Christopher Daniels Comments on Why WWE Won’t Sign Him

Too great, too late. One of the best non-WWE stories of the year has been Christopher Daniels finally winning the Ring of Honor World Title fifteen years after debuting with the company. Daniels was one of the best wrestlers of all time to never win a World Title but he FINALLY removed his name from that list at the “Fifteenth Anniversary Show”.

After winning the title, Daniels was interviewed by Miami’s WSVN-TV over Wrestlemania weekend and spoke on a variety of topics. This interview covered Daniels potential signing with WWE, AJ Styles’ incredible WWE run and getting to finish his career in Ring of Honor. Here are some highlights with transcription courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:

On Potentially Signing With WWE:

“I don’t think so man. Honestly, I’m sure the WWE’s not looking for 47-year old rookies and that’s fine with me. The timing of my career worked out where when I might have been interesting to them, were times that I was under contract with TNA or Ring of Honor and that’s fine with me. I’m happy to build up Ring of Honor as best I can.”

On Styles’ WWE run:

“I don’t know if there’s a meteoric rise in WWE like him since Brock Lesnar or maybe Kurt Angle. Within a calendar year to debut and become the World Champion and defend it as long as he did before losing it to John Cena at the Royal Rumble this year is astonishing. But it’s well deserved. He worked so hard to get where he is today. He left TNA and took a chance on himself, went to New Japan and showed the world that he is elite of the elite and then came to WWE and proved it again.”

Here’s the whole interview:

Christopher Daniels: Why WWE won't hire me, AJ Styles' WWE career so far, retiring in ROH, more

Opinion: It’s hard to argue with Daniels here. Unless they’re one of the biggest stars in the world, WWE rarely hires anyone within ten years of Daniels’ age and while Daniels is a big name, he’s not the kind that WWE is going to bring in. However, Daniels seems to understand this and is ok with it, which makes him smarter than a lot of wrestlers today.

What do you think of Daniels winning the ROH World Title? How long do you think he’ll hold it? Let us know in the comments below.