Dragon Lee is a Mexican Masked Professional Wrestler (Luchador Enmascarado). He is currently working with WWE and wrestles one the NXT brand. Dragon Lee is a second generation wrestler and almost all of their family members are in the wrestling industry. He is the son of professional wrestler Artuto Munoz, who wrestles under the ring name La Bestia del Ring.
Dragon Lee started his professional wrestling career in 2013 in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Gym in 2013. He was trained by Arturo Munoz, Alferdo Pineda, Franco Columbo, Pierrothito, and Pit Bull I. He is the second person to use the Dragon Lee persona, after his brother Carlos changed his ring name to Dralistico. Lee is best known for his run in Ring of Honor (ROH) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Where he has been the ROH World Television Champion (twice), ROH World Tag Team (twice) and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (once). In NJPW he wrestled under the ring name Ryu Lee. Lee is a member of La Faccion Ingobernable stable which is one of the top antagonistic groups in the wrestling industry.
Over the years, Dragon Lee has a long term tag team with his brother Dalistico and has won AAA World Tag Team Championship, The Crash tag Team Championship, Kaoz tag Team Championship, PWR Tag Team Championship, and Torneo de Parejas Familiares. He had a long term feud with Kamaitachi, the feud lasted across countries and through multiple wrestling promotions.
Dragon Lee has also appeared in multiple wrestling promotions and won numerous championships, tournaments and awards. Lee is the fourth wrestler to win championships from ROH, CMLL, and NJPW. Lee has been awarded the Rookie of the Year Award in 2014 by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and has ranked no. 41 among the top 500 singles wrestlers in 2021 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Dragon Lee got signed to WWE in 2022 and made his debut on the NXT roster confronting the North American Champion Wes Lee as one of the five opponents. He had a great pop on his debut, but his debut match ended in a losing effort.
How old is Dragon Lee now?
Dragon Lee was born on May 15, 1995 in Tala, Jalisco, Mexico as the youngest son of Mexican professional wrestler Arturo Munoz (La Bestia del Ring) and is currently 28 years old. He started his professional wrestling career at the age of 18 and won his first championship at the age of 19. He got married to his fiance Lupia Orozco at the age of 24 in 2019. Dragon Lee has two older brothers, who are also in the wrestling industry. His older brother William Arturo Munoz Gonzalez is currently working in AEW under the ring name Rush and is 7 years older than Lee. He is one of the popular wrestlers in the business as an individual wrestler and as a member of La Faccion Ingobernable. His other brother Carlos Munoz Golzolez is also a pro-wrestler who is currently wrestling for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and is 4 years older than Lee.
FAQs
A. Dragon Lee stands at an height of approximately 5 foot 7 inches tall.
A. Rush is the older brother of Dragon Lee.
A. Lupita Orozco is the wife of Dragon Lee and they got married in 2019.
A. Dragon Lee forfeited his AAA World Tag Team Championship as he got signed with WWE.
A. Dragon Lee adopts a high speed, high flying Lucha Libre style of wrestling. Where he takes higher risks over the top rope.