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CHRISTOPHER DANIELS INTERVIEW ONLINE |
 The Interactive Interview
is back with another of today's biggest Indy wrestling superstars. This time,
it's the "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels!
In terms of quality, I, James Walsh, consider this one
of TII’s best to date. If you listen to just one interview, this month,
listen to Christopher Daniels!
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"FALLEN ANGEL"
CHRISTOPHER
DANIELS
-- He graduated from a college in North Carolina with
a degree in Theatre. He played some soccer, but wasn't a stand out.
-- He liked wrestling growing up. Because he was raised
in North Carolina, he got to see some classic NWA including guys like Ric
Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and the original Four Horsemen.
-- He was a little unsure what they wanted at first with
the Curry Man. They just gave it to him and let him run with it. Eventually,
he opened up and had fun with it. He feels the Japanese fans have a lot of
fun with it. He does not feel it would work in the United States because
it is based on a Japanese cartoon.
-- He loves working for ECWA saying that Jim Ketna puts
so much effort into the company, especially the Super 8 tournaments. That
night always stands out to be something special. He was involved in one with
the Hardy Boys and others one year and won it the next year with guys like
Trent Acid, Ace Darling, and others. He feels ECWA really is what helped
establish him on the East Coast.
-- He did an angle with WCW in the summer of 2000 where
he would be Vampiro's evil master of some kind. They shot a few takes of
it, one was used on camera but the company didn't like the way it came out
too much so it was dropped.
-- The WCW Nitro match against Michael Modest was not
his finest night. He still suffers injuries from that match. He was going
for a top rope lionsault and landed on his neck and shoulders after slipping
from the ropes. He wrestled the rest of that match with one arm going completely
numb on him. It took him a month and a half to get his feeling back in his
arm. He says it was not something he was too happy about but he got the contract
despite that so he is happy.
-- He has worked dark matches and television matches
for the WWE but never had a try out match.
-- In Japan, it is more emphasis on the athletics and
not as much emphasis on gimmicks. He feels the action is a step faster.
-- The monetary rewards of Japan is what keeps him and
others going back.
-- The FWA in England is fun to work with. He feels they
always have treated him well.
-- Being given the FWA belt was an experiment. He wishes
his schedule would've worked better to have gone back and defended it more
often.
-- He had friends in the locker room at TNA that he made
in WCW and during the WWA pay per view he appeared on. He worked in TNA for
a few stays but couldn't commit a lot of time to it because of his schedule
with Japan.
-- When Triple X came to be, he didn't have many trips
to Japan scheduled so it worked out well. He loves working with TNA and pledges
his loyalty to the company and wants to be a part of the company as it expands
and takes off.
-- He feels that of all the locker rooms he's been in,
be it ECW, WCW, or even WWE, the TNA locker room is the best. There is no
ego with the stars they've got. He feels guys like Vampiro, Raven, and others
have been all around the business but don't act any differently towards others.
They're all putting their best foot forward to make this thing work. So far
it's been pretty successful.
-- He felt the concept of weekly pay per views was a
gamble But, he feels it's working. He sees room for improvement, but so far
so good.
-- S. E. X. was a fun angle. He isn't sure it was given
full closure but he enjoyed the stay. He wishes they could bring it around
again.
-- As a tag team, he tries to combine the styles. Example
would be Donavan Morgan being his partner in Ring of Honor, they both were
mat style wrestlers. But with Elix, Elix could can fly. So, he was the "ground
guy" to set up for Elix's high flying.
-- The cage match with America's Most Wanted is something
he is proud of because of all the feedback he got from it. He feels it is
early to call it the match of the year. He feels it is one to look back on,
though. He was happy that they gave you the time.
-- He always had the Fallen Angel name in his mind. He
wanted to do something like a colt leader in the vain of David Koresh. Recently
he has "pulled the trigger" on it.
-- He got the Priest robe from a church in California.
He told them that he needed the robe for a play about eight years ago. They
let him use one but asked him to return it when he was done. Technically,
he's not lied to the church because he is still using it.
-- He's tried to stay away from offending any religious
groups with his character and thus far hasn't.
-- Christopher is and was raised Catholic.
-- He enjoyed working with Jeff Jarrett. He hopes to
work with him more in the future.
-- With people like Test and Reno using his "Last Rights"
finisher, he isn't crazy about it. He talks about telling guys about the
move he would like to do backstage and they say "Oh yeah, the roll of the
dice!" and he just grumbles and shakes his head. He does get peace of mind
knowing that he created the move and didn't copy it from someone.
-- The plan for right now is to use himself in TNA's
X Division. He's not sure how long that will go, but either way he'll put
his best foot forward.
-- In terms of style, he doesn't consider himself a "high
flyer," He feels Red is a "high flying" wrestler. He is glad that his own
knees aren't damaged with moves like the moonsault. The major injury he suffered
was from the match on Nitro.
-- The guy from the Indy scene that he wants to see on
TNA is Reckless Youth. He feels he'd fit in instantly.
-- Working with MLW is great. He feels they treat him
well.
-- A question is brought up about differences in stories
from TNA to MLW. He feels that in a perfect world, you would wrestle against
the same guys on different shows. But, he feels the fans are smart enough
with the Internet and things to realize what is going on and know the difference
from company to company.
Plus, our word associations with names like Vince McMahon,
AJ Styles, Trinity, Chris Divine, Vince Russo, and a rather surprising response
to the name Hulk Hogan!
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