Damian Priest: It Feels Good When The Company You Work For Trusts You

In an interview with Sean Ross Sapp, Damian Priest talked about his enjoyment being in the Judgement Day and his thoughts on Finn Balor. 

Fightful asked about Damian’s decision to be with WWE when he knew that he had other options as a free agent, especially as a rising star in Ring of Honor

“Yeah. It feels good when you see the company trusts you. You don’t feel like you wasted your time or your abilities or anything. The dream was what it should have been and I am grateful for that. It’s crazy that it worked out better than I could have imagined.”

Priest’s ascension to the WWE main roster kicked off with a high profile WrestleMania push, a United States Title run, and now joining Judgment Day. Thus far, he’s happy with how things went down and feels good about the confidence that WWE has put in him. 

“Absolutely. Growing up being a fan, part of that was I loved stables. I loved groups. You know I’m a big NWO guy. Love DX. Love the Horsemen. Love Evolution. There’s so many factions I was such a fan of. Now I get to be in one. So when this started to come about, originally it started with Edge and I. When we got to talking and were like, ‘It’d be cool if we got to do something like this.’ Then start throwing names around like, who would be a good fit? Who should we ask? Who should we pitch? All this stuff. It was exciting. Even before we even started, just the conversations, I was so giddy. I was like, ‘This is gonna be so cool.’ Now we’re doing it. We’re the Judgement Day. It’s so cool, man. I’m extremely happy. Rhea and I, obviously everyone knows that we’re homies. Finn Balor’s one of my all time favorites. Us working together is definitely one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.”

Priest then followed up on his comment about Finn Balor with how well they work together. 

“It’s been easy, actually. We go out there and everything’s so… Like I said, it’s literally easy. We know what the other’s thinking, know what the other person’s doing. We just flow. We’re just getting started. Imagine when we have some time together, all of us together. What we’re going to accomplish and the chaos we’re gonna cause. ’cause that’s the goal. Let’s really cause some ruckus here. Backstage and behind the cameras, we’re gonna have a blast with this. So teaming with Finn, he’s on the same page. Every time we’re around each other and we start talking business, we’re laughing and joking. We’re like, ‘This is gonna be good.’ Because that’s how you know it’s gonna work.”

Judgement Day began with just Edge and Damian Priest at WrestleMania 38, officially announcing their partnership the following night on Monday Night RAW. Priest is scheduled to face Edge on the August 22 episode of WWE Raw.

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