[18] On May 15, 2015 Dragon Lee outlasted Bárbaro Cavernario, Fuego, Kamaitachi, Luciferno, Mephisto, Místico, Niebla Roja, The Panther, Titán, Virus and Volador Jr. to win the first round torneo cibernetico of the 2015 Leyenda de Plata ("Silver Legend") tournament, one of CMLL's most prestigious annual tournaments.

Dragon Lee (born May 15, 1995 in Tala, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler known for his work for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he used a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. On December 8, 2019, Dragon Lee, now having changed his ring name to Ryu Lee, challenged Jyushin Thunder Liger to be Liger's final opponent at Wrestle Kingdom 14. While working for CMLL, Dragon Lee was allowed to take independent bookings for days where he was not needed for CMLL shows, which has allowed Dragon Lee to work on both the Mexican and US independent circuit, mainly against other CMLL wrestlers.

Mask Lucha de Apuestas between the two, which was accepted by La Máscara. [40] Dragon Lee returned to NJPW the following October, teaming with Titán in the 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, from which they were eliminated in the first round by Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi.

January 1, 2014. [14] On August 25, 2014 it was announced that Dragon Lee would team up with fellow rookie Cachorro for the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show, marking Dragon Lee first appearance at CMLL's Anniversary Shows, the promotion's most important show of the year. [49] He later revealed that he had been advised that he may need surgery on his ear and nose. [50][51] The Phoenix-Plex is one of the riskier professional wrestling moves, designed to look like it hurts the opponent without actually inflicting too much pain, but can go wrong when the person executing or the person taking the move makes a mistake. Birth Place [45], On November 7, 2019, Lee appeared in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide promotion at the press conference where, he was announced as a challenger to the AAA Mega Championship against Kenny Omega in Triplemanía Regia, however he was defeated in his debut. [28] Dragon Lee as a participant in the 2017 International Gran Prix. [47] Due to the show Dragon Lee did not wrestle between August 15 and December 13, 2018. [46], In the late summer of 2018 Dragon Lee was one of the participants in the Mexican version of the Exathlon sports reality show, Dragon Lee was part of the "celebrity/athlete" Exathlon team, competing against a team of amateurs that was shown several days a week on the Mexican Azteca Uno television station.

[24] Dragon Lee regained the championship from Kamaitachi on March 4 when the two had a rematch in Mexico City.

At that point he realized that his future was in Lucha Libre. [12] On March 23, 2014 Dragon Lee was one of 16 wrestlers in a tornero cibernetico (elimination) match, hoping to qualify for one of eight spots in CMLL's annual En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an idol") tournament.
Dragon Lee is the son of professional wrestler Arthur Muñoz. [6] In 2012 the original Dragon Lee was offered the opportunity to take over the Místico character after the original wrestler under the Místico mask left Mexico. Initially the feud focused on Rush and La Máscara but late changed focus from Rush to Dragon Lee. 165 lbs (75 kg) [38] In his opening match of the tournament on May 17, Dragon Lee handed rival Hiromu Takahashi his first singles loss since returning to Japan at the end of 2016. [53], One of his signature finishing moves is the "Dragon Driver", also known as the "Phoenix-Plex" - a Bridging package fallaway powerbomb where he lifts his opponent up, hooks his legs in a "package" position and then falls backwards so the opponent is slammed to the ground and he holds them there for a pinfall.

In April 2015, Dragon Lee won his first professional wrestling title, the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship.

Dragon Lee (born May 15, 1995 in Tala, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican, second-generation, luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler known for his work for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he used a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. [42] On G1 Special in San Francisco, Lee challenged Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Dragon Lee's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.
[7][8] Dragon Lee's uncles are also professional wrestlers, known as Franco Columbo, Pit Bull I and Pit Bull II and all had a hand in training Dragon Lee prior to his professional wrestling debut. He's a spotfest wrestler who does extremely demanding and dangerous sequences and moves in a lot of his matches. On January 5, he and Takahashi successfully defeated Liger and Naoki Sano in a tag match. Height On January 5, 2017, Dragon Lee made a surprise return to NJPW, attacking Hiromu Takahashi (the former Kamaitachi) and Tetsuya Naito during their match against Kushida and Michael Elgin. His high risk style has led him to often use a Running frankensteiner throw where he leaps over the top rope and executes the leg scissor takedown on an opponent standing on the apron, sending him to the floor.

Dragon Lee also works for Ring of Honor, wh… He made his first public appearance as Dragon Lee on November 20, 2013 when he competed in CMLL's 2013 Bodybuilding Contest, winning the beginners category while CMLL regulars Pequeño Olimpico and Stukita took second and third place. [4] Dragon Lee's two older brothers grew up to become professional wrestlers as well, with the oldest of the brothers, William, making his wrestling debut in 2008 and would later become known as "Rush". The two masked men faced off in a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", with both wrestlers risking their mask on the outcome. His interest in acting began while studying in high school.

[34] At the 2019 Final Battle show, Dragon Lee defeated Shane Taylor to win the ROH World Television Championship. In April 2015, Dragon Lee won his first professional wrestling title, the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15) (age 25) Weight Dragon Lee (II) (May 15, 1995) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH). [10] He made his in-ring debut for CMLL on January 1, 2014, as part of the 2014 La Copa Junior tournament. [13] The first round consisted of a round-robin tournament where he wrestled against all other participants. Born

In the first round the brothers defeated Negro Casas and Canelo Casas, then went on to defeat Herodes, Jr. and Shocker in the second round before losing to eventual tournament winners Bárbaro Cavernario and Mr. Niebla in the tournament semi-final. Tala, Jalisco [ 10.0] "Dragon Lee is one of my favorite wrestlers from his genre of wrestling.

For the original Dragon Lee, see, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2013–2019), "Rush Habla después de ganar el campeonato mundial semicompleto del CMLL", "Místico con alma de Dragón.... ¡Las Amazonas del ring en jaula! [43] At the G1 Supercard on April 6, 2019, Dragon Lee defeated Taiji Ishimori and Bandido in a triple threat match to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship for the first time, and in the process, becoming the third Mexican to hold the title (behind Juventud Guerrera and Mistico, who were the first and second, respectively).