Luke Harper
| Luke Harper | |
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Harper in April 2015
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| Birth name | Jon Huber |
| Born |
December 16, 1979 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brodie Lee Huberboy #2 Jon Huber Luke Harper |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Billed from |
Buffalo Butte, Montana Lincoln, Nebraska Rochester, New York |
| Trained by |
Kirby Marcos Rik Matrix Tony Mamaluke |
| Debut | October 7, 2003 |
Jon Huber (born December 16, 1979) is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Luke Harper.
He was previously known for his work on the independent circuit under his former ring name Brodie Lee, most notably in Chikara and Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW). On a national scale, he briefly wrestled in Ring of Honor (ROH), and internationally, he wrestled in Japan for Dragon Gate (DG).
In WWE, he is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Wyatt Family teammate Erick Rowan, a one-time Intercontinental Champion, and a one-time WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Wyatt Family teammates Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton, with the three defending them under the Freebird Rule. He is the first wrestler to have won tag team championships in both NXT and WWE's main roster.
Huber first got into professional wrestling as a backyard wrestler, performing under the ring name Huberboy #2 with the likes of Colin Delaney and his real-life brother, who worked as Huberboy #1. Huber was eventually formally trained by Kirby Marcos and Rik Matrix in Rochester, New York, and Tony Mamaluke in Schenectady, New York, and made his debut for Roc City Wrestling (RCW) in late 2002, working under a mask as Huberboy #2. He eventually unmasked while still using the Huberboy #2 name. During 2003, Huber began working as Brodie Lee for Rochester Pro Wrestling (RPW). He came up with the name Brodie Lee from the movie Mallrats by combining the names of actor Jason Lee and his character Brodie Bruce. Huber cites Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, and Big Show as his influences. Throughout his time in RPW, which was later renamed to NWA Upstate and then again to NWA New York, Lee went on to win multiple championships including the heavyweight championship on three separate occasions, the tag team championship once and the television championship once, which he also proceeded to unify with the Kayfabe Dojo Championship. Huber has described his original "The Right Stuff" gimmick as him "just having fun" and "being a cruiserweight".
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