Damian Priest expected WWE release after big creative plans were changed

Introduced as The Judgement Day on April 3, 2022, Rhea Ripley would join the faction on May 8 with Finn Balor rounding out the initial incarnation and ejecting Edge from the unit.
While Edge would remain with the company until September 30, 2023, he would feud with Judgment Day and see Dominik Mysterio added to the group in the process.

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Priest opened up about finding out that Edge was no longer going to be in Judgment Day, saying:
“We’d just had a major moment joining together forming The Judgment Day, it felt like no time had passed, and then it was Edge who told me that he was being taken out of the group.
“He waited to tell me after TV one night when we were on the road. I thought we were done. I was so upset. When Rhea found out, she was even more mad than me.
“Edge was mad, too. I still speak with him–he was one of our biggest backers. When he told me, I remember him saying, ‘All of this, for nothing.’ And I repeated that–for nothing. That’s the way it felt at the time.”

With the WWE veteran no longer in the group. Priest feared for his own future in the company, going on to reveal:
“I was waiting for the phone call to get released. Obviously, it worked out a lot differently.”

Judgment Day would go on to add JD McDonagh and Carlito to the group, holding multiple championships with its membership.
WWE SummerSlam in August 2024 saw the division of the group with Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio betraying Priest and Rhea Ripley respectively.
The new line-up of Judgment Day features Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, Liv Morgan, JD McDonagh and Carlito with it recently being reported that a name change had been considered.

Highlights from the implosion of Judgment Day at WWE SummerSlam can be seen below this news story.
For a big new update on The Judgment Day’s WWE name change plans follow this link here.
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