Sunday, February 11, 2007

"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, Part 2


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

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

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

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

Daniels joined TNA shortly after the company was founded in 2002. In December of that year he formed a stable with Low-Ki and Elix Skipper known as Triple X. XXX competed in the tag division, winning the NWA World Tag Team Championships and taking turns to defend the titles, and also joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction. The stable disbanded in June 2003 after Low-Ki began wrestling primarily in Japan and the remaining two members decisively lost a cage match to America's Most Wanted. After XXX disbanded, Daniels competed in the X Division until reviving XXX as a tag team with Skipper in July 2004. They were forced to disband once more after losing to America's Most Wanted on December 5 at TNA Turning Point 2004.

In 2005, Daniels engaged in a lengthy feud with A.J. Styles over the TNA X Division Championship. He won the title at Destination X 2005 under dubious circumstances at the end of an Ultimate X Challenge. Styles had taken down the belt, but the referee was unconscious. Daniels put Styles in the Angel's Wings and took the belt when the ref came to. Daniels went on to become the longest reigning X-Division champion in TNA history, holding the belt for over 150 days. During the run Daniels successfully defended the X-Division title against Elix Skipper, Shocker, Petey Williams, Matt Bentley, Chris Sabin, and Austin Aries. Later, on September 11 at Unbreakable, Styles won back the title in a three-way dance with Daniels and Samoa Joe. Daniels lost to Styles once again in a thirty minute Iron Man match for the X-Division Championship at Bound For Glory on October 23.

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