Jason Lee

Lee in March 2023

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Hong Kong, China
(formerly British Hong Kong)

**Jason Lee** (born October 18, 1992) is a Chinese professional wrestler from Hong Kong. He is currently working full-time for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate, where he a former one-time Open The Brave Gate Champion, a former two-time Open The Twin Gate Champions, and a former three-time Open the Triangle Champion.

Lee also wrestled for very wrestling promotions on the independent circuit including Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former two-times International and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Lee was a part of the WWE's Cruiserweight Classic in 2016. Lee is a technical style wrestler, with his gimmick being heavily inspired on the technical style of Chinese Kung Fu and the mixed martial artist legend Bruce Lee .

## Professional wrestling career

### Early career

During Lee's childhood, Lee started to watch Martial Artist and famous movie actor Bruce Lee, and said to himself to one day become Bruce Lee, while at ten years old watching WWE on the television. Lee got inspired and decided to pursue the dream of becoming a professional wrestler, and to show people how he can add Chinese Kung Fu into Professional Wrestling.

Lee started to train with fellow Hong Kong wrestler Ho Ho Lun during his teenage years, and founded Hong Kong's first professional wrestling promotion Hong Kong Pro Wrestling Federation alongside Lun. Lee debuted in 2009, at the age of 16, under the ring name Jason New.

### Independent circuit (2009–2019)

In 2012, Lee traveled to Japan to work with Pro Wrestling Zero1, training in the company’s dojo, where he could return to Hong Kong every three months to renew his visa. After some months in the dojo, Lee was allowed to have his first match for the company, which kicked off a three-year period as a regular within the company and eventually winning Zero1's International Junior Heavyweight and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championships two times, before being offered a contract. In the same year, he started working for the CWE (China Wrestling Entertainment), where he and Lun competed in tag team matches with each other.

Lee’s gimmick would develop when he had more work overseas, Lee also wanted to make himself more memorable within the wrestling audience. When Lee and Lun headed to the United Kingdom for a tour, Lee says that he was thinking how to perform as being a person from Hong Kong. He changed his ring surname from “New” to “Lee”, deriving inspiration from influential Hong Kong martial artist Bruce Lee, and subsequently started adding Kung Fu elements to his character, including using nunchucks in his entrance. Despite not being trained in martial arts, Lee learned how to use his nunchucks from YouTube videos.

### Dragon Gate (2017–Present)

When Lee came back to Hong Kong after participating in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic, Lee was contacted by a Japanese sponsor, who contacted him with a recommendation from the Dragon Gate officials. The sponsor said "I think you might fit in Dragon Gate's style and it might be good for Hong Kong Pro Wrestling" and encouraged him to try. This eventually led to Lee debuting for Dragon Gate on September 13, 2017, in a dark match defeating Punch Tominaga. He would defeat Tominaga again on September 16. Later that day it was announced that Lee was going to take part of the Dangerous Gate pay-per-view event. At Dangerous Gate, Lee teamed up with Don Fujii in a loss against BxB Hulk and Kzy. On November 8 Lee joined MaxiMuM after accepting Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino's offer to join them. On December 23 at Final Gate, Lee and MaxiMuM co-leaders Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino defeated Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO, BxB Hulk and Kzy) to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. They lost the titles to Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) on May 6, 2018, at Dead or Alive. Following the Dead or Alive, Lee took part in the King of Gate, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and two losses, failing to advance to the semifinals, due to losing to Takashi Yoshida in their head-to-head match. On February 1, 2019, Lee joined Dragon Gate as a full-time member of the roster. In May 2019, Lee took part in the 2019 King of Gate, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and three losses, failing to advance to the semifinals tournament. On June 6, Lee pinned Susumu Yokosuka in a six-man tag team match and issued an opportunity for the Open The Brave Gate Championship, three days later, Lee would unsuccessfully challenge Yokosuka for the title. On August 28 (29 in JST), Kaito Ishida pinned Big R Shimizu and challenged them and Eita into a title match on the evening show, Lee and Ishida would unsuccessfully challenge them.

On December 4, Kaito Ishida turned on MaxiMuM, blaming his former stablemates Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino for trying to get revenge on R.E.D for Drágon. Afterwards, Lee attacked Ishida, leading General Manager Takayuki Yagi to announced that Ishida would defend his title against Lee at Final Gate on December 15. At the on December 15, Lee unsuccessfully challenged Ishida for the title, due to R.E.D's interference. Three days later, after MaxiMuM was temporarily suspended, he entered the Dragon Gate stable in order to unite all Dragon Gate generation of wrestlers against Toryumon and R.E.D in a "Generation War". On May 16, Lee took part in the 2020 King of Gate, losing in the first round to Open The Brave Gate Champion Kaito Ishida, eliminating him from the tournament. On August 2, at Memorial Gate in Wakayama, Lee and Dragon Gate stablemate Kota Minoura defeated R.E.D (Kazma Sakamoto and BxB Hulk) to win the Open The Twin Gate Championship. The titles were vacated on November 14, due to Lee missing the 2020 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival as a precautionary measure for the COVID-19 after registering a high fever.

