WWE Making Changes To Top Star’s Presentation

Change is coming for a top WWE star.

2024 has been a breakout year for Damian Priest who has been riding a wave of ever-increasingly popularity since winning the Money In The Bank briefcase in 2023. The star went on to successfully cash in the briefcase to win the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania 40.

Priest eventually lost the title to Gunther at SummerSlam after being betrayed by Finn Balor. Since then, the star has been on the warpath alongside Rhea Ripley, seeking revenge against the Judgment Day.

The former World Champion was most recently in action on the October 28th edition of Raw where he lost out to Dominik Mysterio.

WWE Looking To “Strengthen” Damian Priest

According to a new report on WrestleVotes Radio via Sportskeeda’s Backstage Pass Patreon, there have been discussions about strengthening Priest’s character by further highlighting his Puerto Rican heritage. This could include making a vejigante mask part of his regular presentation.

“We’ll start with Damian Priest as we left off with him Monday Night Raw wise, we’re told that there are talks to strengthen the Damian Priest character in regards to merchandising and appearance.

WWE has discussed Priest’s paying homage to his Puerto Rican culture with him embracing the vejigante mask. Apologies if that’s not pronounced, right. However, that was the research that led to the pronunciation of the vejigante mask.

If you recall, Priest has done this mask once before Wrestlemania 40 when he came out with Finn Balor for the tag team match. So we’re told WWE is strongly considering making this part of his character and really turning up his baby face persona.”

Damian Priest has always made a point of embracing Puerto Rican culture, often referencing his heritage on television while he famously headlined Backlash 2023 in Puerto Rico against Bad Bunny.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co