YMMV / Keith Lee

• Awesome Music: His All Elite Wrestling theme music. The crowd went nuts not just on his debut, but the song compliments him so well. It has received over 100,000 views in just 1 day.
• Broken Base: IWC's opinion on Keith has been splitted following his departure from WWE to All Elite Wrestling. Those who followed Keith from his NXT days saw him as a talent whose potential is heavily squandered, but there has been a growing sentiment of divisiveness owing to Keith caring less of his physique (Keith was noticeably getting fatter and less fit◊) during his time in AEW, gimmick changes that didn't fit his physique, and showcasing moments of unprofessionalism such as claiming to WhatCulture that he has never rehearsed any of his spots, which some part of the IWC perceived as a disaster waiting to happen.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • The number of times Keith Lee gets just the perfect camera shot makes you wonder if he has hyper awareness how to make himself look best. The most well-known instances would be the times he rises up silently behind an unsuspecting victim.
  • Man....if what I'm hearing is real....Poor Walter.^Explanation When Walter's name was changed to Gunther, Keith Lee posted this Tweet to express his opinion on the matter. While the name change is unpopular at the time, this has turned into the butt of jokes for many due to how poorly it aged following Gunther's well-received heavy push in the WWE main roster, particularly after he was booked as the longest man to last a 30-man Royal Rumble match (lasting 71 minutes long, nine minutes longer than Rey Mysterio's 2006 performance) and the longest reigning Intercontinenal champion of all time.
• Never Live It Down: The "Poor Walter" Tweet. Fans like to remind Keith of this comment for every major accomplishment that Walter had achieved as Gunther, such as his milestones with the IC title and victories on major PPV's.
• Shocking Moments: He's a big fat guy who can do hurricanranas and fly around like a cruiserweight, what else would you expect?
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Keith Lee was massively over in NXT, where he became the first dual NXT and North American Champion. Then he dropped both belts so he could be called up to the main roster... where they replaced his iconic theme was a lame new one, slapped a dopey-looking vest on him because they thought his stout physique was unattractive, and subjected him to months of the same 50-50 booking almost everyone gets where he almost never gets any clean wins, and sent him back to developmental to retrain him to work "the main roster style" (i.e slow, lumbering and boring like a big man should be, because who the hell wants to watch an Acrofatic Lightning Bruiser who can fly around the ring as easily as he can bench press his opponents out of it?). He was forced to take time off after a health scare relating to COVID-19 causing his heart to swell, and after he eventually came back he was given the new nickname "Bearcat" (a homage to groundbreaking black wrestler Bearcat Wright that nevertheless sounded incredibly silly to modern ears), given some pointless non-stories, then casually released in the 4th of November mass release, leaving fans flabbergasted that WWE had yet again managed to squander such an easy main event talent.

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