{"id":34125,"date":"2019-01-01T22:52:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T03:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=34125"},"modified":"2019-01-01T22:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T03:52:35","slug":"trevor-lee-announces-departure-from-impact-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/01\/trevor-lee-announces-departure-from-impact-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Lee Announces Departure From IMPACT Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, former 3x IMPACT X-Division Champion <strong>Trevor Lee<\/strong> officially announced his departure from <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong>, after <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/16\/wwes-january-performance-center-class-rumoured-to-have-some-big-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it had been rumored for months that he was leaving to join NXT<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today I am officially a Free Agent. <br \/>I want to thank <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IMPACTWRESTLING<\/a> for all the friends I have made and knowledge I have learned. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZNA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ZNA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trevor Lee (@TrevorLeePro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrevorLeePro\/status\/1080175906017239040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trevor Lee has been wrestling since 2007, when he was trained by the <strong>Hardy Boyz<\/strong> in <strong>OMEGA Wrestlin<\/strong>g, the indie promotion started by <strong>Matt Hardy<\/strong> and Lee&#8217;s father, indie wrestler <strong>Tracy Caddell<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/07\/30\/tracey-caddell-passes-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who passed away earlier this year<\/a>). Since 2009, he&#8217;s been the face of <strong>Carolina Wrestling Federation (CWF) Mid-Atlantic<\/strong> in North Carolina, where he&#8217;s a 2x CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Champion and the current reigning CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion, a title he&#8217;s held since February of 2016.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: Trevor Lee vs. Darius Lockhart (8\/22\/15)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3BpDIH-jX5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, he entered his first <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)<\/strong> <em><strong>Battle of Los Angeles<\/strong><\/em> tournament and has been a presence in every BOLA since, reaching the finals in 2016 in an epic match against <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong> and eventual winner, &#8220;The Villain&#8221; <strong>Marty Scurll<\/strong>. In 2015, Lee exploded on the national indie scene, working with <strong>EVOLVE, Beyond Wrestling, All American Wrestling (AAW), Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, and the UK with <strong>Revolution Pro (RevPro)<\/strong>, before signing with IMPACT Wrestling. He originally made his debut in a tag team with <strong>Brian Myers<\/strong> (WWE Superstar Curt Hawkins), winning IMPACT Tag Team gold, before joining fellow OMEGA alumni <strong>Shane Helms<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Everett<\/strong> in <strong>The Helms Dynasty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trevor Lee vs. DJZ - 8\/31\/18 - AAW Pro Wrestling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCoqKapwXi8?start=196&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a singles star, Lee became one of the stars of the X-Division, capturing the X-Division title on three occasions, forming his own faction, <strong>The Cult of Lee<\/strong>, with protege\u00a0<strong>Caleb Konley<\/strong>. Lee recently failed to enter the Ultimate X match at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/01\/01\/preview-impact-homecoming-1-6-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>IMPACT Homecoming<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and his final match was at the Las Vegas TV tapings in a match against Killer Kross that has yet to air.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trevor Lee Wins X Division Championship, defeating Tigre Uno\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t8uBOrO-lWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, late on Tuesday night, AAW announced their January 26 show, titled <em><strong>The Last Stand<\/strong><\/em>, which features Trevor Lee on the poster, that could be foreshadowing of Lee moving on to a new home in 2019. Whether that ends up becoming with NXT or <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/01\/01\/all-elite-wrestling-is-a-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the recently announced <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong><\/a> is yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tickets for 1\/26 at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago are now on sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9glYmjydOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/9glYmjydOU<\/a><br \/>Get yours now before they are gone! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/psadL9yobL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/psadL9yobL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AAW Wrestling (@AAWPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAWPro\/status\/1080305048243093510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tickets for 1\/26 at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago are now on sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9glYmjydOU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/9glYmjydOU<\/a><br \/>Get yours now before they are gone! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/psadL9yobL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/psadL9yobL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AAW Wrestling (@AAWPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAWPro\/status\/1080305048243093510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, former 3x IMPACT X-Division Champion Trevor Lee officially announced his departure from IMPACT Wrestling, after it had been rumored for months that he was leaving to join NXT in 2019. Today I am officially a Free Agent. I want to thank @IMPACTWRESTLING for all the friends I have made and knowledge I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":34131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6],"tags":[226,413],"class_list":["post-34125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-trevor-lee"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}