{"id":168857,"date":"2025-04-08T09:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=168857"},"modified":"2025-04-08T08:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:28:03","slug":"wwe-star-damian-priest-to-host-a-slayer-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/04\/08\/wwe-star-damian-priest-to-host-a-slayer-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE star Damian Priest to host a Slayer concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-175538630\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE star Damian Priest will host a concert event headlined by one of his favorite bands. Slayer announced that they will be headlining a show in Hersey, Pennsylvania at Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday, September 20. Priest will serve as host of the show, which also includes Suicidal Tendencies, Exodus, Power Trip, Knocked Loose, and Cavalera. For more on the story, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/slayer-announces-massive-u-s-east-coast-headline-show-with-exodus-suidical-tendencies-cavalera-others\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blabbermouth.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Slater guitarist Kerry King played guitar on Priest&#8217;s &#8220;Rise For The Night&#8221; entrance theme, and his South Of Heaven finishing move name was taken from a Slayer album. Slayer retired from touring and making albums after a 2018 tour. The band now performs occasional one-off shows, while King also has his own band.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-236609480\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":154822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[2870,101],"class_list":["post-168857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-damian-priest","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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