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* TheSouthpaw: [[http://youtu.be/rAqlddwnquk?t=30s At the 0:30 mark in this interview at Ringside Fest 2012.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: She has perhaps exerted the greatest direct influence on WWE of any Diva in history:
** An inadvertent blow to the neck from Wrestling/TheBigShow nearly crippled her, turned boyfriend Wrestling/DanielBryan into an overprotective and possessive jerk, and ultimately caused Bryan to lash out at Lee for nearly everything she did, including his losing the World Heavyweight Championship in 18 seconds to Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', thus leading Bryan to virulently dump AJ on the following week's episode of ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown''. Daniel's cruelty apparently caused AJ's mind to snap, [[SanitySlippage resulting in her behavior becoming ever more erratic]] and her profile on television to rise, as airtime was steadily eaten up by her bizarre antics. Indeed, AJ was transformed into such an outrageous scene stealer that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon appointed her as General Manager of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' later that summer — much to the chagrin of Daniel Bryan, who had assumed that she had agreed to marry him in the ring when in fact she had accepted the GM position.
** This cruel prank, in turn, caused Bryan to lose his mind, which in turn led to him having to seek psychological group therapy along with Wrestling/{{Kane}}... which culminated in the two of them forming a comedic tag team called Wrestling/TeamHellNo that [[HeelFaceTurn turned both characters face again]]. This marked the beginning of Daniel Bryan's true rocket to stardom in WWE, making him so popular that not only did he go on to win the WWE Championship three times, but when he was respectively excluded from and (relatively) quickly eliminated in the 2014 and 2015 Wrestling/RoyalRumble matches, fan disillusionment ran so deep that the WWE Universe turned virulently on the men who did win those matches: Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/RomanReigns. While Batista turned this situation into heel heat for what eventually led to Bryan's title win at ''[=WrestleMania=] 30'', Reigns never regained the adoration he had during his days with Wrestling/TheShield, [[XPacHeat is still heavily booed despite being a face]], and has had to acknowledge that fact within kayfabe.
** Also affected by AJ-mania? Wrestling/DolphZiggler, whose popularity was heavily propelled by AJ becoming his manager in December of 2012, leading him to his first true World Heavyweight Championship reign. Also, Wrestling/TheNewDay, an enormously popular trio that might have not existed if Wrestling/BigELangston was never given the role he got in the Ziggler/Lee faction. Not to mention, the breakup and solo success of the members of The Shield, as without the formation of Wrestling/TheAuthority and the return of Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, which can respectively be attributed to Bryan's rise to popularity and the outcry over Batista winning the Rumble (which as previously mentioned was largely because of Bryan’s absence from the match), their arc would not have played out the same.
** An inadvertent blow to the neck from Wrestling/TheBigShow nearly crippled her, turned boyfriend Wrestling/DanielBryan into an overprotective and possessive jerk, and ultimately caused Bryan to lash out at Lee for nearly everything she did, including his losing the World Heavyweight Championship in 18 seconds to Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', thus leading Bryan to virulently dump AJ on the following week's episode of ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown''. Daniel's cruelty apparently caused AJ's mind to snap, [[SanitySlippage resulting in her behavior becoming ever more erratic]] and her profile on television to rise, as airtime was steadily eaten up by her bizarre antics. Indeed, AJ was transformed into such an outrageous scene stealer that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon appointed her as General Manager of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' later that summer — much to the chagrin of Daniel Bryan, who had assumed that she had agreed to marry him in the ring when in fact she had accepted the GM position.
** This cruel prank, in turn, caused Bryan to lose his mind, which in turn led to him having to seek psychological group therapy along with Wrestling/{{Kane}}... which culminated in the two of them forming a comedic tag team called Wrestling/TeamHellNo that [[HeelFaceTurn turned both characters face again]]. This marked the beginning of Daniel Bryan's true rocket to stardom in WWE, making him so popular that not only did he go on to win the WWE Championship three times, but when he was respectively excluded from and (relatively) quickly eliminated in the 2014 and 2015 Wrestling/RoyalRumble matches, fan disillusionment ran so deep that the WWE Universe turned virulently on the men who did win those matches: Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/RomanReigns. While Batista turned this situation into heel heat for what eventually led to Bryan's title win at ''[=WrestleMania=] 30'', Reigns never regained the adoration he had during his days with Wrestling/TheShield, [[XPacHeat is still heavily booed despite being a face]], and has had to acknowledge that fact within kayfabe.
