“He Loosely Based His Character On Me …”

A unique full-circle moment recently played out for Danhausen.

And it came courtesy of Conan O’Brien.

On a special edition of his Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast (see audio player below), O’Brien revisited a past conversation he had with Danhausen, reflecting on their first meeting and the journey that followed.

O’Brien recalled that Danhausen originally appeared on the show five years ago, and the impression he left at the time clearly stuck. What stood out most was the grind and years of dedication, long drives, and an unwavering commitment to performing.

“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,” O’Brien stated. “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.”

That memory clearly aged well.

Fast forward to today, and O’Brien had nothing but praise as he reflected on Danhausen reaching a major milestone.

His arrival in WWE.

“Well, now it’s five years later, and I am thrilled to report that Danhausen has recently made his WWE debut to rave reviews,” he continued. “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.“