Was Wes Lee in the Military?

Deveon Everhart Aikens is an American Professional Wrestler currently signed with WWE under the ring name Wes Lee. He is currently working on WWE’s developmental brand NXT and is the reigning NXT North American Champion.

Deveon Everhart Aikens started his professional wrestling career in 2011 under the name Dezmond Xavier and has appeared in various independent circuits. Xavier has featured in multiple independent circuits including Wrestling Circus (WC), Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), All American Wrestling (AAW), Wrestling Revolver and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).

Dezmond Xavier then signed a contract with Impact Wrestling and made his debut in a six-way match for the X-Division Championship. He had unsuccessful initial years where he tried multiple times to capture the X-Division Championship and all his efforts went in vain. He took a short break from Impact and aligned himself in a stable with Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz under the name The Rascalz. The Rascalz has been a fan favorite stable and has been a successful stable in the tag team division. The success of the stable has helped them to sign deals with other wrestling promotions such as Dragon Gate and Lucha Underground. The Rascalz had interest in other major wrestling companies such as WWE and AEW.

In 2020, WWE signed both Xavier and Zachary under the ring name Wes Lee and Nash Carter. They continued as a tag team under the name MSK and made their WWE debut in the Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament and won. As a reward, MSK received an opportunity to fight for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship in a triple threat tag team match. MSK defeated Legado Del Fantasma and Grizzled Young Veterans to become the NXT Tag Team Champions. They lost their titles after two months to Imperium and reclaimed it sooner. However their second reign lasted only four days, as Carter was released by WWE due to domestic abuse allegations and for using Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbolism. The Tag Team title was vacated, thereby making Wes Lee an independent wrestler.

Lee soon successfully emerged as an individual wrestler and won the vacant NXT North American Championship in a five-man ladder match. Thereby winning his first singles championship in WWE and second singles Championship overall. He is the reigning NXT North American Champion with the most number of championship defenses in NXT, equalling the record of Keith Lee.

Was Wes Lee in the Military?

Wes Lee is an Ex-Military Servant, who worked in the United States Air Force for 5 years. He joined the Air Force at the age of 18 and came out at the age of 23. He himself has talked about his military life and his initial wrestling days on Busted Open Radio. He stated that, he started his pro-wrestling training while working for the U.S. Military. After leaving the Airforce, he was worried about his future, however pro-wrestling saved his career and he wished to give full dedication to it. He also mentioned that he loves to be a wrestler and feeling purposeful.

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