Luis Martinez

About Luis Martinez

is a American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its NXT developmental brand under the ring name Damian Priest. Before signing with WWE, he spent most of his early career on the independent circuit under ring names including Punishment Martinez and Punisher Martinez. He worked for the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. Through ROH's working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Martinez appeared at ROH-NJPW Honor Rising Japan 2017 - Night 2 event, where he unsuccessfully challenged Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship. In NJPW Martinez was referred to as "Punisher Martinez". Although Martinez's debut occurred in 2004, Martinez' earliest known matches were held in 2012, in promotions including D2W Pro Wrestling, Keystone Pro Wrestling, Dynamite Championship Wrestling, MCW Pro Wrestling, Empire State Wrestling, Fusion Wrestling, International Wrestling Cartel, Georgia Premier Wrestling, America's Most Liked Wrestling and Northeast Wrestling. While in various promotions, Martinez held Keystone Pro Wrestling's KPW Tag Team Championship with Matthew Riddle as team Ultimate Punishment.Monster Factory Pro Wrestling (2012-2017) Martinez trained in Danny Cage's New Jersey promotion Monster Factory Pro Wrestling. He made his debut on December 15, 2012, debuting as Punisher Martinez he competed in a MFPW Heavyweight Championship Tournament where he was eliminated during the opening rounds by Marc Cruz. He later won his first championship on November 16, 2013 at MFPW Turkey Slam, where he and tag team partner Brolly as team Legion Of Anarchy, defeated reigning champions team Bad News (Good News Hughes & Joe Gibson) to become the new MFPW Tag Team Champions. On the July 19, 2014 edition of MFPW, Martinez defeated reigning champion Joe Gibson to win the MFPW Heavyweight title. He later lost the title to Clutch Adams on February 14, 2015 in a No Disqualification Best Of Three Series Match. Four months later on June 6, Martinez defeated Clutch Adams in a rematch to regain the Heavyweight Championship. On July 11, Martinez lost the Heavyweight title in a Four-Way match against Matthew Riddle, Clutch Adams and Mike Spanos. On August 8, Martinez lost his title rematch against Riddle. Shifting direction, Martinez formed a new tag team with QT Marshall and were branded as team Gifted Punishment. On September 5, team Gifted Punishment defeated reigning champions Shooterz Inc. (Billy Damiana & Nick Comoroto) to win the MFPW Tag Team titles. On March 5, 2016 team Gifted Punishment lost the Tag Team titles to team Paid In Full (Chad Kensington & Royal Money). On April 2, Martinez competed in the 2016 MFPW Invitational Cup where he eliminated Fallah Bahh in the opening round. He advanced in the semifinals after eliminating Nick Comoroto. In the tournament final, Martinez defeated Mario Bokara to become the 2016 MFPW Invitational Cup winner. Further success followed on April 16, when he defeated reigning champion Abyss to win the MFPW Heavyweight title. He later the Heavyweight title to Cody Vance on December 10 of that year.Martinez returned on February 4, 2017 at MFPW MF Cup Tournament with QT Marshall as team Gifted Punishment in a three-on-two handicap match, defeating Cody Vance, Mike Reed & Royal Money.Ring Of Honor (2015-2018) Debuting on March 7, 2015 as Luis Martinez, he lost his first ROH singles match to The Romantic Touch. Six months later on September 26, Martinez returned during the...

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