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Damian Priest

Damian Priest is a Puerto Rican-born American wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw roster. He held the NXT North American Championship once and the United States Championship once. He was trained by Monster Factory Pro-Wrestling and in 2014 began wrestling in Ring of Honor.

On April 3, 2022, on the second night of WrestleMania 38, he interfered in the match between AJ Styles and Edge favoring the latter. Later, Priest joined Edge's stable Judgment Day alongside Rhea Ripley, but the group later brutally ousted Edge and welcomed Finn Bálor on the June 6 Raw, after the night before, on the June 5 Hell in a Cell, the three were defeated by AJ Styles, Liv Morgan and Bálor himself.

On July 30, at SummerSlam, Priest and Bálor were defeated by Dominik and Rey Mysterio in a No Disqualification match thanks to the return of Edge. On September 3, at Clash at the Castle, Priest and Bálor were defeated by Edge and Rey Mysterio. On November 5, at Crown Jewel, Judgment Day prevailed over the O.C. On the January 9 episode of Raw, Priest and Bálor won a Tag Team Turmoil match by last eliminating The Street Profits to become the #1 contender to The Usos' Raw Tag Team Championship.

On the January 23 special episode Raw XXX, Priest and Dominik faced Jimmy Uso and Sami Zayn for the Raw Tag Team Championship but were defeated. On January 28, at the Royal Rumble, Priest participated in the match of the same name entering with the number 22 but was eliminated by Edge. On February 18, at Elimination Chamber, Priest participated in the namesake match for the United States Championship which also included the champion Austin Theory, Bronson Reed, Johnny Gargano, Montez Ford and Seth Rollins but was eliminated by Ford.

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