# Cameron Grimes
**Cameron Grimes** is the ring name of Trevor Lee Caddell (born 1993), an American professional wrestler best known for his run in WWE's NXT brand from 2019 to 2023, where he held the [NXT North American Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-north-american-championship) and the revived [Million Dollar Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/million-dollar-championship).[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) Before WWE he competed for roughly a decade on the independent circuit and in [Impact Wrestling](https://www.edgepedia.org/impact-wrestling) under his real name, Trevor Lee.[3](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1315667/cameron-grimes-credits-pro-wrestling-guerrilla-wwe-kevin-owens/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Real name / born | Trevor Lee Caddell, 1993, Cameron, North Carolina[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) |
| Billed stats | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), 220 lbs (100 kg), billed from Burlington, North Carolina[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) |
| Signature move | Cave-In, a leaping double foot stomp[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) • [1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) |
| WWE highlights | NXT North American Champion; Million Dollar Champion[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) |
| Pre-WWE titles | Three TNA/GFW X Division Championships and one TNA World Tag Team Championship (with Brian Myers)[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) |
| WWE tenure | NXT June 19, 2019 to April 30, 2023; SmackDown May 1, 2023 to April 23, 2024[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) |
| After WWE | Released April 2024; works the independent circuit and MLW as Trevor Lee[4](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power) • [1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) |
## Background and family
Grimes is a second-generation wrestler. His father, Tracy Caddell, wrestled in the Carolinas as T.C. Brimstone and was part of the group that formed the independent promotion OMEGA along with [Matt Hardy](https://www.edgepedia.org/matt-hardy), Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore, Shane Helms, and others.[5](https://www.theringer.com/2022/07/11/mma/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches) WWE's own profile notes that Tracy Caddell wrestled alongside The Hardy Boyz in OMEGA and that Matt and Jeff were key influences on Grimes during his formative years; Grimes has described growing up next door to the Hardys and watching them in a wrestling ring on his front lawn.[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) • [6](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/04/cameron-grimes-talks-being-neighbours-to-the-hardy-boyz/)
## Independent career as Trevor Lee
At 16, Grimes began wrestling as Trevor Lee in the North Carolina independent circuit where his father had competed.[5](https://www.theringer.com/2022/07/11/mma/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches) His route to wider exposure ran through [Pro Wrestling Guerrilla](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-wrestling-guerrilla). As an 18-year-old he wrestled [Cedric Alexander](https://www.edgepedia.org/cedric-alexander) at a show in [Charlotte, North Carolina](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlotte-north-carolina) in front of Kevin Owens, who thought both men would fit PWG; a booking followed, and from that point he was working shows across the country every weekend.[3](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1315667/cameron-grimes-credits-pro-wrestling-guerrilla-wwe-kevin-owens/) In PWG he won the World Tag Team Championship with Andrew Everett.[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee)
His most substantial pre-WWE run was with CWF Mid-Atlantic, where he was the promotion's flagship champion and held the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship for over three years, with unusual freedom in structuring his matches.[5](https://www.theringer.com/2022/07/11/mma/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches) In Impact Wrestling he held the X Division Championship three times and the TNA World Tag Team Championship once with Brian Myers.[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee) • [3](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1315667/cameron-grimes-credits-pro-wrestling-guerrilla-wwe-kevin-owens/)
## NXT and the Million Dollar Championship
Grimes signed with WWE in early 2019 and joined NXT that June, appearing in the inaugural NXT Breakout Tournament.[3](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1315667/cameron-grimes-credits-pro-wrestling-guerrilla-wwe-kevin-owens/) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) [Triple H](https://www.edgepedia.org/triple-h), who helped sign him, said Grimes had wrestled for a decade without becoming a star elsewhere, which was "extremely appealing," and that "he had all the personality in the world, but he just needed to have it coaxed out of him."[7](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/02/cameron-grimes-on-becoming-a-man-in-wwe-nxt-triple-h-and-shawn-michaels-on-grimes/)
