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My Take
I have a soft spot for wrestlers like Daniel Hollie. At 191 cm he worked WWE rings from 2003 to 2007 as Danny Basham, then turned up in TNA as Damaja. He was never the marquee name, and that is exactly why he matters to me: the midcard and tag-team grinders are the connective tissue that makes the headline stories land. I picture him as the steady hand who made flashier opponents look good. Now that he is retired, the understated craft of a guy who took bumps for years reads even better. These are the workers I genuinely want to champion.
Overview
Daniel Richard Hollie (born October 3, 1977) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2003 and 2007 under the ring name Danny Basham and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Damaja in 2007.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daniel Hollie
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニー・ホリー
- Reading
- だにー・ほりー
- Born
- October 3, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Seymour, Indiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.