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Training (2007)

Shortly after graduation, Mendes entered a wrestling school which was a mile from her home. To pay for her studies, she worked full time and became an official student in March 2007, debuting six months later as Miss April in an independent wrestling organization in New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Women Superstars Uncensored (2008-2009)

On October 10, Miss April was defeated in her debut battle against the Spiritual Sister Jean. On the same day, she teamed up with Malia Hosaka to become the first WSU team champions with her. They defeated the Spiritual Sisters (Jean and Latasha), but were defeated by Roxy Cotton and Annie Soshiel . As a result, on the same night, she was defeated by Malia Hosaki herself. On February 7, 2009, Miss April teamed up with Brooke Carter and managed to defeat Coton and Sociel and become the WSU Team Champion. Then, they managed to defend their titles in revenge in a month. April 10th participated in the third J-Cup tournament. At the first stage, she defeated Cotton, but was defeated in the second (against Rain). On the same day, April and Jay Letal won the title of “King and Queen of WSU”.

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2009—2011)

Mendes signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment on May 5, 2009, and was sent to the WWE training venue - Florida Championship Wrestling . Mendes made her FCW debut on August 14 under the name April Lee in the Four Fatal Paths battle, where Serena Mancini won. In September 2009, her name was changed to "AJ Lee." She began the fight for the FCW Queen title, and on February 4, 2010 defeated Serena, winning the crown. In the first round of the FCW Diva Championship, Lee defeated Tamina on April 29, but was defeated by Serena in the semifinals on May 20. On June 10, Lee challenged Naomi Knight , then-champion of FCW, but to no avail. In June 2010, she appeared on the Raw home show, acting as a hostess, and then as a ring announcer on the FCW show. The following month, Lee and Serena interrupted Knight during a promo. Lee then watched as Serena attacked Knight, which made her a healer (evil character). Knight continued to hold the FCW title, defeating Lee and Serena in the triple threat match. In the 100th episode of FCW, Lee fought Knight in a double-count match, where their FCW Queen titles (AJ) and FCW champion Div (Naomi) were at stake. On September 2, Lee lost to Knight in a lumberjack match, putting an end to their feud.

On November 18th, she lost the FCW Queen title in a battle against Rosa Mendes. December 16, AJ defeated Naomi, winning the title of champion Div. Thus, she became the first Diva in FCW, which held two titles at the same time. She held the title until April 7, where she lost it to Aksana .

NXT and Strong Chicks (2010–2011)

On August 31, 2010, AJ became a member of NXT , where her pro became Primo . On September 7, AJ made her NXT debut and teamed up with Primo to fight Aksana and her pro Goldast in a mixed match. That same night, she competed in the "Dance Competition" and in "Capture the Flag", but to no avail. The following week, she suffered her first defeat in a match with Primo against Caitlin and Dolph Ziggler . Over the next two weeks, AJ won three contests, and on October 5 at the NXT episode, she and Caitlin had the same number of contests won. Caitlin gained immunity in a poll based on crowd reactions. AJ was excluded from the competition on November 23, despite winning competitions and matches earlier. She returned in the finals, where, together with Bella Twins, she defeated Alicia Fox , Aksana and Maxine. AJ returned as a special guest on February 8, 2011, during the fourth season of the NXT, showing off the merchandise in the “guess the price” contest. She also appeared several times on the NXT in mid-2011.

The main debut of AJ took place on May 27, 2011, on the episode SmackDown , where he and Caitlin (known as “Strong Chicks”) lost to the team of Alicia Fox and Tamina . The duet was accompanied by Natalia , who became their mentor. AJ and Caitlin lost the rematch to Fox and Tamina the following week. Her first victory was on June 10 at SmackDown, where she defeated Tamina in a single match, she repeated her feat on July 8. AJ, Caitlin and Natalya continued to feud with Fox and Tamina, who were also joined by Rosa Mendes.

On August 5, on an episode of SmackDown, AJ lost a single-player match to her former protege Natalia, who declared war on the “Little Merry Princesses”. The following week, AJ and Caitlin lost to Natalya and Beth Phoenix , before which AJ teamed up with Kelly Kelly , defeating Natalya and Fox. AJ returned in the new NXT season as a secret admirer of Hornswoggle . On August 23, returning Maxine attacked AJ, and that same night, AJ lost in a single fight. The next week, Maxine defeated AJ again, but over the next two weeks, AJ defeated Maxine. On October 19, AJ accompanied Caitlin in her fight against Maxine. Caitlin won, putting an end to their feud. Over the next few months, “Strong Chicks” continued to be at odds with the “Divas of Fate”, losing single and team matches. In November, tensions began to build up between Strong Chicks due to Caitlin's frustrations over their repeated defeats to the Divines of Fate.

