WWE Star Quietly Moved To SmackDown Roster

This ultra-talented WWE star is NXT no more...

by Andy H Murray
Dragon Lee
WWE

At least on WWE's external roster listing, Dragon Lee has been moved from NXT to SmackDown.

Navigating to WWE.com's 'Superstars' page - and Lee's profile within it - shows Lee has been re-assigned from developmental. This cements a recent main roster stint that continued on Friday's episode of SmackDown, when Lee defeated former United States Champion Austin Theory via distraction roll-up.

Prior to this, Lee had challenged Dominik Mysterio for the NXT North American Championship on Raw's 25 September episode. He then wrestled in a four-way contendership match for the same belt on NXT the following night, but was unsuccessful, with Trick Williams prevailing in a match also featuring Axiom and Tyler Bate.

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Dragon Lee is still relatively new to WWE, having only signed with the market-leading promotion in December 2022. He has been a wrestler since 2014, establishing himself as one of the planet's most cutting-edge lucha libre practitioners in Mexico and earning mass acclaim for his work in NJPW as the decade progressed.

Though he has yet to taste gold in WWE, Lee, 31, is a former ROH World Tag Team and Television Champion, having also held CMLL's World Welterweight and Lightweight belts, plus the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.