** Also affected by AJ-mania? Wrestling/DolphZiggler, whose popularity was heavily propelled by AJ becoming his manager in December of 2012, leading him to his first true World Heavyweight Championship reign. Also, Wrestling/TheNewDay, an enormously popular trio that might have not existed if Wrestling/BigELangston was never given the role he got in the Ziggler/Lee faction. Not to mention, the breakup and solo success of the members of The Shield, as without the formation of Wrestling/TheAuthority and the return of Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, which can respectively be attributed to Bryan's rise to popularity and the outcry over Batista winning the Rumble (which as previously mentioned was largely because of Bryan’s absence from the match), their arc would not have played out the same.
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April Jeanette Brooks[[note]]AJ married Wrestling/CMPunk in real life in June 2014[[/note]] (nee Mendez) (born March 19, 1987) is a former American professional wrestler, trained by Mo Sexton, Azrieal and Wrestling/JayLethal. She was best know for her time in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where she went by the ring name '''A.J. Lee.'''
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April Jeanette Brooks[[note]]AJ married Wrestling/CMPunk in real life in June 2014[[/note]] (nee Mendez) (born (née Mendez; born March 19, 1987) is a former American professional wrestler, trained by Mo Sexton, Azrieal and Wrestling/JayLethal. She was best know for her time in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where she went by the ring name '''A.J. Lee.'''
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* TheVoiceOfAGeneration: Just as Wrestling/CMPunk, the same "pipebomb" formula was used for A.J., mixed with her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality, who also became popular for this, especially critizicing the Divas division (and specifically the Wrestling/BellaTwins) for being more MaleGaze than wrestlers.
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* CompanionCube: Became dangerously obsessed with her title, even referring to the belt as 'her' once and talking to it. She compared it to [[CargoShipping a boyfriend]] when doing commentary on Wrestling/{{Paige}} vs. [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Brie]].
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* CompanionCube: Became dangerously obsessed with her title, even referring to the belt as 'her' once and talking to it. She compared it to [[CargoShipping [[CargoShip a boyfriend]] when doing commentary on Wrestling/{{Paige}} vs. [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Brie]].
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* OverTheShoulderCarry: Generally how her partners/managers would help her to the back after a loss.
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* GenreBlindness: A rather glaring one with her violent attempts to break up the Divas' #1 contender matches for her title. Given the fact that her RealLife status as an [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]] is part of her gimmick, you'd ''think'' that she would know that eventually she'd get herself into a situation where she had to defend her title against all her rivals at once.
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* GenreBlindness: A rather glaring one with her violent attempts to break up the Divas' #1 contender matches for her title. Given the fact that her RealLife status as an [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]] a Promoted Fangirl is part of her gimmick, you'd ''think'' that she would know that eventually she'd get herself into a situation where she had to defend her title against all her rivals at once.
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** Being {{ascended fan|boy}}s that plied their craft in the indies.
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** Being {{ascended fan|boy}}s promoted fans that plied their craft in the indies.
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* DistaffCounterpart: To CM Punk (it's become kind of hilarious after they got together in real life, then got engaged and are now ''married''). Commonalities include:
** Being {{ascended fan|boy}}s that plied their craft in the indies.
** Lacking prototypical size for a WWE wrestler. Even AJ in terms of the Womens division is far more petite in both overall size and her bust compared to other female wrestlers.
** Shot to the top of their respective parts of the company around the time of a blistering WorkedShoot promo that was ''supposed'' to be heelish in nature but got them over with the fans.
** Spending a good amount of time in a gimmick of having mental issues (Punk, too... remember the [[{{Cult}} Straight Edge Society?]])
** Became known for an AnimalMotif submission finisher (AJ with the Black Widow, Punk with the Anaconda Vise)
** Having a finisher of Japanese origin that involved striking an opponent with a knee (AJ initially used a Shining Wizard and Punk had the GTS, having also used the Shining Wizard himself earlier)
** Being credited with the longest reign with their respective title in the modern era. Punk, of course, with his 434-day WWE Title reign, and AJ, who in January 2014, passed {{Maryse}} for the longest reign with the Divas' Championship.
