AEW Dynamite celebrates the life of Brodie Lee
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Dec. 31 (UPI) AEW dedicated it s latest episode of Dynamite to Brodie Lee, a star professional wrestler in the company who recently died at the age of 41.
Dynamite opened on Wednesday with the entire AEW roster at the entrance ramp along with president and CEO Tony Khan and Lee s family. The group stood silently for a 10-bell salute.
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Lee, real name Jon Huber, was the leader of The Dark Order in AEW and was a former TNT Champion. Lee, before AEW, competed in WWE as Luke Harper where he was a member of The Wyatt Family and was a former Intercontinental and SmackDown Tag Team Champion.
AEW has an AEW TNT Champion for life as of tonight’s Dynamite, and his name is Brodie Lee Jr. In the final segment of tonight’s Dynamite, Amanda Huber and Brodie Jr. came to the ring after a tribute to Brodie Lee, where Tony Khan presented Lee Jr. with the TNT Championship and declared him TNT Champion for life.
Lee was declared the greatest TNT Champion of all-time during the segment. You can see a pic from the segment below. As reported last night, Tony Schiavone revealed that Lee Jr. is “legitimately” signed to a contract, noting, “When he gets of age, he’ll be with AEW. They have taken care of him.”
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Brodie Lee, whose real name was Jon Huber, died Saturday at age 41Lawrence Yee | December 31, 2020 @ 7:34 AM Last Updated: December 31, 2020 @ 8:39 AM
All Elite Wrestling held an in-ring tribute for the late wrestler Brodie Lee on Wednesday night, retiring his boots and giving his son, Brodie Lee Jr., TNT’s Champion for Life belt in honor of his dad, who died Saturday at age 41. The 8-year-old has also signed a contract with AEW and will be on its roster when he is older.
Lee’s son and widow Amanda Huber were welcomed to the Celebration of Life event by wrestler and AEW executive vice president Cody Rhodes.
Brodie Leeâs Wife Comments On AEW Dynamite Tribute Episode );
Amanda Huber, the widow of late wrestler Brodie Lee, took to Instagram to comment on the tribute edition of AEW Dynamite on Wednesday night.
She wrote the following: );
“I tried so hard to use photos that captured last night and Iâm unsure if photos could do it justice. Iâm not even sure I have words that can come close but Iâll tryâ¦
The entire show was perfect, from top to bottom. The little Easter eggs, the tributes, the matches, and the moments. );
Iâm not sure what it looked like on tv, and Iâm sure sometime soon, Iâll see for myself. But I can tell you in person, the love in that building last night was real. It radiated all night long. You could feel it in the air. It was devastating and beautiful and a testament to one of the best people to walk this earth.
Amanda Huber, the wife of late pro wrestler Brodie Lee, has responded to wrestling bloggers and fans who asked for more transparency regarding the death of her husband last Saturday.
In a lengthy Instagram post on her Instagram story, later tweeted out by AEW star Cash Wheeler, Amanda revealed that Brodie was tested multiple times for COVID-19 when he was hospitalized since the end of October until the day after Christmas.
“There’s no cover-up,” wrote Amanda. “There’s no conspiracy. There was just a series of unfortunate events that ended in your world being crushed.”
She continued, “What kind of position does that put you in? When you’re trying to grieve and people practically expect you to post medical records because since they were a public figure, they are entitled to all the knowledge of what happened.”