United States Championship match set for next week’s WWE Raw

A WWE United States Championship match between Damian Priest and Finn Balor is set for next week’s Raw.

The match was made after champion Damian Priest issued a challenge following a victory over Shelton Benjamin. He told the crowd that it was WrestleMania season, and while he had faced many people of Benjamin’s caliber, he now wanted to face someone that was a world title level competitor. That was when Balor arrived and accepted the challenge for next week.

Balor had resurfaced earlier that night on Raw, teaming with Tommaso Ciampa to take on the team of Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. The team was successful, giving Ciampa momentum ahead of NXT on Tuesday where he will face Ziggler for the number one contendership for the NXT title.

Priest successfully retained the United States Championship on the February 14 edition of Raw, where he defeated AJ Styles. Priest had lost to Styles in a contender’s match the previous week.

Raw next week will be held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.