Why isn't Christopher Daniels in WWE?

[TheAbsolute1]

WHY NOT?! Is there heat between Daniels and the WWE? Does he straight up not want to join? If it were up to me, I would've picked him up right after WCW. He has so much talent, way too much credibility to be in ROH(Not dissin, i just think that ROH should be a stepping stone for the newcomers to get noticed). So someone please help me out here, why isn;t Daniels on the WWE roster?

 

[klunderbunker]

See here's the thing: no he doesn't have that much talent. Daniels is the epitome of overrated. He can have great matches with AJ or Joe. Joe and AJ could take mops and get a watchable match out of them. Ok they couldn't but they could take a jobber to one. Daniels is 39 years old and has very few qualities about him that make him stand out in a crowd. He's not bad in the ring or anything but he's just not as great of a wrestler as he's made out to be. I just think with the age and lack of anything special about his look that WWE wouldn't be interested.

 

[Dimice121976]

There are a lot of people (I'm not one of them) who believe there is an under the table deal between Daniels and TNA. I would love Daniels in WWE especially now that guys like a Bourne, Bryan, Kaval are not just doing 4 minute jobs. His character is perfect for Smackdown more so than Raw IMO. However as I stated at the start of my post the general feeling is he has a deal in place with TNA. I guess it makes sense, I just dont know if I buy it.

 

[ChuckBartowski]

Daniels is overrated and would be nothing more than a jobber in the WWE. Without a Cruiserweight Division, Daniels would be like Santino without the comedy. Just another jobber who wont ever break out of the mid card shuffle.

 

[Neiler187]

He's 39 now, so I don't think WWE would have enough time to get debut him, put him through NXT like other ROH talent, get him over, give him IC/US title then world. He should have been signed in 2002.

 

[alistahr]

See here's the thing: no he doesn't have that much talent. Daniels is the epitome of overrated. He can have great matches with AJ or Joe. Joe and AJ could take mops and get a watchable match out of them. Ok they couldn't but they could take a jobber to one. Daniels is 39 years old and has very few qualities about him that make him stand out in a crowd. He's not bad in the ring or anything but he's just not as great of a wrestler as he's made out to be. I just think with the age and lack of anything special about his look that WWE wouldn't be interested.

lack of anything special about his look? really? wow, so to you kofi looks interesting? dibiase jr? cody rhodes? evan bourne? .. hell... even orton, the mans fucking boring.

Daniels is better off not being considered in wwe, they might turn him into a cartoon character and hold him back to appeal to the kiddies

 

[TellMeWhy]

Christopher Daniels had many tryouts with WWE in the late 90s when they had their lightheavyweight division and I think even in the early 2000s and they never picked him up. Daniels has since moved on and learned to have a wrestling career without the WWE. Daniels said in an interview recently that he has no aspirations or dreams of going to WWE. He says if he ends up there then so be it but other than that, he didn't really seem to give a damn about going to WWE. Plus at his age, what can he really offer the WWE? Daniels is good for wrestling internationally, on the indies, and in TNA. Those places are where he made his name and that is where he'll continue to make his name and strive.

 

[Dimice121976]

He could work well in WWE. Like I said in my earlier post his character works more so on Smack Down and there is nothing wrong with that. A great angle for him would be an alliance with Kane or CM Punk. He is good on the mic, not great but not terrible either, he can work with a lot of the guys on SD. Imagine Daniels vs Punk, Rey, Kofi, Christian, Ziggler, Cody, Hardy if he ever comes back, heck he could even make Drew look good. It wouldnt be the worse thing if Daniels signed with WWE but I dont think it would happen, as I believe he is signed with ROH, and others think he is still signed with TNA.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Because he's not a 22-year old marginally talented and personality-less wrestler who's father, grandfather or family member of some type worked for the same company at some point in his life? That's my guess, at least.

Daniels may be overrated, but he's still twice the wrestler than half the WWE roster. I'm glad he's not with the company —*were he, he'd probably be in useless mid-card feuds that carry him absolutely no where.

 

[hatehabsforever]

I would think that the main reason that Christopher Daniels is not currently in the WWE is actually pretty simple: he's simply not that good.

As a general rule of thumb, when guys are past their prime, out of shape, no longer relevant, or whatever other situation arises to cause their departure from a company to end up in the other one, it's usually in the WWE to TNA direction. We tend to see a lot of "WWE rejects" end up in TNA, whereas we don't tend to see a lot of "TNA rejects" in WWE.

Which actually makes a lot of sense. Let's face it, if your deemed not up to par by TNA standards, you're hardly WWE-calibre material. Because by looking at TNA over recent weeks, they seem to have a reasonably high tolerance for irrelevance and incompetence on their roster. If you cannot make it here, chances are your career is essentially over.

 

[Kenny Powers]

I would think that the main reason that Christopher Daniels is not currently in the WWE is actually pretty simple: he's simply not that good.

As a general rule of thumb, when guys are past their prime, out of shape, no longer relevant, or whatever other situation arises to cause their departure from a company to end up in the other one, it's usually in the WWE to TNA direction. We tend to see a lot of "WWE rejects" end up in TNA, whereas we don't tend to see a lot of "TNA rejects" in WWE.

Which actually makes a lot of sense. Let's face it, if your deemed not up to par by TNA standards, you're hardly WWE-calibre material. Because by looking at TNA over recent weeks, they seem to have a reasonably high tolerance for irrelevance and incompetence on their roster. If you cannot make it here, chances are your career is essentially over.

As far WWE Rejects vs. TNA Rejects habs, its apples to oranges. There have been some shitty talent signs in WWE from TNA. Does Braden Walker ring a bell? I wouldn't say Lance Hoyt or Gail Kim are really doing anything worth while there either. You could also throw R Truth into that mix. If TNA hired every "reject" from WWE then why don't we see Mike Knox, Jimmy Wang Yang, Funaki, Mickie James and others there? It's not like the TNA talent WWE hired is any more relevant than the WWE talent TNA hired.

