11 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian and Bobby Roode defeated Daniels and Austin Aries in a tag team match , with Kazarian pinning his Bad Influence partner for the win , to qualify for the BFG series gauntlet match later in the evening . During the match , however , Kazarian was the first man eliminated by A . J . Styles . On the August 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian faced off in a BFG series match , but despite teasing tension earlier in the night , got themselves intentionally counted out to each gain two points in the tournament . Afterwards , Daniels and Kazarian allied themselves with Bobby Roode to form a new force , intended for one of the three to win the Bound for Glory series . With each other ' s help , both Kazarian and Roode picked up twenty points each in the BFG series on August 15 at " Impact Wrestling : Hardcore Justice " , with Kazarian winning a four - way ladder match and Roode winning a four - way tables match . The following week , the trio labelled themselves the Extraordinary Gentlemen ' s Organization ( EGO ) and Roode and Kazarian went on to defeat TNA World Tag Team Champions Gunner and James Storm in a non - title match . EGO would also try to recruit Roode ' s former tag team partner Austin Aries but Aries answered their offer by attacking Daniels and costing him his BFG series match . At TNA No Surrender 2013 , Roode was defeated by Magnus & later , EGO interfered and attcked both Styles & Magnus in the finals . at the next edition , EGO defeated Mafia . Now , the trio team up very rarely because Kazarian and Daniels are in a different storyline with Eric Young and Abyss while Bobby Roode is in the TNA World Title Tournament . At TNA Turning Point , Bobby Roode defeated longtime rival James Storm in a Florida Death Match to advance in TNA World Title Tournament while Kaz & Daniels insulted Abyss ' s brother Joseph Park . Feud with Joseph Park and departure ( 2013 – 2014 ) . 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 Park and tried to reveal his true identity . On December 5 , 2013 , Bad Influence revealed Park ' s Law Firm was closed 13 years ago . On December 12 , 2013 , Bad Influence were defeated by Park 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 March 9 , 2014 at TNA Lockdown , Bad Influence along with Chris Sabin were defeated by Wrestle - 1 ' s The Great Muta , Sanada , and Yasu in a six - man interpromotional tag team steel cage match . On April 12 , 2014 , at TNA One Night Only ' s X - Travaganza 2 event Bad Influence were defeated by The Wolves ( Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards ) in the EC3 Invitational Ladder match where the winners received $ 25 , 000 . This was Daniels ' last TNA appearance , as he announced his departure from TNA on April 23 . Kazarian also left TNA following May 10 . Ring of Honor ( 2014 - present ) . On May 18 , 2014 , it was announced that Bad Influence would be ready to debut in Ring of Honor . On June 22 , 2014 , at Best in the World Daniels and Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon ( Kyle O ' Reilly and Bobby Fish ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . On July 18 , Daniels and Kazarian returned to ROH defeating Adam Cole and Jay Lethal . On July 19 , Daniels and Kazarian defeated War Machine ( Hanson and Raymond Rowe ) , The Briscoe Brothers ( Jay & Mark Briscoe ) and The Decade ( Roderick Strong & Jimmy Jacobs ) in a four way tag team match to become number one contenders for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . At Field of Honor , they received a ROH Tag Team title shot , but they cound ' t defeat reDRagon after interference from The Decade . Daniels and Kazarian started a feud with The Decade , on September 6 , 2014 , presented as The Addiction , Daniels and Kazarian defeated Strong and Jacobs . On November 23 , 2014 , The Addiction were defeated by reDRagon in the 2014 Tag Wars Tournament finals match which also included ACH & Matt Sydal and The Briscoes . On March 1 , 2015 , at ROH 13th Anniversary Show , The Addiction as well as Karl Anderson were defeated by The Kingdom ( Michael Bennett and Matt Taven ) in a three - way tag team match . On April 4 , 2015 , The Addiction defeated reDRagon to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship . Also , they were revealed along with Chris Sabin as members of KRD . Independent circuit ( 2014 - present ) . On April 5 , 2014 , Kazarian and Daniels returned to the independent circuit at Dragon Gate USA ' s Mercury Rising in a Dark Main Event defeating the Open The United Gate Champions The Bravado Brothers . The same day they defeated OI4K at the CZW WrestleCon . Bad Influence are scheduled to face Team 3D on June 7 , 2014 at House of Hardcore 5 and The Young Bucks on June 14 , 2014 at House of Hardcore 6 . On June 14 , 2014 , at HOH 6 , Bad Influence was defeated by The Young Bucks . On August 29 , Daniels and Kazarian unsuccessfully challenged World ' s Cutest Tag Team ( Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan ) for the PWG World Tag Team Championship in a three - way match , which also included the Inner City Machine Guns ( Rich Swann and Ricochet ) .