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Damian Priest finally turns on R-Truth

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What happened?

Damian Priest turned on R-Truth during WWE SmackDown in Mexico City after their team lost to The War Raiders. The split follows weeks of breakup teasing after Priest and Truth’s odd-couple partnership had continued beyond their tag title run and even into AAA tag title-related bookings. The article frames the turn as expected, while noting it came across more like Priest trying to move on than a full dramatic heel turn.

Key Takeaways

Damian Priest attacked or turned on R-Truth on SmackDown in Mexico City.
The turn happened after Priest and Truth lost to The War Raiders.
Their partnership had been portrayed as temporary but lasted longer than expected.
WWE had been teasing a breakup before finally following through.
The article suggests the angle felt more like Priest separating from Truth than a clear villainous turn.

AI Timeline

Partnership forms

Damian Priest and R-Truth were paired together on SmackDown, playing off their previous comedy dynamic tied to The Judgment Day.

Tag title run

Priest and Truth spent time as tag team champions before eventually losing the titles.

Split teased

After the title loss, WWE continued the team while hinting that a breakup was coming.

AAA title bookings

Truth kept the team together through bookings connected to the AAA tag team titles.

SmackDown in Mexico City

Priest and Truth lost to The War Raiders, after which Priest turned on Truth.

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Sep 12, 1:36 AM

Damian Priest finally turns on R-Truth

Cageside Seats • WWE

The pairing of Damian Priest and R-Truth always felt temporary, a play on their prior comedy bits within The Judgment Day. It gave them something to do on Friday Night SmackDown, where they were even tag team champions at one point! Once they lost those titles, it seemed clear they were going to split up. And then they didn’t. Instead, Truth kept them together getting bookings for the AAA tag team titles. WWE did some obvious teasing of a break up and then finally followed through with it on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown in Mexico City after the two lost to The War Raiders: OH NO 😣 Damian Priest has TURNED on R-Truth! @ArcherOfInfamy pic.twitter.com/DIdNBOswlQ — WWE (@WWE) September 12, 2026 This was always coming but the way they went about it made it feel more like Priest just trying to get away to do his own thing than it did an actual heel turn on a beloved babyface character. Truth is objectively that but I don’t know, this just felt a little too cut and dried

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