Former World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest joined WWE in 2018 and began in “NXT,” the place he was a one-time holder of the North American Championship. Priest made his major roster debut within the 2021 Royal Rumble match and hasn’t appeared again. He is grow to be World Champion by means of a Cash In The Financial institution ladder match win and subsequent CM Punk-assisted contract cash-in at WrestleMania 40, in addition to turning into a four-time Tag Group Champion with Finn Balor, and a one-time United States Champion. Regardless of his major roster success, nevertheless, he nonetheless retains tab on developmental stars.
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Priest joined “UpUpDownDown” at a Fanatics stay occasion together with Rhea Ripley, Huge E, and Tyler Breeze, and was requested who his dream opponent from “NXT” can be. The former Judgment Day member revealed that he needs to face Oba Femi and praised the star for his fast growth.
“Ridiculously spectacular,” Priest mentioned of Femi. “Particularly the truth that he has restricted time within the enterprise and what he can do already — that is gonna be a megastar. You may simply inform generally — it is all setup for him. He simply has to not take his foot off the fuel, however he is gonna be nice so, I really feel like that is going to inevitably occur anyway… I am not wanting ahead to that one although [laughs].”
Like Priest, Femi is a former one-time holder of the NXT North American Championship solely he’s coming off of a record-setting reign that ended on the October 8 version of “NXT.” Nevertheless, it appears that evidently WWE has large plans for the rising star.
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