On December 2, Lee alongside Dragon Dia and Minoura left Dragon Gate to form their own stable with Shun Skywalker, which would be joined by a mysterious member on December 15. At the December 15 event, it was announced that the stable would be named Masquerade, with the new member being revealed to be La Estrella. On May 5 at Dead or Alive, Lee, Dia, and Estrella defeated Natural Vibes (Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka) to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Later that month, Lee took part in the 2021 King of Gate, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins, one draw and one loss, failling to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On September 20 at Dangerous Gate, Lee, Dia, and Estrella lost the Open The Triangle Gate Championship to R.E.D (Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida). On December 15, Lee. Skywalker, and Minoura defeated Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. During this month, Skywalker's relationship with the rest of Masquerade began reaching the point of collapse, following the unmasking of Dragon Dia, despite Skywalker affirming to be fine.

On January 12, 2022, Lee, Minoura, and Skywalker lost the Open The Triangle Gate Championship to R.E.D (Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida). Afterwards, Skywalker quit as the leader of the stable, deffecting to R.E.D and thus making Kota Minoura the leader of Masquerade. On February 5, following Minoura's departure from Masquerade, Lee confirmed that the stable had disbanded.

On March 3, Lee faced Shun Skywalker in a losing effort. Following the match, Skywalker began persuading Lee to join him at Z-Brats, stating that Lee could not be without him, stating that he was betrayed by everybody around him. Fellow Hongkonger, Ho Ho Lun persuaded Lee to not join them, before being attacked by Z-Brats. Afterwards, YAMATO and Kzy persuaded Lee to join them at High-End and Natural Vibes, leading Dragon Gate General Manager Ryo Saito to schedule a three-way match between YAMATO, Kzy and Skywalker, with the winner having Lee joining them at their stable. Afterwards, Skywalker began trying to persduade Lee to join Z-Brats, due to their previous relationship as part of Masquerade. On April 25, Lee faced fellow Hong Kong wrestler Ho Ho Lun, with Lee defeating Lun after Z-Brats interfered and distracted Lun, allowing Lee to hit a low blow followed by an *Inside Cradle* to win the match, with Lee apparently turning heel and siding Skywalker. Later that night, the three-way match ended in a double pinfall, with Natural Vibes and Z-Brats winning the match. After the match, General Manager Ryo Saito stated that both should negotiate to see which stable Lee would join. Afterwards, instead of joining Z-Brats, Lee turned on Skywalker and joined Natural Vibes, proclaiming that the three-way match was part of his plan to join them. In May, Lee took part in the 2022 King of Gate, reaching the semifinals of the tournament. However, after suffering a concussion during his match against BxB Hulk in the quarter finals, he was forced to pull out of the tournament. On July 30 at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival, Lee and Natural Vibes stablemate Jacky "Funky" Kamei defeated Diamante and Shun Skywalker to win the Open The Twin Gate Championship. They lost the titles to Dragon Dia and Madoka Kikuta on September 19 at Dangerous Gate.

In February 2023, Lee and Kamei took part in the 2023 Rey de Parejas, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins, one draw, and two losses, failing to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On March 2, Lee challenged Minorita to a title match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship, promising to return the old championship belt back, due to Minorita holding a miniature of the title belt, which led to Minorita accepting the title match. On March 4, at Champion Gate in Osaka, Lee defeated Minorita to win the Open The Brave Gate Championship. He lost the title to ISHIN on July 2, at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival in his second title defense.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Game Of Death* (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a leg-trap sunset flip powerbomb)
	+ *Hong Kong Tornado*(Corkscrew moonsault)
	+ *MaxiMuM Driver* (Spinning fisherman driver)
	+ Knee strike - 2012; ZERO-1
* **Signature moves**
	+ Apron moonsault
	+ Chop combination
	+ Enzuigiri
	+ High-speed roundhouse kick to the head of a kneeling opponent
	+ *Hong Kong Style German Suplex* (Bridging deadlift German suplex)
	+ Inside Cradle
	+ Jumping cutter
	+ *Lee Wings* (Grounded double Kimura lock)
	+ Multiple forearm smashes
	+ Running dropkick
	+ Snap reverse STO
	+ Spinning sitout sleeper slam - adopted from Masato Yoshino
	+ Sunset flip powerbomb
	+ Superkick, sometimes to a kneeling opponent
	+ Tornado DDT
* **With Kota Minoura**
	+ **Double team finishing moves**
		- *Gear Switch* (Double-arm aided snap swinging neckbreaker)
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Kung Fu Fighter"
	+ **"Kung Fu Dragon"**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ **"Chase on the breath"** by YO-HEI
	+ **"Chinatown Blues"** by Yatsuka Nakazawa (used while teaming with Jacky "Funky" Kamei)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Dragon Gate**
	+ Open The Brave Gate Championship (1 time)
	+ Open The Twin Gate Championship (2 times) – with Kota Minoura (1) and Jacky "Funky" Kamei (1)
	+ Open The Triangle Gate Championship (3 times) – with Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino (1), Dragon Dia and La Estrella (1) and Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker (1)
* **Pro Wrestling Illustrated**
	+ PWI ranked him No. 369 on the PWI 500 of 2016.
* **Pro Wrestling Zero1**
	+ International Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
* **Zero1 Hong Kong**
	+ AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

## Notes

1. ↑ Chinese:李杰森; Pinyin: Lǐ Jiésēn; Jyutping: Lei5 Git6 Sam1; Cantonese Yale: Léih Giht Sām; Japanese: ジェイソン・リー *Jeison Rī*