Former WWE champion’s name mentioned at major WrestleMania 40 event; she left 9 years ago

A former champion's name was mentioned on WWE television nine years after she departed from the company.

AJ Lee started her WWE career in NXT, where she was able to reach the top of the women's division. She got promoted to the main roster in 2011 and quickly became one of the top stars in the company.

Lee enjoyed a successful run on the main roster, where she won the Divas Championship three times. Sadly, her WWE run came to an abrupt end when she returned from in-ring action in 2015.

Since retiring from the ring, she remained out of the limelight. However, many fans still remember her antics in the ring from her days on RAW. Since CM Punk's return to the company last year, he has mentioned AJ Lee's name, who is his wife in real life.

Tonight, WWE is hosting its WrestleMania XL Press Event. Punk, who has injured himself recently, was on the panel of hosts for the event. During the event, Michael Cole introduced him as AJ Lee's husband, making for a fun moment as Punk also played along.

It looks like Punk will make more appearances before WrestleMania 40. It will be interesting to see how CM Punk is involved in the Road to WrestleMania.

What do you make of CM Punk's appearance? Sound off in the comments section.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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