Dragon Lee (wrestler): Difference between revisions

The man known under the [[ring name]] Dragon Lee was born on May 15, 1995, in [[Tala, Jalisco|Tala]], in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] state of [[Jalisco]], son of professional wrestler [[Toro Blanco|Arturo Muñoz]], who had worked as Toro Blanco, Poder Boriqua, Poder Mexico, and Comandante Pierroth over the years.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://Superluchas.com/rush-habla-despues-de-ganar-el-campeonato-mundial-semicompleto-del-cmll/ | title = Rush Habla después de ganar el campeonato mundial semicompleto del CMLL | date=February 25, 2011 | access-date=July 31, 2011 | last=Ruiz Glez | first= Alex | publisher =[[Súper Luchas]] Magazine | language = es}}</ref> Dragon Lee's two older brothers grew up to become professional wrestlers as well, with the oldest of the brothers, [[Rush (wrestler)|William]], making his wrestling debut in 2008 and would later become known as "Rush".<ref name=RecordRush>{{cite web | url=http://regio.record.com.mx/2011-02-22/rouge | title= Rush | access-date= July 31, 2011 | work=[[Récord (Mexican newspaper)|Récord]] | language=es|archive-date=October 3, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003032114/http://regio.record.com.mx/2011-02-22/rouge}}</ref> Another of Dragon Lee's brothers, [[Místico II|Carlos]], became a professional wrestler in 2011, adopting the ''[[wrestling mask|enmascarado]]'' (masked) character Dragon Lee initially.<ref name=ForjandounIdolo>{{cite web | url=http://www.cmll.com/forjandounidolo/charly/dragonlee/index.html | title= Dragon Lee | access-date=June 20, 2012 | work=[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] | language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513033558/http://cmll.com/forjandounidolo/charly/dragonlee/index.html | archive-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> 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. It was public knowledge that Dragon Lee had taken over the Místico character, leaving the mask and character of Dragon Lee behind.<ref name=CMLLMisticoII>{{cite web |url=http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615140141/http://cmll.com/noticias.htm |title=Místico con alma de Dragón.... ¡Las Amazonas del ring en jaula! |work=[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] |date=June 21, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=June 21, 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead |trans-title= Místico with the soul of a dragon... The Amazons of the ring in the cage}}</ref><ref name=WVMisticoII>{{cite web | url = http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1340476258 | title=Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly | date=June 23, 2012 | access-date=June 23, 2012 | last=Boutwell | first=Josh | work=WrestleView|archive-date=August 28, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828203919/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1340476258}}</ref> 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. At the age of 14, his father took him to Mexico City to start training in amateur wrestling, participating in several wrestling events.<ref name=DragonEntrevista>{{cite web | url=http://www.fuegoenelring.com/noticias_detalle.php?articles_id=4252 | title=Dragon Lee, la apuesta coliseína | date=May 15, 2015 | access-date=May 17, 2015 | first=Gabriel | last=Cruiz | publisher=Fuego en el Ring | language=es| archive-date=June 11, 2015 | trans-title= Dragon Lee, the Coliseo bet | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611124950/http://fuegoenelring.com/noticias_detalle.php?articles_id=4252}}</ref> He would also participate in boxing; but, as Dragon Lee recalls in a 2015 interview, during his first match he performed a [[Suplex]] (a wrestling throw) on his opponent and was disqualified. At that point he realized that his future was in ''Lucha Libre''.<ref name=DragonEntrevista/>