The wrestling world has yet to come to grips with the news of Brodie Lee's passing. The revelation came as a right shock on Saturday night, with the deceased superstar's wife announcing her husband, real name Jon Huber, had succumbed to a non-COVID lung problem. Those closest to him must have known that he'd been in pretty bad shape, however.
Most of us were under the impression that Brodie had been off television because of an injury. Back in November, we got it very wrong with a report citing Dave Meltzer's claims of an ankle issue keeping Huber grounded.
According to a more recent report from Meltzer's colleague Bryan Alvarez, Brodie was in an Intensive Care Unit as far back as two months ago.
“About two months ago, I was told by somebody that Brodie was in the ICU and this was from somebody that had heard it from somebody else and neither of us could find anybody else who confirm this," Alvarez said on Wrestling Observer Live (H/T WrestlingNews.co). "I was concerned and for the last two months, me and this other person were basically asking each other if we had heard anything and neither had.”
Alvarez added there were people at AEW who were aware of Huber's problem but it was mostly kept under wraps as the wrestler's family did not want it out there.
“I know that within AEW there were some people that knew but there were a lot of people that did not know because his family did not want the word out so most people just were not told anything," he continued. "I know that there were other people in AEW that had only heard the same thing that me and this other person had heard that at some point he had been in the ICU. The last thing that I heard was two months ago.”
Something Had To Be Up
Alvarez assumed all was good after not hearing any more developments and figured Brodie was around when he learned the wrestler's son beat Kenny Omega, yet he would consider it a portent when no one could confirm Lee's presence.
"When nobody answered if he’d been there or not, I was thinking dude, I don’t think he was there," he explained. "When I heard about the angle, I was like, I don’t think this is good.”
Huber was 41 at the time of his passing.
TheSportster would again like to extend our commiserations to his family and loved ones.
R.I.P Jon Huber: 1979-2020
Source: Wrestling Observer Live (via WrestlingNews.co)