Until Brodie Lee’s passing last night, his status had been a closely guarded secret within AEW. Whatever the company knew about his absence and condition was a closely guarded secret, something that had been brought up in media calls since losing the TNT Title back to Cody Rhodes.
Many had referred to Lee’s situation as a “state secret” in the company, and it remained that way until the announcement of his passing. Dave Meltzer talked about Lee on Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about who knew and when they knew. He said “I knew it was bad” following the report that they had recorded a little moment where Brodie Lee’s son had a fun little moment where he defeated Kenny Omega to win the AEW World Title at the last Dynamite taping, Meltzer saying “I knew it was bad,” before offering more about this sad situation.
“The few people who knew, and there were only a few people who knew, were keeping it quiet. Everybody knows and I’ve been asking about it and it’s like, ‘I’ve been asking and I didn’t know what it was, but he had had this lung ailment for a long time.” “When he was first off they were selling the injury for the Cody [Dog Collar] match, and I guess it was somewhere shortly after when he first got this, and it just got worse and worse, and you know, but people were aware. It’s not like this was something that was sudden. It’s something terrible he’s been dealing with since people starting asking the questions months ago when they noticed that he wasn’t there.”
It’s been said not even Dark Order members knew, hence the reason they were still making references about him on Being The Elite and on air all the way up until now.
This is obviously a terrible situation. Lee’s passing at 41 was far too soon, and it’s sad to think his children will grow up without their father. Our thoughts remain with Lee’s friends and family at this time.
h/t to Ringside News for the quote
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