It should really come as no surprise that Danhausen has already become one of the more entertaining aspects of this week’s shows, with a general off-the-cuff hilarity that just works. What is a surprise, however, is how excited I was left for the pairing of The Miz and Danhausen.

Danhausen appeared on Friday to give Nick Aldis a fright and, like he had done with Adam Pearce on Monday, a list of demands. Much like Pearce had done, Aldis looked around desperately to find someone to offload the little demon onto, settling on The Miz. Now, at first I really didn’t want to see Danhausen become the next victim of the Miz-Vortex, a la Carmelo Hayes. But, and it happens more often than I would like to admit, I was wrong. What a really entertaining pair these guys are.

Danhausen recognized the star power behind the name Miz, which makes him a lot more complimentary than half of the roster, and Miz took himself as seriously as he normally does, turning down an opportunity to mentor the future WWE Champion.

Emboldened by his curse on Dominik Mysterio, resulting in him losing the Intercontinental title to Penta on Monday, Danhausen threatened much the same upon Miz. Though one isn’t quite sure how Miz being cursed will effect his prospects, considering he hasn’t won a singles match on broadcast since February 2024.

Nevertheless, Danhausen and Miz is a really great pairing, they had a really funny yet short segment, and Danhausen continues to be a bright spot of fun on three-hour shows that otherwise feel like scraping the bottom of the barrel. Look, obviously Danhausen is a comedy attraction for the most part. He can wrestle, but he’s not a world-beater and isn’t going to be staging five-star classics (unless the Performance Center really is that good).

But what he does do is entertain, and like it or not that is a core difference with WWE and other wrestling promotions. Whether it’s for five seconds or a few minutes, you can’t really go wrong with a segment involving him. In many ways, I just described the Miz down to a tee. So it literally is the perfect pairing. Well, for now. Time will tell whether or not it continues. Until then, great stuff. Love that Danhausen.

Written by Max Everett