Danhausen Curse in Full Effect ft. Don LaGreca
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What is the Danhausen curse and how does it affect sports?
welcome to the busted open podcast this is dave lagreca on today's episode myself and nick nemeth talk about dan hausen you can't argue you can't fight it dan hausen whether he curses you or uncurses you as a wrestler or a sports franchise it's real somebody who doesn't believe is from ESPN New York, the play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils, and oh yeah, my brother, Don LaGreca. We get into it right here on the Busted Open Podcast. This is the Busted Open Podcast. Don LaGreca. who joins us here. You can hear him every single day on ESPN Radio in New York, covering sports like a blanket in New York City. And, of course, he's the play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils. And my brother. Don, what's going on?
Who is Don LaGreca and what is his connection to Danhausen?
Good morning. How are you guys? All right? You are so annoyed. I can hear it in your voice.
You are so annoyed. I really am. I'm so aggravated. I'm sitting in traffic trying to get into the Holland Tunnel for a meeting I don't want to be at. And I'm getting beat up by wrestling callers. Listen, I love it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. So you were listening to the show?
Yes.
Wow. Okay. All right.
What does living the gimmick mean in wrestling?
Yes, I was. I was listening to half of the Jericho. Boy, he loves Rush, huh?
Yeah, I do. Well, dude, listen, Rush is back, man, and people are excited.
No, they are. I mean, you know Doobie, Steve Dubinskis. He went to the concert in L.A., and he was really excited about it. You know, I don't like great white motley crew. Why is Jericho into stripper music?
I mean, that's all part of the persona, Don. And that brings us to the gimmick. Yeah, it's living the gimmick. And again, living the gimmick is what you need to start appreciating and learning from because it is fascinating because we're talking a lot about Dan Housen. And listen, right now, Don, just so you know, in the playoffs for both the NBA and NHL, Dan Housen's record is 16-1 because he's cursed both the Golden Knights and the Carolina Hurricanes. And when he's done each one... The team has won. So he's 16, and what other team that you know of has a playoff record like 16-1? Dan Housen does.
The Knicks.
How has Danhausen's curse influenced NBA and NHL playoffs?
Dan Housen does.
Yeah, and the Knicks. But you just said gimmick, and I'm not a big gimmick guy. But here's the thing. I'm 58 years old. I can't hold in my emotions on the air. So there's two things at play here. Listen, good for Dan Housen. It's promotion. You couldn't pay for promotion like this. And it sounds like he's a good kid. I'm not going after him. I don't have any ill will towards him. I'm just tired of the promo, man. Also, this whole wrestling ESPN thing has just got... It got me irritated because, like, every time I look up at SportsCenter, they got a wrestler on. And you know damn well none of those people on SportsCenter know who any of these people are. That's got to bother both the sports fan and the wrestling fan.
But because of the cross promotion, whatever. But when it happens on the air, because I'm a 58-year-old man who can't hold in my emotions, Peter and Alan will be talking.
Why do some fans attribute the Knicks' success to Danhausen?
I'll be like, ugh.
And they're like, what's the matter? I'm like, oh, there's another wrestler on SportsCenter. And then whenever Peter brings up old Dan Housen, I'm like, ugh. I don't want to hear about it. I mean, I get messages from people on social media, apparently uncursed the devils. I didn't realize they were cursed, but apparently they're uncursed. He cursed Cleveland. How redundant is that? You're cursing the city of Cleveland. It's like a double curse. It's unfair. I just think that it's just so – it just gets to the level of irritating because I'm a Met fan, all right? And as much as I'm a Met fan, there are a bunch of losers who always have to come up with some kind of gimmick any time they get good. Oh, Grimace threw out the first pitch.
We've won 10 of our last 11 games. The hot tool girl threw out the first pitch. Oh, we've won five in a row. That's for losers, all right? The Knicks are winners.
What frustrations does Don LaGreca express about wrestling and sports media?
They're a good team. So you're like, oh, Dan Housen. No, Dan Housen did crap, all right? This team is good.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Danhausen curse and how does it affect sports?
0:00–0:59
2
Who is Don LaGreca and what is his connection to Danhausen?
0:59–1:37
3
What does living the gimmick mean in wrestling?
1:37–2:52
4
How has Danhausen's curse influenced NBA and NHL playoffs?
2:52–3:44
5
Why do some fans attribute the Knicks' success to Danhausen?
3:44–4:35
6
What frustrations does Don LaGreca express about wrestling and sports media?
4:35–5:10
7
How do celebrity fans impact the atmosphere at Knicks games?
5:10–6:13
8
What is the significance of Danhausen in the wrestling community?
6:13–25:10