Trevor Lee

Trevor Lee
Trevor Lee as the Impact X Division Champion in 2017
Birth name Trevor Lee Caddell
Born (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993
Cameron, North Carolina, United States[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Trevor Lee
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight 215 lb (98 kg)[2]
Billed from Cameron, North Carolina[3]
Trained by Jeff Rudd[1]
Jeff Hardy[1]
Matt Hardy[1]
Debut 2007

Trevor Lee Caddell (born September 30, 1993)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Trevor Lee. He is signed to Impact Wrestling where he is a three-time Impact X Division Champion and one-time Impact World Tag Team Champion with Brian Myers.

After having been trained by Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy, Lee wrestled for various independent promotions, including the original Global Force Wrestling, OMEGA Championship Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) before making his national debut for the current incarnation of Impact Wrestling (then TNA) in 2015.

Professional wrestling career

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2014–present)

Lee began his career working for numerous independent promotions, starting with CWF-Mid Atlantic in North Carolina. He then made his debut with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) on March 28, 2014, at Mystery Vortex II, losing to Andrew Everett in a three-way match also involving Cedric Alexander.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] On October 17, 2014, at Untitled II, Lee defeated the longest reigning PWG World Champion in the title's history, Adam Cole.[8] On December 12, 2014, at Black Cole Sun, Lee defeated yet another former PWG World Champion, Chris Hero.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] On July 24, at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's 12 year anniversary show, Threemendous IV, Trevor Lee defeated Tommaso Ciampa via Small Package Driver after a hard-hitting match.[13] 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.

At PWG's All Star Weekend 11, he began to show heel traits such as cheap shotting opponents before matches and insulting the crowd. He achieved victory on both nights defeating Will Ospreay on night one, and Matt Sydal on night two. He entered the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles and made it all the way to the finals, a three-way elimination match where along with Marty Scurll eliminated Will Ospreay before once again tapping to Scurll's crossface chicken wing submission.

On February 18, 2017, at Only Kings Understand Each Other, Lee defeat Cody Rhodes. Following that Lee started a losing streak for the rest of 2017 losing to the likes of Lio Rush, Keith Lee, Chuck Taylor and Ricochet.

Lee later entered into the 2017 edition of the Battle Of Los Angeles, getting eliminated in the first round by Donovan Dijak. At PWG All Star Weekend 14, Lee was defeated by Rey Horus on night one but defeated Morgan Webster on night two.

In the 2018 Battle Of Los Angeles, Lee defeated Marko Stunt in the first round, then Brody King in the second round, but lost to Jeff Cobb in the semi finals.

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.[14] At AAW Showdown 2018, Lee defeated DJ Z to win the AAW Heritage Championship. [15] On April 7, 2018, Lee unsuccessfully challenged ACH for the AAW Heavyweight Championship.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling

GFW Invasion (2015)

Trevor Lee (right) with Brian Myers in October 2015

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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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.

The Helms Dynasty (2016–2017)

After a four-month hiatus; on February 2, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lee defeated Tigre Uno to win the TNA X Division Championship with the help from his new manager Gregory Shane Helms.[19] During his reigns, his successfully retain his title against Tigre Uno in a two rematch, DJZ or Eddie Edwards. In April, Andrew Everett joined Helms and Lee, forming The Helms Dynasty. At Slammiversary (2016) he lost his title against Eddie Edwards in a four-way who including Andrew Everett and DJZ. On the June 28 episode of Impact Wrestling he participated in a battle royal for be the number one contender for the X Division Championship, but was eliminated by the winner Braxton Sutter. On the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, he participated in an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, in a losing effort. At Destination X he lost a ladder match for be the number one contender to the X Division Championship. On the September 22 episode of Impact Wrestling, he wrestled against DJZ for his TNA X Division Championship, in a losing effort. After the match, he and Andrew Everett attacked DJZ but he was saved by Eddie Edwards. On the September 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett attacked both DJZ and Eddie Edwards after their match. At Bound for Glory a match is scheduled between him and DJZ but he failed to win the TNA X Division Championship. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett teamed with Marshe Rockett in a tag team match against DJZ, Braxton Sutter and Mandrews, but loses the match. On the TNA Apocalypto episode, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett were defeated by Matt Hardy and Shane Helms.[20] During a TNA taping he defeated DJZ to win the TNA X Division Championship for the second time.

On the April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Lee lost the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship to Low-Ki in a Six-Way match including Andrew Everett, Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond Xavier and Suicide. On the July 6th episode of Impact Wrestling, he attacked Sonjay Dutt after his match with Caleb Konley and stole the X Division Championship, declaring himself the new X Division Champion. He then began "defending" the X Division Championship against handpicked local competitors and even wrestled with the title around his waist.

The Cult of Lee (2017–present)

On the August 17th episode of Impact Wrestling, Sonjay Dutt retained his title against Trevor Lee after interference from both Caleb Konley and a returning Petey Williams. Konley would form an alliance with Lee where he would help him regain the X Division Championship in a Falls Count Anywhere match on the September 14 episode of Impact!. Lee would go on to recruit former Helms Dynasty teammate Andrew Everett to face Sonjay Dutt, Petey Williams and Matt Sydal on the October 5 episode of Impact! in a losing effort.[21] On November 9, 2017, Lee would lose the X Division Championship against Taiji Ishimori. In January 2018, Lee and Konley would start a feud against LAX, defeating them on January 11, thus earning a championship match that they lose. At the Impact Wrestling vs Lucha Underground show, he defeated Marty Martinez. At the July 23 episode of Impact Wrestling, Lee was defeated by Johnny Impact.

Personal Life

Lee is the son of Tracey Caddell, a former pro wrestler and promoter who passed away on July 29, 2018.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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