**The Million Dollar storyline.** In 2021 Grimes became embroiled in a highly personal feud with [LA Knight](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-knight) over the newly reinstated Million Dollar Championship, the title originally created for "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase more than 30 years earlier.[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) • [8](https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxttakeover/article/cameron-grimes-vs-la-knight-million-dollar-title-ladder-match) At NXT TakeOver: [In Your House](https://www.edgepedia.org/in-your-house) on June 13, 2021, Knight defeated Grimes in a ladder match to win the vacant championship.[9](https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Million_Dollar_Championship/Title_matches) Grimes won the rematch at [NXT TakeOver 36](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-takeover-36) on August 22, 2021: DiBiase distracted Knight, struck him, and applied the Million Dollar Dream before Knight rolled back into a Cave-In and the three-count.[10](https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxttakeover/08-22-2021/article/la-knight-vs-cameron-grimes-results) A championship celebration with DiBiase followed on NXT on August 24, 2021.[11](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/cameron-grimes-takes-his-place-as-million-dollar-champion-tonight) The character's "to the moon" catchphrase tied into a stock-market storyline around the GameStop episode of early 2021, and Grimes later said the real-life experience of learning to manage money after years of barely covering rent informed his work.[12](https://www.pwmania.com/cameron-grimes-opens-up-about-money-struggles-before-wwe-being-drafted-to-smackdown-more) • [13](https://www.pwinsider.com/article/160667/cameron-grimes-discusses-tonights-great-american-bash-why-hes-jealous-of-bron-breakker-his-evolution-in-nxt-ted-dibiase-filming-vignettes-nxt-changes-and-more-complete-transcript.html?p=1)
**North American Champion.** The Million Dollar Title was not his only NXT championship: Grimes became NXT North American Champion at NXT Stand & Deliver 2022.[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) He later challenged [Bron Breakker](https://www.edgepedia.org/bron-breakker) for the [NXT Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-championship), headlining a match The Ringer covered under the headline "Bron Breakker Sends Cameron Grimes to the Moon."[5](https://www.theringer.com/2022/07/11/mma/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches)
## SmackDown and release
During the 2023 WWE Draft, Grimes was drafted by SmackDown, moving to the main roster in early 2023.[2](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes) • [4](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power) The run went poorly: WWE creative had nothing for him and he struggled to receive television time, and WWE released him in April 2024, ending a five-year run with the company.[4](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power) • [14](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/trevor-lee-having-agent-it-takes-stress-your-workload-and-helps-you-focus/) In an October 2024 interview he attributed the period to a power struggle between [Vince McMahon](https://www.edgepedia.org/vince-mcmahon) and Triple H and said he expected to return to WWE.[4](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power)
## After WWE
Back on the independent scene under the name Trevor Lee, he competed in the inaugural match for [Scott D'Amore](https://www.edgepedia.org/scott-damore)'s Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling three months after his release.[4](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power) The Pro Wrestlers Database lists him as working for Major League Wrestling and the independent circuit, where he is a reigning MLW Southern Crown Champion, and counts eight championships won in major promotions across his career.[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee)
## References
1. [Trevor Lee / Cameron Grimes: Profile, Career Stats, Titles & Gimmicks, Pro Wrestlers Database](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/cameron-grimes-trevor-lee)
2. [Cameron Grimes | WWE](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cameron-grimes)
3. [Cameron Grimes Credits His Time In Pro Wrestling Guerrilla With Getting Him To WWE, Wrestling Inc.](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1315667/cameron-grimes-credits-pro-wrestling-guerrilla-wwe-kevin-owens/)
4. [Cameron Grimes says he will be back in WWE, Cageside Seats](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/10/31/24284911/cameron-grimes-wwe-return-main-roster-run-release-disaster-trevor-lee-maple-leaf-pro-vince-hhh-power)
5. [Bron Breakker Sends Cameron Grimes to the Moon, The Ringer](https://www.theringer.com/2022/07/11/mma/bron-breakker-cameron-grimes-nxt-championship-rush-penta-oscuro-best-matches)
6. [Cameron Grimes On Growing Up Next Door To The Hardy Boyz, Wrestling Inc.](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/04/cameron-grimes-talks-being-neighbours-to-the-hardy-boyz/)
7. [Cameron Grimes On Becoming A Man In WWE NXT, Triple H And Shawn Michaels On Grimes, Wrestling Inc.](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/02/cameron-grimes-on-becoming-a-man-in-wwe-nxt-triple-h-and-shawn-michaels-on-grimes/)
8. [Grimes, Knight battle to carry on the legacy of "The Million Dollar Man", WWE](https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxttakeover/article/cameron-grimes-vs-la-knight-million-dollar-title-ladder-match)
9. [Million Dollar Championship/Title matches, Pro Wrestling Fandom](https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Million_Dollar_Championship/Title_matches)
10. [Cameron Grimes def. LA Knight to become Million Dollar Champion, WWE](https://www.wwe.com/shows/nxttakeover/08-22-2021/article/la-knight-vs-cameron-grimes-results)
11. [Grimes to be joined by Ted DiBiase for a championship celebration, WWE](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/cameron-grimes-takes-his-place-as-million-dollar-champion-tonight)
12. [Cameron Grimes Opens Up About Money Struggles Before WWE, Being Drafted To SmackDown, More, PWMania](https://www.pwmania.com/cameron-grimes-opens-up-about-money-struggles-before-wwe-being-drafted-to-smackdown-more)
13. [Cameron Grimes discusses Great American Bash, Ted DiBiase, NXT changes and more: complete transcript, PWInsider](https://www.pwinsider.com/article/160667/cameron-grimes-discusses-tonights-great-american-bash-why-hes-jealous-of-bron-breakker-his-evolution-in-nxt-ted-dibiase-filming-vignettes-nxt-changes-and-more-complete-transcript.html?p=1)
14. [Trevor Lee On Having An Agent, Fightful](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/trevor-lee-having-agent-it-takes-stress-your-workload-and-helps-you-focus/)
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