Danhausen Calls Out The Rock, WWE Rumors on Wyatt Sicks and Aleister Black Releases

Bleacher Report catches you up on the latest news from the WWE Universe.

Danhausen Wants to Curse The Rock

Danhausen has been on a cursing spree since joining WWE, and now he has his sights set on one of the biggest and most popular stars in WWE history.

During an interview with Michael Fairman that was posted this week on YouTube (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside News), Danhausen was asked who he wants to curse next, and he responded by saying, "Does Rock the Dwayne Johnson count? Sure, him."

In a way that only he can, Danhausen was referring to WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who is one of the most decorated WWE Superstars of all time, along with being a current member of TKO's board of directors.

It has been more than a year since The Rock has appeared on WWE programming, but given Danhausen's growing popularity and presence within the WWE product, nothing seems out of the realm of possibility for him.

At WrestleMania 42, Danhausen took part in a segment with John Cena, which saw Danhausen and several little people wrestlers attack The Miz and Kit Wilson.

Danhausen has also regularly gone viral and crossed over into the mainstream consciousness over the past few months, including his recent cursing and uncursing of the New York Knicks.

On Raw and SmackDown, Danhausen has cursed several WWE Superstars, including Miz, Wilson, Dominik Mysterio and a host of others.

Cursing The Rock would put him in an entirely different stratosphere, but if The Rock does decide to return any time soon, it isn't too difficult to envision him having a run-in with Danhausen.

Reported Reason for Wyatt Sicks' WWE Release

New details have emerged regarding why WWE decided to release the entire Wyatt Sicks stable last week.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Wrestle Ops), WWE decision-makers felt The Wyatt Sicks "ran its course," and that the company got everything it could out of the group.

Made up of Bo Dallas (aka Uncle Howdy), Erick Rowan, Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy and Nikki Cross, The Wyatt Sicks made their official debut together on the June 17, 2024, episode of Raw.

The Wyatts made a massive impact immediately by attacking numerous Superstars and leaving the backstage area in disarray, much to the delight of the WWE Universe.

There seemed to be immense potential for the faction given that it was the spiritual successor to late WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt, who was Dallas' real-life brother.

However, while The Wyatt Sicks took part in some memorable vignettes and even held the WWE Tag Team Championships for six months, they never advanced beyond the midcard.

It also felt like WWE didn't necessarily do enough to put them into the types of substantial storylines and rivalries that they needed in order to achieve long-term success.

Rather than building them back up after they fell short in their feud with The MFTs, the decision was made to release all five members of The Wyatt Sicks, leaving fans to wonder what could have been.

Details on Aleister Black's WWE Release

Along with The Wyatt Sicks, Aleister Black and Zelina Vega were shockingly released from their WWE contracts last week.

After nearly four years in AEW, Black returned to WWE in April 2025, and he was eventually paired with Vega in an on-screen capacity for the first time.

Despite being a regular part of SmackDown and winning matches against the likes of Randy Orton, Sami Zayn, Damian Priest and Carmelo Hayes over the past year, Black's second WWE stint came to an abrupt end.

According to Meltzer (h/t Wrestle Ops), WWE heavily pursued Black when his AEW contract expired, but the company never had many concrete plans for him, which contributed to the decision to release him.

Black's ominous character, combined with his in-ring ability, has long made him a fan favorite dating back to his time wrestling in Europe as Tommy End.

He found instant success after signing with WWE the first time in 2016, winning the NXT Championship and competing in some of the most memorable matches from that era of NXT.

Black never replicated that same level of success upon getting called up to the main roster, though, and that continued to be the case this time around.

Now it is fair to wonder where Black and potentially Vega will go next, although it is perhaps safe to assume that they will have plenty of interest from promotions outside of WWE and AEW, such as TNA, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, MLW and others.