One former champion wants AJ Lee to return to WWE.
The day after teaming with Paige to defeat The Bella Twins at WrestleMania 31, AJ Lee shockingly announced her decision to retire from professional wrestling. Lee had been dealing with back problems prior to her retirement, but many speculated that the decision was also related to her husband CM Punk‘s contentious relationship with WWE at the time.
CM Punk returned to WWE at Survivor Series in 2023, and with him back in the fold, fans and stars alike have called for AJ Lee to follow suit and return to WWE. Punk has made it clear that a potential return is Lee’s decision and that he’s fully supportive of whatever his wife wants to do.
Speaking in a new interview with The Wrestling Classic, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Naomi added her name to the list of stars calling for Lee to come back to the company, even joking that she harasses Punk about wanting his wife to come back.
“Of course. I be harassing her husband [CM Punk] about that all the time. I told him, I said, ‘You need to tell her I can’t retire until she comes back.’ Girl, you need to come on because mama’s back is hurting. I can’t retire until she comes back.”
“We Starving, Sis” – Naomi On AJ Lee
Continuing, Naomi pointed to Lee’s accomplishments in WWE and her help in making women’s wrestling more prominent in the company.
“I’m so for real, and she knows it. It’s crazy. For her to be gone over a decade and to still be missed and to still be wanted so bad, I think speak volumes and just tells you what she did for women’s wrestling and who she was. So I think it’d be a treat, a present, a reward for all of us, having her come back, even if it’s just a ‘hey and bye,’ a quick little [appearance]. We starving, sis [laughs].”
h/t Fightful