Martnez was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents but grew up in Dorado, Puerto Rico. He became interested in becoming a professional wrestler after seeing the World Wrestling Council on television while living in Dorado. His martial artist father taught him Japanese Gj-ry karate. Martnez opted to pursue a career in professional wrestling after winning two national titles in full-contact martial sports. When he returned to the United States, Spanish remained his primary language, and he went through a period of cultural assimilation.
Luis Martinez was born on September 26, 1982. He is a Puerto Rican-born American professional wrestler. He is presently contracted to WWE, where he competes on the Raw brand as Damian Priest as part of the stable The Judgement Day. He is also well-known for his performance in Ring of Honour (ROH) as Punishment Martinez, where he is a former ROH World Television Champion. He has also worked in Japan as Punisher Martinez as a result of ROH’s collaboration with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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Damian Priest in Judgement Day
In the months that followed, Priest, Balor, and Dominik wrestled with The O.C. in a winning effort, but they missed out on the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship. Priest joined the Royal Rumble battle at #22 but was eliminated by the returning Edge. He would later lose his bid for the United States Championship at Elimination Chamber within the terrible edifice.
Dominik clashed with Bad Bunny on RAW following WrestleMania. Despite the fact that the rapper was Priest’s partner at WrestleMania 37, The Archer of Infamy choke slammed him through the announce table. Bad Bunny returned to SmackDown on April 24 and challenged Priest to a San Juan Street Fight at WWE Backlash.
Priest was defeated at Backlash after Savio Vega and Carlito intervened on Bad Bunny’s behalf. Priest and Bálor were chosen as Raw contestants for the new World Heavyweight Championship tournament on May 7. However, on the May 8 edition of Raw, Priest lost his qualifying battle to Seth “Freakin” Rollins in the quarterfinal round.
What is Damian Priest’s net worth?
According to Sportskeeda wrestling, Damian Priest’s estimated net worth in 2023 is something around $2 Million.
Salary and endorsements
WWE pays him a basic salary of $300,000 each year. He also makes money through pay-per-view events and royalties from product sales. Damian Priest apparently makes his whole living from wrestling. He does make money via merchandising and other wrestling-related sources, but it is unknown if he has any other sources of income.
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