| Intro | South African politician |
| Is | Politician |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
Trevor Lee Caddell (born September 30, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Trevor Lee. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling where he is the former Impact Wrestling X Division Champion and one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Brian Myers.
After having been trained by Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy, Lee wrestled for various independent promotions, including Global Force Wrestling (GFW), OMEGA Championship Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) before making his national debut for Impact (then TNA) in 2015.
Professional wrestling career
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2014–present)
Lee began his career working for numerous independent promotions, starting with CWF-Mid Atlantic in North Carolina. He then made his debut with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) on March 28, 2014, at Mystery Vortex II, losing to Andrew Everett in a three-way match also involving Cedric Alexander. However, Lee received a big push in PWG, defeating the top names of the promotion. On July 26, 2014, at Eleven, Lee picked up a huge upset win by defeating former three-time PWG World Champion, Kevin Steen in Steen’s farewell match for the company. Lee was one of 24 participants in the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament. Lee defeated Cedric Alexander in the 1st round and Michael Elgin in the quarter-finals, before ultimately losing to Johnny Gargano in the semi-finals. On October 17, 2014, at Untitled II, Lee defeated the longest reigning PWG World Champion in the title’s history, Adam Cole. On December 12, 2014, at Black Cole Sun, Lee defeated yet another former PWG World Champion, Chris Hero. On February 27, 2015, at From Out of Nowhere, Lee received his first shot at the PWG World Championship against Roderick Strong, but was unsuccessful in his attempt. On May 22, 2015 Lee and Andrew Everett won the 2015 DDT4 tournament, defeating the PWG World Tag Team Champions The Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in the finals to win the tournament and also the PWG World Tag Team Championship. On June 26, 2015, at Mystery Vortex III, Lee and Everett lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks, following outside interference from PWG World Champion, Roderick Strong. On July 24, at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s 4th year in Reseda anniversary show, Threemendous IV, Trevor Lee defeated Tommaso Ciampa via Small Package Driver after a hard-hitting match. He entered PWG’s Battle Of Los Angeles tournament on the first night defeating Trent?. The second night he teamed up with Biff Busick and Andrew Everett to take on Mount Rushmore 2.0 (The Young Bucks and Super Dragon) on a six-man Guerrilla Warfare match, which his team lost. In the third night he lost in the second round of the tournament against Marty Scurll.
At PWG’s All Star Weekend 11, he began to show heel traits such as cheap shotting opponents before matches and insulting the crowd. He achieved victory on both nights defeating Will Ospreay on night one, and Matt Sydal on night two. He entered the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles and made it all the way to the finals, a three way elimination match where along with Marty Scurll eliminated Will Ospreay before once again tapping to Scurll’s crossface chicken wing submission.
Independent circuit (2014–present)
Lee has also wrestled for other independent companies, including OMEGA Championship Wrestling, where on May 21, 2015, he won the OMEGA Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match that included his mentor Matt Hardy. On February 27, 2016, Lee – while wrestling at a CWF Mid-Atlantic event – defeated Roy Wilkins in one hour and forty-five minutes (105 minutes) to win the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling
GFW Invasion (2015)
Lee made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut on the August 12, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, where he teamed with Brian Myers as part of Team GFW and lost to The Wolves. On the September 2, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, Lee and Myers defeated The Wolves in a rematch to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. with help from Sonjay Dutt. The next week on the September 9, 2015 episode of Impact Westling they re-lost the title to The Wolves. On October 4, 2015, at Bound for Glory, Lee and Myers had a rematch for the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Wolves but were unsuccessful.
X Division Champion (2016–present)
After a four-month hiatus; on February 2, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lee defeated Tigre Uno to win the TNA X Division Championship with the help from his new manager Gregory Shane Helms. During his reigns, his successfully retain his title against Tigre Uno in a two rematch, DJZ or Eddie Edwards. In April, Andrew Everett joined Helms and Lee, forming The Helms Dynasty. At Slammiversary (2016) he lost his title against Eddie Edwards in a four-way who including Andrew Everett and DJZ. On the June 28 episode of Impact Wrestling he participated in a battle royal for be the number one contender for the X Division Championship, but was eliminated by the winner Braxton Sutter. On the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, he participated in a Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, in a losing effort. At Destination X he lost a ladder match for be the number one contender to the X Division Championship. On the September 22 episode of Impact Wrestling, he wrestled against DJZ for his TNA X Division Championship, in a losing effort. After the match, he and Andrew Everett attacked DJZ but he was saved by Eddie Edwards. On the September 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett attacked both DJZ and Eddie Edwards after their match. At Bound for Glory a match is scheduled between him and DJZ but he failed to win the TNA X Division Championship. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett teamed with Marshe Rockett in a tag team match against DJZ, Braxton Sutter and Mandrews, but loses the match. On the TNA Apocalypto episode, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett were defeated by Matt Hardy and Shane Helms. During a TNA taping he defeated DJZ to win the TNA X Division Championship for the second time.
On the April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Lee lost the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship to Low-Ki in a Six-Way match including Andrew Everett, Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond Xavier and Suicide.
In wrestling
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Finishing moves
- Orange Crush (Vertical suplex powerbomb)
- Small Package Driver (Fisherman buster floated over into a small package)
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Signature moves
- Bridging deadlift German suplex
- Collision Course (Fallaway moonsault slam, as a crossbody counter)
- Dropkick
- Football kick to the chest of a standing opponent, from the ring apron
- Karelin lift
- Diving double foot stomp
- Small package
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Managers
- Gregory Shane Helms
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Nicknames
- “The Carolina Caveman”
- “The Technical Savage”
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Entrance themes
- “All I Do Is Win” by DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, T-Pain, Ludacris and Snoop Dogg (Independent circuit; 2010 – 2011)
- “E.T.” by Katy Perry feat. Kanye West (Independent circuit; 2011 – present)
- “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift (Independent circuit; 2014 – present)
- “Crazy Shadows” by Dale Oliver (TNA; September 20, 2015 – February 2, 2016)
- “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” by Ruby Friedman Orchestra (CWF Mid-Atlantic; March 9, 2016 – present)
Championships and accomplishments
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All American Wrestling
- AAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett
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Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Rising Generation League Championship (1 time)
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chet Sterling
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (1 time)
- PWI Ultra J Championship (1 time)
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OMEGA Championship Wrestling
- OMEGA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett
- DDT4 (2015) – with Andrew Everett
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #60 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling
- TNA / Impact X Division Championship (2 times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian Myers
- Race for the Case (2017 – Blue Case)