Though he may no longer be a member of the stable, Damian Priest remains grateful for his time in WWE’s Judgment Day.
During a recent interview with Casual Conversations with The Classic, Damian Priest looked back on his two-plus years spent in The Judgment Day. As Priest recalls, the stable began with an idea from the mind of WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland — one that would bring some rising stars to an elevated platform.
Priest, a former United States Champion at that point, was the first talent recruited, with former WWE Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley following suit shortly after.
“When Edge and I originally talked about the Judgment Day, the idea was look I want to use you and a few others to put you on the stage you belong, on the platform you belong. He saw talent and he saw our hunger and our drive and our work ethic and for whatever reason, things weren’t clicking or working out. It was like ‘Hey, how about we do this?’ I was a fan of Edge, so now I get to have somebody who I looked up to be a mentor. He’s like ‘What do you think?’ and I’m like ‘Of course it’s a yes.’
“Worst case scenario, I just get to have fun with somebody that I’m a fan of and I became friends with. We’re friends to this day. I can’t thank him enough for taking me under his wing and just simplifying things for me on how to be a bigger star. Then here’s the conversation ‘What do you think of bringing Rhea in’ and that’s a no-brainer for me. That’s my homie. Then the fact that Rhea and I, we knew why, because I obviously had to talk with her before we joined the Judgment Day, and it was like ‘Well this is the reasoning. I think this can help us get to where we believe we belong.’ Here we are as two of the top faces in WWE [right now]. “
Priest Says Judgment Day Achieved Their Mission
Despite the events that followed, such as Edge, Ripley, and his eventual ejections from the group, Priest believes The Judgment Day overall accomplished its mission in uplifting some of the hungry talents in WWE. In the current iteration led by Finn Balor and Liv Morgan, however, Priest believes The Judgment Day is no more.
“It’s been wild, but it was the point of what we wanted to accomplish. So I feel like Judgment Day was a success,” Priest said. “To me, the Judgment Day is over. They could call themselves the Judgment Day all they want, that’s not the Judgment Day; That’s a group of kids playing.”
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