Danhausen’s mystery tag team partner at WWE Backlash turned out to be a tiny clone of himself called Minihausen, and the luchador under the mask was Mascarita Dorada from Lucha Libre AAA, the former El Torito.
The reveal came after weeks of speculation that floated CM Punk, Jelly Roll, Joe Hendry, and Mr. Iguana as possibilities. Instead, Danhausen walked to a “cloning machine” at his entrance, pulled out a miniature version of himself, and the two climbed into the Danhausenmobile for the trip to the ring.
Minihausen started the match against Kit Wilson and quickly won the Tampa crowd over with athletic offense and the trademark Danhausen mannerisms. When Wilson stuffed Minihausen back into the cloning machine, multiple Minihausens spilled out and chased him to the ring. The Miz then blasted himself in the face with a fire extinguisher he had aimed at Danhausen, Minihausen wiped Wilson out with a splash on the floor, and Danhausen pinned Miz to win it.
Mascarita Dorada is the same performer who worked WWE as El Torito alongside Los Matadores from 2014 to 2016, best remembered for the WeeLC match against Hornswoggle at Extreme Rules 2014. He returned to the Mexican independent and AAA scene after his WWE run, and has been a regular on AAA programming since WWE acquired the promotion.
Backlash 2026 took place at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida, airing on ESPN’s direct-to-consumer service in the United States and on Netflix internationally.