** They both also have had a shirt designed in the form of ribs. Punk had [[http://www.wrestlingmerchandise.co.uk/ekmps/shops/davidmills/images/wwe-cm-punk-ribs-t-shirt-465-p.jpg this one]] and AJ got [[http://www.catch-area.com/837-1446-thickbox/t-shirt-catch-aj-lee-wwe-til-your-last-breath.jpg this one]]
** In her last promo before losing the title to a debuting Wrestling/{{Paige}}, the Post-Wrestlemania New Orleans crowd lampshaded this similarity by starting up a chant for Punk.
** They even use the same snarky and condescending tone while insulting their opponents.
** Both ended their WWE careers very abruptly, the week after major [=PPVs=], with little to no notice.
** Both took a 10 week-ish hiatus around a year before their departure. (Ironically, AJ's was to plan their wedding, which happened the day Punk received his termination papers.)
** Being {{ascended fan|boy}}s that plied their craft in the indies.
** Lacking prototypical size for a WWE wrestler. Even AJ in terms of the Womens division is far more petite in both overall size and her bust compared to other female wrestlers.
** Shot to the top of their respective parts of the company around the time of a blistering WorkedShoot promo that was ''supposed'' to be heelish in nature but got them over with the fans.
** Spending a good amount of time in a gimmick of having mental issues (Punk, too... remember the [[{{Cult}} Straight Edge Society?]])
** Became known for an AnimalMotif submission finisher (AJ with the Black Widow, Punk with the Anaconda Vise)
** Having a finisher of Japanese origin that involved striking an opponent with a knee (AJ initially used a Shining Wizard and Punk had the GTS, having also used the Shining Wizard himself earlier)
** Being credited with the longest reign with their respective title in the modern era. Punk, of course, with his 434-day WWE Title reign, and AJ, who in January 2014, passed {{Maryse}} for the longest reign with the Divas' Championship.
** They both also have had a shirt designed in the form of ribs. Punk had [[http://www.wrestlingmerchandise.co.uk/ekmps/shops/davidmills/images/wwe-cm-punk-ribs-t-shirt-465-p.jpg this one]] and AJ got [[http://www.catch-area.com/837-1446-thickbox/t-shirt-catch-aj-lee-wwe-til-your-last-breath.jpg this one]]
** In her last promo before losing the title to a debuting Wrestling/{{Paige}}, the Post-Wrestlemania New Orleans crowd lampshaded this similarity by starting up a chant for Punk.
** They even use the same snarky and condescending tone while insulting their opponents.
** Both ended their WWE careers very abruptly, the week after major [=PPVs=], with little to no notice.
** Both took a 10 week-ish hiatus around a year before their departure. (Ironically, AJ's was to plan their wedding, which happened the day Punk received his termination papers.)
* ForWantOfANail: HOLY CRAP, her decision to hire Brad Maddox as a referee during her GM tenure seemed ''so'' insignificant at the time. Until you think about how things could have gone company-wide if Maddox wasn't hired.
** With no Maddox [[GroinAttack nut-punch]] to Wrestling/{{Ryback}}, Ryback becomes the WWE Champion in October 2012, ending CM Punk's title reign three months early and taking a huge bite out of his career bragging rights by cutting him off at 343 consecutive days, not 434. It's also possible that with no title to defend, Wrestling/PaulHeyman never makes the call to a [[Wrestling/TheShield certain trio of black-clad vigilantes]], drastically altering ''their'' story arc as well. And given Ryback's BadassDecay only happened after his issues with the Shield, who knows how long Ryback would have held the title…which might have done some serious card-scrambling at the Royal Rumble, where we could have had a returning [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock]] against Ryback or someone else entirely as opposed to Punk.
** As for Maddox himself, he stays in NXT, doesn't get noticed by the [=McMahons=], and ''doesn't become Wrestling/AJLee's successor as GM''. [[note]]Wrestling/VickieGuerrero was the ''de facto'' GM after AJ resigned, but Brad Maddox was the next to actually hold the true and permanent title.[[/note]]
** One must wonder what would have happened to the careers of herself ''and'' Wrestling/DanielBryan if not for the infamous 18-second Wrestlemania XXVIII loss to Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. One could argue that this one sequence was the difference between each of those two being in the strong EnsembleDarkhorse category to gathering the momentum to being the most popular Superstar and Diva in the company respectively.
