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The past year has seen WWE NXT Superstar Keith Lee reach new heights, and fulfill his destiny of being ‘The Limitless One’. After gaining prominence in the NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2019) and last year's Survivor Series, Lee managed to rise up the roster fairly quickly and became one of the most talked about Superstars in WWE today.
After defeating Adam Cole for the NXT Championship at The Great American Bash, Lee became the first dual singles champion in the Black and Gold brand as he held the NXT North American title as well.
After relinquishing the North American Championship, Lee dropped the NXT title to Karrion Kross at TakeOver XXX. However, the Limitless One has been moved to WWE RAW where he could compete against the best in the business.
After making his way to RAW, Lee will make his singles PPV debut at WWE Payback where he'll take on Randy Orton. He faced The Viper on the Red brand on his debut as well.
In this article, we will present you five interesting things that you need to know about Keith Lee.
#5 Keith Lee had three failed tryouts with WWE before he eventually got picked
Keith Lee seems like a perfect fit for WWE, and over the past year, we’ve seen him achieve tremendous success as well.
While Lee is having a brilliant run in the company, he almost quit wrestling in 2013 due to several failed tryouts with WWE.
Speaking in an interview with TalkSport. Lee revealed that Dusty Rhodes was in attendance during the trials and helped him get better.
“That began because my first tryout with WWE was in 2008, three years after I started. I had an entire week of just a single tryout, just me. I got turned down that time and Dusty Rhodes told me that I was trash on the mic, basically. 2011, I had another tryout. This time only three days. Bit better on the mic, but not quite there. 2013 when the Performance Center first opened and they had their first big try out – I was there with like 31 other guys – and that tryout was the one I had where I felt like I came into my own with talking and presenting myself as an entity.”
Finally, in 2018, Lee managed to impress the WWE NXT management and it he signed a contract with the company on May 1, 2018.
Keith Lee has credited Triple H and William Regal a number of times for helping him, and giving him a chance to showcase his skills in WWE.
#4 WWE Legend Dusty Rhodes came up with the ‘Bask in my Glory’ tagline for Keith Lee
Keith Lee has a great entrance theme known as ‘Bask in my Glory’, and the tagline has become a part of the Superstar’s entire persona.
Lee is a larger than life athlete who looks like a giant but moves like a 205 Live Superstar.
Speaking to TalkSport, The Limitless One revealed that WWE Legend Dusty Rhodes was present during one of his WWE tryouts and helped him come up with the tagline.
“And in that tryout, Dusty Rhodes said to me, and I quote: “You’ve got it. You have a presence that I feel like I can bask in.” He said, “Take it and do with it what you will.” So before I left I was like “What do you think about bask in my glory?” and he was like “I like it, baby.” It was created by Dusty Rhodes, that’s why I hold on to it so dearly because that moment meant so much to me and I probably would have quite wrestling – because I got turned down that time too – I probably would have quite wrestling were it not for that conversation with him and William Regal. They are the only two reasons I continued to wrestle. I’ve been using it ever since then.”
It seems everything Dusty Rhodes touched turned to gold, and Lee is one of the Superstars who Rhodes spotted early and helped become a big star in WWE.
#3 Keith Lee has competed in intergender matches including those against WWE Superstars
Keith Lee was one of the NXT's most popular Superstars who made a name for himself over the past year. His move to RAW is an exciting one for fans and he could several interesting feuds on the Red brand
While we’ve seen smaller men like Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole have intergender matches during their career before moving to WWE, it’ll come as a surprise to many that Lee too has competed in a few intergender matches during his career before signing to WWE.
WWE Superstar Mia Yim is one Superstar against whom Lee has had a wrestling match in the ring in early 2018, and Yim managed to defeat Lee in that contest. Kimber Lee of Impact Wrestling is another female Superstar who faced Lee in 2016.
While WWE is still not in favor of having intergender matches, they have a Superstar who has some experience in the field if they ever decide to venture into intergender wrestling.
#2 Keith Lee is in a relationship with WWE Superstar Mia Yim
Johnny Gargano found the love of his life while wrestling in the ring against Candice LeRae. Similarly, Keith Lee's partner is also a WWE Superstar - WWE NXT’s Mia Yim.
The two Superstars have competed against each other in the ring with The Head Baddie In-Charge picking up the victory. They have also teamed up to take on Gargano and LeRae in NXT in a Mixed Tag Team Match.
Speaking to Pro Wrestling Post, Yim revealed what it was like stepping into the ring with Lee:
“We were already friends, so it was easy talking over things. I was overcoming an injury, so I was still having a mental block about doing things. Whether they were high flying moves, suicide dives, things like that, but I knew with Keith I could do whatever. I knew that because he would protect me, he will make sure to keep me safe."
The two seem to share a very healthy relationship, and we will likely see The HBIC follow The Limitless One to RAW sooner rather than later as WWE prefers to keep couples on the same brand.
#1 Keith Lee acted in the first WWE Netflix movie titled ‘The Main Event’
We’ve seen Keith Lee and Mia Yim appear on WWE NXT together several times, and the duo have also starred together in WWE’s first Netflix movie titled ‘The Main Event’.
Following the dream of a young boy who aspires to become a WWE Superstar, the movie sees the young kid find a magical mask that changes his life forever.
He participates in a WWE tournament to become a WWE Superstar, where other prominent WWE Superstars such as Otis, Lee, Yim, and Dabba-Kota also compete.
Lee plays the role of ‘Smooth Operator’ in the movie, and he has a big moment at the end of the film.
The film was released earlier this year on Netflix. Lee has showcased that he is not just a good wrestler, but a versatile actor too.
WWE have produced numerous movies over the years, and after watching Lee’s performance in The Main Event, they could cast him in a movie of his own, some day in the future.
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