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[[Image:Disco Bear.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Disco Bear under a disco ball.]]
{{Infobox Wrestler|
'''Disco Bear''' is a fictional character in the cartoon series [[Happy Tree Friends]].
name=Daniel Covell
|image=Chris-daniels.jpg
|names='''Christopher Daniels'''<br />Chris Daniels<br />'''Curry Man'''
|height=6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
|weight=210 lb (95 kg)
|birth_date = [[December 24]], [[1971]]
|death_date =
|birth_place = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]
|resides=
|billed=[[Sin City (description)|Sin City]] (ROH)<br />[[Los Angeles, California|The City of Angels]] (TNA)<br />[[India]] (As Curry Man)
|trainer=Sam DeCero<br>Windy City Wrestling School<br>Mike Anthony<br>Kevin Quinn
|debut=[[1993]]
|retired=
|}}
==Info==
'''Daniel Christopher Covell''' (born [[December 24]], [[1971]] in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], best known by his [[ring name]] in the United States, '''"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels'''. He also wrestles as '''Curry Man''', a [[wrestling mask|masked]] persona who he portrays principally in [[Japan]]. Daniels is currently performing for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]], with whom he is under contract until [[2008]].
*Animal: [[Bear]]
==Career==
*Gender: Male
Before becoming an TNA exclusive wrestler, he frequently tagged in WWF (now [[WWE]]) with [[Aaron Aguilera]] as "Dos" one half of the [[Los Conquistadores (professional wrestling)|Los Conquistadores]]. In 2001, he appeared on [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]'s flagship program, [[Monday Nitro]], wrestling [[Michael Modest]] in a match interrupted by [[Scott Steiner]]. Covell was also given the title ''King of Indies'' for his work with [[independent circuit|independent]] promotions all over the world; including [[Ring of Honor]] and [[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]].
*TV Count: 3
*Kill Count: 23
*Death Count: 11
*First Appearance: ''Stayin' Alive''
*First Death: ''Rink Hijinks''
*First Victim: Giggles from ''Stayin Alive''
*Voice Actor: Peter Herrmann
==Character Bio==
Covell wrestles frequently in [[Japan]] as his masked [[alter-ego]] '''Curry Man'''.
A golden bear with an orange [[afro]] who likes to dance to [[disco music]]. He wears 1970s style clothing such as his [[bell bottoms]] and his dancing [[platform shoes]]. He usually gets everyone around him in life threatening trouble while dancing, but mistakes their movements of pain for funky dance moves. He is mostly seen either showing off or trying to impress other female characters, such as Giggles and Petunia and usually killing them in the process. Despite his failures in wooing the ladies (and the fact that the ladies he tries to get are in their teens, while he is an adult), he seems to be pretty well off financially as he is seen with a private ski cabin in "Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya", his fancy home in the TV series and his own submarine in "Sea What I Found". Disco Bear also has quite bad eating habits as seen in "A Change of Heart" and "Ipso Fatso", possibly referring to [[John Travolta]]. He's also one of the few characters known to be without a different colored belly, as well as the only one to have chest hair, which proves just how old he is.
===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
[[Image:Curry Man.jpg|left|thumb|Daniels as Curry Man.]]
Daniels joined TNA shortly after the company was founded in [[2002]]. In [[December 2002]] he formed a stable with [[Brandon Silvestry|Low-Ki]] and [[Elix Skipper]] known as [[Triple X (professional wrestling)|Triple X]]. XXX competed in the tag division, winning the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]s and taking turns to defend the titles, and also joined [[Vince Russo|Vince Russo's]] [[Sports Entertainment Xtreme]] faction. The stable disbanded in [[June 2003]] after Low-Ki began wrestling primarily in [[Japan]] and the remaining two members decisively lost a [[cage match]] to [[America's Most Wanted (professional wrestling)|America's Most Wanted]]. After XXX disbanded, Daniels competed in the X Division until reviving XXX as a tag team with Skipper in [[July 2004]]. They were forced to disband once more after losing to America's Most Wanted on [[December 5]] at [[TNA Turning Point 2004]].
