How people inside WWE reacted to AJ Lee's return match

AJ Lee's return to the ring at WWE Wrestlepalooza was a success, both in front of the live audience and behind the scenes. Fightful Select's latest report says that everyone inside the company was quite happy with her performance. It was also said, "People we talked to in WWE thought she did a great job." A lot of people gave Becky Lynch credit for her performance. A well-known WWE figure noted that Lynch has helped a lot of wrestlers get through matches when they haven't been in the ring for a long time, and they think she did a good job.

Lee teamed up with her husband, CM Punk, to beat Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch in a match that was her first in over eleven years. She displayed no signs of ring rust and won the fight for her team by making Becky Lynch tap out to her Black Widow submission hold. The former Divas Champion is not expected to only show up once; she inked a new contract with WWE when she came back on September 5, 2025.

One of the most anticipated matches at Wrestlepalooza was Lee's return to the WWE ring. Before she retired in 2015, the 38-year-old was a fan favorite and one of the most important artists of her time.

During her first time with the organization, she won the WWE Divas Championship three times. One of her reigns lasted a record-breaking 295 days. People knew her for her distinctive personality, which was very different from the conventional "diva" personality of the period. Many people think that her legendary "Pipebombshell" promo, in which she called out the other women on the reality show Total Divas for their roles, was a turning point in the lead-up to the Women's Revolution in WWE.