AJ Lee

AJ Lee is the ring name of April Jeanette Mendez, an American professional wrestler and author born on March 19, 1987, who has been signed to WWE since September 2025. She began wrestling on New Jersey's independent circuit in 2007, signed with WWE in 2009 and spent two years in Florida Championship Wrestling before reaching the main roster. In 2012 she became prominent through a mentally unstable character, high-profile storyline relationships and three months as General Manager of Raw. She won the Divas Championship a record-tying three times and held it for a record 406 days overall, won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2012 and 2014, and was voted Woman of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated readers from 2012 to 2014. She retired from in-ring work in April 2015, wrote the New York Times best seller memoir Crazy Is My Superpower, and returned to WWE in 2025 to win the Women's Intercontinental Championship once.