WWE SmackDown: Aleister Black vs. Damian Priest on Friday Night SmackDown

The match between Aleister Black and Damian Priest escalated the dispute further.

Damian Priest and Aleister Black have been at each other’s throats for about a month. What started with a verbal confrontation turned into a dispute and then into an all-out war, real quick. The issue started when Damian Priest stopped Aleister Black from getting his revenge on R-Truth. R-Truth pinned Aleister Black, and the latter chased him backstage when Damian Priest stopped him and told him the match was over.

Aleister Black assaulted Damian Priest backstage, but didn’t stop there. He then interrupted Damian Priest’s match against Carmelo Hayes and assaulted him again. The back-to-back assaults forced officials to announce a match between them.

Aleister Black Not Here For Victory; He is Here to Brutalize

Aleister Black never meant to win this match; he was there to punish Damian Priest, and he made sure to do that. Aleister Black and Damian Priest went toe to toe during the match, and both of them delivered some brutal moves on one another. The moves were however, proved not enough to keep one of them down.

.@Aleister_Blxck is FLYING! 👏 pic.twitter.com/O0YZWFLfyz
— WWE (@WWE) August 2, 2025

They brutalized one another inside and outside the ring. Aleister Black was the first to use the chair and get the match disqualified. He then hit Damian Priest with a Chair on his back. Before Damian Priest could recover from this shock, Aleister Black hit the back of his head on the steel stair thrice. Aleister Black ended his assault with a Black Mass to Damian Priest.

.@Aleister_Blxck is out of control!!😱 pic.twitter.com/f3gX5FgQvf
— WWE (@WWE) August 2, 2025

The match between Damian Priest and Aleister Black might be over, but the war is just beginning. While Aleister Black might have temporarily kept Damian Priest down, the latter is known to make a comeback. We might see another street fight between these two.

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I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company