** With no Maddox [[GroinAttack nut-punch]] to Wrestling/{{Ryback}}, Ryback becomes the WWE Champion in October 2012, ending CM Punk's title reign three months early and taking a huge bite out of his career bragging rights by cutting him off at 343 consecutive days, not 434. It's also possible that with no title to defend, Wrestling/PaulHeyman never makes the call to a [[Wrestling/TheShield certain trio of black-clad vigilantes]], drastically altering ''their'' story arc as well. And given Ryback's BadassDecay only happened after his issues with the Shield, who knows how long Ryback would have held the title…which might have done some serious card-scrambling at the Royal Rumble, where we could have had a returning [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock]] against Ryback or someone else entirely as opposed to Punk.
** As for Maddox himself, he stays in NXT, doesn't get noticed by the [=McMahons=], and ''doesn't become Wrestling/AJLee's successor as GM''. [[note]]Wrestling/VickieGuerrero was the ''de facto'' GM after AJ resigned, but Brad Maddox was the next to actually hold the true and permanent title.[[/note]]
** One must wonder what would have happened to the careers of herself ''and'' Wrestling/DanielBryan if not for the infamous 18-second Wrestlemania XXVIII loss to Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}. One could argue that this one sequence was the difference between each of those two being in the strong EnsembleDarkhorse category to gathering the momentum to being the most popular Superstar and Diva in the company respectively.
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* OfficialCouple: With Hornswoggle for a while they were part of Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}, with Daniel Bryan, but after his loss at Wrestling/WrestleMania, they broke up. Then with Wrestling/DolphZiggler, until she cost him his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, and he broke up with her.
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: During the earliest parts of her push, the mental issues seemed to be very legitimate. After she became Divas' champion, she's still not quite all there, but also plays her reputation up at times to come off as much less sane than she actually is.
* OfficialCouple: Several.
** With Hornswoggle for a while they were part of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}, with NXT}}.
** With Daniel Bryan, but after his loss at Wrestling/WrestleMania, they brokeup. Then with up.
** With Wrestling/DolphZiggler, until she cost him his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, and he broke up with her.
* OfficialCouple: Several.
** With Hornswoggle for a while they were part of Wrestling/{{WWE
** With Daniel Bryan, but after his loss at Wrestling/WrestleMania, they broke
** With Wrestling/DolphZiggler, until she cost him his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, and he broke up with her.
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** Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}, the Wrestling/BellaTwins, Wrestling/VickieGuerrero, and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Wrestling/TotalDivas cast.
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** Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}, the Wrestling/BellaTwins, Wrestling/VickieGuerrero, and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Wrestling/TotalDivas Series/TotalDivas cast.
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* TakeThat: To wannabe bitchy heels Rosa and Tamina - "Wrestling/{{LayCool}} called, they [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall want their gimmick back]]".
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CMYuOYD3E being asked]] if she'd been asked by the crew of ''TotalDivas'' to come on the show: "Uh, no, I was hugged as a child, so I'm not desperate for attention."
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CMYuOYD3E being asked]] if she'd been asked by the crew of ''TotalDivas'' to come on the show: "Uh, no, I was hugged as a child, so I'm not desperate for attention."
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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** To wannabe bitchy heels Rosa and Tamina - "Wrestling/{{LayCool}} [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack called, they[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall want their gimmick back]]".
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CMYuOYD3E being asked]] if she'd been asked by the crew of''TotalDivas'' ''Series/TotalDivas'' to come on the show: "Uh, no, I was hugged as a child, so I'm not desperate for attention."
** To wannabe bitchy heels Rosa and Tamina - "Wrestling/{{LayCool}} [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack called, they
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CMYuOYD3E being asked]] if she'd been asked by the crew of
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Lee, ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'', June 25, 2012.
