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<p><strong>Brodie Lee</strong> (formerly Luke Harper) shocked the world a few weeks ago when he was revealed as The Exalted One, who was controlling The Dark Order on AEW Dynamite. Lee had been released from WWE back in December 2019 but wasn&#8217;t allowed to wrestle for another 90 days, after he had requested his release from the company on Twitter a few months before and then worked to get his releasing the months that followed.</p>



<p>Lee recently appeared on Chris Jericho&#8217;s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Talk Is Jericho (opens in a new tab)" href="https://omny.fm/shows/talk-is-jericho/the-exalted-escape-of-brodie-lee" target="_blank">Talk Is Jericho</a> Podcast where he was able to reveal the frustrations he felt regarding his time in WWE and why he decided to publicly request his WWE release back in 2019.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>&#8220;I wanted to do it publicly because the court of public opinion was very important to the next move I was going to make, to have the support was important and I didn&#8217;t want them (WWE) to control my narrative anymore. They were like take that down, I think Vince will change his mind.&#8221;</p></blockquote>



<p>Despite making his feelings clear, WWE continued to try to persuade Lee to stay with the company, with <strong>Triple H</strong> even offering him a chance to wrestle for New Japan.</p>



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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>&#8220;I just wanted to wrestle. I wanted to do it before I ran out of time, Hunter was like, I can probably get you into New Japan and I was like OK. At that point, I thought New Japan was going to be purchased or that they were going to be on the WWE Network and neither happened. I even pitched going to NXT where I would put guys over and try out new gimmicks, but it just never happened.&#8221;</p></blockquote>



<p>Harper was finally able to negotiate his release three months before his contract was due to expire, but once again WWE was able to screw him over.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>&#8220;WWE released me December 8th with a 90-day [no compete] clause. My contract would have been up March 8th. Somehow when I got the letter in the mail it became a week later where I could not compete on that first Wednesday after it was up. Somehow it was a 94 day period. I think that was one little extra f&#8211;k you, to me,&#8221;</p></blockquote>


Brodie Lee Reveals Why He Requested His WWE Release Publicly, The Last Trick Vince McMahon Played On Him

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