Real name: Daniel Christopher Covell
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 224 lbs.
Date of birth: March 24, 1970
Born: Fayetteville, NC
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Pro debut: 1993
Trained by: Sam DeCero, Mike Anthony, & Kevin Quinn
Finishing moves: Angels Wings & Last Rites
Photo credit: tnawrestling.com
Biography
- On May 22, 1993, Daniels captured the Windy City Pro Wrestling Light Heavyweight title from Trevor Blanchard.
- On May 23, 1995, Daniels and Kevin Quinn captured the World Wrestling Council Tag Team titles from Invader #1 and Hurricane Castillo Jr. in San German, Puerto Rico.
- In 1995 and 1996, Daniels won Windy City Pro Wrestling Tag Team titles with Quinn and Mike Anthony.
- Daniels pinned Brett Sanders on May 1, 1997 for the Windy City Pro Wrestling Middleweight title in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- On September 21, 1997, Daniels defeated Lil' Haystacks in Anaheim, CA for the World Power Wrestling title.
- Daniels defeated Bulldog Sampson on September 28, 1997 in San Bernardino, CA to claim the Empire Wrestling Federation title.
- During the ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Super Eight tournament on February 27, 1999, Daniels scored a pinfall victory over Matt Hardy.
- In July and August 1999, Daniels competed in the Masked Man League, finishing third in the competition.
- On December 14, 1999, Daniels defeated Minoru Fujita in Niigata City, Niigata, Japan to win the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title.
- On January 22, 2000, Daniels defeated Michael Modest in Lompoc, CA to win the APW (All Pro Wrestling) Internet title.
- A short time later, Daniels received a WCW try out, and was signed to a contract. His stint was short lived, as the company eventually released him as a cost cutting measure.
- On May 20, 2000, Daniels downed Jayson Reign in Hammond, IN to capture the Windy City Pro Wrestling League title.
- Daniels beat Spaz in Costa Mesa, CA on October 12, 2000 to capture the UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) title.
- On December 30, 2000, Daniels won APW's 2000 King of the Indies tournament. Earlier in the year, Daniels won ECWA's Super Eight tournament.
- Daniels teamed with Reign on September 29, 2001 to defeat Low Ki and Airborne for the Midwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team titles.
- Daniels defeated Matt Vandal in Toms River, NJ on January 11, 2002 to capture the ECWA title.
- On March 13, 2002, Daniels won a three way match to reclaim the UPW title.
- In a June 26, 2002 NWA TNA press release, the company announced the signing of Daniels for the X-division.
- On June 29, 2002, Daniels beat Danny Doring in a four way match to win the NWA Florida title in Tampa, FL.
- On August 28, 2002, Curry Man (Daniels) won a triple threat match over Ricky Fuji and Ikeda-kun in Tokyo, Japan.
- Daniels won a tournament on September 21, 2002 in Philadelphia, PA to capture the Ring of Honor title.
- In October 2002, Curry Man and Hayashi Rice won the Futaritabi Tag Team League 2002 tournament, defeating Taka Michinoku and the Great Sasuke in the finals.
- October 25, 2002, Daniels defeated Jody Flash and Doug Williams in Walthamstow, London, England for the FWA title.
- On November 1-2, 2002, Daniels competed in IWA Mid-South's Ted Petty Invitational Tournament.
- In late 2002, Daniels became affiliated with Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme group in TNA.
- On March 12, 2003, Daniels and Low-Ki defeated America's Most Wanted to capture the NWA World Tag Team title.
- Daniels was awarded the NWA World Tag Team title on May 7, 2003 by defeating Jerry Lynn and Amazing Red via disqualification in a handicap match.
- On January 31, 2004, Curry Man won a battle royal in Sapporo, Japan.
- At UPW's Fifth Anniversary show in Anaheim, CA on February 20, 2004, Daniels and Tom Howard defeated the Outsiders, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.
- On February 28, 2004, Daniels defeated Jerry Lynn in Rahway, NJ.
- Curry Man and the American Dragon defeated Gedo and Jado in Tokyo, Japan to capture the IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles on March 12, 2004.
- On April 3, 2004, Daniels won ECWA's Super Eight tournament, beating Austin Aries in the finals. On the same card, Daniels regained the promotions heavyweight title.
- Daniels defeated Joey Matthews, AJ Styles, and Chris Sabin in Philadelphia, PA on August 21, 2004 to capture the 3PW title.
- At the September 21, 2004 "Impact" television taping in Orlando, Daniels and James Storm defeated Elix Skipper and Chris Harris to capture the NWA World Tag Team titles.
- At Destination X in Orlando, Daniels defeated AJ Styles, Skipper, and Ron Killings to capture the X-division title.
- Daniels successfully defended the X division title at the 2005 Lockdown PPV against former partner Skipper.
- At the 2005 Hard Justice PPV, Daniels defeated Shocker to retain the X-division title. Days later, Daniels signed a contract with TNA that would keep him on the company's roster until 2008.
- At the TNA 2005 Slammiversary PPV, Daniels defeated Michael Shane and Chris Sabin in a "Triple Threat" Match to retain the X Division title.
- At the 2005 No Surrender PPV, Daniels pinned Petey Williams to retain the X-division title.
- Daniels defeated Austin Aries at the 2005 Sacrifice PPV.
- Daniels, Samoa Joe, Alex Shelley, and Roderick Strong defeated Austin Aries, Sonjay Dutt, Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin in an elimination match at Genesis '05.
- At Destination X '06 in Orlando, Daniels defeated Styles and Samoa Joe in an "Ultimate X" match to regain the X-division title.
- Daniels and Styles defeated America's Most Wanted at Slammiversary '06 in Orlando to capture the NWA World Tag Team titles.
- At Victory Road '06, Daniels, Styles, and Sirelda defeated Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted.
- Daniels and Styles defeated LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) at Hard Justice '06 to retain the NWA World Tag Team titles.
- On November 6, 2006 in Orlando, Daniels defeated Styles and Chris Sabin to regain the X-division title.
- At Genesis '06, Daniels defeated Sabin to retain the X-division title.
- On November 25, 2006 in Edison, NJ, Daniels and Matt Sydal defeated Chris Hero and Claudio Castangoli to win the ROH tag team titles.
- Daniels defeated Sabin (with Jerry Lynn as the special referee) to retain the X-division title at Turning Point '06.
- Daniels defeated Jerry Lynn in a six sides of steel cage match at Lockdown '07.
- At Sacrifice '07, Daniels defeated Rhino.
- At Victory Road '07, Daniels won a 10-Man Ultimate X Match, and then reunited with Triple X, Senshi and Elix Skipper .
- At Destination X '08, Daniels (as Curry Man) and Shark Boy defeated Team 3D in a "fish market street fight" match.
