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American professional wrestler (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrzej Hughes-Murray (born January 16, 1998) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Dion Lennox as the leader of the Darkstate stable. He also makes appearances in partner promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Hughes-Murray previously played college football for the Oregon State Beavers[5] and was signed to the Los Angeles Rams.[6]
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Football career
Hughes-Murray played college football as a linebacker for the Oregon State Beavers for six seasons, missing the 2019 season due to injury.[7] After being undrafted in the 2022 NFL draft, he signed a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams[8] as an undrafted free agent, but was released prior to appearing in a game.
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WWE (2023–present)
Hughes-Murray made his professional wrestling debut on August 19, 2023 at a NXT live event, losing to Joe Coffey.[9] He made his NXT on-screen debut as Dion Lennox on the December 5 episode of NXT, where he was announced as a participant of the 2023 NXT Breakout Tournament.[10] Lennox made his in-ring televised debut on the December 8 episode of NXT Level Up where he lost to Brooks Jensen.[11] On the December 19 episode of NXT, Lennox lost to Lexis King in the first round of the NXT Breakout Tournament.[12] Around October 2024, Lennox and Brinley Reece was involved in a love triangle storyline between Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Karmen Petrovic and Nikkita Lyons, where Adonis and Petrovic defeated Lennox and Reece in a mixed tag team match on the November 19 episode of NXT[13] and culminated in a match between Lennox and Adonis on the December 24 episode of NXT won by Adonis after interference from Lyons.[14]
After losing multiple matches and feeling disrespected in late 2024 and early 2025, Lennox began to have a change of attitude on the January 21, 2025 episode of NXT after losing to Wes Lee.[15] He returned at NXT Vengeance Day on February 15 with Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, and Osiris Griffin,[16] attacking Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura and NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom as well as NXT Champion Oba Femi after their respective matches, turning heel for the first time in his career.[17] The group made their second appearance at NXT: Roadblock on March 11, where they attacked Je'Von Evans after his match.[18] On the following week, the group's name was revealed as Darkstate with Lennox revealed as their leader.[19] On the April 8 episode of NXT, Lennox, James and Shugars defeated Trick Williams, Evans and Femi in a six-man tag team match in their first match as a team.[20] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, Lennox, Osiris and Shugars faced The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Luca Crusifino), where DarkState won after Stacks turned on his team.[21]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2025–present)
On the July 3, 2025 episode of Impact!, Hughes-Murray, as Dion Lennox, made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut alongside Darkstate where they attacked Matt Cardona.[22]
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Personal life
Hughes-Murray was born in Federal Way, Washington[23] and graduated from Federal Way High School in 2016.[24]
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