AJ Lee
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April Jeanette Mendez is an American professional wrestler and author. As a wrestler, she has been signed to WWE since September 2025, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name AJ Lee.
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April Jeanette Mendez, known professionally as AJ Lee, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and writer. Born in Union City in 1987, she resides in Chicago. She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and speaks English. Her career in professional wrestling was influenced by Lita, and she was coached by Jay Lethal.
Mendez is also an author, with the work *Car-relations* listed under her name. She has been married to CM Punk. Additionally, she has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Her pseudonyms include Miss April, and she has been referred to by the nickname Crazy Chick.
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Union City, New Jersey, USA
April Jeanette Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and author. As of September 2025, she is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name AJ Lee. Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New Jersey's independent circuit. She signed with WWE in 2009 and spent two years in its developmental branch, Florida Championship Wrestling, before her…
Known for
- Elimination Chamber: Post-Show — AJ Lee2026
- Elimination Chamber — AJ Lee2026
- WWE WrestleMania 42 – Saturday — AJ Lee2026
- It's Complicated — Lorena2026
- Sacramento — Arielle2025
- WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025 — AJ Lee2025
- Survivor Series: WarGames — AJ Lee2025
- WWE: Unreal2025
- WWE: Unreal — Self2025
- Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
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Key facts
- Born
- April Jeanette Mendez , ( 1987-03-19 ) March 19, 1987 (age 39) , Union City, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupations
- Professional wrestler author
- Years active
- 2007–present
- Spouse
- CM Punk ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 13, 2014</span>"}]]}'>2014 )
- Website
- theajmendez .com
- Ring names
- AJ AJ Lee April Lee Miss April
- Billed height
- 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
- Billed weight
- 115 lb (52 kg)
- Billed from
- Union City, New Jersey
- Trained by
- Florida Championship Wrestling Jay Lethal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeanette
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Union City
- Spouse
- CM Punk
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Mass
- 52
- Official website
- theajmendez.com
- Image
- AJ Lee WM Axxess 2014.jpg
- Height
- 157
- Residence
- Chicago
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- birth name
- April Jeanette Mendez
- Commons category
- AJ Lee
- date of birth
- 1987-03-19
- pseudonym
- Miss April
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- social media followers
- 4814713
- nickname
- Black Widow
- influenced by
- Lita
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Miss
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Encyclopedic overview
April Jeanette Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and author . As a wrestler, she has been signed to WWE since September 2025 , where she performs under the ring name AJ Lee.
Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New Jersey's independent circuit. She signed with WWE in 2009 and spent two years in its developmental branch, Florida Championship Wrestling, before her promotion to the main roster. In 2012, she rose to prominence through storylines with her "mentally unstable" character, such as high-profile relationships and a three-month stint as the General Manager of Raw. In subsequent years, she won the Divas Championship a record-tying three times and held the title for an overall record of 406 days. She also won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2012 and 2014, and readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated voted her Woman of the Year from 2012 to 2014. She initially retired from in-ring performing in April 2015, but returned to WWE over a decade later in September 2025, after which she won the Women's Intercontinental Championship once.
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