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#5 Hit/Flop on WWE RAW: Damian Priest defends title, heel turn delayed?

This week on WWE RAW, Damian Priest put his United States Championship on the line against Dolph Ziggler. If the champ had disqualified himself from the match, he would have lost his title.

Both Ziggler and Robert Roode tried every trick in the book to force Priest into switching to his brutal personality mid-match, which often distracts him from the task at hand. It was a good match, but it also had its fair share of mistakes.

Ziggler didn’t have the proper build-up to dethrone the champion, but he has been in the business long enough to get that kind of momentum at the drop of a hat. Priest is a strong champion, but his current title reign on WWE RAW has certainly become monotonous now.

Losing the championship due to a recurring mistake could have prompted Priest into turning heel on WWE RAW. Following that, he would have turned into an interesting prospect ahead of Royal Rumble and an excellent addition to the world title picture.

It wasn’t the worst decision to have Priest successfully defend his title as a babyface, but it is not the best call either.