Damian Priest spotted with surprising WWE official ahead of Bad Blood

Damian Priest was spotted with a surprising authority figure in WWE ahead of his match at Bad Blood on October 5. The Archer of Infamy will be squaring off against The Judgment Day's Finn Balor at the Premium Live Event next month.

Priest took to his Instagram today to share an update ahead of his 42nd birthday tomorrow. The veteran noted that he was at one of his favorite places on the planet, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

The former World Heavyweight Champion added a photo to his post, and NXT General Manager Ava was with him. You can check out the photo in Priest's Instagram post below.

"Early BDay celebration at one of my favorite places @horrornightsorl @universalorlando," he wrote.

Finn Balor betrayed Damian Priest last month at SummerSlam and cost his former stablemate the World Heavyweight Championship during his match against Gunther.

Former WWE star comments on Damian Priest missing out on a movie role

Wrestling veteran EC3 recently suggested that former WWE CEO Vince McMahon may have cost Damian Priest his role in the Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

During an appearance on Chris Van Vliet's Insight podcast, the former Judgment Day member shared that he was cast as Namor in the film, but it was taken away from him. Speaking on a recent edition of Sportskeeda's The Wrestling Outlaws show, EC3 suggested that Vince McMahon could have been so out of touch that he didn't even realize what a huge opportunity it was for Priest.

"You know how the rumors or the truth how like out of touch Vince McMahon would be with so many things that are modern in pop culture. I mean, Vince would know, but does he see, 'Black Panther, what?' and just like not understand the Marvel aspect. I think when Batista went to Guardians of the Galaxy, didn't WWE kinda like went, 'Yeah, all right, whatever dude, that's gonna work.' And then, it did." [From 5:50 onwards]

You can check out EC3's comments in the video below:

Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley (The Terror Twins) are both out for revenge on The Judgment Day. It will be interesting to see if Priest can defeat Balor next month at WWE Bad Blood.