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Edge and Damian Priest have entered a partnership after Priest helped The Rated-R Superstar defeat AJ Styles at WrestleMania 38 Night Two. Edge has now hinted that the seeds for the team-up were planted a year in advance.
The angle began when AJ Styles answered The Rated-R Superstar's call for a match at WrestleMania. However, The Ultimate Opportunist quickly turned heel and attacked The Phenomenal One. Priest, on the other hand, did not have a match at The Show of Shows, but served as a distraction to AJ.
The 11-time World Champion today tweeted a photo of himself and Priest from last night's RAW alongside a picture of the two shaking hands from the show's February 1, 2021 episode. He claimed that as far as their partnership is concerned, "The seeds were sown a year ago."
The two came out on last night's RAW and confirmed their alliance. Styles interrupted their promo, and the duo beat him up. All signs point to The Phenomenal One and the Hall of Famer continuing their rivalry until WWE's upcoming premium live event, WrestleMania BackLash.
Edge's stable's "planned" lineup has some interesting names
Edge's partnership with Damian Priest seems to be the beginning of a new stable. Per Fightful Select, more talent will soon join the pair. The names suggested so far include Tommaso Ciampa and Rhea Ripley, although there is no confirmation for either as of yet. Before joining forces with the former world champion, Priest had recently lost his United States Championship to Finn Balor and turned heel.
Ripley has been teaming up with Liv Morgan for the past several weeks. They competed in the Women's Tag Championship four-way match on WrestleMania 38 Night Two. The partnership already looks to be on thin ice, as The Nightmare walked away from Morgan after their match. Still, the duo will challenge for the gold on next week's episode of WWE RAW.
Ciampa lost his bout against Tony D'Angelo at NXT: Stand & Deliver on April 2, and he was subsequently given a send-off at the end of the match. He has made multiple appearances on RAW in recent weeks. Ciampa was also part of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on WrestleMania SmackDown.
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