WWE star's 'uncursing' of the Knicks gets partial credit of team's journey back to NBA Finals

"You. Are. Cursed."

It’s the zinger that has plagued WWE superstars, Stephen A. Smith and sports teams alike. Danhausen, the "very bully and precise evil" pro wrestling property that has laid his curse connected The Miz, Kit Wilson and the ESPN pundit, did thing that was much of the erstwhile alternatively than the latter. He "uncursed" the New York Knicks.

The Knicks and Knicks fans person been successful a pit of hoops despair for astir 27 years. Since the San Antonio Spurs swept them successful the 1999 NBA Finals, joyousness erstwhile watching the Knicks has travel successful waves.

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Danhausen enters the ringing during WWE Backlash astatine Benchmark International Arena successful Tampa, Fla., connected May 9, 2026. (Michael Owens/WWE)

The arrivals of Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony helped bring the spark backmost into their eyes. Jeremy Lin and "Linsanity" gave them anticipation and adjacent Phil Jackson taking implicit arsenic president of the squad for 3 years successful the mid-2010s was a infinitesimal that would person been engrained successful fans’ heads for rather immoderate clip if it led to immoderate benignant of success.

But this year’s iteration of the Knicks, led by Jalen Brunson, has, truthful far, erased each of the tales of calamity and tiny triumphs that ne'er came to fruition. The Knicks precocious to the NBA Finals connected Monday nighttime with a expanse of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Danhausen cursed the Cavaliers, overmuch to the chagrin of Cleveland sports instrumentality The Miz. He adjacent showed up to Madison Square Garden and received a jersey portion WWE released a garment successful collaboration with the Knicks. The garment read, "You are Uncursed."

Miz speaks with Danhausen during SmackDown astatine BOK Center successful Tulsa, Oklahoma, connected May 1, 2026. (Meg Oliphant/WWE)

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Danhausen took a triumph thigh connected Tuesday, appearing successful a video breaking retired a broom to signify the sweep.

"UNCURSED," helium added successful a abstracted station connected X.

The infinitesimal underscores a cleanable crossover infinitesimal betwixt pro wrestling and mainstream sports. Brunson, himself, is simply a immense WWE instrumentality and got progressive successful an space past twelvemonth with Indiana Pacers prima Tyrese Haliburton.

Brunson has avoided commenting connected Danhausen’s shenanigans, but said helium and the grooming unit "acknowledge" satellite heavyweight champion Roman Reigns earlier each game.

"See, these are the questions I privation asked! ... I person a handshake with 1 of our trainers and we admit him earlier each game," helium said backmost connected April 30 aft Reigns won the rubric astatine WrestleMania 42.

Whether it’s voodoo, magic, oregon immoderate you privation to telephone it, the Knicks person propelled themselves backmost into the hearts and minds of hoops fans and person go 1 of the feel-good stories of the year.

Across the city, successful Queens, the New York Mets are inactive hoping for an "uncursing." But Danhausen made wide to Fox News Digital during WrestleMania week successful April that that the squad wasn’t afloat distant from his curse.

New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson reacts aft scoring during the 2nd fractional of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers successful New York, New York, connected May 19, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

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"I did un-curse the Mets. But it didn’t enactment because, I judge it was Brian Gewirtz who did not wage Danhausen. He did not nonstop maine my wealth truthful it did not instrumentality afloat effect," helium said. "Once I person the money, possibly it volition really enactment due to the fact that close present it’s astir apt astir a fractional of an un-cursing. It’s similar a layaway situation."