Damian Priest Discusses How The Judgement Day Was Formed
Damian Priest was the first to be contacted about forming The Judgement Day
When Judgement Day came to WWE, we saw Damian Priest step under the wing of WWE Hall of Famer Edge, before the duo set out to recruit and change the landscape of the company.
Behind the scenes though, the coming together of Edge and Priest was far more casual, with priest revealing to Bleav Pro Wrestling how Judgement Day came to be:
“My phone says his name and I’m like, ‘Oh, man,'” Priest said. “…He’s just like, ‘Hey, so I got this idea,’ and like, ‘What do you think?’ And then I’m like, ‘What? Why are you asking me? Tell me what to do!'”
Priest continued; “It’s the coolest thing [to see] it was Edge calling me to ask me if I’m interested. He didn’t even have to ask, but he did ’cause he’s cool. The fact that he thought of me is wild to me. He’s like, ‘Naturally, I thought of you.’ And I’m like, naturally? I don’t even know why I’m so lucky, but cool, it’s Edge. So, it was a great feeling and moment to receive that call.”
Priest became further excited when he found out his good friend Rhea Ripley would also be joining the group:
“Edge told me and asked me about The Judgement Day idea, and this was before we even had a name, it was just the idea of forming a group that day. Because he said, ‘You, naturally you,’ and ‘Rhea Ripley.’ We were the first on his list hands down. He wanted us to be with him, which I thought was super cool.
“He saw two people that had a certain style that he digs, similar to Edge. It’s that rock-star-ish, goth, darker vibe, and bigger people. We just have a lot of similarities that he felt like he could mould us into becoming bigger stars than we were, and again, for me, obviously, with our friendship, I was super excited that to know that was the idea. Now, was it going to be 100% a thing? That we didn’t know until the day. You never know, things could always change, even including me being by his side at WrestleMania. That was what we hoped for, but you never know. Creative could change, a lot of things could change in between, especially when there’s a lot of time.
“I probably was just as excited as Rhea was for her to be a part of this, just cause I was so happy for her, you know? It was known for a while. At least on Edge and I’s viewpoint, we, since the beginning, we knew, or at least we wanted her to be a part of us.”
Edge was recently kicked out of the group, with Finn Balor assuming control.
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