Different relationships; General Manager Raw (2011—2013)

In November, AJ began a romantic relationship with Daniel Bryan . In December, he managed to become the world champion in heavyweight , and soon he began to show evil traits. Despite the numerous declarations of AJ in love for him, he never personally confessed to her. On January 13, AJ accompanied Brian to defend the title, during which the Big Show accidentally hit her during the take-off run and seriously injured her. February 3 at SmackDown AJ returns and rescues Brian from the Big Show. In March, Brian began mistreating AJ, publicly demanding that she “shut up” and claiming that she was standing in his way. Despite all this, AJ remained with Brian anyway. On 28th WrestleMania , Brian lost the champion title, having missed a beat precisely after the traditional “good luck” AJ kiss. April 6, Brian began to accuse AJ of his defeat, after which he broke off relations with her. Then, AJ began to show interest in WWE champion SM Punk , and Kane . On June 17th, at No Way Out , when Punk, Kane and Brian met in a WWE Championship match, AJ intervened and distracted Kane, thereby helping Punk keep his title. The Punk and Brian feud continued, and AJ was declared a special guest judge in their match at Money in the Bank . On July 9 at RAW, AJ made Punk an offer, after which Brian immediately made an offer to AJ; Punk refused and she slapped both men. At Money in the Bank , Punk successfully defended his title. AJ was left alone, but the next night, July 16, on Raw , Brian again made an offer to AJ, who this time agreed.

During an exchange of vows at the 1000th Raw , AJ announced that Vince McMan had offered her the position of Raw General Manager and left Brian at the altar. Later, AJ scheduled a triple-threat match at SummerSlam : SM Punk vs John Cena vs Big Show . Meanwhile, AJ continued to take revenge on Brian, denying him the match for the WWE title and assigned him a fight with Kane on SummerSlam . October 22 at RAW AJ was removed from the post of General Manager of RAW, due to allegations of a romantic relationship with John Cena. Later, Vicki Guerrero allegedly showed evidence of John and AJ's relationship: a photo from a business dinner, a video of AJ coming into Sina's room in a hotel, etc. On the Survivor Series , AJ tried to show “incriminating evidence” on Vicki Guerrero, but was attacked returned by Tamina Snuka. In the next episode, Raw , John and AJ passionately kissed each other, giving Wicky and Dolph only more advantages. November 26 on Raw , AJ kissed Sina after his match with Ziggler, which marked the beginning of their relationship. On December 3rd at Raw , AJ defeated Tamina in a single player match.

On December 16th at the TLC , AJ made a hill turn after interfering in a match between John Cena and Dolph Ziggler. Helping Ziggler, AJ pushed John down the stairs. The next night, at the presentation of the award, Slamy AJ won the “Kiss of the Year” nomination with John Cina, and the award went to give Vikki Guerrero. However, AJ and Wicca began to argue, after which Ziggler came and began to calm them. AJ kissed Dolph right in front of Wicca, which finally made her a healer and made it possible to start a relationship with Dolph. In the main event, AJ teamed up with Ziggler against Sina and Guerrero. John and Wicky won, but Big Y Langston intervened after the match and attacked Sina on the orders of AJ. On March 25th on Raw , AJ overheard the current Champion Div Caitlin during her conversation with Kane and Daniel Brian, and after Caitlin called AJ nuts, Lee attacked her and hit her head on the sink. That night, AJ defeated Caitlin through the countdown. Caitlin tried to hold the victorious harpoon AJ but missed, and flew her head into the fence. On April 7th at the 29th WrestleMania , Dolph and Big E lost in the match for the WWE Team Championship.

