Before last week, “what’s within the box?” was an issue one only heard when any individual was attempting to break out their best impression of Brad Pitt at the tip of “Seven.” Now it is the query on several wrestling fans’ minds after WWE unveiled a mystery box, or crate, on the February 16 episode of “Raw.” Speculation has been plentiful regarding the wrestler who may very well be inside, with AEW star Chris Jericho serving as the most well-liked pick.
But one gambling site seems to favor one other AEW star almost as much. On MyBookie, the present favorite to be within the box is none aside from Danhausen at -200 odds. Jericho continues to be among the many favorites, nevertheless, placing second at -150. Other names listed, but at far lower odds, are Bianca Belair, Pat McAfee, Saraya/Paige, Bad Bunny, Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar, and Royce Keys. While all are within the +100 range, they’ll all take solace in not having as worse odds of being within the box as Shane McMahon, who’s +5000.
Though he hasn’t gotten as much speculation as Jericho, Danhausen has been talked about as a possible box candidate. The AEW stars contract, which has been frozen at the very least once, is believed to be expiring soon, and it’s widely expected he’ll depart the promotion, having not worked a match for AEW since 2023, and having only made one appearance for Ring of Honor in 2024.
The “very nice, very evil” star has kept busy on the independent circuit within the meantime, but many have expected he would sign with WWE as a consequence of his close friendship with CM Punk. The incontrovertible fact that Elimination Chamber is going down in Punk’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois, where Punk will defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor, has also been cited as evidence Danhausen may very well be the mysterious crate figure.