Christopher Daniels is a retired professional wrestler currently signed to AEW where he is the head of Talent Relations. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss his retirement match against "Hangman" Adam Page, the terrifying spot during TNA Ultimate X where he almost died, competing in the Unbreakable 2005 triple threat match against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, the rumor that he was going to be The Higher Power in WWE, the inspiration for the Best Moonsault Ever and his thoughts on Tiffany Stratton's version, the origin of Curry Man, the true story behind his gruesome eye injury in AEW and more! TIMELINE: Go to https://timeline.com/insight to get 10% off your order of Mitopure! BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 00:52 Christopher Daniels doesn't age! 03:10 How did he know it was time to retire? 08:27 His final match against Hangman Page on Collision 12:42 His role as AEW Head of Talent Relations 15:26 He has wrestled in WCW, WWE, TNA, ECW, ROH, NJPW and AEW! 17:11 The idea behind The Fallen Angel character 21:24 The meaning behind that tattoo on his chest 23:49 Does he have a core belief about pro wrestling? 26:22 His SCARY fall from Ultimate X at TNA Bound For Glory 30:01 A scary moment with AJ Styles against LAX in TNA 35:02 Why didn’t WWE sign him after WCW got bought? 35:42 Was he really going to be The Higher Power in WWE? 38:28 Being able to stand out in the TNA X Division 40:29 Unbreakable 2005 against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles 46:40 Vince Russo released him from TNA 49:42 Was there ever talk of him being TNA champion? 51:24 Winning the Ring of Honor title at 47 years old 54:38 Losing the ROH title to Cody Rhodes 55:38 Working with Stephen Amell at the first All In 01:00:33 What has led to a resurgence in excitement about AEW? 01:01:46 The origin of the Best Moonsault Ever 01:06:04 How did he come up with the Angels Wings 01:07:43 He faked his eye injury for over a year! 01:11:45 What’s been the biggest change he’s seen in wrestling from the 90s 01:16:24 Why he started wrestling as Curry Man 01:26:26 What is his TNA Mount Rushmore 01:28:14 Getting to wrestle Kurt Angle in the year 2000 01:29:50 3 things Christopher Daniels is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #aew #tnawrestling #christopherdaniels #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo