Major WWE star announces he will not be at RAW
A major WWE Superstar announced they would be unable to make it to this week's episode of RAW. This week's show will air live from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Miz and R-Truth (Awesome Truth) captured the World Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XL. However, Liv Morgan helped The Judgment Day's Finn Balor and JD McDonagh win the titles in June. The duo have not been on the same page in recent weeks, and R-Truth accidentally volunteered The A-Lister for a match against Bronson Reed last Monday night.
Reed picked up the victory and then hit R-Truth with several Tsunami Splashes after the match. The veteran took to social media today to announce that he will not be attending tonight's show because he is still recovering and promoted his upcoming single as well.
"There’s no way I can make it to work today. Sore, stiff, slowly getting around, but I’m movin! 🙏🏾 blessed to be able to at least finish up on soon to be released NEW single with a surprise feature! #YouKnowIt 8/30/24 Thank you all for your get well wishes and thoughts," he wrote.
Bill Apter claims WWE RAW star is in similar situation as Roman Reigns
Wrestling veteran Bill Apter believes Damian Priest and Roman Reigns are in similar situations at the moment.
Roman Reigns returned during the closing moments of WWE SummerSlam and attacked Solo Sikoa. The new version of The Bloodline got the better of Reigns this past Friday night on SmackDown and Powerbombed him through the announce table.
Speaking on Sportskeeda's The Wrestling Time Machine podcast, Apter compared Priest to Reigns and noted they have had similar stories. He stated that fans previously despised both stars, but they are now the top babyfaces on their brand.
"Damian Priest is sort of almost in a role like Roman Reigns at this point, where the fans despised him, and now they are all for him, and he is with one of the most popular athletes, male or female, in the world, Rhea Ripley." [1:45 - 2:05]
WWE is building toward Bash in Berlin at the end of the month. It will be interesting to see if the promotion has any surprises in store for fans during tonight's edition of WWE RAW.