AJ Lee

AJ Lee
AJ in 2014
Birth name	April Jeanette Mendez
Born	(1987-03-19) March 19, 1987 (age 37) Union City, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s)	CM Punk ​ (m. 2013)​
Website	TheAJMendez.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	AJ[1] AJ Lee April Lee Miss April
Billed height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)[2]
Billed weight	115 lb (52 kg)[3]
Billed from	Union City, New Jersey[2]
Trained by	FCW Jay Lethal
Debut	2007
Retired	April 3, 2015[4]

April Jeanette "AJ" Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name AJ Lee. She competed on the third season of NXT but finished fourth overall. Even though she did not win NXT she was still given a contract with the WWE and debuted in her first match for the SmackDown brand on May 27, 2011 edition where she teamed with Kaitlyn in a losing effort against Alicia Fox and Tamina.

AJ Lee held the Divas Championship 3 times in the WWE, successfully retaining her title at WrestleMania XXX. the night after on Raw she was defeated and lost her title to NXT Women's Champion, Paige. On the June 30, 2014 episode of Raw, Lee returned to the WWE. She challenged Paige for the Divas Championship and won her second championship.^[5]

On April 3, 2015, it was announced that AJ decided to retire from the company.^[6]

1. ↑ "AJ bio". Florida Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "AJ Lee bio". WWE. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
3. ↑ Wortman, James (May 15, 2013). "The spider's bite: AJ Lee on her excruciating 'Black Widow' submission move". WWE. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
4. ↑ Sports biography of AJ Lee, on the website www.cagematch.net.
5. ↑ "AJ Lee def. Paige to become the new Divas Champion". WWE. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
6. ↑ "AJ Lee retires from WWE". WWE. 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2019-01-23.