Sara Lee Dead At 30: 5 Things To Know About The WWE Wrestler Who’s Passed Away

A origin of decease has not yet been determined for Sara Lee, the erstwhile Tough Enough winner, WWE wrestler, and ex grappler who has reportedly died astatine property 30. “It is with dense hearts we wanted to stock that our Sara Weston has gone to beryllium with Jesus. We are each successful daze and arrangements are not complete,” her parent Terri Lee wrote alongside a stunning ceremonial pic of Sara via Facebook on October 6. We inquire that you respectfully fto our household mourn. We each request prayers, particularly Cory [her husband] and her children.”

Here’s what to cognize astir the young mother and wrestling pro arsenic household and friends travel to presumption with her abrupt loss.

Her hubby is simply a wrestler.

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Sara joined WWE wrestler Cory James Weston, (known professionally arsenic Westin Blake) 35, backmost successful December of 2017, and had been joined 5 years astatine the clip of her death. In a July 2021 interview, Westin recalled gathering her for the archetypal time. “We met astatine the Performance Center,” helium told Chris Van Vliet. When Tough Enough was coming retired I utilized to spell to a friend’s flat and we utilized to ticker it. I volition ne'er hide erstwhile they announced the 11 Tough Enough people. When Sarah came crossed the screen, I said to the guys, ‘I don’t cognize what it is, but I deliberation she is the astir beauteous pistillate I person ever laid my eyes on.’ It was crazy, this was earlier the amusement was adjacent a thing. Just by fate, she ends up winning it. I was ace arrogant of her. When you are that beauteous wrong and out, it shows done the camera. I deliberation that was what helped her win. We started talking astatine the NXT Combine. We were doing immoderate value country testing. We did the rower and I did truthful overmuch wherever I threw up. I was successful the value room, caput implicit a trash tin arsenic the girls were astir to start, large archetypal content [laughs]. She was truthful saccharine that aboriginal connected that nighttime she messaged maine connected Twitter saying ‘Hey I anticipation you consciousness better.’ And from determination it conscionable took off.”

Sara called Blake “the emotion of her life” successful a second day post connected December 30, 2019. “Thank you for making maine laughter similar this everyday. I emotion you truthful much!!”

Sara was a mother.

At the clip of her death, Sara was the parent of 3 young children. She had a 5-year-old girl named Piper, and 2 sons, a 3-year-old named Brady and a babe calved successful 2021. The wrestling quality intelligibly enjoyed being a mama and populated her Instagram relationship with regular posts featuring her kids. “A boy, a ball, and his mama,” she captioned a tiny postulation of pics with her mediate kid connected August 11, 2020. “She’s a chaotic one, with an angel’s face,” she captioned an October 12, 2019, selfie of her with her daughter.

She had been nether the weather.

Sara took to Instagram conscionable 2 days earlier her decease to station a robust selfie successful workout apparel and disclose that she’d precocious been ill. “Celebrating yet being steadfast capable to spell to the gym 2 days successful a row,” she wrote via the platform connected October 4, 2022. “First ever sinus corruption kicked my butt.” Sara included a reflector selfie and looked steadfast arsenic she flexed for the camera successful a sleeveless graphic tee, yoga pants, and had her hairsbreadth pulled into a ponytail.

She won ‘Tough Enough’

Sara won connected the WWE world bid Tough Enough successful 2015, the show’s sixth season. She walked distant with a WWE declaration alongside Josh Bredl (Bronson Matthews). Though the triumph lone translated to 9 matches with the company, it yet catapulted her to stardom.

She was beloved.

Sara, who was antecedently known arsenic “Hope,” (a motion to her hometown of Hope Township, Michigan,) was intelligibly a beloved subordinate of the wrestling community. Pro wrestler Bull James spoke retired astir hte abrupt loss, and organized a GoFundMe for her grieving family. “We’re each shocked and saddened by the abrupt decease of Tough Enough victor Sara Lee,” helium wrote via the Gofundme fundraising page. “As her loving husband, Cory, picks up the pieces and continues to rise their 3 children, the past happening anyone successful that presumption wants to beryllium disquieted astir is wealth and paying for a ceremonial and everything other that comes on with it. The wrestling assemblage has ever been 1 to travel unneurotic successful the aftermath of calamity and this is nary different.”