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00:01Well, I think there's a lot of visions for the future
00:04and a lot of people are trying to figure out
00:06exactly what they are.
00:07Some are more confusing than others.
00:10I'm very happy because today on WWE Now,
00:15we have scored the very first interview
00:21since his arrival in the WWE,
00:24being born out of a crate with Dan Housen.
00:28We go now to our guest on this week's WWE Now Raw Recap.
00:36This is very exciting.
00:38Welcome to WWE Now.
00:40For the very first time, the one and the only Dan Housen.
00:45Dan Housen, how are you?
00:47I'm very nice, very evil.
00:49How are you?
00:50I mean, I can speak for myself.
00:52I'm great, Megan.
00:53Fantastic.
00:54That's great.
00:54That's great.
00:55Dan Housen, how has life been?
00:58It's been, you know, a couple of weeks now in the WWE.
01:01How are you getting used to WWE Live?
01:05It's been great.
01:06It's been very busy.
01:07I've been, I am a, what is it?
01:10Monday Night Raw legend and I am a Friday Night Smackdown legend.
01:13So it has been quite nice.
01:15I've been very busy, very evil.
01:17I have been top of the merchandise sales,
01:20who would have thought?
01:21Well.
01:22Dan Housen would have.
01:22And, you know, I've been cursing some foes and I've been trying to make some friends,
01:27but we're seeing how that goes.
01:30Yeah.
01:30I mean, look, that could be, that could be tough anywhere you go.
01:32Do you find that, that without a specific home, you've, you've popped up on Raw,
01:36you've popped up on Smackdown, you've popped up on Elimination Chamber.
01:40Do you feel like the general managers are courting you?
01:43We've been seeing a lot of that lately with free agents.
01:46What do you mean?
01:47Sending me to jail?
01:48No, no, not like a, not like a legal court.
01:51I meant courting, like, like wooing you, like wooing you.
01:54Woo.
01:55Right.
01:55Yeah.
01:56Wooing me.
01:56Yeah.
01:56I like that.
01:57That's nice.
01:58Yeah.
01:58They should give me championships if they want to do that and more money.
02:01And also, I've already said this, but I need my face on the side of the trucks.
02:06Yeah, you did.
02:07Well, yeah.
02:07The list of demands as I have them and tell me if I'm missing anything is face on the
02:11side of the trucks, a championship of some type, a blimp.
02:17Uh, personal camera boy.
02:20Yeah.
02:20And assistant.
02:21You're not going to forget that.
02:22And assistant.
02:23Uh, and, and hall of fame this year specifically.
02:26Dory.
02:26Of course.
02:27We've got demolition.
02:28We've got Stephanie McMahon.
02:29We've got AJ Styles with this beautiful hair.
02:31What more could you ask for?
02:33Dan Housen.
02:34That's what.
02:34I, I, I understand that you got your finger point picture with triple H.
02:38What was the, what was that interaction like?
02:42Uh, I think he didn't want to be cursed.
02:44So I think he just gave in immediately.
02:46Someone probably, uh, gave him the heads up on what would happen.
02:49He also probably watched, uh, Monday night draw and saw what happened to Dominic.
02:54Yeah, that did.
02:56That did follow Dominic.
02:58It did see.
02:58Well, listen.
03:00Yeah.
03:01It did.
03:01He lost the championship, which I didn't think he was ever going to lose the championship,
03:04but the curse.
03:05He did it to a painter.
03:08He does.
03:08That he does.
03:10Yeah.
03:10No, that's a, he'd probably appreciate you doing that too.
03:13Um, yeah.
03:14I mean, on smack, after you, you did curse Dom, obviously you didn't get along great with
03:19the judgment day.
03:20You then went over to, uh, SmackDown and it looked like you didn't curse them as you threatened
03:26to curse the Miz.
03:28Do you feel like, do you feel like there could be something building?
03:32Like the Miz as your mentor, is that a, a, a potential reality?
03:36Well, yeah.
03:37Yeah.
03:37Speaking of reality, he had a reality television show and Dan Housen needs his own reality
03:41television show or a cartoon or something.
