April Jeanette Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American author, screenwriter and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name AJ Lee.
Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New Jersey's independent circuit. She signed with WWE in 2009 and spent two years in its developmental branch, Florida Championship Wrestling, before her promotion to the main roster. In 2012, she rose to prominence through storylines with her "mentally unstable" character, such as high-profile relationships and a three-month stint as the General Manager of Raw. In subsequent years, she won the Divas Championship a record-tying three times[a] and held the title for an overall record of 406 days. She also won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2012 and 2014, and readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated voted her Woman of the Year from 2012 to 2014. She retired from in-ring performing in 2015. Mendez's 2017 memoir, Crazy Is My Superpower, was a New York Times Best Seller.
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professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name AJLee. Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New Jersey's...
her family band The Tuttles with AJLee. Her siblings Sullivan (guitar) and Michael (mandolin), and mandolist AJLee are also in the band. In 2006, at...
pay-per-view as a heel, interrupting a segment between AJLee and Vickie Guerrero by attacking AJ from behind. Snuka made her in-ring return on the November...
Rumble matches, AJLee vs. AJLee for the WWE Universal Championship, AJLee vs. Not AJLee for the WWE Championship, AJLee vs. AJLee for the Raw Women's...
XXX, congratulating Divas Champion AJLee on her successful title defence at the pay-per-view event, after which AJ slapped Paige, challenging her to an...
against her former friend and rival Divas Champion AJLee. Later on towards the end of the month, AJLee became the longest reigning Divas Champion in history...
Stardust. Also at the event, AJLee became a three-time Divas Champion by capturing the title from Paige. Paige and AJ had exchanged the Divas Championship...
Rumble matches, AJLee vs. AJLee for the WWE Universal Championship, AJLee vs. Not AJLee for the WWE Championship, AJLee vs. AJLee for the Raw Women's...
Rumble matches, AJLee vs. AJLee for the WWE Universal Championship, AJLee vs. Not AJLee for the WWE Championship, AJLee vs. AJLee for the Raw Women's...
and Raw general manager AJLee restarted the match. In the following weeks on Raw, Punk demanded respect from people like AJLee, Jerry Lawler and Bret...
Queen's Crown tournament win. Trinidad portrayed fellow professional wrestler AJLee in the 2019 biographical film Fighting with My Family. Thea Megan Trinidad...
joining WWE in March 2012, after both twins lost to AJLee in singles competition. After Brie's match with Lee, Nikki revealed that Brie was rooting for Team...
lives for the better." RuPaul Charles as Robert Lincoln Lee/Ruby Red Izzy G. as Amber Jasmine "AJ" Douglas Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis Bell/Cocoa Butter...
current WWE Divas Champion, AJLee. Paige makes her Raw debut, where she again freezes, and takes a severe beating from Lee before finally turning the...
different champions. Eve Torres and AJLee held the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three. AJLee also had the longest combined reign as...
joining WWE in March 2012, after both twins lost to AJLee in singles competition. After Brie's match with Lee, Nikki revealed that Brie was rooting for Team...
placed in a feud with Divas Champion AJLee, facing AJ in two non-title matches on SmackDown and Raw, which AJ won. In July, Eva Marie turned heel when...
AJLee, the WWE Divas Champion, who ridiculed the cast and the show. This resulted in a four-way match at Night of Champions in September, where AJ successfully...
to attack Paige in the ring until AJLee returned from injury and saved Paige. On the March 5 episode of SmackDown, AJ defeated Brie after Paige kept Nikki...
Paxley in a triple threat match to retain the title. Gonzalez has cited AJLee, Bayley, Paige and The Rock as her inspirations. Her ring name Rok-C derives...
They joined the reality show Total Divas where they began to feud with AJLee and Tamina Snuka. On the August 18 episode of FCW Television, Cameron and...
Bash on July 20, 2008. Eve Torres and AJLee held the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three each. AJLee held the record for most combined days...
has since appeared in WWE 2K24. Coda is of Italian descent. She had cited AJLee as being a primary influence in pursuing her professional wrestling career...
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