Christopher Daniels announced his in-ring retirement after he lost to “Hangman” Adam Page at AEW Collision: Maximum Carnage. However, he hopes to remain involved on-screen.
Daniels is AEW‘s head of talent relations, and he will continue to work with the company following his retirement from in-ring competition. However, he recently said that he wanted to continue to perform.
Speaking on Talk Is Jericho, Christopher Daniels stated that he wanted to keep performing on AEW television in a non-physical role.
“Well, to be honest, selfishly, I’d love to be a performer in the sense of if I could be your GM or if I could be the voice of Tony Khan, which is what I sort of pitched being originally with the EVP, I’m happy to do that,” Christopher Daniels said. “I still feel like I can cut a good promo, I could get a point across — that’s not hard for me I don’t think. It’s just a matter of, okay, I want to be a supporting player in these people’s stories. I felt like a really good use of me in the last year was I did a bunch a stuff with RJ dealing with Mariah and Anna Jay or there was a period of time with MJF and Daniel Garcia.
“I’m thrilled if I can be a supporting player for the stories that need to happen, because not everybody needs to be the center of attention. If I need to be the voice of the authority, the voice of the management, I think that’s a good position for me. Having the experience I have, hopefully people are like, yeah, okay, when he talks, he’s got a frame of reference, let’s listen to him. I’d love to do that.”
Christopher Daniels On Working As A Producer
Daniels then noted that he felt like Tony Khan appreciated his work as a coach and producer. He noted that he believed that he could articulate the talent’s ideas to Khan, while he could articulate what Khan wanted to the performers.
“I also recognize that being able to work with the guys as their coach and as their producer in segments, I feel like Tony appreciates my work there,” Christopher Daniels said. “He appreciates my rapport with the guys I work with and knows that if he gives me a direction, I can articulate that to the guys and if the guys have an idea, I can articulate that to Tony.
“Getting that on the television, telling the guys in the truck, okay, well they want to see this face, they want to emphasize this moment, they want to emphasize this maneuver. Whatever it is, I feel like with my frame of reference, it’s easy for me to tell that story because I speak that language.” (H/t Fightful for the transcription)
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