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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 0:18:39 GMT -5
I could buy Daniels as The Higher Power if it was done similar to "The High Sparrow" in Game of Thrones.
He wouldn't be a main eventer or a threat or anything but he would be powerful and symbolize the religion The Ministry followed.
I could also buy it being The Jackyl. Honestly both of these sound way better than it being Vince and rendering the past 6 months of storylines nonsensical.
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Post by Nosnorb on Feb 3, 2022 6:02:54 GMT -5
I remember reading Don Callis and Jake Roberts. Both would have been great choices, but I don't think Jake was in any kind of shape for that in '99. Jake Roberts would have been the ideal choice considering King of the Ring 1996, if he was clean and sober.
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 3, 2022 14:53:01 GMT -5
I remember reading Don Callis and Jake Roberts. Both would have been great choices, but I don't think Jake was in any kind of shape for that in '99. I’ve heard Jake, Ted Dibiase, and Bret Hart. Jake wasn’t in any co sit ion for it. Ted might not have been a terrible pick but he was no longer an active performer himself. And Bret, if there is any truth to it, would have been a major shock.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 3, 2022 15:02:56 GMT -5
Prichard is the one who started the rumor, seems to weird and specific to not have some truth to it. What I think is weird about it though is if Russo was adamant about making him the higher power and Vince nixed it that they never hired him for anything else if Russo was that high on him. Daniels was on a developmental deal. He also showed up in the Light Heavyweight Championship tournament.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 3, 2022 15:03:51 GMT -5
I remember reading Don Callis and Jake Roberts. Both would have been great choices, but I don't think Jake was in any kind of shape for that in '99. I’ve heard Jake, Ted Dibiase, and Bret Hart. Jake wasn’t in any co sit ion for it. Ted might not have been a terrible pick but he was no longer an active performer himself. And Bret, if there is any truth to it, would have been a major shock. I was convinced it was going to be Ted. Both with Ted's ties to the Undertaker and the Money being the root of all evil thing... (which I guess still kinda fits with Vince... but that's about the only point that makes any sense with Vince as the Higher Power)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 19:44:59 GMT -5
I’ve heard Jake, Ted Dibiase, and Bret Hart. Jake wasn’t in any co sit ion for it. Ted might not have been a terrible pick but he was no longer an active performer himself. And Bret, if there is any truth to it, would have been a major shock. I was convinced it was going to be Ted. Both with Ted's ties to the Undertaker and the Money being the root of all evil thing... (which I guess still kinda fits with Vince... but that's about the only point that makes any sense with Vince as the Higher Power) I was convinced it would be Ted for the same reasons, as well as his history with Austin.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 3, 2022 20:04:23 GMT -5
I was convinced it was going to be Ted. Both with Ted's ties to the Undertaker and the Money being the root of all evil thing... (which I guess still kinda fits with Vince... but that's about the only point that makes any sense with Vince as the Higher Power) I was convinced it would be Ted for the same reasons, as well as his history with Austin. Dibiase would've made the most sense. He had ties to both Undertaker and Austin, plus he had completely disappeared off of WCW television at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2022 20:08:10 GMT -5
I had assumed this rumor just came from him being probably the most widely known indy guy at the time with a gimmick nickname that was sort of in the Undertaker wheelhouse, plus the early internet wrestling community to get things spreading. Yeah coming off the heels of Reckless Youth, Daniels was a magazine main stay
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 3, 2022 23:11:42 GMT -5
No one should have been a greater power than the Undertaker.
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Post by HMARK Center on Feb 4, 2022 9:55:01 GMT -5
On the one hand, the Higher Power reveal was one of those moments that made me go "Yeah, I think I'm done with WWF" after just over a year of coming back to watching it.
On the other hand, having "IT'S ME, AUSTIN!" and "AW, SONUVABITCH!" as memes all these years later basically justifies the continued existence of the internet.
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Post by Muskrat on Feb 4, 2022 11:47:55 GMT -5
Prichard is the one who started the rumor, seems to weird and specific to not have some truth to it. What I think is weird about it though is if Russo was adamant about making him the higher power and Vince nixed it that they never hired him for anything else if Russo was that high on him. Daniels was on a developmental deal. He also showed up in the Light Heavyweight Championship tournament. I’d swear I also heard Vince took one look at CD and basically said “Not a f***ing chance” which may be why no one pushed for him to get another real main roster shot.
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Post by wendytorrancev1 on Feb 4, 2022 11:49:28 GMT -5
I remember when all of this was going down. I was in the WWF.com chat room. There was this person who was running around the chat, spoiling things for people, and had a major attitude problem when told not to spoil things, spoiled that it was going to be Austin was going to be revealed as the "Higher Power" in the chat. We all know that was wrong, but I didn't hear about Christopher Daniels being the choice until long after the reveal happened. I'm not sure where I read it from first. I know that Vince being the 'Higher Power' felt rushed and artificial, as if it were a last minute decision. I'm not sure who it was supposed to be ultimately, but the reveal fell completely short compared to the hype.
