WWE signing Danhausen was ‘not a unanimous decision’
Not everyone in WWE was supportive of the company signing Danhausen.
At Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber in Chicago, Danhausen was revealed to have been inside the mystery crate opened on the show. The 35-year-old former ROH and AEW wrestler was accompanied by several dancers, who were also wearing Danhausen-style facepaint. The live crowd reacted negatively to the segment.
Danhausen’s WWE debut was discussed on the post-Elimination Chamber edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, where Dave Meltzer said not everyone in the company was on board with bringing him in.
“It was the Gobbledygooker. That’s what it was. They finally managed to do another Gobbledygooker,” Meltzer said.
Bryan Alvarez noted that Danhausen’s act has gotten over even without much television exposure.
Alvarez said:
“The fact is, he goes to all sorts of events and has gotten himself very over with almost zero national television exposure. So I presume that’s going to be his role. They’ll send him all over the place. They’ll market him on television so he’s bigger at those events, and that will be his role, like a WWE ambassador going different places.”
Meltzer continued:
“People pushed for him. There were people who didn’t want him. It was not a unanimous decision or anything like that. I would guess that the people who didn’t want him are thinking like, ‘Hmm, sure didn’t work out so well this time.’ But time will tell. He’ll get another chance.“
The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio is available for subscribers here.
Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.