17 WWE Superstars Who Mysteriously Lost A Name

16. (Christopher) Daniels

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Christopher Daniels is one of the biggest (relatively) homegrown stars in the history of TNA, and they've never quite known how to use him. For every Bad Influence there's a Claire Lynch, you know? He's just a dorky dad with a vaguely-defined Satanic gimmick that happens to be great at wrestling. Just hand him some eyeliner and tell him to go out there and hit double jump moonsaults, you know?

One of the goofier times TNA tried to micromanage the guy was when they inexplicably recalled his first name. That's right, he became "The Fallen Angel" Daniels. It didn't sound weird at all. You know, just like "The Nature Boy" Flair or "The Dragon" Steamboat. It was especially dumb, given that "Christopher" means "Christ-bearer", which actually fits well with his pseudo-cultist-whatever-the-Hell gimmick. The highlight of this run was definitely the promo where our hero -- still just a dorky dad with eyeliner and Hot Topic nail polish -- threaten the Motor City Machine guns not to mess with him, because he was Daniels.

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