Attendance For The AEW Dynamite Brodie Lee Tribute Show
Wednesday’s Brodie Lee Celebration of Life edition of AEW Dynamite reportedly had 1,080 fans in attendance at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
This would’ve been a sellout based on the set up they used with 900 paid fans and 180 comp tickets, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Wednesday’s crowd was reportedly the second-largest American pro wrestling crowd since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and AEW’s largest since before the pandemic.
It was noted that the big advance in ticket sales were for the Rey Fenix vs. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega match that ended up pushed back to next week when Lee passed away.
WWE NXT 2020 Year-End Award Winners Revealed Posted By: Ben Kerin on Dec 30, 2020
WWE NXT ended 2020 with year-end awards, and tonight the results were revealed. Check out the winners below.
Breakout Star of the Year: Shotzi Blackheart
Tag Team of the Year: Undisputed Era
Male Competitor of the Year: Adam Cole
Rivalry of the Year: Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee
Female Competitor of the Year Award: Io Shirai
Event of the Year: TakeOver: WarGames
Match of the Year: Finn Balor vs. Kyle O’Reilly - NXT Title Match at TakeOver 31
WATCH: 10-Bell Salute To Brodie Lee Opens AEW Dynamite Posted By: Ben Kerin on Dec 30, 2020
Tonight s AEW Dynamite opened with a 10-bell salute to Brodie Lee (Jon Huber). The roster was assembled on stage with Tony Khan and Brodie’s wife and two kids.
Following the 10-bell salute, they aired a video package with heartfelt comments from Jon Moxley.
The passing of @ThisBrodieLee has left @JonMoxley speechless but the outpouring of love and support shows just how important he was to the wrestling community #AEWDynamitepic.twitter.com/qyDLrrwAVT All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) December 31, 2020
Erick Rowan Appears On AEW Dynamite, Pays Tribute To Brodie Lee
Erick Redbeard (fka Erick Rowan) made an appearance on AEW
Dynamite tonight.
During a six-man tag team match between the Dark Order and the Inner Circle, Wardlow entered the ring to interfere on behalf of his team, but was cut off by the debuting Redbeard. Chris Jericho initially said, “It’s Erick Rowan!” but Schiavone quickly corrected him to say it was Erick Redbeard. Big Red would then hit Wardlow with the Iron Claw Chokeslam, and chase MJF’s muscle off to the back.
After the Dark Order picked up the 1-2-3, Redbeard joined Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Hangman Page in the ring to celebrate. Fighting back tears, Brodie Lee’s former tag partner then held up a sign that read, “Goodbye for now, my brother. See you down the road.”
Boa and Xia Li Returning Next Week On NXT New Year’s Evil Posted By: Ben Kerin on Dec 30, 2020
On Tonight s WWE NXT it was announced, Boa and Xia Li will be back on next week’s show inside the Capital Wrestling Center. Next Wednesday’s episode will be a special New Year’s Evil theme.
The duo have been seen in vignettes recently and are trained under the guidance of a mysterious elder character.
Promo below: