Tonight's AEW Dynamite To Be Dedicated To Brodie Lee
Brodie Lee's hometown will host a fitting tribute to the much-missed AEW star tonight.
Tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite is to be dedicated to the memory of Mr. Brodie Lee, company owner Tony Khan has announced.
Khan tweeted the following on Tuesday (28 September), talking up the "special card" in Lee's hometown of Rochester, New York:-
It’s Wednesday. You know what that means. Tonight #AEWDynamite is Live from Rochester, home of Mr. Brodie Lee. Tonight we’ll have a great show dedicated to his memory with a special card including a huge TNT Championship match, a title forever synonymous with his indelible legacy pic.twitter.com/6Wb86Zn51C
Advertisement— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 29, 2021
Lee was originally supposed to debut for AEW in Rochester on 18 March 2020, though the COVID-19 pandemic's onset earlier that month prevented this from happening. Instead of emerging to what would surely have been a deafening hometown pop, Lee was unveiled as the Dark Order's 'Exalted One' in an empty Daily's Place, though he quickly surged up the AEW ranks and into a Double Or Nothing 2020 World Title feud with Jon Moxley.
Taking time away from television after dropping the TNT Title to Cody Rhodes on 7 October 2020, Lee tragically passed away on 26 December, having spent over a month being treated for a lung issue at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. AEW held a tear-jerking tribute episode to Lee and his life the following Wednesday (30 December).
The following matches have been announced for tonight's Dynamite:-
TNT Title: Miro (c) vs. Sammy Guevara
Adam Cole vs. Jungle Boy
Cody Rhodes and Lee Johnson vs. Dante Martin and Matt Sydal
Anna Jay and Tay Conti vs. The Bunny and Penelope Ford