Christopher Daniels' match with Jack Perry was nearly his last.
Daniels officially retired from in-ring action earlier this month, losing to 'Hangman' Adam Page in a Texas Deathmatch. In a recent appearance on Talk Is Jericho, Daniels talked about his decision to retire, citing various injuries and his backstage role in AEW.
Later on in the interview with Jericho, Daniels noted that is AEW Collision match with Jack Perry in September 2024 was nearly his last match.
“The match that I had before this Hangman match was a match with Jack Perry. Honestly, it wasn’t even supposed to be me. It was one of those things where Tony had a Jack Perry vs. TBD. I was like, what if that’s me? I had this thing with The Elite. At that moment, the last match that I had was on the independents and in the back of my head I was like, well, out of respect to Tony, I should probably have my last match in AEW. I didn’t want to not have a match in AEW — if the end were to come soon, I didn’t want to be like, oh shit, I never had that match with AEW. I literally volunteered, I was like, hey man, I’ll wrestle that match. I wrestled that match with Jack and I even said to him at that moment, I was like, hey man, I’m not sure, this might be my last match. He was like, what? I was like, yeah, I’m getting to the end and there’s not a lot of demand for me but we’ll see what happens. It almost happened that way, that almost was my last match until the thing with Hangman went down.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Daniels explained the lack of pomp and circumstance surrounding his final match. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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