This can't be a surprise. I think I speak for all of us when I say we have feelings.

Because once again in the world of professional wrestling, a thing that they said was never going to happen has happened.

A.J. Lee has returned to the W.W.EE on the side of CM Punk, welcome to a not-sam wrestling emergency podcast.

There was so much discussion about the whens, the ifs, the who's, the what's, the where's, and here we are

AJ Lee back in the WWE.

So this is a name that came up instantly when Becky Lynch interfered at Clash in Paris, which even though it was, I mean, it was a week

ago. Clash in Paris was a week ago. It's another show that seems like it was months ago,

like a lifetime ago, because we're in a completely separate world now than we were in at Clash and Paris.

But as soon as it happened to Clash in Paris, they said, wait, I mean, if Becky Lynch is now

interfering it on the side of Seth Rollins, I mean, the only partner that it could be for

CM Punk is A.J. Lee, right? And then the post show came on and and CM Punk holds that fan sign that said

AJ Lee's name on it. But there was at that point, almost as wrestling fans, we said, listen,

you've teased us before. We shan't be teased this way again. Fool me once. Shame on me, fool me twice. Well, you're not going to fool me again, it's the point. Listen. We said, I don't know. Did CM Punk know he was on camera? Jackie Redmond goes AJ Lee. We're talking on the recap podcast. I mean, AJ Lee? I don't know. We don't even want to talk about it too much because we don't want to put it out there and get ourselves excited for something that we may not see.

C.M. Punk came back in at Survivor Series 23. And from the Monday night after he came back at Survivor Series, the question came up.

Will his wife return to professional wrestling?

More specifically, will his wife return to WWE?

A.J. Lee, who was one of the most popular women's stars ever, regardless of her marital status.

A.J. Lee's run in the W.W.E. stands independently as one of the most popular female

superstars ever. And in her era, a superstar that stuck out, a superstar that I think

broke new ground, a superstar that pushed past boundaries and kind of was, but A.J. Lee is on that

list of women who through the very fast evolution of this WWE's women's division

stuck out to say you can do it differently and you can do it in a way that's relatable

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