AJ Lee retired from the ring a few years ago, largely due to the fact she couldn’t do anything within the WWE without it being placed under a microscope due to her relationship with CM Punk. Now, with Punk being successful in AEW, fans have continued to speculated that AJ may return to the ring.
While speaking to Renee Paquette on The Sessions, AJ Lee talked about CM Punk’s return to pro wrestling. Despite Punk’s success, Lee made it clear an in-ring return is unlikely.
“The conversation was a conversation that was way longer than people knew, with many things happening in the universe. There were many options. It was a very long time of, ‘what’s the right route? What’s the safest route? What does it look like?’ It was something I was scared of, just seeing what would emotionally happen. That was more or less for his stuff. To me, I retired and I retired.
I always say, ‘never say never, but don’t hold your breath’ and everyone holds on to the ‘never say never.’ [laughing] Don’t hold your breath, you’re going to die. I just wanted him to be emotionally safe and protected. That’s been the coolest thing about his experience. It feels like he’s always in a safe space and has a good group of people around him in AEW, that makes me very happy. There was a lot of ‘Let’s go!’ To me, that didn’t spark anything in me, but the combination of wrestling and writing, wrestling and producing, that was more comfortable and more exciting because it was a challenge.
“I always felt great about the timing of when I retired. You never want to be the last girl at the party, you want to go out on top. Everything felt so perfect and tied up in a bow. I know his experience is different. To me, I didn’t want him, or me with WOW, anything to feel like you were the person going back to hang out with high school kids. I was hoping it wasn’t that and it seems to not be.”
AJ Lee on The Sessions With Renee Paquette
Time will tell if AJ Lee will ever return to the ring but for now it appears that will not be the case anytime soon.
H/T to RingsideNews for transcription
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