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An update has emerged regarding the backstage reaction to Danhausen making his WWE debut at Elimination Chamber 2026.
Former AEW star Danhausen was revealed as the mystery inside the crate that had been going back and forth between Raw and SmackDown in recent weeks.
After he came out of the crate on the stage, he made his entrance and handed a jar of teeth to Michael Cole before the lights dimmed down, with the crowd noticeably booing afterwards, leading to many labelling the debut as a failure.
On Wrestling Observer Radio today, Dave Meltzer reacted to Danhausen’s debut, and mentioned that there are people in WWE who actually didn’t want him to be signed.
He said:
“I mean, it was the Gobbledy Gooker. That’s what it was. They finally managed to do another Gobbledy Gooker.
“We’ll see. It’s a weird one, because with Paul Levesque, the way he books, I don’t see where this guy fits in. He could do the R-Truth thing, but they have R-Truth. You don’t need two R-Truths. I know he’s not the same thing, but it’s just sort of that gimmick mascot guy that doesn’t wrestle.
“Because there’s no upside for him to do wrestling matches. Him going and doing his shtick might get over. It’s WWE, on paper I would have thought that it would for a while, and then it would just become commonplace and then it wouldn’t mean much. But who knows.
“If they put him in the ring on a regular basis it would be… they won’t. He’s not their kinda guy. Not saying he’s bad, but in this day and age, to get regular TV appearances, you’ve got to either be an awesome talker – which, he’s a gimmick talker – or you have to be really freakin’ good in the ring, or be a big muscular dude, and he doesn’t fit that.
“People pushed for him, and there were people who didn’t want him. This was not a unanimous decision or anything like that. I would guess that the people who didn’t want him are thinking, ‘Hmm, sure didn’t work out so well this time.’
“But in time, time will tell. He’ll get another chance. Maybe he’ll be the Gobbledy Gooker and maybe he’ll be R-Truth – one or the other.”
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Why Did Danhausen Give Michael Cole Teeth At WWE Elimination Chamber
Danhausen has long carried a jar of teeth with him as part of his gimmick before joining WWE.
One reason is simply to confuse and bamboozle fans and his opponents.
He also often stuffs them in his opponent’s mouths before punching or kicking them in the face, so he can claim he’s knocked their teeth out.
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