AEW Suddenly Drops a Huge Damian Priest Bombshell

Damian Priest is one of the top stars on the WWE roster. AEW has now suddenly dropped a huge bombshell about him.

Priest has been a part of the WWE roster since 2018. He started his run in NXT before he eventually moved up to the main roster, where he established himself as a main event player by winning the World Heavyweight Championship. However, before arriving in the Stamford-based promotion, he wrestled for Ring of Honor for a couple of years, where he competed under the ring names Punisher Martinez, Punishment Martinez, and Damian Martinez.

Now that ROH is owned by Tony Khan, the company often posts some classic matches from the promotion's glory days on its YouTube channel. AEW recently uploaded a classic bout that took place between Punishment Martinez and Jay White in ROH.

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Vince Russo is Not Happy That WWE Split Up Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley's Alliance

Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley were part of The Judgment Day for a couple of years. However, they were kicked out of the group last year. Following this, Rhea and Damian teamed up to face their former stablemates. However, once this feud was done, Ripley and Priest went their separate ways.

Speaking on a recent episode of Legion of RAW on Sportskeeda's WrestleBinge, Vince Russo stated that Ripley and Priest had something special as a duo. However, since their split, the company has done nothing with either of them.

"When they broke out Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley from Judgment Day, they had something. And let me tell you why they had something, because there was never a guy-girl combo like that. And they really look like legit superheroes. And if they would have kept that team together and that relationship together, that was different. Since those two split, they've done nothing with Rhea Ripley, and they've done nothing with Damian Priest. So why wouldn't you have kept something together that was different and was special? You break that up, and now the two of them have been in no man's land for the last six months," Russo said.

The Archer of Infamy has been involved in a feud with Aleister Black as of late.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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