Hey guys, this is Denise Salsato here with Justin Labar.

And today we are on The Busted Open podcast.

We talk about the long awaited return of A.J. Lee on Smackdown.

We also get into AW collision and how it will lead into AW All Out.

Let's go.

This is the busted open podcast.

So, of course, we're going to kick off our show with what's been the biggest talking point of pretty much like since Clash in Paris.

And then obviously coming off of Friday Night Smackdown, that is with the return of A.J. Lee.

Justin, I guess I'll start here, you know, since Friday night. This is all anybody has been talking about.

We spent a lot of time discussing it yesterday, and people were just so excited about the return of A.J. Lee.

Like, there feels like a lot of really good positivity in the air where people are like, yeah, I can't wait to see what A.J. Lee does and where she goes

from here. So as everyone knows, she made her return in Chicago. She confronted Becky Lynch

after Sam Punk brought her out, nailing her and bringing her down, attacking her for all of the

cheap shots that she has thrown to see M. Punk.

Justin, your reaction to Friday night and how you have felt about the way that they have

pretty much told this story.

I mean, her return was huge.

The pop was, you know, I mean, Chicago's a loud crowd anyways, obviously, you know,

seen it talking about how, and I know this is a real thing. I'm sure you know, too, like, how, like, that's a real internal debate about what's the best city to go to, and Chicago's one allowed us, and I've been in that building. It's very loud. And, you know, that's where Jericho made his famous debut at in WWE.

So like that building's known for loud pops and big moments and that was right up there with any of them you know um when when seampunk first came back to

wwe a couple years ago that was something that i saw some people chatter about online. Like, you know, you're more hardcore fan, so to speak, of, oh, well, now if he's back and he's cool with the company, you know, and now that the women's division is treated better than ever, and it's more, it's got more depth and more serious, you know, handling to it. You know, could his wife ever come back? Can AJ ever come back? And I would read

that chatter, but I, but part of me is like, I enjoyed her very much, um, but I, I, I have some good memories that I'll touch on with her, but, but I was also like, I don't know, like, you know, did she make the mark that that punk did? And then all the way, oh, by the way, yeah, punk went away, but he did come back. He resurfaced on AEW. He made a lot of noise over there.

...