UPDATE: WWE has officially announced that Dragon Lee has signed with the company.
The official Twitter account of WWE NXT posted the following video clip from Wednesday night’s AAA Noche De Campeones event, where Lee announces that he’s WWE-bound.
You can check out the official announcement below:
BREAKING: @dragonlee95 has officially announced that he’s heading to @WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/cg7ojFSqv8
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 29, 2022
ORIGINAL: Dragon Lee has signed a contract with WWE.
Following a tag team match featuring Lee and Dralistico teaming up to face off against FTR at Wednesday’s AAA Noche De Campeones event, the AAA wrestler grabbed a microphone and cut a promo to announce that he’s heading to WWE. ESPN is reporting that Lee will be starting with WWE in January. He’s expected to begin on the NXT brand.
At Wednesday’s AAA Noche De Campeones event, Lee and Dralistico defeated FTR to capture the AAA World Tag Team Championships. This means Lee will be leaving the company as a champion.
Both Lee and Dralistico received WWE tryouts following their appearance on AEW Dynamite back in August. Lee told ESPN the following:
“I think I can become the new Rey Mysterio in WWE. I just need the opportunity. [Finn Balor] told me, ‘Would you like to be in WWE?’ [laughs]. I said, ‘Yeah, sure. Why not?’ … It was something special for me. It’s my challenge to learn more about promos. You will never finish learning in pro wrestling. But every time you wrestle, you learn. But about promos, it’s something new for me. I would like to learn something new, how to become not just a wrestler — an artist.”
Lee is a former ROH Television and ROH World Tag Team Champion. He’s also held the World Welterweight and Lightweight Championships in CMLL. Lee also had a reign as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Los Hermanos Lee son los Campeones de Parejas de #LuchaLibreAAA en #NocheDeCampeonesAAA
EN VIVO | @FiteTV pic.twitter.com/vkN4tsNwwk
— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) December 29, 2022
¡Mucho éxito para @dragonlee95 en su nueva aventura en @WWE!
Seguiremos muy de cerca todos sus pasos 👏#NocheDeCampeonesAAA pic.twitter.com/ECQt1EPNJi
— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) December 29, 2022
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