Trevor Lee (wrestler)
Trevor Lee | |
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Birth name | Trevor Lee Caddell |
Born |
Cameron, North Carolina, U.S.[1] | September 30, 1993
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Trevor Lee |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Cameron, North Carolina[2] |
Trained by |
Jeff Rudd[1] Jeff Hardy[1] Matt Hardy[1] |
Debut | 2007 |
Trevor Lee Caddell (born September 30, 1993)[3] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Trevor Lee. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he is the current TNA X Division Champion in his first reign, and a former TNA World Tag Team Champion.
After having been trained by Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy, Lee wrestled for various independent promotions, including Global Force Wrestling (GFW), OMEGA Championship Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) before making his national debut for TNA in 2015.
Professional wrestling career
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2014–present)
Lee began his career working for numerous independent promotions, starting with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). He made his PWG debut on March 28, 2014, at Mystery Vortex II, losing to Andrew Everett in a three-way match also involving Cedric Alexander.[4] However, Lee received a big push in PWG, defeating the top names of the promotion. On July 26, 2014, at Eleven, Lee picked up a huge upset win by defeating former three-time PWG World Champion, Kevin Steen in Steen's farewell match for the company.[5] Lee was one of 24 participants in the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament. Lee defeated Cedric Alexander in the 1st round and Michael Elgin in the quarter-finals, before ultimately losing to Johnny Gargano in the semi-finals.[6] On October 17, 2014, at Untitled II, Lee defeated the longest reigning PWG World Champion in the title's history, Adam Cole.[7] On December 12, 2014, at Black Cole Sun, Lee defeated yet another former PWG World Champion, Chris Hero.[8] On February 27, 2015, at From Out of Nowhere, Lee received his first shot at the PWG World Championship against Roderick Strong, but was unsuccessful in his attempt.[9] On May 22, 2015 Lee and Andrew Everett won the 2015 DDT4 tournament, defeating the PWG World Tag Team Champions The Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in the finals to win the tournament and also the PWG World Tag Team Championship.[10] On June 26, 2015, at Mystery Vortex III, Lee and Everett lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks, following outside interference from PWG World Champion, Roderick Strong.[11] On July 24, at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's 4th year in Reseda anniversary show, Threemendous IV, Trevor Lee defeated Tommaso Ciampa via Small Package Driver after a hard-hitting match.[12]He entered PWG's Battle Of Los Angeles tournament on the first night defeating Trent?. The second night he teamed up with Biff Busick and Andrew Everett to take on Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks and Super Dragon) on a six-man Guerrilla Warfare match, which his team lost. In the third night he lost in the second round of the tournament against Marty Scurll.
Independent circuit (2014–present)
Lee has also wrestled for other independent companies, including OMEGA Championship Wrestling, where on May 21, 2015, he won the OMEGA Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match that included his mentor Matt Hardy. On February 27, 2016, Lee - while wrestling at a CWF Mid-Atlantic event - defeated Roy Wilkins in one hour and forty-five minutes (105 minutes) to win the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship.[13]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2015–present)
Lee made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut on the August 12, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, where he teamed with Brian Myers as part of Team GFW and lost to The Wolves.[14] On the September 2, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, Lee and Myers defeated The Wolves in a rematch to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[15] with help from Sonjay Dutt. The next week on the September 9, 2015 episode of Impact Westling they re-lost the title to The Wolves. [16] On October 4, 2015, at Bound for Glory, Lee and Myers had a rematch for the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Wolves but were unsuccessful.
After a four month hiatus; on February 2, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lee returned as a heel and defeated Tigre Uno to win the TNA X Division Championship with the help from his new manager Gregory Shane Helms.[17] During his reigns, his successfully retain his title against Tigre Uno in a two rematch, DJ Z or Eddie Edwards. On April, Andrew Everett join Gregory Shane Helms and him.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Orange Crush (Vertical suplex powerbomb)[3][18]
- Small package[1]
- Small Package Driver (Fisherman buster floated over into a small package)
- Entrance themes
- "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Ludacris & Snoop Dogg (Independent circuit; 2010 - 2011)
- "E.T." by Katy Perry feat. Kanye West (Independent circuit; 2011 - present)
- "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift (Independent circuit; 2014 - present)
- "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" by Ruby Friedman Orchestra (CWF Mid-Atlantic; March 9, 2016)
Championships and accomplishments
- Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)[21]
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Rising Generation League Championship (1 time)[22]
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chet Sterling[23]
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (1 time)[24]
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett[10]
- DDT4 (2015) – with Andrew Everett[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Roster". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- 1 2 3 "Trevor Lee". TNA. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Trevor Lee". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ "Mystery Vortex II". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "Eleven". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "2014 Battle of Los Angeles- Night Three". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "Untitled II". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "Black Cole Sun". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "From Out of Nowhere". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- 1 2 3 "DDT4 (2015)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "Show results - 6/26 PWG in Reseda, Calif.: Huge show with no advanced line-up - new PWG tag champs, faction re-forms, PWG Title match, Alexander says good-bye, big celebrities at ringside, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ↑ "SHOW RESULTS - 7/24 PWG in Reseda, Calif.: Young Bucks defend PWG Tag Titles, Tozawa returns to PWG, Gargano, Hero, and more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-07-25.
- ↑ NC Indy news - Breaking Wrestling News.com
- ↑ Middleton, Marc (2015-07-27). "*SPOILERS* TNA Impact Wrestling Tapings from 7/27/15". Lords of Pain. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- 1 2 Johnson, Mike (2015-07-28). "Another big TNA spoiler". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (2015-07-29). "TNA news: Impact spoilers - more developments from Wednesday's Impact TV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- 1 2 "TNA TV taping results (Bethlehem, PA): Kurt Angle vs. Matt Hardy; Feast or Fired returns". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ↑ "2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
- ↑ "Roster". Global Force Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ http://impactwrestling.com/impact-results-32916/
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=348
- ↑ "CWF Mid-Atlantic Rising Generation League Championship history".
- ↑ "CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship history".
- ↑ "Organization Of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts – OMEGA Heavyweight Championship" (in German). Cagematch.de. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 7, 2015.