For years, wrestling fans have speculated that Christopher Daniels was originally intended to be the mysterious \u201cHigher Power\u201d behind The Undertaker\u2019s Ministry of Darkness during WWE\u2019s Attitude Era. Now, the veteran has spoken out and cleared the air once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a recent appearance on the Insight<\/em> podcast with Chris Van Vliet, Daniels explained that he had no idea about the rumor until long after it had taken hold online. According to him, no one ever approached him about the storyline at the time, and he doesn\u2019t believe it was ever seriously considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t hear about this until years later,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cMaybe it was discussed, but nobody told me anything. And honestly, it would\u2019ve been a terrible idea. Imagine Undertaker revealing this \u2018higher power\u2019 and it\u2019s me. Fans would\u2019ve gone, \u2018Who is this guy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniels drew a parallel to a similar failed attempt in WCW. He recalled being introduced with a dark, hooded character meant to be the mastermind behind Vampiro. He filmed a promo talking about \u201charvesting souls\u201d only to have it air on Nitro and be met with confusion. Backstage, Jeff Jarrett famously reacted by asking, \u201cWho the f*** was that?\u201d to which Daniels replied, \u201cThat\u2019s me, sir.\u201d The idea was scrapped immediately, and Daniels was released a few months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflecting on his early career, Daniels admitted that he likely didn\u2019t fit WWE\u2019s mold at the time. \u201cI was doing WWE dark matches and Jim Cornette was always pushing for me,\u201d he said. \u201cBut back then, I was 5’10 and everyone else was well over six feet. Once Vince saw me, I think he thought, \u2018We can do better.\u2019 And honestly, I get it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the rumor about Daniels being the \u201cHigher Power\u201d has persisted for decades, he now sees it as a fun piece of what-if trivia. For him, it was never real \u2014 and probably never would\u2019ve worked anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For years, wrestling fans have speculated that Christopher Daniels was originally intended to be the mysterious \u201cHigher Power\u201d behind The Undertaker\u2019s Ministry of Darkness during WWE\u2019s Attitude Era. Now, the veteran has spoken out and cleared the air once and for all. In a recent appearance on the Insight podcast with Chris Van Vliet, Daniels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,30],"tags":[970,973,968,972,974,967,975,976,969,977,971,83,118],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusives","category-news","category-wwe","tag-aew-producer","tag-chris-van-vliet","tag-christopher-daniels","tag-higher-power-storyline","tag-insight-podcast","tag-undertaker-ministry-of-darkness","tag-wcw-stories","tag-wrestling-backstage-stories","tag-wrestling-podcast","tag-wrestling-rumors-2024","tag-wwe-attitude-era","tag-wwe-legends","tag-wwe-rumors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n