Curry Man
Real Name:
Daniel Christopher Covell
Birthday:
March 24, 1971 (REAL)
December 24, 1971 (FAKE)
Hometown:
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Moved to Pasadena,
California
Billed from Sin City (Independents)
Moved to Chicago,
Illinois
Billed from City of Angels (TNA)
Marital Status:
Married w/Child (born 9/26/03)
Height & Weight:
5'10" - 232 lbs
Trained by:
Sam DeCero
Windy City Wrestling School
Mike Anthony
Kevin Quinn
Debut:
April 1993
Previous Names:
The Fallen Angel
Curry Man (Michinoku Pro)
Conquistador Dos (WWF)
Curry Man (TNA)
SUICIDE (TNA)
DANIELS (TNA)
Finishing Move:
Last Rites (Inverted Swinging Neckbreaker)
Angel's Wings
(Spinning Sitout Pedigree)
The BMW (Best Moonsault Ever)
Picture Perfect
Moonsault
Favorite Moves:
Fall From Grace ~(Cobra Clutch Iconoclasm)
Blue Thunder Bomb
Spicy Drop (JP)
Top Rope Sidewalk Slam
Curry Cradle (JP)
Springboard Plancha
Cobra Clutch Overhead
Sitout Slam
Complete Shot
Sit Quebrada
Sit Quebrada Press
Suicida
The STO
Sidewalk Slam
Step Up Enziguri
Neckbreaker Setup
into Inverted Bulldog
Standing Release Sidewalk Slam
Leg Lariat
Spicy Drop (Toture Rack into DDT)
Jumping Corner Palm Strike
Curry Bottom
Koji Clutch
Death Valley Driver
Crossface
Notable Feuds:
Steve Bradley
Doug Williams
CM Punk
Low Ki
AJ Styles
America's Most Wanted
Jeff Jarrett
Michael Shane
Mike Kruel
Samoa Joe (ROH)
America's Most Wanted
Team Canada
A.J. Styles
Elix Skipper
Jerry Lynn
Team 3-D
Rock & Rave Infection
Motor City Machine Guns
Shane Douglas (TNA)
Sean Morley (TNA)
Title History
WWC (World Wrestling Council) Tag Team titles w/Kevin Quinn defeating Invader #1 & Hurricane Castillo Jr. (May 23, 1995)
WCPW (Windy City Pro Wrestling) Lightweight title defeating Trevor Blanchard (May 22, 1993)
WCPW (Windy City Pro Wrestling) Middleweight title defeating Brett Sanders (May 1, 1997)
WPW (World Power Wrestling) Heavyweight title defeating Lil' Haystacks (September 21, 1997)
EWF (Empire Wrestling Federation) Heavyweight title defeating Bulldog Sampson (September 28, 1997)
WCPW (Windy City Pro Wrestling) Tag Team titles w/Kevin Quinn defeating ???? & ???? ()
WCPW (Windy City Pro Wrestling) Tag Team titles w/Mike Anthony defeating ???? & ???? ()
NWA Midwest Tag Team titles w/Kevin Quinn defeating Danny Dominion & Ace Steel (October 24, 1998)
(Japan) British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title (as Curry Man) defeating Minoru Fujita (December 14, 1999)
APW (All Pro Wrestling) Worldwide Internet title defeating Michael Modest (January 22, 2000)
ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Super 8 Tournament Winner (February 26, 2000)
WCPW (Windy City Pro Wrestling) League title defeating Jayson Reign (May 20, 2000)
UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) Heavyweight title defeating Spaz (October 12, 2000)
APW (All-Pro Wrestling) King of the Indies Tournament Winner (December 30, 2000)
ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Hall of Fame (Christopher Daniels was inducted in 2001)
MCW (Midwest Championship Wrestling) Tag Team titles w/Jayson Reign defeating Low Ki & Airborne (September 29, 2001)
UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) Heavyweight title defeating Samoa Joe and Frankie Kazarian in a 3-WAY (March 13, 2002)
NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Danny Doring (Champion) and Mike Sullivan and Scoot Andrews (June 29, 2002)
ROH (Ring of Honor) Tag Team titles w/Donovan Morgan by winning a Tournament (September 21, 2002)
FWA Heavyweight title defeating Jody Fleisch (Champion) and Doug Williams in a 3-WAY (October 25, 2002)
PWF United States Heavyweight title defeating Chris Divine (January 12, 2003)
ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Heavyweight title defeating The Amazing Red (January 18, 2003)
NWA TNA World Tag Team titles w/Elix Skipper defeating Chris Harris & James Storm (January 22, 2003)
NWA TNA World Tag Team titles (by himself) defeating Jerry Lynn & Amazing Red (May 7, 2003)
ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Super 8 Tournament Winner (April 3, 2004)
ECWA (East Coast Wrestling Association) Heavyweight title defeating Mike Kruel (April 3, 2004)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles (as Curry Man) w/American Dragon defeating Gedo & Jado (March 12, 2004)
3PW Heavyweight title defeating Joey Matthews & Chris Sabin & AJ Styles (August 21, 2004)
TNA X-Division title defeating A.J. Styles (as part of Ultimate-X) (March 13, 2005)
(Ballpark Brawl) Natural Heavyweight title defeating A.J. Styles (July 15, 2005)
Zero-ONE MAX United States Openweight title defeating Alex Shelley and Sonjay Dutt in a 3-WAY (November 23 2005)
TNA X-Division title defeating Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles (as part of Ultimate-X) (March 12, 2006)
NWA (TNA) World Tag Team titles w/A.J. Styles defeating America's Most Wanted (June 18, 2006)
TNA X-Division title defeating A.J. Styles and Chris Sabin in a 3-WAY (November 16, 2006)
ROH (Ring of Honor) Tag Team titles w/Matt Sydal defeating The Kings of Wrestling (November 25, 2006)
TNA X-Division title [as SUICIDE] by winning an Ultimate-X Match (March 15, 2009)