In a recent appearance on the “Baker Banter” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio praised Dragon Lee, noting that he sees a lot of himself in the young NXT superstar.
Mysterio said, “I see a lot of a young me in Dragon Lee. He is very unique with his style. Of course, he carries a tradition of lucha libre, which is the mask. The mask represents something way beyond just putting on a mask. It transforms you. It gives you a certain power of representation to our culture, representation to our sport. Overall, he has the heart and determination to go in the ring and put it all on the line. I’ve seen that every time he steps in the ring. I endorse, myself, Dragon Lee to be the next superstar within WWE that’s a luchador. It’s been quite awhile. We’ve had several luchadors in WWE that have been given opportunities, but Dragon Lee is captivating and taking full advantage of this opportunity. He already beat Dominik for the North American Title. You can already see he’s going very big.”
On Tuesday’s episode of WWE NXT, Oba Femi cashed in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract on Lee after the latter defeated Lexis King to retain the NXT North American Title.
Lee ended up losing the match and the title to Femi.
