Trevor Lee Caddell, excellently known as Cameron Grimes is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. He is best known for being a former NXT North American Champion. In 2009, he started working on the independent circuit as Trevor Lee, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), where he was PWG Tag Team Champion with Andrew Everett. He signed with WWE and was assigned to NXT after leaving Impact. He would win the NXT North American Championship, by defeating Carmelo Hayes, Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller in a fatal five-way ladder match on 2nd April 2022 at NXT Stand & Deliver. Grimes is also active in social media as he has gained more than 55.5K Followers on his Twitter account and over 55.9K followers on his Instagram account.
Cameron Grimes Famous For
- Being an American professional wrestler.
- For being a former NXT North American Champion.
Who is Cameron Grimes’s father?
Cameron Grimes took birth on 30th September 1993 with the real name of Trevor Lee Caddell in Cameron, North Carolina, United States. He is American by nationality and American-white by ethnicity. Similarly, his religious belief is in the Christian religion and his race is white. Cameron has celebrated his 28th birthday as of 2021 and as per his birthdate, his star sign is Libra. His father, Tracey Caddell, was a professional wrestler and promoter, who died on 29th July 2018. He also has siblings named Dakota Grimes, Payton Grimes, Tatum Lee, and Shelby Lee.
WWE Cameron Grimes Career
- Cameron Grimes kicks off his wrestling career working for numerous independent promotions after which he made his debut with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) on 28th March 2014, at “Mystery Vortex II”, losing to Andrew Everett in a three-way match also involving Cedric Alexander.
- He picked up a huge upset win by defeating three-time PWG World Champion on 26th July 2014, at “Eleven” and was one of 24 participants in the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles tournament.
- He defeated the longest reigning PWG World Champion in the title’s history, Adam Cole on 17th October 2014 at “Untitled II” and received his first shot at the PWG World Championship against Roderick Strong on 27th February 2015, at From Out of Nowhere, but was unsuccessful in his attempt.
- He and Andrew Everett won the 2015 DDT4 tournament on 22nd May 2015, defeating the PWG World Tag Team Champions The Beaver Boy.
- However, Lee and Everett lost the PWG World Tag Team Championship to The Young Bucks on 26th June 2015 at “Mystery Vortex III”.
- Lee started to show villainous traits such as cheap shotting opponents before matches and insulting the crowd at PWG’s All Star Weekend 11 and achieved victory on both nights defeating Will Ospreay on night one, and Matt Sydal on night two.
- He then entered into the 2017 edition of the Battle Of Los Angeles, getting eliminated in the first round by Donovan Dijak as well as he was defeated by Rey Horus on night one but defeated Morgan Webster on night two at PWG All Star Weekend 14.
- On 18th January 2019, he wrestled at PWG’s Hand of Doom against the current champion Jeff Cobb in a losing effort and also wrestled for other independent companies, including OMEGA Championship Wrestling, where on 21st May 2015, he won the OMEGA Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match that included his mentor Matt Hardy.
- He defeated DJZ to win the AAW Heritage Championship at All American Wrestling’s AAW Showdown 2018 and his first match of 2019 was a successful defense of his CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title against Cain Justice.
- the On 12th August 2015 episode of “Impact Wrestling”, he made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut and successfully retained his title against Tigre Uno in a two rematch, Eddie Edwards and DJZ.
- He attacked new X Division Champion Sonjay Dutt after his match with Caleb Konley and stole the X Division Championship on the 6th July episode of “Impact” and he would lose the X Division Championship against Taiji Ishimori on the 9th November 2017 episode of “Impact”.
- Subsequently, on 31st December 2018, his contract with Impact Wrestling expired and revealed on 12th January 2019, at a CWF Mid-Atlantic show, that he signed a contract with WWE.
- He began appearing at NXT Live events in the Florida area, and he made his Full Sail University debut in a dark match before the 1st May “NXT” television tapings, defeating Shane Strickland.
- He defeated Sean Maluta on NXT’s debut on the USA Network on 18th September and would issue a challenge to Keith Lee for the NXT North American Championship, which Lee accepted on 26th February 2020.
- He also defeated Velveteen Dream and Kushida to qualify for the NXT North American Championship ladder match at TakeOver XXX the on 12th August episode as well as he competed in the first ever Gauntlet Eliminator match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship at TakeOver 31 against Finn Balor, losing to Kyle O’Reilly on the 23rd September episode of “NXT”.
- He was defeated by Tommaso Ciampa and attacked by Timothy Thatcher after the match because Grimes had angrily questioned Thatcher about being at ringside the on 9th December of “NXT”.
- He later returned on the 10th February 2021 episode of NXT with a new gimmick and then failed to win a gauntlet match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver for a future North American Championship match.
- He also started a feud with WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase after encountering him in a jewelry store over their watches the on 27th April episode of “NXT”.
- On 15th February 2022, he faced Carmelo Hayes for the NXT North American Championship at the Vengeance Day special episode.
- As well, he would win the NXT North American Championship, by defeating Carmelo Hayes, Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa and Grayson Waller in a fatal five-way ladder match on 2nd April 2022 at NXT Stand & Deliver.
- He also made his first successful title defense against Solo Sikoa on the 12th April episode of “NXT 2.0”.
- He would make another successful title defense in a Triple Threat match at NXT Spring Breakin’ against Carmelo Hayes and Solo Sikoa.
- Badly, he lost the North American Championship to Hayes at NXT In Your House, ending his reign at 63 days and then entered a rivalry with NXT Champion Bron Breakker which he lost to him at NXT: The Great American Bash.
Awards and Achievements
All American Wrestling
- AAW Heritage Championship (1 time)
- AAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett
Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Rising Generation League Championship (1 time)
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chet Sterling
- CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times)
- PWI Ultra J Championship (1 time)
- CWF Annual Rumble (2017)
- Kernodle Brothers Tag Team Tournament (2018) – with Chet Sterling
OMEGA Championship Wrestling
- OMEGA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett
- DDT4 (2015) – with Andrew Everett
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 61 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling
- TNA / Impact X Division Championship (3 times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian Myers
- Race for the Case (2017 – Blue Case)
WWE
- NXT North American Championship (1 time)
- Million Dollar Championship (1 time, final)
Is Cameron Grimes married?
Cameron Grimes is an unmarried wrestler. There is not much about his personal relation and girlfriend as he always maintains a distance in his personal life and media. Respecting his decision, it can be said that Cameron is currently living a single life. Concerning his sexual orientation, he is straight.
Cameron Grimes’ Net Worth and Salary
Cameron Grimes has a net worth of between $1 million to $5 million as of 2022 whereas he has also a handsome amount of salary which is around $200,000 per year. With his calm and easy-going personality, he is expected to get more popular in the coming years. In addition, his major source of income is his wrestling career.
How tall is Cameron Grimes?
Cameron Grimes is 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall and his body weighs around 220 lb (100 kg). He has good-looking long light brown hair and eyes color. Besides, his body build type is athletic. He also has a long beard which has attracted a lot of people to him.
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