Month: December 2020

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Wrestler Jon Huber – aka WWE’s Luke Harper and AEW’s Brodie Lee – Passes Away

We’ve got some sad news to share with you this weekend as All Elite Wrestling posted a message on its social media accounts that wrestler Brodie Lee — real name Jon Huber — has died at age 41.

Here is the post that went out regarding Huber’s untimely passing…

That statement reads: “The All Elite Wrestling family is heartbroken. In an industry filled with good people, Jon Huber was exceptionally respected and beloved in every way — a fierce and captivating talent, a thoughtful mentor and simply a very kind soul that starkly contradicted his persona as Brodie Lee. Jon’s love for his wife Amanda, and children Brodie and Norman, was evident to all of us who were fortunate enough to spend time with him, and we send our love and support to his beautiful family, today and always. Jon’s popularity among his peers and influence on the wrestling world was worldwide and transcended AEW, so this loss will be felt by many for a long time. We were privileged at AEW to call Jon Huber a brother, a friend and one of our own.”

Huber, who joined AEW just this past year after a multi-year stint in WWE as Luke Harper, a member of Bray Wyatt’s Wyatt Family stable, was last seen on AEW TV in October when he lost the TNT Championship to Cody Rhodes. Here is Cody’s tweet, remembering the man who friends knew as “Big Rig”…

Huber’s wife posted the following on Instagram, citing the cause of death as “a non Covid related lung issue.”

“I never wanted to write out those words. My heart is broken. The world saw him as the amazing @brodielee (fka Luke Harper) but he was my best friend, my husband, and the greatest father you would ever meet. No words can express the love I feel or how broken I am right now. He passed surrounded by love ones after a hard fought battle with a non Covid related lung issue. The @mayoclinic is literally the best team of doctors and nurses in the world who surrounded me with constant love.”

In WWE, Huber was a former Intercontinental Champion and a three-time former tag team champion.

Many more from the wrestling world have passed along their love and condolences to the Huber family while remembering Jon as a one-of-a-kind man.

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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These 9 Things Will Totally Happen In Gaming In 2021 (Maybe)

With 2020 just about wrapped up and all its best games recognized in our annual Best Of awards, the team at GameSpot would like to help you anticipate what lies ahead by accurately predicting the future (or attempting to). 2021 is looking to be an exciting proving ground for new-generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as they both enter the next phase after their recent launches. Will the year bring fantastic games and experiences that will push the new hardware toward exciting new heights? Or will we still have to wait a while before the heavy investment we made this past holiday season becomes worth it? And let’s not forget; Nintendo just might use this year to release the long-rumored upgrade to the Switch–we think as much, at least. Whatever may happen, time will tell (or we will in our predictions)!

In GameSpot’s annual prediction series, we’ve put our brains together to determine what could happen next year in the world of games. While our accuracy in predicting the future isn’t always on the mark, it still won’t stop us from speculating.

Below you can find our gaming predictions for 2021. No matter how plausible or absurd these predictions might be, these are what we believe will come true in some form next year.

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