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Brodie Lee Celebration of Life
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life was a professional wrestling memorial event and television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event took place on December 30, 2020, at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida and was broadcast on TNT as a special episode of Dynamite. It paid tribute to AEW wrestler Brodie Lee following his death four days prior.
On December 26, 2020, Jonathan Huber died at the age of 41 of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (initially revealed as a "non-COVID lung issue") at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit since late October 2020. Better known by his ring name "Mr. Brodie Lee", Huber debuted in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as "The Exalted One" and the leader of The Dark Order on March 18, 2020. The March 18 episode of Dynamite was originally scheduled to take place at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, Huber's hometown. It was in turn the first episode to be held behind closed doors at Daily's Place in Jacksonville due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is where the majority of AEW's shows over the following year had to be held, although in August, AEW began holding shows with fans at 10–15% capacity of the venue.
On December 28, AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan announced that the December 30 episode of Dynamite would be a memorial event, titled "Brodie Lee Celebration of Life". Four days before his death, Huber's oldest son, Brodie, appeared on the December 22 episode of Dark at ringside with a mask as "-1", a member of The Dark Order. It was later revealed that Brodie signed an AEW contract.
AEW had previously announced that the December 30, 2020, and January 6, 2021, episodes of Dynamite would host the two-part New Year's Smash event. However, it was postponed to January 6 and January 13 to allow AEW to hold Huber's memorial event.
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life featured professional wrestling matches and segments that paid tribute to Brodie Lee, with all of the matches featuring members of The Dark Order of which Lee was the leader (and all matches were won by the teams featuring The Dark Order). AEW intended for this event to be non-canonical, ignoring some ongoing storylines of the promotion. Some wrestlers were paired in tag teams with other wrestlers that they would not normally team with during the tribute event. AEW storylines, at the time, were typically produced on the weekly television program, Dynamite, the supplementary online streaming show, Dark, and The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite.
As the event was largely non-canonical, there were few storylines for the matches going into the event. However, one match in particular was billed as the "Brodie Lee Jr. Dream Match", featuring three of Lee's son's favorite AEW wrestlers, Cody Rhodes, Orange Cassidy, and The Dark Order's Preston "10" Vance teaming for one night only in a six-man tag team match against Team Taz (Brian Cage, Ricky Starks, and Powerhouse Hobbs).
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life opened with commentator Jim Ross saying one of Brodie Lee's catchphrases, "It's Wednesday and you know what that means", followed by a ten-bell salute with the entire AEW roster and Lee's family onstage honoring Lee. Throughout the show, there were segments with fellow AEW personnel Jon Moxley, Darby Allin, Dax Harwood, Arn Anderson, Colt Cabana, referee Bryce Remsburg, Eddie Kingston, Chris Jericho, Frankie Kazarian, Dustin Rhodes, Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, Wardlow, and Matt Hardy sharing stories and their thoughts on Lee.
The AEW roster wore black armbands with "RIP Brodie Lee" and Brodie Lee t-shirts honoring Lee. Also honoring Lee, there were purple wristbands and bandanas worn, along with several women wearing purple makeup to represent the colors of The Dark Order, the stable he led. Lance Archer wore a white tank top and blue jeans, similar to ring gear that Lee wore at WWE with the "Luke Harper" character he portrayed prior to joining AEW. Eddie Kingston wore a vintage (pre-2012) Notre Dame football jersey because Lee used to tell people "he played offensive tackle at Notre Dame and blocked for Tony Rice in the '80s. Just to pop himself." Wrestlers paid tribute to Lee in their matches by pointing up and looking to the sky, using Lee's gestures, taunts, and signature moves like The Dark Order hand gesture, his Brodie Bossman slam, Brodie Powerbomb, Brodie Big Boot, and his finishing move the discus lariat.
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Brodie Lee Celebration of Life
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life was a professional wrestling memorial event and television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event took place on December 30, 2020, at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida and was broadcast on TNT as a special episode of Dynamite. It paid tribute to AEW wrestler Brodie Lee following his death four days prior.
On December 26, 2020, Jonathan Huber died at the age of 41 of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (initially revealed as a "non-COVID lung issue") at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit since late October 2020. Better known by his ring name "Mr. Brodie Lee", Huber debuted in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as "The Exalted One" and the leader of The Dark Order on March 18, 2020. The March 18 episode of Dynamite was originally scheduled to take place at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, Huber's hometown. It was in turn the first episode to be held behind closed doors at Daily's Place in Jacksonville due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is where the majority of AEW's shows over the following year had to be held, although in August, AEW began holding shows with fans at 10–15% capacity of the venue.
On December 28, AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan announced that the December 30 episode of Dynamite would be a memorial event, titled "Brodie Lee Celebration of Life". Four days before his death, Huber's oldest son, Brodie, appeared on the December 22 episode of Dark at ringside with a mask as "-1", a member of The Dark Order. It was later revealed that Brodie signed an AEW contract.
AEW had previously announced that the December 30, 2020, and January 6, 2021, episodes of Dynamite would host the two-part New Year's Smash event. However, it was postponed to January 6 and January 13 to allow AEW to hold Huber's memorial event.
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life featured professional wrestling matches and segments that paid tribute to Brodie Lee, with all of the matches featuring members of The Dark Order of which Lee was the leader (and all matches were won by the teams featuring The Dark Order). AEW intended for this event to be non-canonical, ignoring some ongoing storylines of the promotion. Some wrestlers were paired in tag teams with other wrestlers that they would not normally team with during the tribute event. AEW storylines, at the time, were typically produced on the weekly television program, Dynamite, the supplementary online streaming show, Dark, and The Young Bucks' YouTube series Being The Elite.
As the event was largely non-canonical, there were few storylines for the matches going into the event. However, one match in particular was billed as the "Brodie Lee Jr. Dream Match", featuring three of Lee's son's favorite AEW wrestlers, Cody Rhodes, Orange Cassidy, and The Dark Order's Preston "10" Vance teaming for one night only in a six-man tag team match against Team Taz (Brian Cage, Ricky Starks, and Powerhouse Hobbs).
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life opened with commentator Jim Ross saying one of Brodie Lee's catchphrases, "It's Wednesday and you know what that means", followed by a ten-bell salute with the entire AEW roster and Lee's family onstage honoring Lee. Throughout the show, there were segments with fellow AEW personnel Jon Moxley, Darby Allin, Dax Harwood, Arn Anderson, Colt Cabana, referee Bryce Remsburg, Eddie Kingston, Chris Jericho, Frankie Kazarian, Dustin Rhodes, Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels, Wardlow, and Matt Hardy sharing stories and their thoughts on Lee.
The AEW roster wore black armbands with "RIP Brodie Lee" and Brodie Lee t-shirts honoring Lee. Also honoring Lee, there were purple wristbands and bandanas worn, along with several women wearing purple makeup to represent the colors of The Dark Order, the stable he led. Lance Archer wore a white tank top and blue jeans, similar to ring gear that Lee wore at WWE with the "Luke Harper" character he portrayed prior to joining AEW. Eddie Kingston wore a vintage (pre-2012) Notre Dame football jersey because Lee used to tell people "he played offensive tackle at Notre Dame and blocked for Tony Rice in the '80s. Just to pop himself." Wrestlers paid tribute to Lee in their matches by pointing up and looking to the sky, using Lee's gestures, taunts, and signature moves like The Dark Order hand gesture, his Brodie Bossman slam, Brodie Powerbomb, Brodie Big Boot, and his finishing move the discus lariat.