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>Although her husband had left the company in January of 2014, Mendez
continued to wrestle for WWE until April of 2015, when she retired.
>”He was always very insistent that I join him, but I just couldn’t do that. I had invested a lot of time and effort into my role as AJ Lee and I didn’t want to lose all that progress. He would always, like, obsess about his future plans. ‘I’m going to show them what a real champion looks like. When I’m on top of the UFC they’ll realize what a mistake they made.’ At first I would encourage him, but after a few months I kinda threw myself into my own work so I had something else to focus on. I felt split between my man and my dream job. But I love him and always will.”
continued to wrestle for WWE until April of 2015, when she retired.
>”He was always very insistent that I join him, but I just couldn’t do that. I had invested a lot of time and effort into my role as AJ Lee and I didn’t want to lose all that progress. He would always, like, obsess about his future plans. ‘I’m going to show them what a real champion looks like. When I’m on top of the UFC they’ll realize what a mistake they made.’ At first I would encourage him, but after a few months I kinda threw myself into my own work so I had something else to focus on. I felt split between my man and my dream job. But I love him and always will.”
