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Yeah, I honestly think the debut was pretty well done. He kept his name, they made him look like a big deal with the dancers and everything, the music and presentation fit the gimmick perfectly, I don’t think they could have done better with it.
Even with that, though, it didn’t seem like the crowd was on board with any of it, from the clips I saw. I think Danhausen’s whole schtick might just be past its sell by date at this point. But I guess we’ll see how it goes.
I don’t know that his thing is past it’s date, but it’s clear Chicago fans, some of the smarkiest, didn’t care, and that’s bad for him, Punk’s friendship will only take him so far.
As to the debut itself, yeah it was pretty good outside the whole crate story. Should have just used the coffin if this was the plan all along, although then people would have thought of 'Taker, so maybe it wouldn’t have worked either. I really believe WWE started that crate thing like it was something big only to have to pivot and end it with Danhausen. I’m not trying to knock him, I enjoyed his AEW work, but he’s not that big of a deal.
I didn’t even realize this was in Chicago. That’s even worse for him. He came up through the Midwest indies; I would think if anyone would appreciate him, it’d be a smarky Chicago crowd.
Hopefully it was just the crowd disappointed it wasn’t something bigger. I may not watch or like WWE any more, but that doesn’t mean I don’t wish the best for the talent there. Well… most of the talent there.
I’m hoping the crowd was just upset because he wasn’t Jericho and Danhausen can recover.