Danhausen: Danhausen Wouldn’t Be A Wrestler Without CM Punk

Danhausen credits CM Punk with being the reason that he was able to become a wrestler and take over the industry.

Throughout his time in AEW and WWE, Danhausen has been connected to CM Punk, with the two being good friends outside of the ring. The ‘Very Nice, Very Evil’ WWE superstar has interacted with Punk repeatedly backstage, and now, Danhausen has noted Punk has had a tremendous influence on his wrestling career as a whole.

While speaking in a new episode of Hot Ones: Extra Heat, Danhausen would speak about Punk’s influence on his career, noting that he would not be a wrestler without Punk.

“Well, he’s Danhausen’s reason for wrestling. Danhausen wouldn’t be a wrestler without CM Punk. So he got Danhausen to rewatch wrestling and then decide, ‘oh, I should take over the world with wrestling. That’s a good idea.’ Because you dip out of stuff sometimes and then you see something that sucks you back in. Inspiration. He was the person who sucked me back in with the… the horror and the comics and the hardcore punk music and everything like that was all drawn back in. These were similar interests, and I went, ‘I like that guy. That guy is Danhausen on TV.’ Then that’s where Danhausen comes in with that. Wee become friends. We become acquaintances and then friends, and then he’s a bit of a mentor but also a great friend. But he owes me money.”

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Danhausen has not only had positive experiences due to his friendship with Punk, with Kevin Owens hitting him with a Stunner last month for being his friend. You can read more about that here.

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