First Run (2002–2003) Triple X began as a team under Vince Russo's "
Sports Entertainment Xtreme" faction. They began teaming on December 18, 2002, defeating the team of
Amazing Red and
The S.A.T. 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, from
America's Most Wanted (
Chris Harris and
James Storm), 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. They made the first title defense on February 5 PPV against
Disciples of the New Church (
Brian Lee and
Slash) which ended in a
double pin. As a result of this double pin, they were stripped of the titles. They began feuding with both Disciples of the New Church and America's Most Wanted over the titles. However, they lost the titles to
Jerry Lynn and The Amazing Red on April 16. On May 7, 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 (at the time in TNA, championships could 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 for the NWA World Tag Team Championship on June 25. After Low Ki left TNA in July 2003, Triple X parted ways the next month and both Daniels and Skipper focused on singles careers. However, they had a short lived reunion in January 2004.
Second Run (2004) In March, Daniels brought in Low Ki as a surprise partner for the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament, in which they defeated The New Franchise (
Michael Shane and
Shane Douglas) and
The Naturals (Andy Douglas and
Chase Stevens) before losing the finals to
Kid Kash and
Dallas. Afterwards, Low Ki disappeared from TNA again. On May 26, 2004, Daniels and Skipper were reunited as members of
Team NWA for the
World X Cup, which pitted teams from the NWA,
Japan,
Mexico and
Canada against one another in a series of matches for points. With the assistance of Daniels' and Skipper's Triple X teamwork, Team NWA was successful at winning the 2004 World X Cup. After helping Team NWA win the World X 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 tapings of
Impact!, 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
Last Team Standing match at TNA's first three-hour monthly pay-per-view
Victory Road 2004. AMW went on to win the match. The two teams met each other in a
Six Sides of Steel match at
Turning Point 2004, 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.
Aftermath 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 at
Destination X 2005. His first pay per view title defense was against none other than his former partner, Skipper, whom he defeated at
Lockdown 2005. Daniels' reign continued through
Unbreakable, at which point he lost the belt to
A.J. Styles. Daniels later regained the belt in an
Ultimate X match at
Destination X 2006 against Samoa Joe and Styles, but soon after he lost the belt to Joe. Daniels regained the TNA X Division Championship one more time in a three-way match against Styles and
Chris Sabin, before losing it just weeks later to Sabin at
Final Resolution 2007 in another three-way match which included
Jerry Lynn. Apart from a strong showing early, Skipper met with limited success, and was quickly recruited into
Simon Diamond's
The 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 2006 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 Thunder 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 after
Slammiversary 2006 in a three-way match against champion
Samoa Joe and
Sonjay Dutt. After Senshi lost the belt to
Chris Sabin at
Bound for Glory (2006), he faded into the background, participating in the Paparazzi Championship Series through the remainder of 2006 and early 2007. He went on to defeat
Austin Starr at
Final Resolution 2007. It was explained on the July 19, 2007 edition of
TNA Today that since Skipper had been released and then re-signed by TNA to a new contract, that the stipulation of he and Daniels never teaming again was null and void (since that was under the old contract). They won their return match against
Serotonin on the July 19 episode of
Impact!. They followed their victory up on the August 2 episode of
Impact!, where Daniels and Senshi defeated "Black Machismo"
Jay Lethal 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 (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Daniels and Senshi teamed together at
Hard Justice 2007 to take on Jay Lethal and 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. On September 13 edition of
Impact!, Daniels would end up winning the bout over the champion Jay Lethal in a non-title match and being rewarded with a X Division Title match at Bound for Glory against Lethal. At
Bound for Glory (2007), 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 one contender's 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 retrieve 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 at
Destruction '07. They were able to defeat
Prince Devitt and
Minoru in a tag team match.
Senshi left TNA thus ending the tag team. Daniels was then
kayfabe fired via the 'Feast or Fired' stipulation. ==Championships and accomplishments==