Watch: 45-year-old WWE star's four-word reaction to The Judgment Day's individual growth
World Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh along with Carlito, 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio, and Women's World Champion Liv Morgan are now members of The Judgment Day on WWE RAW. A major throwback of these individuals was shared on social media recently, and the Caribbean Cool had something to say about it.
All of them, especially Bálor, McDonagh, and Carlito, came a long way from humble beginnings and made it this far. Taking to his Instagram story, the 45-year-old former United States Champion shared the reel of their 'then and now':
"Look at us now," Carlito wrote.
You can check out Carlito's Instagram story here.
'Dirty' Dom's betraying Rhea Ripley was foreshadowed and many expected it to happen, and the same can be said about Finn Bálor turning on Damian Priest. But while Dominik turning on Ripley was expected at SummerSlam, Balor's betrayal was a tad surprising and it led to Priest's World Heavyweight Championship reign coming to an end at 118 days.
Finn Bálor claims he returned the favor at WWE SummerSlam
At SummerSlam 2023, Finn Bálor challenged Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship. This bout capped off their deeply personal rivalry, and according to The Prince, it had to be the moment where he got a satisfying revenge on Rollins for ending his inaugural Universal Championship reign in 2016 prematurely by injuring him during the bout Bálor won for the belt.
But instead, Seth Rollins retained thanks to an assist by Damian Priest. While this was an accident, it appears the 43-year-old WWE Superstar has pinned the blame on The Archer of Infamy. Taking to Instagram, he revealed that he had harbored hatred for the man responsible for his major loss for an entire year:
"I waited a YEAR," Bálor wrote.
During his RAW promo, Damian Priest touched upon losing the World Heavyweight Championship, saying that it does not matter because he can always win it back. But it is The Prince's backstabbing that will get a receipt. Furthermore, it appears Priest and Rhea Ripley will continue as a unit, at least, for a little while.
Triple H and the rest of WWE creative have a lot of ways it can go with this angle, but wrestling veteran Vince Russo believes the new Judgment Day is not a formidable foe for Damian Priest.