Damian Priest said WWE had him take it easy in the ring this year because of some injuries.“It's unfortunate, and I don't like to like bring it up too much. I don't take breaks. Since I've been in WWE, I've literally taken zero days off. I've never asked for time off because I've been hurting. The company now this year decided like, ‘Oh, let's take it easy on him’ because I've been going hard for a while. Tore my shoulder a couple times within the last year and a half. My knees are banged up. My back is… I need a lot of work done. But I choose to not because if I don't have to, I won't and I'll just figure it out. Let's do rehab and ‘let's just keep me in the game, coach’ type of thing.We've been doing that for a while, but this year, I think the company was like, ‘Okay, we’re happy with you, but we need to make sure you're going to last here.’ So, they've been forcing me to take it easy, put it that way. Not the easiest thing to do when you want to just go out there and perform because you love what you do. I'm still on TV on a regular basis, just not in-ring as much as I used to be. But I love performing, man. I love getting physical. So, it's hard for me.But aside from that, I mean, I still got the job, right? I'm still with my people. I'm still with the company. I love what I do, so everything's still good.”