Trevor Lee has a fresh perspective now more than two years after his WWE release. The chapter for the former Cameron Grimes may have ended, but his pro wrestling dream has not. His love of the business continued to grow, especially knowing the quality of promotions for him to work. Among them is Major League Wrestling, which is gearing up for its own next era as it brings back MLW Fusion. The weekly series returns May 30 at 6:05 p.m. ET on YouTube and Live Nation’s streaming platform Veeps for the first time in three years.
“I think it’s very exciting,” Lee said. “A lot of fans have been wondering where this MLW content is because they’ve been seeing MLW running live shows. But they have been wanting that digital footprint, the storylines to follow along with. It’s very exciting that we have that now.”
During the premiere episode, Lee steps into the ring with veteran Austin Aries. He believes the episode will showcase why MLW has been a place to spotlight new talent like Diego Hill and established names like his first-time opponent.
“When it comes to me and Austin Aries, I remember around 2008 when I was a kid getting into watching more Ring of Honor and stuff like that. Austin Aries was one of those guys who was a prime at that time,” Lee said. “Then you watch his career from TNA up into WWE, he was always a top guy and always had great matches. I’ve always wanted to wrestle him. For MLW to give me that opportunity was awesome.”
Lee is looking forward to what else 2026 brings to him and MLW. He cited partnerships with CMLL and now Stardom only adding to the possibilities. He added, “It’s very exciting to see where MLW is going.”
It has been a life-changing time for Lee, who became a father in April. Having his daughter Aubrey added another layer of purpose for him. He is also grateful to wife Emily Profitt for helping find the work-life balance.
“I was always leaving my wife behind., but she is a grown woman and can take care of herself. But now I’m leaving her and my newborn daughter behind. That’s a bigger workload that gets put on my wife. That’s tough,” Lee said. “That’s the type of thing I think about now in wrestling gear wrestling. That’s okay because that is what got our beautiful future. That’s what led me to this point where I’m good to be a father, have a safety net where I feel I can raise someone in this world. It sucks to leave, but it’s great to know I have the ability to do [what I do]. It gives you a little bit more something to fight for. I used to feel like I did wrestling as a very selfish endeavor. It was always very fun for me. Now it’s not. It’s cool to go into that next chapter of my career and be able to do it for a new fan.”
When it comes to transitioning into being a parent, he turned to one of his best friends Joaquin Wilde for guidance. Lee said the current WWE superstar inspired him.
“He has a five-year-old daughter right now. Watching that whole process going from being DJ and playing the DJ horn to being a great dad was truly incredible to watch,” he added. “It’s kind of funny because what I’m finding and learning is that a lot of the wrestlers are apparently cursed. That if you’re a wrestler you end up having your first child as a daughter. It’s a great curse to have. I’ve seen a lot of my peers now being little suckers. It’s cool to watch that process. Now I completely get where they are coming from.”
From losing family to losing his job at WWE, Lee has been through it all. The 32-year-old found all the adversity made him tougher.
“When I was very young I had a brother and sister who passed away. That was my first trauma in life,” he said. “I didn’t know how to handle it as a kid. It led to rage. It led to me having this rage where I would get into fights at school and didn’t know how to control that. Professional wrestling helped me contain that monster, that little demon I was. From that point on, it always came back to that. Wrestling would help with that. Wrestling would help get me better. It did suck to lose my dream job. The best part of professional wrestling is there is not just one company to wrestle for now. You can continue to do this and do this on a great level without being at WWE. It was very interesting to fight that battle, that sadness, but I’m glad to be where I’m at today. To be performing for MLW and be on the first episode of the three-year wait for MLW and glad to be in a match people will be pretty excited to see.”
The Battle RIOT VIII in Orlando reinforced his belief that MLW was the place he wanted to be. It also helped lead to his decision to sign with the promotion.
“It was also nice to see how calm the atmosphere was,” Lee remembered. “Every business is moving into a very corporate structure. That is okay. That’s how you maximize profits and do all that stuff and go to the moon if you will. At the same time, this is still professional wrestling. It still is rugged, carnival stuff. MLW has that good mix where there is a lot of good talent there. For instance ,Austin Aries, Donovan Dijak, Bishop Dyer, Matthew Riddle. Guys who have been all over. Why micromanage these guys when they’ve gotten themselves to this point. Let us be the talent we think we are and we are and help create as well and have this as a group process and see what we can do together. MLW has done that very well.”