This past dawn the AAA Wrestling Champions Night event was held. Dragon Lee and Dralistic they faced FTR in a match where the AAA Tag Team Championship was on the line. The Lee Brothers were victorious and they became the new champions of Lucha Libre AAA.
However, the bomb went off after the combat, when Dragon Lee took the microphone and announced his signing with WWE. The masked wrestler assured that in Mexico he fulfilled his dream, but that he closed a cycle since in 2023 he would work in the “biggest company in the world.”
“Today I close a cycle. Champion of couples with my Dralistic brother”, commented Dragon Lee after the fight. For me, it is an honor to have been here tonight with my people from Acapulco. I fulfilled my dreams. In 2022 I close the cycle here in Mexico. This is my last fight because this 2023 I signed with the biggest company in the world: WWE“, he confirmed. “I will continue to represent my country as I have done up to now. Mexico, this is for you, for all the people who have trusted me. So WWE here I go. 2023 is going to be a new year for me. This is for Mexico, let’s go!”
In the wake of the announcement, more details have emerged about it. Marc Raimondi, journalist from ESPN has confirmed that Dragon Lee will begin his new adventure in WWE starting in January, joining the cast of NXT.
“Dragon Lee is a tremendous talent who will immediately add value to the NXT roster,” James Kimball, WWE’s head of talent strategy and operations, told ESPN recently. “This signing reflects WWE’s renewed emphasis on globalizing our talent pipeline with Latin America positioned as a focus market.”
Raimondi also declassified some statements by the fighter himself, who acknowledged that the promos will be his new challenge. “It is my challenge to learn more about the promos“Lee stated. “You never stop learning in professional wrestling. But every time you fight, you learn. But promos are something new to me. I would like to learn something new, how to become not just a fighter… an artist.”
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