WWE Div Champion (2013—2015)

April 22 at Raw , AJ won the Battle Royale Div, becoming No. 1 challenger for the Div Championship. June 16 at PPV WWE Payback defeated Caitlin and became the new champion among Div. The following night, Lee celebrated her victory on Raw , but was interrupted by Stephanie McMan and then attacked by Caitlin. At PPV Money in the Bank , AJ successfully defended her div title against Caitlin. That same night, Lee cost Zigler the world heavyweight title. When Lee felt that her boyfriend was in danger, she prematurely climbed into the ring and hit Del Rio with her belt right in front of the referee, which led to disqualification. The next night on Raw , Ziggler broke off his relationship with AJ. Wanting revenge during the match between Del Rio and Ziggler, Lee went to the timekeeper table and rang the gong to distract Dolph. Having insulted him, AJ attacked Ziggler, after which Big Y Langston came and led Dolph Big Ending . On SmackDown on August 9, AJ and Big And Langston took part in Miz TV, during the conversation they were interrupted by Dolph Ziggler and Caitlin, and then Miz scheduled a match for SummerSlam (as he will be the lead of SummerSlam): Dolph Ziggler and Caitlin vs. Hey Jay Lee and Big And Langston. At SummerSlam (2013), Dolph Ziggler and Caitlin defeated Big And Langston and AJ.

On August 26th on Raw , after Bree Bella defeated Natalya, came out AJ and performed the 'pipebomb', AJ stated that she was the only diva who worked hard in order to be where she is now. At PPV Night of Champions (2013), AJ defeated Bree Bella, Natalia and Naomi. On September 30, a female match was scheduled for RAW on RAW, in which champion Div - AJ will defend her title from Bree Bella , and Nikki Bella and Eva Marie will stand in the corner of Bree. At PPV Battleground (2013), AJ defeated Bree Bella. On October 21, RAW was scheduled for a Hell in a Cell rematch between AJ and Bree Bella for the Div title. At Hell in a Cell (2013), AJ defeated Bree Bella. On November 18, a women's match of the “Singing Chairs” type ( Rus . Divas Musical Chairs ) between Natalya , Naomi , Summer Rey, Cameron , Jo-Jo, Eva Marie , Alisha Fox , Aksana , Bella Twins ( Bree and Nikki Bella ) Rosa Mendes and Caitlin . The first flew Natalia, the second - Alisha Fox. After that, a massive fight of divas began, the winners of which were Total Divas. After that, it was announced that a 7x7 team match will be held at the Survivor Series between Total Divas (participants in the Total Divas show) (Natalya (captain), Funkodaktelshy (Naomi and Cameron, Twins Bella (Nikki Bella and Bree Bella), Eva Marie and Joe Joe vs. WWE Div (AJ (captain), Tamins , Caitlin, Roses Mendes, Alisha Fox, Aksana and Sammer Ray.) At the PPV Survivor Series (2013), the Total Divas team defeated simple Divs. At the next Raw, there was such a fight in which Total Divas won again, at PPV Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013) AJ, defeated Natalya with with her pain finisher, AJ defeated Cameron at the Elimination Chamber (2014) on March 24 at RAW SmackDown Arena general manager Vicki Guerrero called AJ “a bitch” and announced that a 14-sided women's match for WWE div wrestling title will be held at WrestleMania XXX and it will be called “Invitation to Vicki Guerrero.” At WrestleMania XXX, AJ defeated the remaining thirteen divas. At the next Raw AJ accepted Paige's challenge for the championship match and lost. AJ has the longest rhine among all divs, she held the title for 295 days.

On June 30, AJ Lee unexpectedly returned to Raw. She offered Paige a rematch for the title of Champion Div. Paige agreed and lost the title. ^[7] At the PPV Battleground, AJ Lee beat Paige in the Diva Champion title match. ^[8] . On July 21, Raw attacked AJ and thereby committed a hill turn ^[9] , resulting in an AJ injury ^[10] . On August 17 at SummerSlam, AJ lost the title to div div Paige ^[11] . On Raw on September 1, Stephanie McMan announced Nikki Bella a new challenger for the title, but was interrupted by AJ Lee, who reminded Stephanie of her possible rematch. On SmackDown! On September 5, Stephanie McMan announced that the Triple Threat match will be held at the PPV Night of Champions between Page, AJ and Nikki Bella for the Champion’s Division title. At Night of Champions in a three-way match with Nikki Bella, AJ managed to win the championship title for the third time in her career, repeating the achievement of Yves Torres ^[12] . The feud between AJ ended after the Hell in a Cell show, on which AJ managed to keep the championship title ^[13] . At the PPV Survivor Series (2014), Nikki Bella defeated AJ and became the new WWE Div Champ ^[14] with Bree Bella, who kissed AJ at the start of the match. In a rematch on TLC (2014), Nikki was again able to defeat AJ and again with Bree Bella.

