Damian Priest recently appeared as a guest on the Out Of Character podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling and WWE.
During the discussion, The Judgment Day member spoke about competing at the upcoming WWE Backlash 2023 premium live event in Puerto Rico and how excited he is for an event to be coming to that market.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On how competing at Backlash, which takes place from his birthplace of Puerto Rico, will make up for him not wrestling on the WrestleMania 39 card: “That definitely would make up for it (Priest feels competing at Backlash in Puerto Rico would make up for not competing at WrestleMania 39). Wherever you’re from, whether it’s a different country or you just get to do something special there in front of your family, your friends and people who are proud to say they’re from the same place you are, it’s extra special so going back to Puerto Rico and having a Premium Live Event there, hasn’t been done since like what? ‘05 I think?”
On how he still can’t believe an event is happening in Puerto Rico, as WWE has not been there since 2005: “It’s wild to think that this is happening. I’ve thrown comments a lot since I’ve been here in the last few years like, ‘Hey, any opportunities to do something in Puerto Rico? We should probably do something out there. It’s a lot of fans there’ and just keep pushing and pushing and finally, the decision was made for Backlash and SmackDown which is awesome so, two televised events back-to-back and it’s awesome where the company is right now. This is what we’re doing. We just did Clash at the Castle in Wales and Backlash in Puerto Rico coming up and then we got Money in the Bank in London. It’s awesome, we’re moving, you know? We’re moving.”
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to POST Wrestling for transcribing the above quotes.
