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AJ Mendez Thanks a Few WWE Legends After Return to Wrestling at WOW

Published 10/08/2021, 5:30 AM EDT

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A few years ago, the prospect of former WWE Champion, CM Punk, and former WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee coming back to the world of pro-wrestling would have sounded like a dream. However, it has happened. AJ Mendez, fka AJ Lee in WWE recently joined the squad of WOW – Women of Wrestling.

AJ Mendez took to social media and announced that she would get back in the pro-wrestling picture as the executive producer of WOW and also lend her voice in the commentary to call out the matches.

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Social media has not stopped buzzing around the fact that AJ is back. Though her in-ring days are over, she will be a great asset to the company as the executive producer.

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The all-female pro-wrestling promotion – WOW, struck a multi-year deal with ViacomCBS and the new episodes of WOW will be on the TV in the fall of 2022.

AJ Mendez wants the “next generation” to flourish

Since the announcement of WOW getting back on TV alongside AJ, the wrestling fans and wrestling legends have been praising the former WWE Divas Champion.

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In a recent tweet, AJ took to Twitter and thanked multiple female WWE Legends, saying that she would have not become the star she is today if those legends had never supported her in WWE.

Mendez extended her gratitude towards Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Layla, Eve Torres, and Maria Bennett. However, this was not it.

She also added that she is looking forward to doing the same to the younger female wrestlers in the new WOW promotion.

“I hope to pay that forward for the next generation,” AJ wrote.

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The wife and husband are finally back where they belong

The duo of CM Punk and AJ Mendez rocked the squared circle back in WWE and the fans missed them after they left the company.

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Now that both of them are back in the business, the fans might get to see the two back in the same ring. With the history of AEW and how they love to partner with different wrestling promotions, we might see Tony Khan extending his hands to WOW.

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