WWE legend says he knew Danhausen would be a ‘marketing machine’

Danhausen’s fame successful WWE skyrocketed complete nan people of conscionable a fewer weeks.

He made his debut astatine nan Elimination Chamber, stepping retired of nan enigma container that near Raw wide head Adam Pearce and SmackDown wide head Nick Aldis befuddled for weeks. While his characteristic didn’t precisely resonate pinch fans astatine first, he became uber celebrated arsenic he "cursed" respective of his pro wrestling colleagues.

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Danhausen is introduced during WrestleMania 42 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 19, 2026. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

WWE Hall of Famer Booker T said he believed Danhausen would activity nary matter what.

"When Danhausen came in, everybody crapped connected him," he recalled successful an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital. "Everybody was like, ‘Man, what nan heck is going on? This is not gonna work.’ Everybody isolated from me. I’m virtually nan number successful this full thing. I said, look guys, I don’t cognize what everybody is reasoning astir but erstwhile you return wrestlers and characters for illustration Danhausen retired of nan wrestling business, you suffer show connected what nan wrestling business genuinely is.

Danhausen enters nan ringing during Monday Night RAW astatine Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, California, connected April 13, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)

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"We request nan George ‘The Animal’ Steeles of this business. We request those characters that’s going to travel retired and bring nan levity down and conscionable make you consciousness a definite measurement and conscionable nosy for you. And I said this feline is going to beryllium a merchandizing, you know, a trading machine. And he’s proved to beryllium everything that I said he was gonna be. So, for me, I emotion nan Danhausen characteristic being a portion of WWE. I said, if I ne'er did nan spina-rooni, what would my profession person been? If The Rock ne'er did nan People’s Elbow, wherever would person careers person gone without that? So, for me, I emotion having Danhausen arsenic a portion of WWE."

Danhausen has been featured connected Raw and SmackDown since his debut pinch nan company, but his feud pinch The Miz turned up a notch arsenic he ruined The Miz’s WrestleMania infinitesimal and defeated him successful a lucifer connected SmackDown.

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Danhausen has besides laid a "curse" upon nan New York Mets and ESPN broadcaster Stephen A. Smith successful caller weeks.