Jake Lee (wrestler)

Jake Lee
Born (1989-01-19) January 19, 1989
Kitami, Hokkaido
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Jake Lee
Lee Che Gyong
Billed height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Trained by Keiji Mutoh
Atsushi Aoki
Kenichi Yamamoto
Debut August 17, 2011
Che Gyong Lee
Born チェ・ギョンリー
(1989-01-19) January 19, 1989
Kitami, Hokkaido
Nationality Japanese
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Division Light Heavyweight
Team Power of Dreams
Teacher(s) Kenichi Yamamoto
Years active 2011 - 2015 (MMA)
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Jae Kyung Lee (ジェギョン, born January 19, 1989 in Kitami, Hokkaido) he is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He's currently working for AJPW under the ring name of Jake Lee.

Career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2011)

Lee has been training in the All Japan Dojo since January 2011. He lost to Taiyo Kea on his debut. Lee got his first win against Yasufumi Nakanoue on August 20 in only his third match of his professional career. He participed in the Destroyer Cup but he failed to win it. On October 6, 2011 Lee announced that he was going to retire to focus on his Mixed Martial Arts career.[1][2]

Mixed martial arts (2011–2015)

After his retirement from professional wrestling he dropped the weight to mixed martial arts he join to the Power of Dreams. On April 20, 2013 in Sapporo the Power of Dreams mixed martial arts tournament, which was held at the arena, has been participating in the PFC.1.[3] In March 2015 Lee announced his retirement from MMA.

Return to All Japan (2015-present)

On May 21, 2015, Lee returned to All Japan now under ring name of Jake Lee as he announced his return to professional wrestling. Lee stated that he found a new home and a new lifestyle he became vegan and he dropped a lot of body mass since his debut.[4] He made his re-debut on June 4, 2015 when he teamed with Jun Akiyama to defeat Takao Omori and Naoya Nomura with Lee pinning Nomura with his new finishing maneuver high angle backdrop.[5] On December 6 Lee announced a new partnership with Kento Miyahara and Keiichi Sato, vowing to start a generational change in AJPW.[6] On December 25, the new stable was named "Nextream".[7] On February 13 Lee and Miyahara defeated Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori to become the 1 Contenders for the World Tag Team Championship.[8] On February 21 Miyahara and Lee failed to capture the World Tag Team Champions from The Big Guns (Bodyguard and Zeus).[9] On April 9, 2016 Lee lost to Astushi Aoki in the 1st round of Champion Carnival. During the Champion Carnival got his biggest win of his career when he defeated the veteran and former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Takao Omori.[10] On August 6 Lee and Miyahara received another World Tag Team Champions but failed to win the titles losing to Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi).[11] On September 4 Lee participated at the 2016 Ōdō Tournament where he lost at the first round to Ryoji Sai.[12] On November 11 it was announced that Lee would participate at the World's Strongest Tag Determination League with Kento Miyahara at block A.[13]

In wrestling

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Draw 0–0 Hiroshi Kozakai Draw PFC.1 April 20, 2013 3 5:00 Japan

References

  1. ↑ "全日本プロレス オフィシャルサイト". 公式ホームページ　. October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "プロレス歴、2年2か月。ジェイク・リーの葛藤【最強レスラー数珠つなぎ vol.3】". 日刊SPA!　. October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ "リ・チェギョン". PFC MMA!! 札幌発、北海道発の本格的な総合格闘技イベント☆　. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  4. ↑ "C・カーニバル覇者＆心技体ががっちり合った曙が潮崎を新技で撃破して三冠返り咲き！ 鼓太郎が世界Jr初防衛！青木をKOした宮原が諏訪魔に喧嘩を売る！没後15年の鶴田オー". Battle-news.com (in jp). 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ↑ "諏訪魔を破りキャプテンフォールマッチでEvolutionに勝った宮原が三冠に挑戦表明！ 再デビュー戦で勝利したジェイク、目指すはJ鶴田！SUSHIがGAORA TV王座を奪取". Battle-news.com (in jp). 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. ↑ "諏訪魔とのコンビ解消の宮原 新相棒はジェイク・リー". Tokyo-sports.co.jp (in jp). Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  7. ↑ "ニュース | 全日本プロレス公式サイト". All-japan.co.jp (in jp). Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  8. ↑ "World Tag Team Title 1 Contender". 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  9. ↑ "World Tag Team Title 1 Contender". Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  10. ↑ "Champion Carnival". 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  11. ↑ "World Tag Team Title 1 Contender". Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  12. ↑ "Ōdō Tournament". 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  13. ↑ "World's Strongest Tag Determination League". Retrieved 2016-12-04.

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