03:43But I think the Miz can help Dan Housen, because I don't know if you know this, he's very famous.
03:48He has won, uh, about 47 championships in this company.
03:52I think all of them.
03:53Yeah.
03:54He's main evented WrestleMania.
03:56Mm-hmm.
03:56He has defeated the tip top of superstars.
04:01So who better to learn from?
04:02Who's to argue with Dan Housen about this?
04:06No.
04:06He has everything.
04:07He's done it all.
04:08Who better to teach Dan Housen how to become, uh, I already said I was a legend, but
04:13even more legendary.
04:15Hall of Famer.
04:16Hopefully.
04:17Hall of Famer.
04:18That's right.
04:18That's right.
04:18Maybe this year.
04:19Two months, like a month and a half.
04:21Six weeks.
04:23You said maybe?
04:24You said maybe, and Megan said maybe.
04:26No, no, I said maybe this year.
04:26I mean, the list of demands, but I don't know if there's an update, like, has the blimp
04:29arrived yet?
04:30No, not yet.
04:31I'm still waiting for it.
04:33But, uh, what else?
04:34Please don't curse me.
04:35Please don't curse me.
04:36I will not curse you.
04:37We do need to get on this list, though, because there is more stuff that needs to be done that
04:42has not been done yet.
04:42And it's been, uh, a week.
04:45Yeah, I was going to ask you that.
04:47I mean, do you not find that, that patience can be a virtue?
04:51You know, a lot of, a lot of superstars, it takes them many, many years, many years to
04:56accomplish these things.
04:57And for you to just kind of show up, uh, a foreign entity to a lot of the WWE universe
05:02and just, just kind of be demanding all this stuff feels a little quick.
05:06No?
05:07No, I don't think so.
05:08I'm Dan housing.
05:09I didn't think of that.
05:10Give me my things.
05:12I want to be cursed.
05:13No.
05:14Yeah.
05:14See, that's the thing.
05:15You come in here, you kick in the door, you, there's a new sheriff in town is what you
05:19say, and then, uh, you make your demands and then it already worked once.
05:23And I just need to get it to work about 10 more times unless I keep adding to this list,
05:27which I probably will.
05:28Yeah.
05:29Yeah.
05:29And obviously it's working, uh, as far as, uh, merchandising goes, which is, I mean,
05:34I'm, you know, no surprise to any of us that, that have loved that Dan housing for some
05:37time.
05:38Uh, I wanted to, I wanted to ask you about your debut.
05:41First of all, this, this crate shows up two weeks, uh, before the elimination chamber.
05:46Were you in the crate for two weeks?
05:49Yeah.
05:50Well, absolutely.
05:51Where else would I have been?
05:53I, I, you know, someone else has shipped themselves across the sea.
05:56I mean, there was the coffin in the crate as well.
05:58Yeah.
05:59Like, how, how was there enough room?
06:00There was a coffin inside the crate as well.
06:02And then there were several dancing women was, was everybody in, in the crate the entire
06:09time?
06:10Lime.
06:13Lime.
06:15Next question.
06:16He didn't like the question.
06:18He didn't like the question.
06:19I gotta be careful.
06:19Yeah.
06:20No.
06:21You have been a bit of a, a, a bit of a, a hard-nosed reporter on this one, which
06:25how did you feel the, uh, next question?
06:27How did you feel the, uh, the, the Chicago crowd responded to you?
06:33Oh, there was thunderous applause.
06:34It was great.
06:35I came out and they yelled, yes, finally, Danhausen has arrived.
06:39And I could hear each and every one of them hop off their seats and get up and applaud and
06:45say, up yours, Dracula.
06:46Danhausen did it first.
06:48Cause Danhausen, uh, shipped himself in a crate across the seas first, but it was to
06:51WWE.
06:51It was not, uh, the last voyage of the Dementor or whatever it's called.
06:55Were you surprised that Michael Cole, uh, didn't quite know what to make of you giving
07:00him that jar of teeth?
