Brodie Lee

Real name: Jon Huber
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 275 lbs.
Date of birth: December 16, 1979
Date of death: December 26, 2020
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Pro debut: 2001
Trained by: Kirby Marcos, Rik Matrix & Tony Mamaluke
Finishing move: Discus Lariat

Biography

– Huber began his professional career as ‘Brodie Lee’
– On February 22, 2004, Lee defeated Marcos & Fusion in a 3-Way Match to win the NWA Upstate Television Title
– On June 6, 2004, Lee defeated Cloudy to retain the NWA Upstate Television Title
– On July 3, 2004, Lee defeated Gabe Saint to win the NWA Upstate Kayfabe Dojo Title
– On July 10, 2004, Lee defeated Freddie Midnight to retain the NWA Upstate Kayfabe Dojo Title
– In September 2005, Lee entered the Upstate 8 Tag Team Tournament alongside Colt Cabana, but the duo lost in the semi-finals to Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
– On April 8, 2006, Lee defeated Glenn Spectre to win the NWA Upstate Heavyweight Title
– On June 10, 2006, Lee fought Sterling James Keenan to a no-contest to retain the NWA Upstate Heavyweight Title
– On August 26, 2006, Lee defeated Jimmy Olsen to retain the NWA Upstate Heavyweight Title
– On April 7, 2007, Lee, Cloudy, Cody Deaner & Larry Sweeney defeated Cheech, Chip Stetson, Colin Olsen & Jimmy Olsen in a War Games Match. Lee scored the decisive pinfall to regain the NWA Upstate Heavyweight Title
– On April 20, 2007, Lee fought FNW Heavyweight Champion Matt Morgan to a no-contest
– On May 19, 2007, Lee defeated Hellcat in a Champion vs Champion Match to retain the NWA Upstate Heavyweight Title and win the NWA Empire Heavyweight Title. However, he would lose the Empire Title that same day to Pepper Parks
– In February 2008, Lee entered the CHIKARA King Of Trios tournament, but his team were eliminated in the first round
– In May 2008, Lee entered the UWA Hardcore Grand Prix Tournament, but lost to Sabian in the second round
– In August 2008, Lee & Pepper Parks entered the FNW Pittsburgh Tag Team Title tournament, but lost to Sterling James Keenan & Samuel Elias in the semi-final
– In October 2008, Lee began competing irregularly for ROH. He would later join The Age Of The Fall
– On August 1, 2009, The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew (Lee & Necro Butcher) defeated The Garden State Gods (Corvis Fear & Mike Quest) to win the JAPW Tag Team Titles
– On November 21, 2009, The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew defeated The H8 Club (Nate Hatred & Nick Gage) to retain the JAPW Tag Team Titles
– On May 22, 2010, The Hillbilly Wrecking Crew defeated Charlie Haas & Dan Maff in a Double Jeopardy Match. Lee pinned Haas to win the JAPW Jersey State Title
– On August 22, 2010, Lee defeated Jason Axe in a Falls Count Anywhere Match to win the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On September 24, 2010, Lee defeated Jason Axe in an I Quit Match to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On November 20, 2010, Lee defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the JAPW New Jersey State Title. Later that same night, he defeated Azrieal, Dan Maff & Nick Gage in a 4-Way Match to win the JAPW Heavyweight Title
– On December 10, 2010, Lee defeated Pinkie Sanchez to retain the JAPW Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Lee defeated Rhino to retain the JAPW Heavyweight Title
– On March 26, 2011, Lee defeated Homicide to retain the JAPW Heavyweight Title
– On October 23, 2011, Lee defeated Alessandro del Bruno to win the A1 Zero Gravity Title, but lost it almost immediately to Michael Elgin
– In March 2012, Huber signed a WWE development deal but was allowed to complete his indy dates before reporting to FCW
– On April 13, 2012, Lee defeated Jay Freddie, Kevin Steen & Slyck Wagner Brown to win the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On April 14, 2012, Lee defeated Jason Axe, Jay Freddie & Matt Milan to retain the 2CW Heavyweight Title
– On May 18, 2012, Huber made his debut in FCW as ‘Luke Harper’
– In July 2012, Harper became part of The Wyatt Family alongside Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan
– In January 2013, The Wyatt Family (Harper & Rowan) entered the NXT Tag Team Title tournament, but lost in the final to Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey
– On May 2, 2013, The Wyatt Family (Harper & Rowan) defeated Adrian Neville & Bo Dallas (subbing for the injured Oliver Grey) to win the NXT Tag Team Titles
– On May 23, 2013, The Wyatt Family (Harper & Rowan) defeated Corey Graves & Kassius Ohno to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
– In May 2013, The Wyatt Family debuted on Raw via a vignette. These video packages continued over the next few weeks
– On July 8, 2013, The Wyatt Family made their Raw debut, attacking Kane. They assaulted R-Truth a week later
– At TLC ’13, The Wyatt Family defeated Daniel Bryan in a 3-on-1 Handicap Match
– At Elimination Chamber ’14, The Wyatt Family defeated The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose)
– In October 2014, vignettes aired suggesting the breakup of The Wyatt Family
– On November 17, 2014, Harper defeated Dolph Ziggler to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
– At Survivor Series ’14, Harper was part of Team Authority as they lost to Team Cena
– Over the next week, Harper retained the Intercontinental Title against Dean Ambrose & Dolph Ziggler, losing by DQ and countout respectively
– In May 2015, Harper re-aligned with Erick Rowan
– At Battleground ’15, Harper helped Bray Wyatt defeat Roman Reigns, seemingly reforming The Wyatt Family
– At Night of Champions ’15, The Wyatt Family (Wyatt, Harper & Braun Strowman) defeated Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & Chris Jericho
– At TLC ’15, The Wyatt Family defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von), Rhyno & Tommy Dreamer in an Elimination Tables Match
– The next night on Raw, The Wyatt Family defeated the former ECW stars in an Extreme Rules Match
– In March 2016, Harper suffered a knee injury which would sideline him for six months
– Due to his injury, Harper was not chosen in the 2016 WWE draft
– Harper returned to action at No Mercy ’16, rejoining Bray Wyatt on Smackdown
– At TLC ’16, Wyatt & Randy Orton defeated Heath Slater & Rhyno to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles. Harper was also eligible to defend them under the Freebird Rule
– In January 2017, Harper was attacked by Wyatt, signalling his removal from The Wyatt Family
– At Backlash ’17, Harper defeated Erick Rowan
– In late 2017, Harper & Rowan reunited as ‘The Bludgeon Brothers’
– At Clash of Champions ’17, The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango)
– At WrestleMania 34, The Bludgeon Brothers defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) and The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At The Greatest Royal Rumble, The Bludgeon Brothers defeated The Usos to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– On the Money In The Bank ’18 pre-show, The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Extreme Rules ’18, The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Summerslam ’18, The Bludgeon Brothers lost to The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) by DQ, but retained their Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– In April 2019, Harper requested his release from WWE, but it was rejected. In fact, WWE added six months to Harper’s contract to ‘compensate’ for his injury
– Harper was released by WWE on December 8, 2019 having not appeared on regular TV for over a year
– Brodie Lee debuted on AEW Dynamite on March 18, 2020, and was revealed to be ‘The Exalted One’ of the Dark Order
– Lee made his AEW in-ring debut on the March 25, 2020 episode of Dynamite, defeating QT Marshall in short order