Damian Priest is looking at a new challenge.
Damian Priest lost the WWE World Championship at WWE SummerSlam to Gunther when Finn Balor turned his back on his former friend, costing him the title.
Priest reign began at WWE WrestleMania XL when he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to defeat Drew McIntyre.
“It’s inevitable,” Priest told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. “When you win this belt, the only guarantee is you’re going to lose it. But I’m not losing sight of what we accomplished. I’m the world champ walking into SummerSlam–that’s crazy. Forget for a moment about everything Gunther has said to me and what I’ve said to him. We’re not part of that class of the main guys. We’re seen as strong characters on TV, but we’re not Seth Rollins, we’re not Punk, we’re not Drew or Roman. We’re not the regularly scheduled programmed guys. AJ, Randy, Finn, we’re none of those guys. The fact it was Gunther and me in this high-profile world title match, that’s big. There were so many boys and girls in the locker room who were like, ‘One of us made it.’ That was my favorite part, hearing my peers talk about when it meant to them.”
Priest continued, "As much as I accomplished, there’s still so much more. My dreams were to wrestle at WrestleMania and win a world title. Now there are new goals. I’m hungrier now than ever.”
Priest had a big weekend at WWE SummerSlam as his new 24 Documentary premiered on Peacock as well.
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