07:02Well, you know, I don't expect everyone to get it right away, but I was, uh, quite rude
07:08to, uh, Mr.
07:09Uh, Wade Barrett, I had some bad news for him, if you will.
07:12I will.
07:13I, I said, I don't have any gift for you up yours.
07:18I can see.
07:19But I gave it to Michael Cole cause he's been around for a long time.
07:21He's earned it.
07:22That's true.
07:23And I hope he uses it well.
07:25Do you carry those teeth with you everywhere you go?
07:29Uh, yes, but unfortunately not right now.
07:32They're in the other room.
07:34He doesn't bring me on the spot too many times.
07:37Yeah.
07:37Are you, this is very gotcha journalism on your part, Megan.
07:40I wanted to know about the teeth.
07:41You've been bringing up the teeth.
07:44Some sort of headline.
07:45Gotcha.
07:47That's right.
07:47What are they called?
07:48The clickbait.
07:49Megan loves clickbait.
07:51Yes.
07:53Yeah.
07:53Yeah.
07:54Dan Howson is, I mean, he's a little too smart for your, your gotcha journalism, Megan.
07:59He's, he's been around the block a couple of times.
08:01It's true.
08:02Where are you from Dan Howson?
08:03Where are you, where, where's, what do you got there?
08:05Look how powerful.
08:06Oh yeah.
08:07It's my eyebrow.
08:07Wow.
08:08It's very long.
08:08It is where I get all my power.
08:10You have one?
08:11I got an, I got, yeah, I got a couple.
08:13So where are you, where are you from?
08:15You said they shipped the crate.
08:16Where, where did the crate come from?
08:17Where do you, where do you make your residences?
08:20What, none of your business.
08:21What do you want, fans showing up at my house?
08:22That's a fair thing.
08:23You're going to show up at my door, ask for an autograph, Sam?
08:26No, I wouldn't do that.
08:27I wouldn't, and I didn't mean to dox you right here in front of everybody.
08:29I'm trying to though.
08:30I'm from someplace far away and that's all you need to know.
08:33Do you have, do you reveal your age?
08:38Well, you know, I'm about 22, 22 years young.
08:4222 years.
08:43Yeah, spry young man here.
08:45I didn't know if you, and that's the thing.
08:47I mean, you move and act like a, like just a kid from the block, but, but you never know.
08:51You could be a thousand years old, like Dracula, you know, I just, I feel like people don't
08:55know when I'm, yeah, that's right.
08:57Danny from the, less like Dracula, more like Jenny from the block.
09:01That's right.
09:01That's right.
09:02Did it bring a warmth into your heart when Triple H tweeted out the phrase, welcome to
09:08the big dance housing?
09:10Yes.
09:11And then I replied, it's time to play the game housing.
09:14Yes, you did.
09:15Yes, you did.
09:16Um, do you have, as a, as a, as a, as a wrestler, do you have goals in the WWE
09:23or is it more,
09:24are you more demand oriented than goal oriented?
09:26Oh, no, no.
09:26I've got goals.
09:27I need to be on wrestling mania.
09:29Okay.
09:30I think that would be nice.
09:31Also, I hear about this money in the bank briefcase and I think, you know, that's a nice
09:37little bonus because you open it up, it's full of cash, I would presume.
09:40So I really want to win that guy because then it's like a bonus payday for Dan House.
09:44It's filled with money and then I can go spend it on things.
09:47You can buy PT cruisers and all the likes.
09:50I forgot about your PT cruiser.
09:52Do you want to tell them about that?
09:53Yeah, the nice, you know, they're fast like a Corvette.
09:56Yeah.
09:57Yeah, but they're, I don't know if it.
09:59You want to tell them about the briefcase?
10:01There's not cash in the briefcase.
10:04I don't believe that for a second.
10:06It's called money in the bank briefcase.
10:07That is right.
10:08It's got to be something, mate.
10:09But there's a contract in there that you can cash in for a championship opportunity.
10:13You can cash it in, you take it to the bank and you say, give me my money.
10:16Yeah, that's right.
10:18That's 100% right.
