Daniel has spent most of his life on the streets of Chicago. He was arrested repeatedly for B&E (breaking and entering), a little theft but he was taken in by a couple of firefighters and they treated him like he was actually their son. When his adopted father died in the line of duty in a fire. He watched over his adopted mother like a watch dog. She went back to work but as an EMT. Daniel eventually fell into the midwest indie's. And made quite the name for himself in the process. He would come home a little banged up ,but some cash for the family emergency fund. His mom didn't mind as he used wrestling as a kind of therapy.
When he graduated high school. He did three years of college and got his associates degree in classic literature. When he went into wresting full-time. it took no time at all for him to come to the attention of WWE. He originally was the bodyguard for their women's division, but it got really good when Sable and Jacqueline convinced the higher ups to give him a chance to get his hands dirty in the ring. One person that was able to keep him under control was Trish Stratus, but when she retired, his leash a logging chain 20 ft long, exchanged many hands, some for good reasons, others bad. But then a new girl came in and although she was afraid, she was smart, and confident that she could calm the rabid dog down. When she first tried to hold his leash, he lashed out at her. Saying mean, hurtful things to her. But she tried again and again, about a week or two later, Daniel was finally back under control. Kayla was very careful around Daniel for the first 6 months to a year after she tamed him. Daniel went back to being the bodyguard for the women's division, and a full-time competitor. Now it's late 2019 and Kayla has Daniel wrapped around her little finger. And what makes it better for both of them is their living together in a home in Orlando, FL, and people have noticed something is brewing between Daniel and Kayla.