==Disco Bear Episodes==
In [[2005]], Daniels engaged in a lengthy feud with [[A.J. Styles]] over the [[TNA X Division Championship]]. He won the title at [[TNA Destination X 2005|''Destination X 2005'']] under [[screwjob (professional wrestling)|dubious circumstances]] at the end of an [[professional wrestling match types#Ultimate X Challenge|Ultimate X Challenge]]. Styles had taken down the belt, but the referee was unconscious. Daniels put Styles in the Angel's Wings and took the belt when the ref came to. Later, on [[September 11]] at [[TNA Unbreakable|''Unbreakable'']], Styles won back the title in a three-way dance with Daniels and [[Joe Seanoa|Samoa Joe]]. Daniels lost to Styles once again in a [[Iron Man match|thirty minute Iron Man match]] for the X Division Championship at [[TNA Bound For Glory|''Bound For Glory'']] on [[October 23]].
*Stayin’ Alive
Daniels was viciously attacked by Samoa Joe after a match at [[TNA Genesis|''Genesis'']] on [[November 13]] where they teamed together. Daniels received a Grade III [[concussion of the brain|Concussion]] from the assault. At [[TNA Turning Point 2005|''Turning Point 2005'']], when Joe tried to similarly injure A.J. Styles after winning the X Division Championship from him, Daniels made his return, attacking Joe and enabling members of TNA security to protect Styles and restrain Joe.
*Rink Hijinks
*Hello Dolly!
*Ski Ya, Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya!
*Ipso Fatso
*A Change of Heart
*Easy Comb, Easy Go
*As You Wish
*Doggone It
[[Category:Happy Tree Friends]]
==Wrestling facts==
[[Category:Fictional bears]]
[[Image:Daniels'Wings.jpg|thumb|right|Daniels executing the [[Facebuster#Sitout double underhook facebuster|Angel's Wings]] on [[Vincent Clark|Jerrelle Clark]].]]
[[Category:Fictional dancers]]
===Finishing and signature moves===
*'''As Christopher Daniels'''
:*'''''Last Rites''''' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Rolling cutter|Rolling cutter]])
:*'''''Angel's Wings''''' ([[Facebuster#Sitout double underhook facebuster|Spinning sitout double underhook facebuster]])
:*'''''B.M.E. — Best Moonsault Ever''''' ([[Moonsault#Springboard moonsault|Double springboard moonsault]])
:*''Arabian Press'' ([[Moonsault#Split-legged moonsault|Springboard split legged moonsault]])
:*''Fall From Grace'' ([[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Iconoclasm|Cross-arm Iconoclasm]])
:*''Blue Thunder Bomb'' ([[Powerbomb#Spin-out_powerbomb|Spin-out powerbomb]])
:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Side slam|Side slam]]
:*[[Professional wrestling throws#STO|STO]]
:*[[Facebuster#Complete Shot|Reverse STO]], often into a [[Professional wrestling holds#Koji Clutch|Koji clutch]]
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#High knee|Charging high knee (on cornered opponent)]]
:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Death Valley driver|Death Valley Driver]]
*'''As Curry Man'''
:*'''''Spicy Drop''''' ([[Facebuster#Argentine facebuster|Argentine facebuster]])
===Nicknames===
*"The Fallen Angel"
*"The Lord of The Ring"
[[Image:DanielsDVD.jpg|thumb|right|Daniels executing a [[List of professional wrestling throws#Death Valley driver|Death Valley Driver]] during [[TNA iMPACT!]]]]
==Trivia==
*On [[January 10]], [[2006]], TNA released "Heaven Sent, Hell Bound: The Best of Christopher Daniels," a [[DVD]] highlighting Daniels's career.
*Daniel's theme song is a knockoff of [[Marilyn Manson]]'s "Disposable Teens"
==Championships and accomplishments==
[[Image:DanielsSideSlam.jpg|thumb|right|Daniels performing a [[Professional wrestling throws#Side slam|side slam]] on [[Eric Young]].]]