10:19So we have championships, WrestleMania, money in the bank.
10:22I think that's good goals.
10:24I would like more action figure too.
10:27Oh, I'm going to tell maybe.
10:28But that's not wrestling related.
10:29That's just outside related.
10:30So I guess I did not answer your question.
10:32Oh, no.
10:33Yeah, no, no, no.
10:34But you did answer the question.
10:35I mean, speaking of action figures, merchandise, things like that, when you're thinking about it,
10:41I don't know if you're a big video game enthusiast, Dan Housen, but who would be your dream opponent
10:47or dream match if you could turn any WWE 2K matchup into reality?
10:54And can you kind of paint a picture of what that match might look like?
10:58Oh, I think I'd like the team with Roddy Piper.
11:01Ooh.
11:02That would be good.
11:03Yeah, we're all two bubbleguts and we're all out of curses or whatever he says.
11:07That's exactly right.
11:08We'll do that.
11:09Cold Steve Austin versus Dan Housen in a hair versus hair match.
11:13Yeah, sure.
11:14I'll make him even balder.
11:15That's good.
11:16I'll shave his goatee too.
11:17Wow.
11:18What else?
11:19We got Rock the Dwayne Johnson.
11:22I can beat him, I think.
11:23We can do the people's elbow, but we'll curse him first.
11:26We'll do the pose first and then the elbow.
11:27Ooh.
11:28What else?
11:29We got Pepsi Phil, good old CM Punk.
11:31I think I could beat him and take back my finishing maneuver, which he has released the
11:36rights to.
11:36I've raised the rights back to him now that I'm here.
11:39Paid me a hefty fee.
11:40Ooh.
11:42Yeah.
11:43What else?
11:44I think I've list him off, wrestled some legends.
11:48Great.
11:49Yeah.
11:49No, I think that that all would be very good, especially with all the match types they have.
11:52It could be an Inferno match, a coffin match.
11:55Dan Housen, the powerhouse, versus Andre the Giant in an Hell in a Cell Inferno match.
12:04Oh!
12:05Thanksgiving food street fight on SmackDown.
12:08Oh, I would love that.
12:09I would love that.
12:11When do you think we'll get to see Dan Housen in the ring?
12:17There was a bang, and now it is frozen.
12:19Oh.
12:21Ask the question again.
12:22He didn't hear it.
12:23You got to ask it again because he didn't hear you.
12:25Dan Housen.
12:25You're frozen in time.
12:26In the ring, when do you think we'll get to see you having a real match on Raw or SmackDown?
12:32I hope soon.
12:34So far, I'm just going through and cursing some foes, trying to make some friends, possibly
12:39setting up some matches so I can win.
12:41And then that gives me more money, and then it gives me more likely chance to get on the
12:46truck.
12:47The truck is really...
12:49What is it about the truck that has...
12:51Is it just sort of seeing your face that large, or why is that so appealing to you?
12:56I think that's good because if I get on the truck and then people see me on a truck, they'll
12:59know who Dan Housen is.
13:01They'll take a picture of my face and Google me.
13:03And then also, the truck, I should be on the sphere in Las Vegas.
13:08The whole sphere?
13:09The whole sphere should be Dan Housen.
13:11And also, in Times Square, we should have Dan Housen on every corner.
13:15What are some other landmarks that I can put my face on?
13:19The pyramids?
13:20Pyramids?
13:21Maybe Mount Rushmore.
13:23Mount Rushmore.
13:24You can have Dan Housen to the side of it.
13:25That's good.
13:26That's really good.
13:27Put me on the New York subways as well, so you cannot escape me.
13:30Oh, that's smart.
13:31That's smart.
13:32You just never know.
13:32Put me on Big Ben.
13:33And sometimes when it's this way, it'll look like a mustache.
13:36That's fun.
13:37That's a lot of fun.
13:38I feel like Dan Housen, it feels like the WWE universe has really started to come around on you and
13:45kind of get you.
13:46I think that the thing about Dan Housen is you're much more logical than anybody else is in terms of
13:53-
13:54Yeah, I'm really, really smart.
