In 2002 ROH was founded with several precepts in mind sportsmanship respect and of course honor These ideas were expressed in the Code of Honor and that code was embodied by a handshake that preceded and followed each match Enter Christopher Daniels the man who declared from day one that he would not follow such a code that he rejected those ideals and as he built a Prophecy around him worked to decimate what the code stood for Whether he was facing Bryan Danielson Low Ki in the first ever main event or Samoa Joe in a World Title Challenge Daniels denied the handshake with every fiber of his being Yet with a forced absence and battles against the likes of Claudio Castagnoli and CM Punk things changed
