The leader of the mysterious Dark Order, the Exalted One, was revealed on tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite to be Brodie Lee, most recently known as Luke Harper in WWE.
Lee was released from WWE back in December, and since then has been waiting out his no compete clause. He is now free to appear on competing wrestling shows, and appeared on tonight’s episode first in a vignette revealing his identity, then appearing in the ring to attack SCU.
Lee made a no-so-veiled reference to his former employer, Vince McMahon, in his promo when he said, “You are not the first out of touch old man to not believe in me, but you will damn sure be the last.”

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