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* BreakupBreakout: After what appears to be the Wrestling/{{ChickBusters}}' [[https://twitter.com/KaitlynWWE/status/201728516692246528 break up,]] AJ has been involved in high-profile angles with Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, was made the General Manager of RAW on the 1000th episode on July 23, 2012 and held her position until October 22, 2012, and is remained relevant with her feud with Wrestling/JohnCena and her involvement with Wrestling/DolphZiggler. Kaitlyn didn't do anything remotely as important for a while, but she then entered a feud over the Divas Championship alongside [[Wrestling/{{LayCool}} Layla]] and [[Wrestling/EveTorres Eve]], which ended in Kaitlyn winning the Divas title at [[MilestoneCelebration RAW's 20th Year Anniversary on]] Janurary 14, 2013. The girls would end up feuding over the championship and various other personal issues, with AJ taking the title from Kaitlyn at the ''Payback'' pay-per-view and only continuing to ruin her life since then. Her reign has since become the longest in history. Kaitlyn left the company in January of 2014.
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->''"I'm a monster. I wear a mask. My only source of pleasure is eviscerating people... [[HorrifyingTheHorror and even I find you mentally unstable.]]"''
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->''"I'm a monster. I wear a mask. My only source of pleasure is eviscerating people... [[EvenEvilHasStandards and even I]] [[HorrifyingTheHorror and even I find you mentally unstable.]]"''
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*** He later [[https://.youtube.com/watch?v=f_i87nMST9c actually rejected]] her advances on the grounds that she is too crazy for him!
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*** He later [[https://.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_i87nMST9c actually rejected]] her advances on the grounds that she is too crazy for him!
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*** He later [[https://.youtube.com/watch?v=f_i87nMST9c actually rejected rejected]] her advances on the grounds that she's she is too crazy for him!
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* BigDamnKiss: Again: she's had a few.
** Before their match at No Way Out, AJ made the rounds to Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, wishing each man good luck and giving them a peck on the cheek. Kane held her back, and returned the favor for the BigDamnKiss she had planted on him on the previous RAW, before leaving without a word. She would then some weeks later on Smackdown, give two big damn kisses to Bryan ''and'' Punk. Later gives one to Cena. She would win a Slammy for Best Kiss with [[Wrestling/JohnCena the latter]]…although she also placed second, third and fourth. Yes, we just chronicled every contender for Best Kiss that year.
** Before their match at No Way Out, AJ made the rounds to Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, wishing each man good luck and giving them a peck on the cheek. Kane held her back, and returned the favor for the BigDamnKiss she had planted on him on the previous RAW, before leaving without a word. She would then some weeks later on Smackdown, give two big damn kisses to Bryan ''and'' Punk. Later gives one to Cena. She would win a Slammy for Best Kiss with [[Wrestling/JohnCena the latter]]…although she also placed second, third and fourth. Yes, we just chronicled every contender for Best Kiss that year.
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* BigDamnKiss: TheBigDamnKiss: Again: she's had a few.
** Before their match at No Way Out, AJ made the rounds to Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, wishing each man good luck and giving them a peck on the cheek. Kane held her back, and returned the favor forthe BigDamnKiss TheBigDamnKiss she had planted on him on the previous RAW, before leaving without a word. She would then some weeks later on Smackdown, give two big damn kisses to Bryan ''and'' Punk. Later gives one to Cena. She would win a Slammy for Best Kiss with [[Wrestling/JohnCena the latter]]…although she also placed second, third and fourth. Yes, we just chronicled every contender for Best Kiss that year.
** Before their match at No Way Out, AJ made the rounds to Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/{{Kane}}, wishing each man good luck and giving them a peck on the cheek. Kane held her back, and returned the favor for
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** AJ is either this or ObfuscatingInsanity. When she was tagged in by accident in a match and had to face Kane[[note]]She and Punk were in a mixed tag match against Kane and Bryan, although it was more of a handicap match since Punk couldn't really tag AJ in, since she didn't have another Diva to face.[[/note]], she proceeded to skip around him, then jumped into his arms and gave him [[BigDamnKiss one hell of a kiss.]] This befuddled Kane so much he tagged Bryan in and left the match entirely! That's right, '''KANE''', a guy who had to join Wrestling/TheCorporation to avoid being sent to a ''mental institution'' back in late 1998, considered her too crazy even by '''HIS''' standards.
