Wes Lee Says He Nearly Signed With WWE Five Years Ago

Wes Lee is a big part of thew NXT roster, and he says he nearly signed with WWE a few years before he actually did. The NXT North American Champion signed with the company alongside Nash Carter in December of 2020, but he said on the Mark Moses show that they were given a chance to come on board even earlier.

“There was a situation about five years ago where the opportunity was presented to us a little earlier on, but communication didn’t quite happen,” Lee said (per Fightful). “I was bouncing around the world at the time, so it was rather difficult to get in contact with me. In the time period they wanted to reach out to me, I was busy at the time and unable to reach back out with them.”

He continued, “Once the perfect moment happened and we were able to discuss things and formulate a plan on how we were going to move forward with everything, you know that feeling of right before a storm is about to hit and there is that weird calm? You can feel the temperature change, you feel rain is about to come, you feel in your bones that something is about to happen, that’s what I felt, but there were never any rain clouds, never a storm, just a calm over my presence in this lifetime. ‘Okay, you’re where you need to be now. You’re going to be doing what you’re supposed to do. Follow through with everything you have and your life will be the way you want it to be.’ Having that phone call really let me know that I was on the proper path.”

Lee is currently set to defend his North American Championship against Dijak at NXT Vengeance Day.