Luke Harper is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Luke Harper from 2012 to 2019, and All Elite Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Mr Brodie Lee in 2020.
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20 Facts About Luke Harper
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Luke Harper departed WWE in December 2019 and subsequently made his AEW debut in March 2020 as Mr Brodie Lee, revealing himself to be "The Exalted One" and winning the AEW TNT Championship in August of that year.
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Luke Harper attended McQuaid Jesuit High School and played lacrosse for four years.
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Luke Harper came up with the name Brodie Lee from the movie Mallrats by combining the names of actor Jason Lee and his character Brodie Bruce, though his style and appearance have brought comparisons to Bruiser Brody, mistakenly thinking his ring name was derived from Bruiser.
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Luke Harper officially became a babyface starting April 2009 when the rivalry between 2CW and NWA Upstate had subsided.
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When FCW was rebranded as NXT in August 2012, Luke Harper made his television debut on the November 7 episode of NXT as a follower of Bray Wyatt, who introduced Luke Harper as the "first son" of The Wyatt Family.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 26,2014, Luke Harper competed in his first Royal Rumble match, where he eliminated two other participants before being eliminated by Roman Reigns.
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Immediately after, Luke Harper was awarded an impromptu match for the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler, which, after interference from Seth Rollins, Luke Harper won to capture his first main roster title.
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On January 25,2015, Luke Harper entered the Royal Rumble match at number 4, and was eliminated by Bray Wyatt.
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The next night on Raw, Luke Harper teamed with Wyatt again to defeat The Dudley Boyz, igniting a new feud.
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On January 24,2016, Luke Harper competed in the Royal Rumble with fellow Wyatt Family members and he was eliminated by Brock Lesnar, but returned to the ring later on with The Wyatt Family members to eliminate Lesnar.
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Four days later, Luke Harper returned in the match of the SmackDown brand pay-per-view No Mercy, helping Bray Wyatt defeat Randy Orton by distracting Orton.
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Shortly after this, Luke Harper unsuccessfully faced AJ Styles over number one contendership for the WWE Championship, held by Wyatt.
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Luke Harper failed to win as the match was eventually won by AJ Styles.
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On March 9,2019, Luke Harper returned to in-ring action, defeating Mojo Rawley at a house show in his hometown of Rochester.
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Luke Harper made his televised return at WrestleMania Axxess, defeating Dominik Dijakovic, which aired as part of the WWE Worlds Collide special.
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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter later reported that Luke Harper's contract was originally going to expire in November 2019, but WWE added six months to it, due to the time missed due to injury.
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Luke Harper cited Jake Roberts, Rick Rude, and Big Show as his primary influences.
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The faction split in early 2017, but Luke Harper later reunited with former Wyatt Family teammate Erick Rowan to form a tag team dubbed The Bludgeon Brothers.
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