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** AJ is either this or ObfuscatingInsanity. When she was tagged in by accident in a match and had to face Kane[[note]]She and Punk were in a mixed tag match against Kane and Bryan, although it was more of a handicap match since Punk couldn't really tag AJ in, since she didn't have another Diva to face.[[/note]], she proceeded to skip around him, then jumped into his arms and gave him [[BigDamnKiss [[TheBigDamnKiss one hell of a kiss.]] This befuddled Kane so much he tagged Bryan in and left the match entirely! That's right, '''KANE''', a guy who had to join Wrestling/TheCorporation to avoid being sent to a ''mental institution'' back in late 1998, considered her too crazy even by '''HIS''' standards.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She may be tiny, but when you're as psychotic as AJ, there is no such thing as being in a fight stacked against you. [[BigDamnKiss [[TheBigDamnKiss Kane can attest to that.]]
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In May 2009, she signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name [=AJ=] Lee. In FCW, she was Queen of FCW and FCW Divas Champion, and was the first person to have held both titles. In 2010, she was part of the third season of NXT, having dropped her last name. She became part of WWE's ''[=SmackDown!=]'' brand in May 2011, forming a tag team with Kaitlyn known as The Wrestling/{{ChickBusters}}.
A self-professed nerd and tomboy, WWE adapted Mendez's love of comics and video games to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess". In 2012, she was named the "Diva of the Year" as part of that year's Slammy Awards.
She has become justly famous among wrestling buffs for [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent defying the usual stereotypes of how WWE's Divas are supposed to behave]]. Throughout most of 2012, while still a face, AJ portrayed a mentally unstable female character - the likes of which had not been seen in WWE since Wrestling/MickieJames in 2006. She also has served as the Kayfabe General Manager of ''Monday Night RAW''.
She became Divas Champion in June 2013, and lost the title to Wrestling/{{Paige}} in April 2014, leaving her as the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history at 295 days. [[http://pwinsider.com/article/85042/aj-leewwe-update-sting-on-wwe-network-more-warrior-material-filmed-batista-and-more.html After a three month break]], she returned on June 30, 2014 and recaptured the Divas title by defeating Paige. Since then, she lost it to Paige at Summerslam, regained it at Night of Champions, and lost it to Nikki Bella at Survivor Series, making her a three-time champion.
On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. She will also be portrayed - or at least a character based on her - by wrestler/actress Wrestling/TheaTrinidad in the film ''Fighting With My Family'', a biopic of {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
A self-professed nerd and tomboy, WWE adapted Mendez's love of comics and video games to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess". In 2012, she was named the "Diva of the Year" as part of that year's Slammy Awards.
She has become justly famous among wrestling buffs for [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent defying the usual stereotypes of how WWE's Divas are supposed to behave]]. Throughout most of 2012, while still a face, AJ portrayed a mentally unstable female character - the likes of which had not been seen in WWE since Wrestling/MickieJames in 2006. She also has served as the Kayfabe General Manager of ''Monday Night RAW''.
She became Divas Champion in June 2013, and lost the title to Wrestling/{{Paige}} in April 2014, leaving her as the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history at 295 days. [[http://pwinsider.com/article/85042/aj-leewwe-update-sting-on-wwe-network-more-warrior-material-filmed-batista-and-more.html After a three month break]], she returned on June 30, 2014 and recaptured the Divas title by defeating Paige. Since then, she lost it to Paige at Summerslam, regained it at Night of Champions, and lost it to Nikki Bella at Survivor Series, making her a three-time champion.
On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. She will also be portrayed - or at least a character based on her - by wrestler/actress Wrestling/TheaTrinidad in the film ''Fighting With My Family'', a biopic of {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
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In May 2009, she signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's developmental promotion, using the ring name [=AJ=] Lee. In FCW, she was Queen of FCW and FCW Divas Champion, and was the first person to have held both titles. In 2010, she was part of the [[Wrestling/{{NXT 3}} third season of NXT, of]] ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'', having dropped her last name. She became part of WWE's ''[=SmackDown!=]'' ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' brand in May 2011, forming a tag team TagTeam with Kaitlyn Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} known as The Wrestling/{{ChickBusters}}.
A self-professed nerd and tomboy, WWE adapted Mendez's love of comics and video games to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess".In 2012, she She was named the "Diva of the Year" as part of that year's in the annual Slammy Awards.
Awards twice (2012 and 2014).
