Past and Present WWE Stars and Divas React to AJ Lee’s Retirement

On Friday, April 3, WWE announced that three-time Divas Champion AJ Lee parted ways with the company, retiring from in-ring competition within WWE. Her last match was on the March 30 showing of “Monday Night Raw,” where she was involved in a six-Diva tag match in which her team picked up the victory. The night prior, at WrestleMania 31, AJ Lee teamed up with Paige to defeat The Bella Twins. It would be AJ Lee, utilizing her “Black Widow,” who scored the submission victory.

Following the news, a number of past and present WWE employees commented on AJ Lee’s sudden retirement from WWE.

Nikki and Brie Bella, The Bella Twins, praised the longest-reigning Divas Champion in WWE history:

httpss://twitter.com/BellaTwins/status/584168702561517568

Fellow WWE Diva Cameron also paid respects to AJ for working her first televised singles and title matches:

httpss://twitter.com/WWECameron/status/584199800070868992

Former WWE Diva Kaitlyn, a good friend of AJ, made light of the situation:

httpss://twitter.com/CelesteBonin/status/584156568662441985

WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Mick Foley congratulated and thanked AJ Lee for her success in WWE:

httpss://twitter.com/JRsBBQ/status/584179130993774592

httpss://twitter.com/realmickfoley/status/584115638135820290

AJ Lee’s husband, former WWE star, now UFC fighter CM Punk, also took to Twitter to comment on the situation, keeping it brief:

httpss://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/584128460945133568

Editor’s Note

You can certainly tell AJ Lee was well-liked by her peers. Even The Bella Twins, who some fans thought had heat with AJ, wished her all the best.