Triple X (professional wrestling)

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Triple X
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Stable
Members	Senshi Elix Skipper
Name(s)	Triple X
Former member(s)	Christopher Daniels
Debut	December 2002-December 5, 2004; July 2007-Current
Promotions	TNA

Triple X is a wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The team consists of "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, "Primetime" Elix Skipper, and "The Warrior" Senshi (previously known as Low Ki). The team was originally formed in late 2002 as part of Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme superstable.

1 Profile
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments

Triple X began as a team under Vince Russo's "Sports Entertainment Xtreme" faction. One of the unique trends begun by Triple X was the "Triple X Rule" (which is precedented by the earlier Freebird Rule). When Low Ki and Elix Skipper won the NWA World Tag Team Championship on January 22, 2003, TNA officials permitted them to allow Christopher Daniels to defend the title as well. Before each tag team match, all three members of Triple X would stand in the ring, and only when the bell rang would it be known which two of the three would be competing.

On May 7, 2003, Christopher Daniels became the first ever solo holder of the NWA World Tag Team Championship. He won a handicap match with then-champions Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn by disqualification (in TNA, championships do change hands by countout or DQ). They used their "Triple X Rule" to allow Elix Skipper to defend with him. During this time, Triple X began their now-legendary feud against America's Most Wanted, becoming the only team in TNA history to maintain regular success against the most dominant tag team in TNA history. This included the first cage match in TNA history, in which America's Most Wanted finally scored a win against Triple X.

After Low Ki left TNA in July 2003, Triple X parted ways the next month and both Daniels and Skipper focused on singles careers.

In March, Daniels brought in Low Ki as a surprise partner for the NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament, in which they defeated The New Franchise (Michael Shane and Shane Douglas) and The Naturals before losing the finals to Kid Kash and Dallas. Afterward, Low Ki disappeared from TNA again.

On May 26, 2004, Daniels and Skipper were reunited as members of Team NWA for the TNA World X Cup tournament, which pitted teams from the NWA, Japan, Mexico and Canada against one another in a series of matches for points.

After helping Team NWA win the Cup, Daniels ended up injuring his shoulder in Japan. After returning a month later, Daniels and Skipper stayed together, this time officially reuniting as Triple X. They went after the NWA Tag Team belts once more, this time in a feud involving long-term enemies America's Most Wanted and The Naturals. In an ironic twist of fate, they would each win the belts separately with members of their sworn enemies, America's Most Wanted. Elix Skipper and Chris Harris won the titles from The Naturals on September 8, but were beaten by Daniels and James Storm on September 21, who held them until losing to Team Canada's Bobby Roode and Eric Young on October 12.

After that loss, the feud restarted in earnest, leading to a Six Sides of Steel match at Turning Point 2004 on December 5, a rematch of an August 2003 Steel Cage encounter, where the losing team was forced to disband. In a match that saw Elix Skipper do the now-legendary cagewalk rana, AMW got the win when they handcuffed Daniels to a corner and put the Power-Plex--Triple X's own finisher--on Skipper. Due to the loss, Triple X was disbanded and Daniels and Skipper could not tag together again.

Following the split at the end of Turning Point, both Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper pursued singles careers in TNA. Daniels achieved success early on, winning the TNA X Division Championship in March 2005 at Destination X. His first pay per view title defense was against none other than his former partner, Skipper, whom he defeated at Lockdown. Daniels' reign continued through Unbreakable, at which point he lost the belt to AJ Styles. Daniels later regained the belt in an Ultimate X match against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, but soon after lost the belt to Joe. Daniels regained the X Division Championship one more time in a three-way match against Styles and Chris Sabin, before losing it just weeks later to Sabin in another three-way match which included Jerry Lynn.

Elix Skipper, meanwhile, did not enjoy as much success. Apart from a strong showing early, Skipper met with limited success, and was quickly recruited into Simon Diamond's Diamonds in the Rough stable. From there, he proceeded to team with Diamond and David Young until the team was eventually phased out by TNA and Skipper was eventually released.

Low Ki returned to TNA in April 2006 at the Lockdown pay per view as a surprise competitor. His opponent was none other than his former teammate, Christopher Daniels, who was originally scheduled to face Jushin Liger before the latter was forced to pull out of the event. Ki, now utilizing the name "Senshi", which translates directly from Japanese to "Warrior," defeated Daniels before eventually going on to win the X Division championship just prior to Slammiversary 2006 in a three-way match against champion Samoa Joe and Sonjay Dutt. After Senshi lost the belt to Chris Sabin at TNA Bound For Glory, he faded into the background, participating in the Paparazzi Championship Series through the remainder of 2006 and early 2007. He followed this up with a feud against Austin Starr.

At Victory Road 2007, Triple X officially reunited when Senshi and the returning Skipper helped Daniels win the Ultimate X match. It was explained on the July 19, 2007 edition of TNA Today that since Skipper had been released and then resigned by TNA, that the stipulation of he and Daniels never teaming again was null and void. They won their return match against Serotonin on the July 19th episode of Impact. They followed their victory up on the August 2nd episode of Impact, where Daniels and Senshi defeated Black Machismo and Sonjay Dutt with the help of Elix Skipper. After the match, there was a brief confrontation between them and The Motor City Machine Guns. Daniels and Senshi teamed together at Hard Justice 2007 to take on Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt and The Motor City Machine Guns in a triple threat match where Daniels was rolled up by Lethal taking the loss. On the following episode of iMPACT Daniels' X Division Title shot was put on the line against Lethal which he lost after Lethal pinned him with the Lethal Combination.

The iMPACT after No Surrender Daniels faced Jay Lethal in a non-title singles match. Daniels would end up winning the bout over the champion and being rewarded with a X Division Title match at Bound for Glory against Lethal. Daniels would lose the match against Lethal after a top rope Lethal Combination. On the same show Skipper and Senshi faced LAX in a Number 1 Contendership match for the TNA World Tag Team Titles in an Ultimate X match. They would also lose their match on the show as Hernandez would retrive the X for LAX after a Border Toss of Skipper onto Senshi on the outside of the ring.

Christopher Daniels and Senshi were sent to New Japan Pro Wrestling to represent TNA in a series of matches on November 11, 2007. They were able to defeat Prince Devitt and Minoru in a tag team match.