Christopher Daniels Admits Brutal Eye Injury Was Fake All Along

While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Christopher Daniels revealed that his eye injury was actually never real. After his match with The Young Bucks, where SCU broke up, he got kicked into the ring post and ended up with a real black eye. It filled with blood and looked bad, but it healed in just three days. Daniels thought it was too bad it went away so fast, so he came up with an idea to keep it going.

At that time, Abadon was in AEW and wore special contacts. Daniels asked if she knew someone who could make one for him. He wanted a lens that made his eye look damaged, like a permanent injury.

Daniels created a story for AEW and Tony Khan, saying he was a ring general who failed, SCU broke up because of him, and now he only had his wrestling career left along with this scar. After that match, he even told Matt and Nick Jackson and Frankie Kazarian it could be his last match, and if he retired because of it, hed be okay with that.

Daniels eventually gave the eye idea to Tony Khan again and did some indie shows, hoping it would help him get back on AEW TV. Six months later, he returned for a match against Bryan Danielson when AEW bought Ring of Honor. Daniels wore the contact lens for about a year and a half, even though the story didnt really go anywhere. After some time, he decided it was finally time for his eye to heal.

Daniels wore the contact everywhere. When he went to the Heels premiere and met Stephen Amell, Amell was shocked by his eye. Later, when they met again at AEW Grand Slam, Amell noticed his eye was fine. Daniels told him it was fake and Amell laughed, saying he got him good.

Christopher Daniels really managed to fool everyone into thinking his eye was actually injured for so long, but it just goes to show how great of a worker he truly is. Regardless, Daniels has retired from in-ring competition and is now focused on a backstage and on-screen role and thats all that matters to him now.