WWE has been high on Dragon Lee since he signed with them as they think he has big potential and the next Rey Mysterio, so they fast-tracked him to the main roster from NXT and pushed him strong on the main roster.
The build
WWE wrote him off television a few weeks ago on SmackDown after Mysterio had been aligned with Santos Escobar and other members of the LWO, including Carlito, as of late. Escobar turned heel by attacking Mysterio, who is expected to be sidelined for several weeks due to the surgery.
Lee vs. Escobar took place at the WWE Survivor Series premium live event from Chicago, IL, at the Allstate Arena, with Escobar going over in the singles match.
As previously reported, there has been talk of calling up Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo to be aligned with Escobar for the program. Carlito was pulled from the Survivor Series match on Friday’s SmackDown when Escobar attacked him with Lee demanding to be put into the match.
Original plans
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Lee was always planned to be in the match, not Carlito, despite the match being announced.
“They did an injury angle the night before, which was originally Carlito, although it was always going to be Dragon Lee. The idea is they’re going to be doing a three-man team, which is Rey when he gets back from his knee surgery, which would be only a couple of months. What is it like? I think two months because it was only arthroscopic surgery, so it’d be Rey, Carlito, and Dragon Lee on one side and then Escobar and others.”
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