Backstage Update On Edge & Damian Priest Following WWE Raw Heel Turns
The latest on Edge and Priest, who turned villainous on this week's Raw.
If there were any doubts on which side of the face/heel alignment scale Edge and Damian Priest now reside following this week's episode of WWE Raw, those can be erased.
PWInsider's Mike Johnson reports that both men are now listed as heels on WWE's internal Raw roster. This follows the latest red brand show, on which Priest and Edge appeared to turn heel in back-to-back segments.
For Priest, this meant battering Finn Balor after losing his United States Championship to the Irishman in a singles match. Damian struck Balor down after the bell, continuing the assault outside, where he put the new champion over the announce table with his version of a Razor's Edge. Following this, Priest declared himself "the bad guy."
Edge, meanwhile, turned on new WrestleMania 38 opponent AJ Styles within seconds of 'The Phenomenal One' answering his challenge for the big event. That beatdown culminated in a couple of Con-Chair-Tos to Styles, setting him and Edge up for a heated, personal rivalry ahead of 'Mania, where they'll go one-on-one in a long-awaited dream match.
This is the first time Edge has played full-on heel since returning to WWE in January 2020.