Jon Huber (Brodie Lee/Luke Harper) passed away

[BostonBob]

WWE released this today:

 

[CDJ]

The Tyson Kidd part of that package speaks volumes to the type of guy he was


And I got to the Jason Jordan part and he made me cry, thanks Jason

 

[Opak]

Holy ****. This one hit me like a truck, can't believe the big man is gone.

RIP Jon Huber.

 

[Megahab]

Is this the most shocking wrestling death since Benoit in 2007? Off the top of my head it is. Sure, he wasn't the bigger star, but I don't remember the last time someone died in the prime of their career at this level and that seemingly didn't have any demons that led to their death.

I apologize if this isn't the place for this but Luke Harper is one of the most misused wrestlers in WWE history. He had the size, talent and look. And I didn't know this until he was in AEW, but he could talk too.

Also the tribute show last night was perfectly done.

 

[CDJ]

 

[CDJ]

I guess JR said on his podcast he doesn’t know the official cause of death but he had double lung failure and was so beat up to the point where he didn’t qualify for a transplant

some things that can disqualify people for lung transplants are cancers and size. Don’t want to speculate on the first one but he’s definitely a big dude

they took him off the machine and hoped he would kick out on his own as that was the last hope but here we are today

so nothing too new other than the whole transplant stuff

 

[les Habs]

I remember hearing this in the last year and thought I'd post it. High praise from someone whom I suspect really knows:

Was listening to the podcast of Myers and Cardona today and the former was talking about how Arn would talk about Huber behind the scenes all the time. Also, both guys had only good things to say about him.

 

[Jussi]

 

[ColePens]

Beautiful. I had heard they were trying to make sure they had rights to put the video out and wanted AEW to get theirs out first in honor. I'll say for the first time in a long time - good class by WWE. And they always do videos well.

 

[CDJ]

Amanda Huber Opens Up About The Passing Of Jon Huber (Brodie Lee) | Fightful News

Amanda opened up about Brodie’s passing a month ago. Crazy story. Good on the company.

 

[TD Charlie]

Amanda Huber Opens Up About The Passing Of Jon Huber (Brodie Lee) | Fightful News

Amanda opened up about Brodie’s passing a month ago. Crazy story. Good on the company.

She seems like an INCREDIBLE woman. This was a tough read and I assume the pod is that much more emotional, I will check it out later. It's nice to hear straight from her, how people in the business have been there and reached out, and how Tony/AEW has been such an important part of her family

 

[Sheppy]

She's tough as nails, man. Incredible.

 

[Didalee Hed]

Nice tribute by Shaquille O’Neal

 

[ckg927]

Brodie Lee Jr. Signs AEW Contract, Will Be On Roster When Older - Wrestling Inc.


Cool thing to do for the poor kid this time of year

They also made him the "TNT Champion for life" at the Brodie Lee tribute show and retired the old TNT title belt(the one that had the red strap). A new belt with a different strap color debuted the next week.