13:54I'm a genius.
13:55Yeah.
13:56Yeah.
13:57Some would say a genius.
13:58I would.
13:59I would say that.
14:00I wanted to ask about the blimp.
14:01I found it particularly interesting because, you know, most people are asking for private jets, but why did you-
14:07What's the fascination with a blimp?
14:11Well, I think it's giant.
14:13You can put my face on the side of it or the front of it with my name, and I
14:18can go above sports events, such as WrestleMania.
14:22And then, you know, everyone can see it.
14:24Private jet moves too fast.
14:26You need it slow because it's an advertisement for yourself.
14:29It'll help me take over the world.
14:31There's not that many people who have a handle on cursing foes and marketing.
14:37Also, not that many people own a blimp.
14:40I would be one of the few.
14:41Yeah, that's a good point.
14:43Yeah, that's a huge-
14:44He's that guy with the blimp.
14:45Lots of people have private jets.
14:46Yeah.
14:46It's like good year, and that's about it.
14:48That's it.
14:48Nobody else, really, at this point.
14:51That's a good business to get into, you know?
14:53Yeah.
14:54Yeah, that could be very, very exciting.
14:56Well, Dan Housen, we really-
14:59I, for one, am thrilled that you are here, that you are in the WWE.
15:03It feels like you are already creating a whole new dynamic.
15:09The WWE, I think the very foundation of this place has shifted and changed since you arrived.
15:16I don't think we've ever had a force quite like Dan Housen in this company, and I think
15:21that it's- I think that it's for the better.
15:23Yeah, creating a legion of Dan Housens, fan Housens of Dan Housens.
15:28That's right.
15:29That's right.
15:30I want more people to show up with Dan Housen face in the audience and chanting, we want
15:35Dan Housen, every single time.
15:38And when Dan Housen's down on the screen, they ask, where's Dan Housen?
15:41It'd be great.
15:42So you're thinking, you're thinking that you show up, and then whenever, and when you're
15:47on the screen, people are happy, and then whenever Dan Housen's not on the screen, maybe
15:51everybody asks, where's Dan Housen?
15:53Yeah, where's Dan Housen?
15:54We want Dan Housen.
15:55Something of that sort.
15:56They can chant it throughout the arena.
15:57It would be great.
15:59No, that sounds- would you do that, Megan?
16:01Of course.
16:02Maybe on this podcast, maybe we'll come off the interview and say, hey, where's Dan Housen?
16:07Yes, you should do that, because I would be gone.
16:10That's right.
16:11Well, Dan Housen, we appreciate you being so generous with your time, especially when
16:16you're on your quest to, well, get money and titles and Hall of Fame.
16:19Do you know, do you know before we let you go, if you are to be put into the class
16:24of
16:24the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame, who might induct you?
16:31Oh, my.
16:35Let's see.
16:37I like The Undertaker.
16:38He looks pretty evil.
16:40I think The Undertaker would be good.
16:42He's also been handing out these congratulatory congratulations to people that are in the
16:46Hall of Fame, so who better?
16:48That's a great point.
16:49That might actually be where you start.
16:50I would just start going up and down the halls looking for The Undertaker.
16:54Yeah, maybe I should find where he lives and knock on his door and say, hello, induct
16:58me.
16:59Maybe you'll knock on my door and just say, I'm here to induct you.
17:03I don't know.
17:03You'll never know.
17:04We won't until it happens, and it's bound to happen.
17:08But who better?
17:09Who more evil?
17:10It'd be perfect.
17:12A lot of people might say you are like a modern-day Undertaker.
17:16Well, I think he's going to beat you up for saying that, but I'll try to stop him.
17:21Thank you very much.
17:22Yeah, you're welcome.
17:22I appreciate that, and I appreciate you giving us this time here for WWE now, and yes, thank
17:31you very much.
17:32You're welcome.
17:33Thank you, both of you, and have a nice day.
17:37That's, well, you know, not my catchphrase, but have a good time.
17:41That's my catchphrase.
17:43Thank you, both of you, and have a nice day.
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