{"id":138270,"date":"2025-07-18T07:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=138270"},"modified":"2025-07-18T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:01:56","slug":"damian-priest-has-the-archer-of-infamy-been-struck-by-cupids-arrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/damian-priest-has-the-archer-of-infamy-been-struck-by-cupids-arrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Priest: Has The Archer of Infamy been Struck by Cupid&#8217;s Arrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest is receiving a different type of heat than he&#8217;s used to. The 2023 Money in the Bank winner is the subject of social media speculation, with rumors swirling of a romance with a fellow WWE star.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Good Morning New York earlier this week, co-hosts <span class=\"citation-7\">Rosanna Scotto<\/span><span class=\"citation-7\"> and <\/span><span class=\"citation-7\">Curt Menefee didn&#8217;t hesitate to ask Priest about a social media post that has got the WWE Universe talking.<\/span> \u201cEverybody was talking about who you brought to the Yankees game the last time,\u201d began Scotto.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-7\">Priest retorted quickly, struggling to suppress a giggle or two, \u201cOh, well, I don\u2019t know about all that. No comment, no comment.\u201d The WWE star who may or may not be romantically linked to Priest is NXT wrestler and former mixed martial artist Lola Vice. The rumors started to gain traction after Vice posted a picture of the two of them on social media. As Scotto revealed, Priest and Vice were attending a New York Yankees game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-138384 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/LVL_05052023MP_12800-0f74c362b2a6017cf88303559c72eceb.jpg\" alt=\"Lola Vice could be dating Damian Priest\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/LVL_05052023MP_12800-0f74c362b2a6017cf88303559c72eceb.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/LVL_05052023MP_12800-0f74c362b2a6017cf88303559c72eceb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/LVL_05052023MP_12800-0f74c362b2a6017cf88303559c72eceb-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite not denying that he&#8217;s dating Vice, Priest remained professional during the interview. The four-time WWE tag team champion is clearly trying to keep his wrestling career and his private life separate. And with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/15\/three-massive-championship-matches-made-official-for-summerslam-full-updated-card\/\" target=\"_self\">WWESummerSlam<\/a> less than three weeks away, Priest will want to be on his best behavior.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Damian Priest set for a SummerSlam date with Aleister Black?<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, Damian Priest was involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/03\/andnew-gunther-dethrones-damian-priest\/\" target=\"_self\">one of SummerSlam&#8217;s central storylines.<\/a> The Archer of Infamy shockingly lost his world title to Gunther following a betrayal by long-time stablemate Finn B\u00e1lor. While Priest has yet to be confirmed for a match at WWE SummerSlam, his opponent could very well end up being Aleister Black.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Priest and Black came to a head on SmackDown last week, with Black taking out his frustrations backstage on the peacemaker Priest. Moments prior to the attack, Black had lost his unbeaten streak to R-Truth via a surprise rollup pin.<\/p>\n<p>Lola Vice, meanwhile, is moving from strength to strength on NXT. Vice romped to victory with Stephanie Vaquer in a tag match at last month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/07\/wwe-x-aaa-worlds-collide-results-6-7-25-live\/\" target=\"_self\">historic AAA\/WWE Worlds Collide event.<\/a> She also looked impressive in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/13\/wwe-evolution-2025-results-7-13-25-quick-highlights-notable-moments\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Evolution&#8217;s 20-woman battle royal<\/a> last Sunday, finishing seventh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NIKKI BELLA AND LOLA VICE SHOWING CHELSEA GREEN HOW IT&#039;S DONE \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 #WWEEvolution\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ew6eVQz7PPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for more on WWE Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event (SNME) XL, WWE SummerSlam 2025 and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"FreeStarVideoAdContainer\">\n<div id=\"freestar-video-parent\">\n<div id=\"freestar-video-child\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can check out WWE programming on <\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netflix<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">USA Network<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The CW<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tubi<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A&amp;E<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). 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Appearing on Good Morning New York earlier this week, co-hosts Rosanna Scotto and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5450,"featured_media":138385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,3],"tags":[6558,8660,116,47],"class_list":["post-138270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smackdown","category-wwe-universe","tag-damian-priest","tag-lola-vice","tag-nxt","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Laurence Gibbons","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138386,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138270\/revisions\/138386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}