Lee wrestled under the names Luke Harper in WWE and Brodie Lee in AEW. He had not been on AEW television since early October.
“No words can express the love I feel or how broken I am right now,” Amanda Huber wrote. “He passed surrounded by love ones after a hard fought battle with a non Covid related lung issue. The @mayoclinic is literally the best team of doctors and nurses in the world who surrounded me with constant love.”
Wrestler Jon Huber, known by the ring name Brodie Lee, has passed away at age 41 https://t.co/grW4h3jiW7
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 27, 2020
Tributes pour in for former WWE wrestler Brodie Lee, who has tragically passed away aged 41.
RIP. 🙏https://t.co/HS1ZSBV3gj
— Mirror WWE (@MirrorWwe) December 27, 2020
Jonathan Huber (December 16, 1979 – December 26, 2020) was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Luke Harper (and briefly Harper), and in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as Brodie Lee and Mr. Brodie Lee.
From 2003 to 2012, Huber worked on the independent circuit under the Brodie Lee ring name, most notably in Chikara, Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW), Ring of Honor (ROH), Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), and internationally for Dragon Gate in Japan. Signing with WWE in 2012, he assumed the name Luke Harper and was sent to WWE’s developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), before debuting in NXT as a member of The Wyatt Family. For most of his WWE career, he was closely associated with Wyatt Family members Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan. The Wyatt Family won the NXT Tag Team Championship and the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship. Harper and Rowan, later known as The Bludgeon Brothers, also held the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on another occasion. During a brief singles run, Harper became a one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion in 2014.Huber departed WWE in December 2019, subsequently making his AEW debut in March 2020 as – READ MORE »