AJ returned to RAW on March 2 where Paige helped fight off the Bell Twins. March 5th at SmackDown! AJ Lee defeated Bree Bell after Page did not allow Nikki Bell to interfere in the fight. At WrestleMania, 31 AJ and Page defeated the Twins Bell.

On April 3, 2015, WWE announced that AJ had left the company ^[15] .

Since June 13, 2014, AJ has been married to wrestler SM Punk , whom she met 9 months before their wedding ^{[16] [17]} .

Mendez is a huge fan of Chuck Norris , her favorite show, Cool Walker: Texas Justice . She actively supports the animal welfare society, and even took several dogs from there. April has a closet in which she keeps her collection of Chuck Taylor All-Stars sneakers. Her favorite colors are all the colors of the rainbow and green. Her close friend is former WWE diva Caitlin .

Mendez was fascinated by comic books in the fourth grade, they fill her with creativity and help in life. Her favorite X-Men comic book series is followed by Spider-Man and Fantastic Four . She prefers the characterization of a “badass girl” (in particular, Jean Gray , whom she especially loves). Also her favorite character is psycho Harley Quinn . Since childhood, she was a fan of professional wrestling. Her favorite diva was Lita . April loves video games, and was the first woman ever to win the WWE's THQ Superstar Challenge at Wrestlemania XXVIII Axxess, defeating Mark Henry, and surpassing 16 people. April has a tattoo on the back of her head, where the date is stamped when she won her first div title - “6-16-13.”

Crown tricks

• Black Widow (Octopus Hold) ^[18] - 2009-2015;
• Shining Wizard ^[2] - 2010-2012; uses as a favorite trick from 2013-2015
• Shiranui - 2008-2015 ^[2]
• Wheelbarrow bulldog - 2010; after that uses as a favorite.

Favorite tricks

• Diving crossbody;
• Dropkik , sometimes holds a reception on a seated opponent
• Drop toe-hold;
• Bridging backhammer;
• Headscissors;
• Hurricanrana, sometimes holds a reception on an approaching enemy
• Missile dropkick ;
• Monkey flip, sometimes makes a reception from the corner
• Multiple arm drags;
• Multiple neckbreakers;
• Roll-up, sometimes makes a reception from the corner
• Sleeper hold, sometimes with bodyscissors - borrowed from Dolph Siggler
• Spinning heel kick

Caitlin

• Aided splash;
• Corner clothesline (AJ) / Backbreaker (Caitlin)

Managers

• Primo
• Natalya
• Caitlin
• Daniel Brian ^[19]
• Big And Langston

She was the manager of the following wrestlers

• Caitlin ^[20]
• Daniel Brian
• Dolph Siggler ^[21]
• Big And Langston

Nicknames

• The Black Widow
• Crazy Chick
• Goddess of the Nerds (born Geek Goddess) ^[22]

Music Themes

• Feelin 'Ya by Jim Johnston (FCW)
• “Oh Puerto Rico” performed by Vinny and Ray with vocals by Marlyn Jiménez and composed by Jim Johnston (with Primo)
• “Right Now” by Jim Johnston and performed by Tyler Van den Berg (June, 2011-September, 2011)
• “Let's Light It Up” by Jim Johnston and performed by Kari Kimmel (October 2011-April 2015)

• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Champion among divas (1 time) ^[23]
  • Queen FCW (1 time) ^[24]
• Pro wrestling illustrated
  • PWI Woman of the Year (2012–2014) ^{[25] [26]}
  • No. 2 on the list of 50 best wrestler girls of 2014 ^[27]
• Women Superstars Uncensored
  • WSU champion in team battles (1 time) - together with Brooke Carter ^[6]
  • The King and Queen of WSU / NWS - with Jay Lital ^[6]
• Wrestling observer newsletter
  • Worst match of the year (2013) Total Divas (Natalya, Naomi, Cameron, Nikki Bella, Bree Bella, Eva Marie and Jo-Jo) vs Real Divas (AJ, Tamins, Caitlin, Roses Mendes, Alisha Fox, Aksana and Sammer Ray) November 24 ^[28]
• World wrestling entertainment
  • Champion div WWE ( 3 times )
  • Slammy Award 2012 - Diva of the Year
  • Slammy Award 2012 - Kiss of the Year (with John Cena )
  • Slammy Award 2014 - Diva of the Year

• Profile AJ on WWE .com
• AJ Profile at Online World of Wrestling
• Glory Wrestling Profile