Damian Priest: The Last Time Is Now Tournament Is Our WrestleMania

Damian Priest comments on The Last Time Is Now tournament.

On tonight’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, Damian Priest will take part in the first round of the ‘Last Time Is Now’ tournament, facing off with Rusev. Priest has had limited interactions with Cena in recent years, but he still feels the tournaments importance.

While speaking in a backstage promo ahead of tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW, Priest noted that this is a lot of talent’s ‘WrestleMania’.

“For me personally, it would mean the world. It’s career defining moment. You remember his first, right? Like when he came out with the Kurt Angle thing, how could you not remember his last? So there’s a reason why there’s a tournament for that privilege. There’s a reason why the company itself calls him the greatest of all time while he’s still doing it. That’s reserved for when you retire. So the fact that the company believes in him so much, tell you how much this should mean to all of us. This is our WrestleMania, that’s the moment. So for anybody who gets that honor, it’s gonna be a huge deal.”

"This is our WrestleMania."@ArcherOfInfamy knows that being @JohnCena's final opponent would be a career-defining moment.

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