She has become justly famous among wrestling buffs for [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent defying the usual stereotypes of how WWE's Divas are supposed to behave]]. Throughout most of 2012, while still a face, AJ portrayed a mentally unstable female character - the likes of which had not been seen in WWE since Wrestling/MickieJames in 2006. She also has served as theKayfabe {{Kayfabe}} General Manager of ''Monday ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night RAW''.
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She became Divas Champion in June 2013, and lost the title to Wrestling/{{Paige}} in April 2014, leaving her as the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history at 295 days. [[http://pwinsider.com/article/85042/aj-leewwe-update-sting-on-wwe-network-more-warrior-material-filmed-batista-and-more.html After a three month break]], she returned on June 30, 2014 and recaptured the Divas title by defeating Paige. Since then, she lost it to Paige atSummerslam, ''Wrestling/SummerSlam'', regained it at Night ''Night of Champions, Champions'', and lost it to [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella Bella]] at Survivor Series, ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'', making her a three-time champion.
On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. Shewill was also be portrayed - or at least a character based on her - by wrestler/actress Wrestling/TheaTrinidad in the film ''Fighting With My Family'', ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'', a biopic BioPic of {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
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A self-professed nerd and tomboy, WWE adapted Mendez's love of comics and video games to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess".
She has become justly famous among wrestling buffs for [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent defying the usual stereotypes of how WWE's Divas are supposed to behave]]. Throughout most of 2012, while still a face, AJ portrayed a mentally unstable female character - the likes of which had not been seen in WWE since Wrestling/MickieJames in 2006. She also has served as the
She became Divas Champion in June 2013, and lost the title to Wrestling/{{Paige}} in April 2014, leaving her as the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history at 295 days. [[http://pwinsider.com/article/85042/aj-leewwe-update-sting-on-wwe-network-more-warrior-material-filmed-batista-and-more.html After a three month break]], she returned on June 30, 2014 and recaptured the Divas title by defeating Paige. Since then, she lost it to Paige at
On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. She
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She got her Lee surname from prolific voice actress Creator/WendeeLee.
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* ActorAllusion: Her part in Madden: The Movie involves her [[spoiler: pulling a FaceHeelTurn, leaving her boyfriend for his evil rival, which hearkens back to 2012.]]
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* TomboyishName: If you heard the name "AJ," you wouldn't expect a cute young woman to come skipping out, would you? AJ fits the trope by being notably different from the standard WWE Diva in that she is seemingly sweet and innocent but enjoys traditionally boy things like comic books and video games (she also proudly wears Chuck Taylor sneakers instead of wrestling boots, and once bragged about it in a promo), in addition to be a damn good wrestler who [[OneOfUs has been way into wrestling since childhood]]. AJ, of course, comes from '''A'''pril '''J'''eanette.
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* TomboyishName: If you heard the name "AJ," you wouldn't expect a cute young woman to come skipping out, would you? AJ fits the trope by being notably different from the standard WWE Diva in that she is seemingly sweet and innocent but enjoys traditionally boy things like comic books and video games (she also proudly wears Chuck Taylor sneakers instead of wrestling boots, and once bragged about it in a promo), in addition to be a damn good wrestler who [[OneOfUs [[JustForFun/OneOfUs has been way into wrestling since childhood]]. AJ, of course, comes from '''A'''pril '''J'''eanette.
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* NiceShoes: Throughout her diva wrestling career, she was known for wearing knee-high Converse Chuck Taylors when competing; whenever she wasn't wrestling in the ring, she would usually wear a pair of regular hightops or occasional non-hightop versions.
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: As evidenced by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn5fR3Iyixo this clip]].
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: As evidenced by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn5fR3Iyixo this clip]]. Unlike most ladies of this trope, though, she's a sneaker girl.
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** Dear Lord, the whole AJ[=/=]Punk/Bryan/Kane love... thing. She started out with Daniel Bryan who was a face in the beginning of their relationship, then he turned heel, [[KickTheDog dumped her]] right after his WrestleMania loss, and even after that [[MadLove she still wanted him.]] Somewhere along the line she lost her damn mind and turned her attention to both Wrestling/CMPunk, and Wrestling/{{Kane}}. Kane turned her down, cause he thought she was crazier then he was, as well as Punk, who only ended up in the middle of it all when he said he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero digged crazy chicks.]] Daniel Bryan asked her to marry him. Twice, first so he could win the WWE Championship, then seemingly for real after he lost the match. AJ left him at the altar after getting a position as the RAW GM, and only went through with the wedding in the first place to get back at Bryan.
