Damian Priest
Priest in 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Luis Martinez September 26, 1982 New York City, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Damian Martinez Damian Priest Luis Martinez Punisher Martinez Punishment Martinez |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Billed weight | 249 lb (113 kg) |
| Billed from | New York City |
| Trained by | Monster Factory |
| Debut | March 25, 2005 |
Luis Martínez (born September 26, 1982) is a Puerto Rican-American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Damian Priest. He is also known for his tenures in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he performed under the ring name Punishment Martinez (later Damian Martinez), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) through a working relation between the two companies, performing as Punisher Martinez.
After performing in independent promotions throughout the East Coast, Martínez joined Ring of Honor in 2015, where he won the ROH World Television Championship. He joined WWE in 2018 and began on its developmental brand, NXT, under his ring name, winning the NXT North American Championship. In 2021, he moved to WWE's main roster and won the WWE United States Championship. He rose to popularity during his time as a co-founding member of The Judgment Day from 2022 to 2024, where he won the 2023 Men's Money in the Bank contract, became a four-time tag team champion, holding the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships twice each under the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship banner with former Judgment Day stablemate Finn Bálor (being the only tag team to achieve such an accolade), and won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL after becoming the second man in history to cash in successfully at the namesake event.