*'''All Pro Wrestling'''
:*1-time APW Worldwide Internet Championship
:*APW King of the Indies (2000)
*'''[[Ballpark Brawl]]'''
:*1-time [[Natural Heavyweight Championship|Natural Heavyweight Champion]]
*'''[[East Coast Wrestling Association]]'''
:*2-time ECWA Heavyweight Champion
:*[[ECWA Super 8 Tournament]] winner (2000), (2004)
:*ECWA Hall of Fame member (2001)
*'''Empire Wrestling Federation'''
:*1-time EWF Heavyweight Champion
*'''[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]]'''
:*1-time [[FWA British Heavyweight Championship|FWA Heavyweight Champion]]
*'''Michinoku Pro Wrestling'''
:*1-time MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
:*MPW Futaritabi Tag Team League Tournament winner (2002)
*'''Midwest Championship Wrestling'''
:*1-time MCW Tag Team Champion (with Jayson Reign)
*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
:*1-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with [[Bryan Danielson|American Dragon]])
*'''[[Florida Championship Wrestling|NWA Florida]]'''
:*1-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]]
*'''Premier Wrestling Federation'''
:*1-time PWF United States Champion
*'''Pro-Pain-Pro-Wrestling'''
:*1-time 3PW Heavyweight Champion
[[Image:Daniels-xtitle.jpg|right|thumb|Daniels celebrating after winning the [[TNA X Division Championship]] at [[TNA Destination X 2005]].]]
*'''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
:*1-time [[ROH Tag-Team Championship|ROH Tag Team Champion]] (with [[Donovan Morgan]])
*'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'''
:*1-time [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]]
:*3-time or 4-time [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion]] (1-time or 2-time with [[Brandon Silvestry|Low Ki]] and [[Elix Skipper]] as [[Triple X (professional wrestling)|XXX]], 1-time alone, 1-time with [[James Storm]])
:**''NOTE: XXX, as a three-man tandem, held the NWA Tag titles twice. He actually won the title with Low-Ki the second time. However, Low-Ki and Elix Skipper won it the first time. As a result, some sources only note him as holding it once with XXX. Christopher Daniels also became the first man to win the Tag Team Championships single-handedly on [[May 7]], [[2003]], in a handicap match, but did not defend it with XXX's help.''
*'''[[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]]'''
:*2-time UPW Heavyweight Champion
*'''Windy City Pro Wrestling'''
:*1-time WCPW League Champion
:*1-time WCPW Lightweight Champion
:*1-time WCPW Middleweight Champion
:*2-time WCPW Tag Team Champion (1-time with Kevin Quinn, 1-time with Mike Anthony)
*'''World Power Wrestling'''
:*1-time WPW Heavyweight Champion
*'''[[World Wrestling Council]]'''
:*1-time WWC Tag Team Championship (with [[Kevin Quinn]])
==Personal life==
Daniels is married, and has two children, the latter of which, a son, was born on [[October 21]], [[2005]]. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].
==References==
* [http://www.socaluncensored.com/article208.html An interview with Christopher Daniels, conducted by Robby Deming]
* [http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/daniels.html Christopher Daniels at Accelerator3359.com]
* [http://bodyslamming.com/nwa/daniels.html Christopher Daniels at Bodyslamming.com]
* [http://www.gerweck.net/chrisdaniels.htm Christopher Daniels at Gerweck.net]
* [http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/c/christopher-daniels.html Christopher Daniels at ObsessedWithWrestling.com]
* [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/06/01/1066219.html ''Christopher Daniels finally on top'']
* [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/04/24/1010987-sun.html ''Fallen Angel an X-cellent champ'']
==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* [http://www.christopherdaniels.com The official website of "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels]
* [http://www.tnawrestling.com/roster/fallenangel/index.html TNA profile]
* [http://www.spiketv.com/shows/series/tna/bios.jhtml?bio=daniels SpikeTV profile]
* {{imdb name|id=0199868|name=Christopher Daniels}}
[[Category:American professional wrestlers|Covell, Daniel]]
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[[Category:People from North Carolina|Covell, Daniel]]
[[ja:ダニエル・コベル]]
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