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** Dear Lord, the whole AJ[=/=]Punk/Bryan/Kane love... thing. She started out with Daniel Bryan who was a face in the beginning of their relationship, then he turned heel, [[KickTheDog dumped her]] right after his WrestleMania Wrestling/WrestleMania loss, and even after that [[MadLove she still wanted him.]] Somewhere along the line she lost her damn mind and turned her attention to both Wrestling/CMPunk, and Wrestling/{{Kane}}. Kane turned her down, cause he thought she was crazier then he was, as well as Punk, who only ended up in the middle of it all when he said he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero digged crazy chicks.]] Daniel Bryan asked her to marry him. Twice, first so he could win the WWE Championship, then seemingly for real after he lost the match. AJ left him at the altar after getting a position as the RAW GM, and only went through with the wedding in the first place to get back at Bryan.
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* OfficialCouple: With Hornswoggle for a while they were part of Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}, with Daniel Bryan, but after his loss at WrestleMania, they broke up. Then with Wrestling/DolphZiggler, until she cost him his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, and he broke up with her.
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* OfficialCouple: With Hornswoggle for a while they were part of Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}}, with Daniel Bryan, but after his loss at WrestleMania, Wrestling/WrestleMania, they broke up. Then with Wrestling/DolphZiggler, until she cost him his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, and he broke up with her.
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* VocalDissonance: AJ's deep, throaty voice may surprise those who hear her speak for the first time. It did this troper.
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** On commentary on the 12/20/13 episode of Smackdown she offered this one:
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** She calls Wrestling/{{Paige}} a "tart" when doing commentary for Paige's match against Brie Bella on the September 5, 2014 ''SmackDown!'', when "tart" as a slang term applied to women is slur that basically means "[[SlutShaming skank]]." It probably got by the censors because AJ was also using cutesy food-related nicknames for Paige like "my little crumpet" and "my little English muffin" to make it look like she meant "tart" as in the food.
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** She calls Wrestling/{{Paige}} a "tart" when doing commentary for Paige's match against Brie Bella on the September 5, 2014 ''SmackDown!'', ''Wrestling/SmackDown!'', when "tart" as a slang term applied to women is slur that basically means "[[SlutShaming skank]]." It probably got by the censors because AJ was also using cutesy food-related nicknames for Paige like "my little crumpet" and "my little English muffin" to make it look like she meant "tart" as in the food.
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** On the June 10, 2013 episode of {{WWE RAW}}, Big E Langston was revealed to be Kaitlyn's secret admirer, only to end up being a ruse by AJ when she accused Kaitlyn of taking away the spotlight. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QAoC4npNE Then all hell broke loose.]]
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** On the June 10, 2013 episode of {{WWE Wrestling/{{WWE RAW}}, Big E Langston was revealed to be Kaitlyn's secret admirer, only to end up being a ruse by AJ when she accused Kaitlyn of taking away the spotlight. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QAoC4npNE Then all hell broke loose.]]
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** The 7-9-12 [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} RAW]] opened with a segment that looked like A.J. being her usual crazy self and CM Punk just taking it all in stride. Then A.J. drops ''this bombshell:''
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** The 7-9-12 [[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} [[Wrestling/WWERaw RAW]] opened with a segment that looked like A.J. being her usual crazy self and CM Punk just taking it all in stride. Then A.J. drops ''this bombshell:''
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** In her book "Crazy Is My Superpower", she reveals that the character was inspired by her real life bipolar disorder.
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On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. She will also be portrayed - or at least a character based on her - by wrestler/actress Thea Trinidad in the film ''Fighting With My Family'', a biopic of {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
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On April 4, 2015, the official WWE Twitter account announced her retirement from in-ring performance. Post WWE, she's apparently doing some dabbling in acting, appearing in the short film ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]]: The Movie'', a bizarre advertisement for ''Madden NFL 2016''. She will also be portrayed - or at least a character based on her - by wrestler/actress Thea Trinidad Wrestling/TheaTrinidad in the film ''Fighting With My Family'', a biopic of {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
