Following the tragic passing of Brodie Lee, AEW paid tribute to their much-loved performer on a special episode of Dynamite. It was an emotional show and featured a Dark Order member in every match, a surprise appearance by Erick Rowan, and AEW awarding the TNT Championship belt held by Brodie Lee to his eldest son. Now, his Lee’s wife Amanda Huber has taken to her Instagram account to comment on the show.
I’m not sure what it looked like on tv, and I’m sure sometime soon, I’ll see for myself. But I can tell you in person, the love in that building last night was real. It radiated all night long. You could feel it in the air. It was devastating and beautiful and a testament to one of the best people to walk this earth.
I will never ever ever be able to thank @tonyrkhan and the @allelitewrestling family enough. No words will ever work. All I can say is that AEW is the most amazing community and Tony is easily the kindest & most genuine person I’ve ever met. He loved my husband. He loves wrestling. He loves AEW. And he loves my family. Real, authentic love.
I’ve been around wrestling a long time. I’ve seen the absolute worst sides of this business. I don’t think I’d believe it either if I didn’t live it myself, but please believe me when I say everything last night from @aewontnt was heartfelt and genuine. Not a single person was disingenuous. Nobody was just “putting on a show”. It was real and raw emotion and just fucking beautiful.
And in the words of @brodielee “Are you crying?! You little bitch…. it’s always fucking something with you @silvernumber1 “
Yup. All of us. Little bitches. 😂Amanda Huber
Apart from being praised by Lee’s wife, fellow wrestlers, fans, and critics, it appears the episode was also a success in the ratings. While ratings were never a factor in AEW decision to pay tribute to Lee, as the planned show would have done well regardless given the card, it looks to have garnered one of the highest ratings of the year. Official figures won’t be available until Monday due to the New Year, however the Pro Wrestling Torch has reported the show had 977,000 average viewers. If accurate, this would have been a 28.6% increase week on week, and Dynamite’s highest rating since the 9th of September episode when NXT was preempted.
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