Triple H recalls Damian Priest's injury scare at Clash At The Castle.
During his match with Drew McIntyre at the premium live event, Priest was prevented from competing a dive after his foot got stuck and twisted in the top rope. Many fans feared that Priest suffered an injury during this spot, including Triple H himself.
“Damian Priest goes to do a dive over the top rope, just slips." Triple H said while appearing on The Pat McAfee Show for a new interview. "Probably a quarter inch, half-inch, foot slips off the rope, his ankle gets caught up in the top rope, and in one move, he is hanging upside-down by one leg. Looked like he killed himself, looked like everything tore, the joint snapped and all this stuff. [The clip is brought up on the screen] We have communication with the referees and everything like that, and now they’re trying to figure out how to get him out of there. When you see that, that’s live, right. I’m like, ‘Oh my god, show’s over. We’re gonna have to get him out of there, stretcher him out,’ and my wheels are immediately spinning about where we go with this, and we ask, ‘Is he okay?’ Then a few seconds later, he says he’s fine. I’m like, ‘There is no way.’ He is fine. We ask again, he says he’s fine. He gets up, and I can see him, and he’s adamant that he is totally fine. I’m like, okay, so we’re gonna watch. I’m thinking maybe adrenaline here, but it turned out he was totally fine. That stuff happens all the time, so when you talk about nerves, it’s the nerves of how well he’ll go, it’s the nerves of the moment in the time, it’s the nerves of the big event. It’s also the nerves of I want these kids to all come out of here safe and in one piece when it’s over, and their safety comes first and foremost in everything we do."
Priest went on to defeat McIntyre and retain his championship after some interference from CM Punk. Learn more about that segment by clicking here.
Elsewhere in the interview, Triple H had high praise for Nick Khan. Learn more about his comments by clicking here.
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