AJ Lee to undergo major character change if she returns to WWE after years of absence, predicts analyst
WWE is rumored to be interested in re-signing AJ Lee. A wrestling analyst recently predicted that the former Divas Champion would undergo a character change if she returned to the promotion.
The 37-year-old was one of the top female WWE superstars of her time. She held the Divas Championship thrice and was involved in romance angles with multiple superstars, including CM Punk, Kane, and Bryan Danielson (fka Daniel Bryan). Lee also served as RAW General Manager for a few months. While she portrayed a mentally unstable character on TV during her WWE stint, analyst Peter Rosenberg suggested she would have to ditch that persona upon her potential return.
Speaking on his Cheap Heat podcast, Rosenberg disclosed that he thought Lee's move-set during her run in the Stamford-based company was "not believable" for her size. Meanwhile, he pointed out that "the game" had changed drastically in the women's division since Lee's run in the Stamford-based promotion had ended. Hence, she could not be her old self if she returned to WWE.
"The game has changed. If AJ comes back and is going to be seen as a viable threat to all of these superstars, she cannot be the AJ Lee of the Divas Championship era. She would have to be the AJ Lee of the Women's Revolution, of this era. And I think, frankly, getting to see her in that context, see her go for that, would be really cool," he said. [19:59 - 20:25]
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AJ Lee could return to WWE for two reasons, thinks Bill Apter
On Sportskeeda Wrestling's The Wrestling Time Machine show, veteran journalist, Bill Apter, recently addressed the rumors suggesting AJ Lee could return to the Stamford-based company after nearly a decade of absence. He claimed the 37-year-old could accept to make a comeback for two reasons.
Apter suggested that Lee could be enticed to return if WWE made her a good offer and had an interesting angle for her to work on.
"I think the fans are dying for her [AJ Lee] to come back. She was great when she was in the business. We don't know what she'll—if she comes back she's got to be physically and mentally ready and I don't know her current situation or anything, I haven't been in touch with her. I've talked to Punk but I think if they make a good offer and there's a great angle, that will bring her back in," Bill Apter said. [20:36 - 21:03]
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Several top superstars have expressed their desire to see Lee back in WWE, including Bayley, the Women's World Champion Liv Morgan, and the NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez. It would be interesting to see if the former Divas Champion will indeed return.
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