Danhausen, Warren-raised WWE Superstar, curses ESPN's Stephen A. Smith

WWE Superstar Danhausen.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith has been cursed by Danhausen, the World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar with Metro Detroit roots.

Let's back up just a bit.

It's WrestleMania week, and the WWE Superstars have been making the media rounds. That includes Danhausen, the ghoulish comic alter ego of Warren-raised Donovan Danhausen.

The Danhausen character, who wears white face paint and dresses like the host of a horror movie marathon on local TV, is known for making outlandish demands on management, carrying around a jar of human teeth and putting a "curse" on those who come between him and his dreams of money and fame.

On Friday, during an appearance on ESPN's "First Take," Danhausen — who describes himself as "very nice, very evil" — interrupted a segment and got into a light back-and-forth with outspoken host Stephen A. Smith.

"You know, you're a bad luck charm," Smith told Danhausen after he appeared on the show and attempted to overtake ESPN's airwaves. "Why are you up here?"

"I heard that you're a big New York Knicks fan," Danhausen told Smith. "And, you know, I could curse their enemies. However, you've been very, very, very rude to Danhausen, so unfortunately, you are cursed, Stephen A. Smith!" he said, pointing in Smith's direction and making a hex-like gesture.

"What did you say? If you don't get the hell out of here..." Smith said, and just like that, Danhausen was gone.

The segment was all in good fun, of course, and follows suit with Danhausen's usual appearances, which typically find him bumping into someone, cursing them, and then disappearing into thin air.

Danhausen — he shuffled around Metro Detroit in his early years and eventually landed in Warren, where he attended and graduated from Lincoln High School — joined WWE in February and received a mixed reaction from fans, who were perhaps unfamiliar with his comic-horror gimmick.

It's a learning curve he's used to.

"A lot of people, when they first hear me or see me, it's jarring, and sometimes they hate it immediately. But then, for whatever reason, they'll want to watch a little bit more," he . "And the more they watch, the more they fall in love with the character. They find something to relate to in it."