Keith Lee is an American Professional Wrestler currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is well known for his time in WWE from 2018 to 2021, where he was a NXT Champion and NXT North American Champion. He is the first person to win both the titles simultaneously.
Keith Lee played college football at Texas A&M University and quitted to pursue a career in pro-wrestling by her grandmother. Lee started his pro-wrestling training and made his debut in 2005 at an independent circuit under the ring name “Kevin Paine”. He then started wrestling under his birth name from 2008 and was bounded within the home state of Texas. He wrestled for various wrestling promotions including Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW), North American Wrestling Alliance, Metroplex Wrestling and so on. He then started wrestling away from Texas in 2015 and made his Ring of Honor debut the same year. Lee wrestled for ROH for a couple of years and left the company in 2017. He then wrestled for Evolve and Pro-Wrestling Guerrilla for a couple of years until signing with WWE.
In 2018, Lee signed a contract with WWE and made his debut in the NXT brand. Lee appeared less on television in the debut year and was written off due to undisclosed injury. Lee returned to television and was a part of Team NXT while invading Raw and the Survivor Series team. Lee then started a feud with The Undisputed Era and took both the NXT North American Champion and won the NXT Champion from Roderick Strong and Adam Cole to become the first ever dual champion in NXT. He vacated the North American Championship and lost the NXT Championship, upon main roster call up.
In 2020, Lee was moved to the main roster and faced Randy Orton in the main roster debut match. Lee had a WWE Championship pursuit but was unsuccessful. Towards the end he changed his gimmick and name to “Bearcat” Lee, however he was released from his contract soon.
Keith Lee AEW debut
On the February 9, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite, Keith Lee made a surprise debut at All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He wrestled Isiah Kassidy in his AEW debut match and qualified for the “Face of the Revolution” ladder match at Revolution, where he failed to win. Later the same month, Lee formed a tag team alliance with Swerve Strickland, who came to save Lee from Team Taz attack. The team was later dubbed to “Swerve in Our Glory”, where they soon went to capture the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a Triple or Nothing Tag Team match. They held the championship until AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam and dropped the championships to The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens). At Full Gear they had the rematch and failed to regain the titles, as Strickland slapped Lee for refusing to tag which made Lee walk out in the middle of the match. Stickland then formed a new stable with Parker Boudreaux, Granden Goetzman and Rick Ross dubbed Mogul Affiliates and attacked Lee to officially end Swerve in Our Glory tag team.
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Keith Lee is married to WWE Superstar Mia Yim (Michin). They have been married since February 2022.
Keith Lee stands at a height of 6 foot 2 inches tall, which is 188 centimeters in length.
Keith Lee was born on November 8, 1984 at Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. He is currently 38 years of age as of September 2023.
Keeth Lee is billed to weigh 340 pounds (lbs), which is 154 kilograms.
Keith Lee was trained by Tim Brooks for his pro-wrestling career and helped him to make his debut at the independent circuits.
