| Brodie Lee | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Huber as Luke Harper in 2016 | |
| Birth name | Jonathan Huber |
| Born | December 16, 1979 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 2020 (aged 41) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| Spouse(s) |
Amanda Huber (m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brodie Lee[1] Harper[2] Huberboy #2[3] Jon Huber[4] Luke Harper[2] Mr. Brodie Lee[5] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York[6] Butte, Montana[7] Lincoln, Nebraska[8] Rochester, New York[9] |
| Trained by | Kirby Marcos[10] Rik Matrix[10] Tony Mamaluke[10] |
| Debut | October 7, 2003[1] |
Jonathan Huber (December 16, 1979 – December 26, 2020) was an American professional wrestler known as Brodie Lee. Huber performed under the ring name Luke Harper in WWE from 2012 to 2019, and as Mr. Brodie Lee in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2020.
From 2003 to 2012, Huber performed as Brodie Lee on the American independent circuit for promotions such as Chikara, Ring of Honor, and Dragon Gate USA, as well as Dragon Gate Japan. Upon signing with WWE in 2012, he assumed the Luke Harper name and was sent to WWE's developmental territory in 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. The team of Harper and Rowan, later known as The Bludgeon Brothers in one of their tag team runs, went on to hold the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once more. During a brief run as a singles competitor, Harper became a one-time WWE Intercontinental Champion.
Huber departed WWE in December 2019 and subsequently made his AEW debut in March 2020 as Mr. Brodie Lee, the leader of The Dark Order, and won the AEW TNT Championship in August of that year. He was hospitalized in October 2020 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, from which he died on December 26 at the age of 41.
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