AJ Lee discussed her involvement with WOW with Freddie on Wrestling with Freddie podcast from iHeart Media's My Culture Network, and she revealed that they would be shooting maybe after 60 days for WOW. She shared that they would be in syndication in the fall of 2022 and requested everyone to check wowe.com for the local listings, which will be available on the CWC app and Pluto app.
AJ Lee said that the idea of women behind the scenes in every capacity and women in front of the camera in every capacity inspired her to join WOW. She shared that her love for wrestling never died, and it was the perfect way to rejoin the world of wrestling and combine it with her work as an author too. AJ further said that she had to decline many offers to return to the ring as she disclosed that her desire to compete again in the squared circle was absent.
AJ Lee's joining with WOW was announced when the promotion signed to a multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS. They further revealed that AJ Lee would be providing color commentatory for the all-women shows.
AJ Lee's Net Worth & Wrestling Career
AJ Lee has an estimated net worth of $4 million as an author and retired professional wrestler. Her combined net worth with her famous husband, CM Punk, is around $14 million. She had reported a salary of over $300,000 during her wrestling days.
AJ Lee is a three-time winner of the Diva Championship and had the record of the longest Divas Championship reign in WWE History. In her early days, she worked as a janitor, a cashier, and a secretary to support her family and enroll herself in wrestling school. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts but dropped out due to financial issues.
She started her training for wrestling in 2007 and made her debut for Women Superstars Uncensored in 2008. She signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2009 and got assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling. She also appeared on RAW as hostess and ring announcer at FCW shows. Her finishing moves were Black Widow, Shining Wizard, Shiranui, and Wheelbarrow building. Some of her signature moves were Diving Crossbody, Low dropkick, Monkey flip, Spinning heel kick, and more.
She had won Slammy Award for Diva of the year in 2012 and 2014. She was also ranked in the 9th position in the 2013 PWI Top 50 Females. She had also won WSU Tag Team Championship with Brooke Carter.
Besides her wrestling career, she had appeared in the short film Madden NFL16 after she retired from wrestling in 2015. She is also an author and has written Crazy is my Superpower. She is also a model and social media influencer.
Some of her embarrassing moments in her wrestling days were when she dressed up as Kane, losing to a debuting Paige, multiple failed relationships, and more.
AJ Lee Married Life With Husband CM Punk
AJ Lee and CM Punk got married on 13 June 2014 and had a storyline in WWE. Even after leaving the ring, they are also considered one of the power couples of pro wrestling. The couple can't be reunited in the ring due to her neck injury, but fans anticipate their non-wrestling role in the future.
Her husband, CM Punk, made his debut on AEW: Rampage last year, shocking many fans as he was back in the ring after seven years, and when asked about his wife's return, he simply answered that her main reason to not return and her retirement was due to her neck injury and said that he didn't want her to jeopardize her health and put an end to the rumors of her comeback.
CM Punk also expressed his anger via Twitter when his wedding pictures with his wife AJ Lee got leaked online. He tweeted, "Tweet that pic, and I block you. Simple. And I block you because I can't punch you in your disrespectful fucking face. Pigs"
There were rumors of AJ Lee and Big E dating each other when they allied with Dolph Ziggler, but that was a false rumor, and AJ Lee had a storyline relationship on screen with Dolph Ziggler and AJ lee betrayed Ziggler on a new segment.
AJ Lee was known for her multiple failed relationships in WWE, and some of those were with Hornswoggle, Primo, John Cena, Kane, Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk, although with CM Punk, she has managed to stay with him.
She was in a relationship with Daniel Bryan in 2011, and they even got married before she became Raw General manager. She was also involved with Kane and John Cena. She was also paired with Primo in her early NXT days and with Hornswoggle, which were quite interesting.