Christopher Daniels Recalls Being Told That WCW Had Plans For Him
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On a recent episode of the
AEW Unrestricted podcast, multi-time champion Christopher Daniels was on chatting with Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone about his nearly three decade long career. When Daniels first broke out in wrestling, he had short stints in WWE and WCW. He talked about the state of the company when he signed and his situation at the time.
“I ended up there in 2000. I first got signed in January of 2000, and I had one last trip to Japan that I had to fulfill for Michinoku Pro,” Daniels recalled. “Kevin Sullivan hired me, and while I was in Japan, Kevin Sullivan was fired. Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff took over, and I can’t remember the date, but there was a very famous
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A “Best of WWE: The Best of the APA” made its WWE Network debut earlier today. The following matches are featured: The Acolytes vs. Kane and X-PAC for the WWE Tag Team Championship, Raw, May 31, 1999 The Acolytes vs. The Hardy Boyz and Michael Hayes for the WWE Tag Team Championship, Fully Loaded 1999 Tag Team Turmoil Match, Summerslam 1999 APA vs. Chuck Palumbo and Sean O’Haire, Invasion 2001 Barroom Brawl Invitational, Vengeance 2003 APA vs. Mean Street Posse, Heat, December 5, 1999 APA and Undertaker vs. FBI, SmackDown June 26, 2003 APA vs. World’s Greatest Tag Team, Tribute to the Troops 2003 );
Randy Orton took to Twitter today, calling out WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin for not having him on his podcast yet. He said,
Lash LeRoux looks back on training at the WCW Power Plant, labels Disco Inferno a great wrestling mind, recalls his title wins in WCW
December 10, 2020
The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast with Lash LeRoux
Host: JP John Poz
Interview available at Tmptow.podomatic.com
On training at the WCW Power Plant: When I started training at the Power Plant, I was about 19 years old and green as grass. I saw a commercial on television that was advertising that they were doing training there and I just decided to go for it. It was a really tough, military style, multiple day, training camp that started with about 36 guys, that dwindled down to 24 guys, then 16 guys, then at the end of it all it was just me and one other guy who completed the training camp.