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 4, 2022 12:26:14 GMT -5
I’ve heard Jake, Ted Dibiase, and Bret Hart. Jake wasn’t in any co sit ion for it. Ted might not have been a terrible pick but he was no longer an active performer himself. And Bret, if there is any truth to it, would have been a major shock. I was convinced it was going to be Ted. Both with Ted's ties to the Undertaker and the Money being the root of all evil thing... (which I guess still kinda fits with Vince... but that's about the only point that makes any sense with Vince as the Higher Power) At a stretch, I could maybe even have seen Dustin Rhodes, since he an Austin were pretty tight.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 4, 2022 15:07:34 GMT -5
I remember when all of this was going down. I was in the WWF.com chat room. There was this person who was running around the chat, spoiling things for people, and had a major attitude problem when told not to spoil things, spoiled that it was going to be Austin was going to be revealed as the "Higher Power" in the chat. We all know that was wrong, but I didn't hear about Christopher Daniels being the choice until long after the reveal happened. I'm not sure where I read it from first. I know that Vince being the 'Higher Power' felt rushed and artificial, as if it were a last minute decision. I'm not sure who it was supposed to be ultimately, but the reveal fell completely short compared to the hype. IT WAS YOU, AUSTIN! IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG!
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Post by auph10imitated on Feb 4, 2022 17:44:22 GMT -5
Never understood it either other than his Fallen Angel name (in hindsight) being a good fit. I don’t even think he was under development in WWF in May 1999, because I distinctly remember him working for the short lived UK promotion FWA which aired on Live TV which was a cable channel and I remember them making a big deal of him as he was coming in from the US. He worked with the likes of Doug Williams here and having checked Cagematch he taped those matches in April 1999, they will have aired around May or June. I remember them airing in Saturday evenings as I left high school (which was May 1999)
I never saw him again until TNA in the mid 2000’s and I remembered him from the FWA
Edit: sorry it was UWA not FWA
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 4, 2022 18:21:11 GMT -5
Once upon a time there was an indy based out of Southern California called UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) run by Rick Bassman. It was a pseudo-WWF/WWE developmental territory (it's where John Cena first cut his teeth in wrestling) and local boy Christopher Daniels was a regular. In January 2001 UPW started promoting a show headlined by Christopher Daniels vs. Rob Van Dam. At the time RVD was probably the biggest active name in the industry not signed to WWF or WCW, and while he was technically under ECW contract, and ECW wasn't officially out of business yet, he was basically doing whatever he wanted, showing up wherever he wanted. So needless to say this was a big deal for both UPW and Daniels.
The problem occurs when Daniels works as a squash wrestler on WCW Nitro about a week and a half earlier and injures his neck during the match. Now there's a lot of doubt if Daniels will make the RVD match. But not willing to miss out on the biggest match of his career to that point, Daniels guts through the injury and works the show.
Also, early in the match the ring breaks so Daniels and Van Dam are forced to do a lengthy brawl outside of the ring to buy the ring crew time to fix it. They actually wind up taking so long that at one point Daniels starts yelling at them to hurry up.
This is the only real Christopher Daniels story I know. Most of you probably know it too, but to those that don't now I look awesome to you. I will not be offended if you wish to offer me money as thanks.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Feb 4, 2022 20:03:37 GMT -5
The Fallen Angel against The Undertaker would’ve been awesome
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 5, 2022 17:28:18 GMT -5
Christopher Daniels being the Hower Power has been a rumour as long as I can remember.
It certainly didn’t start with Prichard’s podcast.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Feb 5, 2022 21:01:09 GMT -5
Prichard is the one who started the rumor, seems to weird and specific to not have some truth to it. What I think is weird about it though is if Russo was adamant about making him the higher power and Vince nixed it that they never hired him for anything else if Russo was that high on him. Daniels was on a developmental deal. He also showed up in the Light Heavyweight Championship tournament. I don't think Daniels was in the 1997 tournament, but he did challenge Taka for the title on one of the C-shows in 1998. That match later made up the B-roll for Kaientai's Titantron that's in Smackdown 2: Know Your Roll.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 8, 2022 8:35:24 GMT -5
On the one hand, the Higher Power reveal was one of those moments that made me go "Yeah, I think I'm done with WWF" after just over a year of coming back to watching it. On the other hand, having "IT'S ME, AUSTIN!" and "AW, SONUVABITCH!" as memes all these years later basically justifies the continued existence of the internet. The mashup theme was also admittedly fantastic.
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