Dragon Lee has signed with WWE and will report to NXT in the new year.
According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dragon Lee has also received an offer from AEW. One of his friends told them that Lee visited him seeking advice on which offer to accept. It was obviously more money than Mexico, but the friend said that WWE’s offer was above the standard NXT-level money, but not the main roster pay.
AEW had also made an offer to Lee. One friend of his told us that Lee had come to him looking for advice, likely from him and others, on which offer to take. From a money standpoint, it was obviously more than Mexico but we were told the WWE offer was above the standard NXT-level money, but not main roster money. WWE contracts have a confidentiality clause in that the talent and their representatives are not allowed to reveal the dollar amount. If he was to get called up to the main roster, the general rule is a new contract is signed and the bottom number for the main roster is $250,000 per year. The belief is that he would be the highest paid NXT wrestler now that Mandy Rose is no longer working with the brand. It’s a three-year deal and does call for pay increases with each year, but the hope and certainly the feeling he was given is he would have a main roster contract and be brought up in 2024.
Unique to his deal is that even in WWE he can continue his existing licensing deals with Legends of Lucha Libre, as well as an existing entertainment project that will include a middle-grade book series debuting next year with Rush, Dralistico, Lee and Bestia del Ring as well as a Munoz family series being developed for animation and gaming. Both Lee’s WWE deal and Rush’s AEW deal will allow them to not only star in but actively promote the series if it is picked up.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
We will have to wait and see what comes next for Dragon Lee now that he has signed with the promotion.
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