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Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.

It's time for the weekly flagship, talking current events in pro wrestling.

Jason, did you know that the biggest female professional wrestler of the past 25 years was AJ Lee?

Because I didn't until this last week. No, no. I never saw it that way. I always liked AJ Lee, but I didn't, I didn't see it that way. Yeah, no, and I'm, you know, I don't, facetious is a word, but like you would think from the crowd reaction. Of course, the Chicago, see on Punk territory, big return, opposing obnoxious heel, Beckyy lynch all the pieces were in place got you know like punk gone for so long um people like to be part

of a big return in history and i was there when um but monday you know carried over at first

it was a little worried it didn't seem like she got a big pop skipping out and then it picked up so

you know sometimes crowd micing or or whatever is the thing but yeah she held court and and did her thing um you So, you know, sometimes crowd micing or whatever is the thing. But, yeah, she held court and did her thing. You mentioned, like, you know, kind of have joking, like, you know, oh, she wasn't that big of a deal. But that was kind of my, no, people like, oh, is AJ Lee coming back? And I'm like, I don't know if it's going to be that big of the deal. I mean, she was around from like what, 2011 to 2015, took six months off, was a GM for a while, wasn't really part of the boom period of women's wrestling,

just sort of an influential and transitionary player, not great in the ring, you know, fine.

And so it's like, like what, it just felt like she's being overhyped.

And again, no dishonor, No disrespect to her. But some people

were just like, this would be the biggest thing ever. And I'm watching this. And I'm like,

this is one of the biggest things ever right now, like way bigger than Nikki Ballet coming back.

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