April Jeanette Mendez
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April Jeanette Mendez

April Jeanette Mendez

March 18, 1987 — Union City, New Jersey, USA

April Jeanette Mendez (or better known by her ring name: AJ Lee) is an American professional wrestler. She works for WWEunder the ring name AJ Lee, where she is the current WWE Divas Champion. Before signing with WWE, Mendez performed for several Northeast-based independent promotions as Miss April, including Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she held the WSU Tag Team Championship once. After signing with the WWE in 2009, AJ was part of the third season of NXT in 2010, placing third in the competition. In 2012, after being involved in several relationships with wrestlers feuding over the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship (CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, John Cena and Kane) while also becoming Raw General Manager for almost three months, AJ was named WWE's "Diva of the Year". At the Payback pay-per-view in June 2013, Lee won her first WWE Divas Championship by defeating her former best friend Kaitlyn. A self-professed "nerd" and a "tomboy". WWE adapted Mendez's comics and video game fandom to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess".

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery

2014

WWE Raw

WWE Raw

1993

WWE SmackDown

WWE SmackDown

1999

WWE NXT

WWE NXT

2010

WWE WrestleMania XXX

WWE WrestleMania XXX

2014

WWE Main Event

WWE Main Event

2012

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

2013

WWE Hell In A Cell 2014

WWE Hell In A Cell 2014

2014