TNA really doesn't need to hire anyone new. Regardless whether people like them or not, I wouldn't call Jeff Hardy, Elijah Burke, Mr. Anderson, Kurt Angle, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair rejects of any kind. What is even the most recent talent TNA hired from WWE? Dreamer and maybe Katie Lee Burchill. She isn't even on television yet. I will agree that TNA has hired some bad talent, but WWE is just as guilty.

As far as Daniels goes, the man can still go but WWE is on a youth movement so I understand why they don't hire him. He is 39, but the World Heavyweight Champion Kane is 43 so I don't know what age has to do with it. Daniels would probably only be used as a mid card talent putting over the younger guys. Nothing wrong with that, but he has a better opportunity to excel in ROH. His ship has probably sailed in WWE, but it doesn't mean the guy is completely useless. He isn't a major draw that set the world on fire, but its not like he hasn't contributed anything to the business.

 

[Rayne]

Let's see. He's 39 years old, less than 6' tall, around 165 pounds and I'm being generous. Unless you've watched TNA for a few years, he has no name recognition he can use. What does he offer that the WWE can use?

Remember, if you've been watching WWE for any amount of time, how good of a match he can put on with whoever doesn't really matter. I don't see him connecting with the WWE fanbase.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Christopher Daniels is a pretty good performer inside the ring. I've enjoyed watching his matches for the most part but there are too many factors working against him right now.

Daniels has no personality, at least nothing that I've seen in the roughly 5 years or so I've been watching TNA. I'm sure that the WWE could use Daniels as a means of helping put over and helping to build other guys, which would be the best role for him right now. Which brings me to the other thing he has working against him, namely his age. Christopher Daniels is almost 40 years old and that definitely doesn't fit in with the direction the WWE is going right now. Daniels spent his entire career on the indy scene and helping to build TNA, there's nothing wrong with that so don't misunderstand me, but Daniels' ship has sailed. Also, let's be honest, Daniels has virtually no name recognition. I'm not saying that to put the guy down, it's just how it is.

As I said, if Daniels were to be signed by the WWE, he'd most likely be used to help build up younger talent and, of course, the WWE would get even more heat from the IWC for doing so. Daniels is a talented guy in the ring, but he's not a superstar. He wasn't a superstar in TNA in all the years he spent having helped build the company and he wouldn't be one in WWE. If it were going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago.

 

[airvar]

Dainels is a fairly good in-ring worker, not terrible on the mic.. and a Solid mid card worker..

Unfortenatly that's all he will ever really be, you won't see dainels headlining wrestlemania, and as good as he is, the WWE would rather have a guy who might be a little more green then dainels in the ring, and on the mic, but has the POTENTIAL to be that some day..


And the fact he has never worked for the WWE in the past means he dosen't offer much value as an in-ring enhancment talent to get other's over.. He would have to be pushed over current preformer's to gain "Credibliity" to put over younger star's.. The wwe has people in those roles right now, and people in the back who can do a comparable job to what dainels could.


Not to mention he is WORTH more to a TNA/ROH where he has an intense amount of history, and backstory to play with, then in the WWE.

 

[red ass skull muhfukkah]

Daniels was actually in WWE (WWF back then) briefly, I remember a match he had with TAKA Michinoku. Not sure if he had any others but I only remember because I fucking loved TAKA.

Anyway I think he is actually a good in ring worker. He's capable of putting on good matches as long as he has a decent opponent. The BME is fantastic and the Angels Wings are decent. However he has no personality or charisma. TNA tried to push him by having him feud with AJ this year, but he couldn't get over because he is incredibly boring on the mic. I don't think he would last in WWE, he's too old and lacks entertainment value outside the ring.

 

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

I like Christopher Daniels. I think that WCW could have had something big if they would have went through with the whole Vampiro stable thing then he would have definitely been brought into the WWE and would have fit in much better than some of those that they tried to force into the cracks for the invasion angle. And with the said here are the top three reasons why Christopher Daniels does not belong in the WWE.

1. His style does not fit the current WWE direction- I know. I know. Many of you are going to bring up Kaval and say that his style did not fit either. But the fact of the matter is that Kaval's style is adjustable and Daniels' isn't. With the exception of the BME(which is still alot like Starship Pain in the fans eyes who would see it), every move that Daniels utilizes is either exactly like or similar to moves used by notable stars in the WWE right now. Every one of his finishers would have fans thinking that he was nothing less than a rip off artist. And he lacks the sense of humor that would let him go through a similar experience as Kaval to make it through that avenue.

2. His age. Daniels has been in the business for a long long time. And during that time, he has pretty much gone nowhere near where he would need to be to come into WWE with a bang. I mean mean many say that with age comes wisdom, but Daniels would need to be younger to be brought along at the pace that WWE is liking right now. Now if he had held the TNA world title like R-Ttruth, then he might be able to come back and midcard. But he didn't. And he cant. And just look at how he looks these days. Every time you see him, he has a bandage on. And it's not just to sell an injury. It's because he is injury prone. And at his age, he doesn't heel like he used to.

3. He's not even a midcarder. I think that alot of you get off from Daniels mannerisms during his entrance and then tune out the fact that he sloughs through the rest of his matches. As it was said before, Joe and Styles have carried him through their classic three ways. You really don't have alot of guys in the WWE right now who are will to do that. Especially for someone like Daniels. If he can't keep up, then they will bury him faster than Chris Harris. And Chris Harris was more appealing and charismatic than Daniels. And he had the look too. Daniels simply doesn't .