Former late night host Conan O’Brien released a special edition of his Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, looking back at a conversation he had with Danhausen five years ago.
Explaining the context of the interview in the wake of the wrestler’s WWE debut at Elimination Chamber, O’Brien stated in the podcast’s introduction:
Danhausen is a wrestler, and he explained to me when we did this very first fan episode that he had loosely based his character, his wrestling character, on me if I was an interdimensional demon, which seems redundant to me.
And Danhausen and I had a great conversation. We talked about comedy, performance, the love of entertaining people. And what struck me, and still I remember this to this day, Danhausen told me that he had been grinding away for the past eight years, driving 12 hours every weekend just to be able to get up in front of people and wrestle. And this is a guy who just applied incredible work ethic to his passion. And I was so impressed with this fellow.
Well, now it’s five years later, and I am thrilled to report that Danhausen has recently made his WWE debut to rave reviews. And this is proof again that if you can marry hard work to your passion, you can go places.
So on behalf of myself and all of us here at Team Coco, massive congratulations and mad respect to Danhausen. And I am so proud of you, happy for you.
Source: F4WOnline
Danhausen’s WWE debut came with a less than positive reaction initially, though fans have quickly warmed to the newcomer’s charms and “curses” in the weeks since.
O’Brien, who recently hosted the 2026 edition of the Academy Awards ceremony, is no stranger to the world of professional wrestling himself, having interviewed a number of wrestlers in the past and even undergoing training as a “luchador” in 2017: