WWE United States Champion Damian Priest recently appeared on WWE “After The Bell with Corey Graves,” where he talked about his time on the RAW brand since leaving WWE NXT several months ago and how he's been working with top talent like The Miz.
Damian Priest said:
“I’m working with guys that are proven.” “They’ve been here for many years and sustained success and relevance throughout all these years, and I get to test myself against them and also learn and grow working with them. I couldn’t ask for a better way to segway from NXT to Monday Night RAW. Then working with The Miz at first? He just knows how to be important, he knows how to be front and center, he knows how to be a star. Just being in the ring with him, I can feed off of him and learn, like, ‘Oh I should probably do it that way.’”
Damian Priest also talked about how he wants his name to live forever and how he wants his name to be in the history books by facing Bobby Lashley and winning the WWE Title.
Damian Priest said:
“I think the first thing I said to Bobby and MVP was like ‘You guys are out here wildin’ and running your mouths,’ and I was like wait, am I wildin’ for coming out here?” “I’m like wait, what am I doing? I consider our legacy, what we’re trying to accomplish in the big picture for me in WWE. I consider it like a ladder. I’m trying to climb rung by rung, ladder up the legacy. So far I’ve got a few, I’m getting up there between accomplishments in NXT, WrestleMania, SummerSlam. I’ve got to keep climbing, and I know you guys have heard me say I want my name to live forever, but that’s real. I really do. I want my name to be in the history books forever and I’m getting there.”
“I’m the United States Champion and nobody can take that away from me, which is kind of cool, but it can’t stop there. I got to keep wanting more, I got to keep striving for more. Maybe I jumped the gun a little bit. I went straight to the top. I could’ve taken a few more steps, I kind of skipped. That’s kind of what I did, but that was another opportunity and we’ll see how it goes. I almost lost it because of the crowd reaction. They were on fire for my entrance, every time I said something and I was like, oh, you guys kind of like me, huh? That felt so good, man. I never take a reaction for granted and I’m always in awe and surprised that people react, so that was such a cool feeling. Now it’s the potential there where people, I think, are actually interested in seeing Bobby Lashley vs. Damien Priest. So am I. That’s a different level of testing myself, that I’m all for and game for.”
Damian Priest then talked about which top WWE Stars he wants to face down the line.
Damian Priest said:
“It’s funny, cause again I sound like a company guy by saying something like this but I want to work with everybody.” “There’s a reason everybody works here, they’re really good at what they do. For me, I want everybody, but selfishly I want the marquee names like Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor on this stage, goes without saying Roman Reigns, Edge, Randy [Orton]. There’s just so many people. Then I got my buddies, Keith Lee and Matt Riddle. Hell yeah, I want to square off with them, or tag, or do something. I think for me, I just need moments. I need to have these moments and have moments with the big guns, the big stars. I look forward to hopefully continuously achieving things that get me in a better position to create moments with all these incredible mega stars.”
