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Danhausen’s popularity in WWE skyrocketed in just a few weeks.
He made his debut at the Elimination Chamber, emerging from the mystery box that left Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis perplexed for weeks. Although his character didn’t really resonate with fans at first, he became very popular by “cursing” several of his professional wrestling colleagues.
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Danhausen is introduced during WrestleMania 42 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T said he believes Danhausen will work no matter what.
“When Danhausen arrived, everyone laughed at him,” he recalled in an interview with PK Press Club Digital. “Everyone was like, ‘Dude, what’s going on? This isn’t going to work.” Everyone except me. I’m literally the minority in all of this. I said, listen guys, I don’t know what everyone’s thinking, but when you take wrestlers and characters like Danhausen out of the wrestling world, you lose sight of what the wrestling world really is.
Danhausen enters the ring on Monday Night RAW at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California on April 13, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)
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“We need the George ‘The Animal’ Steeles of this company. We need these characters that are going to come out and cut the levity and make you feel a certain way and just fun for you. And I said this guy is going to be a merchandising machine, you know, a marketing machine. And he turned out to be everything I said he would be. So, for me, I love the Danhausen character being part of WWE. I said, if I had never done the spina-rooni, What would my career have been like if The Rock had never done the People’s Elbow, where would my career have been without it?
Danhausen has been featured on Raw and SmackDown since his debut in the company, but his feud with The Miz took a new turn by ruining The Miz’s WrestleMania moment and defeating him in a match on SmackDown.
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Danhausen also placed a “curse” on the New York Mets and ESPN broadcaster Stephen A. Smith in recent weeks.
