The Examiner has an recent interview with TNA wrestler Christopher Daniels, this past Monday. Here are a few snippets:

This Sunday you are facing “The Franchise” Shane Douglas at Slammiversary. I don’t recall you ever having a big program with Douglas before. Is there your first one-on-one match with him or have you battled each other before?

I worked with a couple times of times when we were doing national [weekly] pay per views but never a singles match; this will be the first time one-on-one. I am sure we can do some good television and some very interesting matches. I think Shane is a great competitor, a great athlete and a great wrestler. He’s got an incredible wrestling mind. This will be one of the few times in my career that I will be going into a match having less experience than the person I’m wrestling. It’s a big deal to me, not only because it’s Shane but also because Slammiversary is one of our big PPVs, and I try to continue the trend of excellence that I have for TNA.

Do you have a favorite opponent that you look forward to getting in the ring with?

My favorite rivalry would have to be with AJ Styles and Samoa Joe. That stuff stands head and shoulders above a lot of other stuff I’ve done. But to get away from those two and mention others I’ve always felt I’ve had very good chemistry with guys like Low Ki and American Dragon. When I was going through Ring of Honor and had a series with those two I felt we always produced quality matches. Those are the guys I feel I’ve worked well with. I feel I also work well with current X-Division guys like Suicide, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, and Jay Lethal. I’ve had excellent matches and excellent feuds with Jay. I feel he is one of the best X-Division style wrestlers in the world today. I’ve been doing this for 16 years and been doing it at the level I’ve been doing it in TNA for the past seven years, so it’s hard to say one guy is better than another guy without slighting someone.

Is there anyone out there that you haven’t stepped into the ring yet that you would love to face?

There are guys promotionally speaking I won’t be able to wrestle with but I would love to wrestle Chris Jericho. I still feel he’s one of my favorite wrestlers. He’s probably the epitome of the guy that understands the fine line between athlete and character. I think right now he’s doing some of the best work of his career. He is someone I would’ve enjoyed working with. Never say never I don’t know what’s going to happen for me in the future and maybe some day Chris Jericho versus Daniels will be a match someone can see somewhere.

Mistuhara Misawa. Do you have any thoughts on his unfortunate passing?

It’s definitely tragic. I think it’s a fear we all have in the back of our minds that we are going to die in the ring. He carried his promotion on his shoulders and I think that may have contributed to his early demise; just that pressure of being the man in his company for such a long time. It’s pressure I can hardly imagine. If it were my shoulders that the company rested on I don’t know how I would’ve handled it. Plus the fact that he handled it with grace and dignity for so long. It’s a tragedy that it happened the way it did but his legend goes way beyond him.

Read the complete interview here.