Christopher Daniels explains why he didn't go out with a bang.
Much has been made of wrestling retirements over the years, with many wrestlers insisting that they are put in an important or main-event level match to wrap up their career.
That wasn't the case for Christopher Daniels, as 'The Fallen Angel' wrapped up his career after facing Hangman Page in a Texas Deathmatch that was seemingly put together at the last minute.
As it turns out, Daniels didn't think a huge send-off was necessary for him in AEW, mainly due to the fact that he wasn't a huge in-ring figure for the company to begin with.
“I felt like it would’ve been difficult for Tony because I wasn’t that major of an in-ring figure for this company. I think it’s weird for Tony to all of the sudden have all this pomp and circumstance. It would be like if we were watching Friends and we said, hey everybody, make sure to watch the final episode with Gunther. You’re like, okay, but we’ve never really focused on Gunther before. I’m trying to be humble but also I recognize that I’ve done some stuff. If this were TNA, yeah, okay, because I’ve got this backlog of stuff that I did for TNA. If this were just ROH, same thing, I did a lot of stuff there. I did have some good matches in AEW, but you can’t really say, oh, your best work was in AEW. I started when I was 49 years old. I recognize my prime was a little bit before. I still did my best, I still had good matches, but I feel like it would’ve been sort of false for Tony to be like, hey, everybody focus on this guy. The way it went toward, it sort of worked out in a positive way in the sense of like, oh, it can happen anytime. I think that’s true for any wrestler in the building. You don’t know when your last match is going to be. In a perfect world, you get a send off like Sting, but we don’t all get that. I’m fortunate to have had the opportunity to what ended up being my last match to be for this company that I’m proud to be a part of and to work a guy that I respect as much as Hangman Page, someone that I’ve known for 15 years. It wasn’t the original plan, but it was fate to end up the way it ended for me.” Daniels said on a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho.
This year alone, fans watch John Cena embark on a retirement tour that will last throughout the entire year. Furthermore, Hiroshi Tanahashi will finish up his career at Wrestle Kingdom 19 in January 2026 after having his own retirement tour in 2025.
Elsewhere in the interview, Daniels fully explained his decision to retire. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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