Line #10 Wrestling/KeithLee


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:'''''[[CharacterCatchphrase "BASK IN MY GLORY!"]]''''']]
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4	Keith Lee (born November 8, 1984) is an American {{professional wrestl\|ing}}er from Wichita Falls, Texas.
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6	Previously a football player, Lee got his start on the Texas indies before being signed to Wrestling/RingOfHonor, where he tag-teamed with Shane Taylor as part of the "Pretty Boy Killers". He began to become a phenomenon on the indies however when he started branching out, and has since wrestled for Limitless Wrestling, EVOLVE, WWN, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He was released from WWE on November 4, 2021 in the latest round of WWE's slash-and-burn mass talent releases. On the 2/9/2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', Lee would make his debut for Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.
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8	He is a one-time PWG World Champion, one-time NXT Champion, one-time NXT North American Champion, and one-time AEW Tag Team Champion (with Swerve Strickland as Swerve in our Glory).
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10	He is not connected to Wrestling/AJLee, Wrestling/{{Kimber Lee}} (though they did wrestle each other in Beyond Wrestling), Trevor Lee, Brian Lee, Kwik Kick Lee or any other Lees in wrestling. Nor is he the same Keith Lee who is a MMA fighter/food critic.
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12	!! "For these tropes are limitless!"
13	* {{Acrofatic}}: When a 320-pound man performs huracanranas like someone 150 pounds lighter, you can't help but to think he disables physics every time he's in the ring.
14	* BlackAndNerdy: In addition to playing up his intelligence in his ring persona, he's known to be a huge anime fan. He even named one of his finishing moves after a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' attack!
15	* CulturedBadass: His entire persona is based on the fact that he's not just big and fast, he's ''very'' smart. His promos emphasize just how erudite he actually is.
16	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: His independent and WWE themes,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UM9_QMhOb4 "Bask in my Glory"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_p0w2YMyK0 "Limitless"]] and [[https://youtu.be/JWYhxT6UWqg "Born to Bring It"]] are sung by himself.
17	* EverythingIsBigInTexas: From Wichita Falls.
18	* FinishingMove: A sit-out pop-up powerbomb he calls the "Spirit Bomb" and a fireman's carry into a Jackhammer he calls the "Big Bang Catastrophe". Pre-WWE, he called the latter "Ground Zero."
19	* GrievousHarmWithABody: One of his trademark moves is hoisting a guy up and powerbombing him onto someone else (usually his own tag partner).
20	* InTheHood: Mainly in ROH, though he does have one in promotional images for WWE.
21	* LargeHam: Even more so than the average professional wrestler. He speaks in an almost theatrical manner.
22	* LightningBruiser: Typically wrestles like a hoss and can easily throw guys smaller than him around (and at 340, that's most guys). Can also out-flip some Cruiserweights. Lee is truly freakish.
23	* NamesTheSame: He shares the same name as a popular food critic/MMA fighter. Ironically they both had issues with guys with the surname "Strickland".
24	* RedBaron: "Limitless"
25	* ScaryBlackMan: When a superstar has taken refuge in the corner to collect themselves, Lee rises up behind them on the apron with a menacing scowl. When the superstar realizes that he's standing there, the OhCrap look on their face says it all.
26	* ShoutOut:
27	** Has a finishing move called the "[[Anime/DragonBallZ Spirit Bomb]]". In WWE he also has a move called the "Big Bang Catastrophe", which going by the same token, might recall the Big Bang Attack.
28	** Has a signature move called "[[Anime/OnePiece Grizzly Magnum]]".
29	* Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Commonly uses unusual and sophisticated vocabulary.
30	* SmugSuper: Of a kind.
31	* StoutStrength: We wouldn't exactly call Keith Lee "fat", but he has a torso like a barrel, and the power to yeet you halfway to Mexico.
32	* TheRival: Dominic Dijakovic, another large man with physics-defying agility.
33	* TagTeam: The Pretty-Boy Killers, with Shane Taylor.
34	* VocalDissonance: Famous for this: he looks like a sumo wrestler, and talks like the love-child of a college professor and an R&B singer.

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