2015 Tough Enough winner Sara Lee has passed away at the age of 30. The saddening news has come to light after a recent Facebook post by her mother, Terri Lee.
Sara Lee passes away
The Facebook post read:
“It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus. We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers especially Cory and her children.”
Lee was married to former WWE star Wesley Blake (Cory Weston). Lee won the sixth season of the Tough Enough competition and earned a one-year contract with the WWE in 2015. She’d have her first match under on the NXT brand during a house show on Jan. 30, 2016, and would go on to wrestle seven more matches before being released by WWE in September of that year.
Lee was chosen by fan vote as one of the winners, along with Josh Bredl, earning a $250,000 one-year contract with WWE. During the final, Lee adopted the ring name Hope, and lost a singles match to Alicia Fox.
It is noted that in September, Lee was assigned to WWE’s developmental territory NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, to begin training. She then returned to her real name and made her first appearance for NXT at a live event on January 16, 2016, where she delivered a heel promo.
She made her in-ring debut at the January 30 live event during a six-Diva tag team match, which also involved fellow Tough Enough competitor Mandy Rose. On September 30, 2016, Lee was released from her WWE contract.
Lee posted her last message to Instagram on Wednesday, writing, “Celebrating finally being healthy enough to go to the gym 2 days in a row 👏🥳 first ever sinus infection kicked my butt,” while posting a gym selfie.
We will keep you updating when more details are revealed.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
