15 Wrestlers Taught By Surprising Trainers

13. TJ Perkins: Christopher Daniels

Did you know that TJ Perkins loves video games? It's true! He loves them so much that he spent years of his life literally playing a video game character on television. TJP was the fourth man to play the role of Suicide, who was created as a dedicated player character in the 2008 video game, TNA Impact! Of all the Suicides, Perkins made the role most his own, including tweaking it to become Manik.

Interestingly, one of TJP's predecessors under Suicide's hood was also one of his trainers. Yes, 'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels, he of the goth dad eyeliner and off-center ankh tattoo, had a hand in training everyone's favorite dab-happy winner-by-default. Their characters aside, it's much easier to imagine a connection between the two men, as both are inveterate gamers in real life.