More on AJ Lee’s WWE Retirement

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Since AJ Lee announced her “retirement” from pro wrestling last Friday, the prevailing rumor is that the three-time Divas Champion had left WWE in large part due to the ongoing lawsuit by Dr. Chris Amann against her husband, CM Punk. Dave Meltzer backed up these claims in the recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter, adding that she informed the company of her departure after WrestleMania 31.

That would explain why AJ, who has heat with several names in the locker room and isn’t high on Stephanie McMahon’s list of friends, was booked to win via submission over Divas Champion Nikki Bella that night. The plan was to set her up for a title program with Nikki, but when she announced her retirement it was Naomi that ended up pinning the champ twice in as many weeks.

The idea of using “retirement” as a means to escape the remainder of a contract is one that’s been around for quite some time, and has been the subject of a few controversies within the UFC over the years. What it means is that AJ has sacrificed the ability to work anywhere else even remotely related to pro wrestling until her current WWE contract runs out.

[LionDen]

When does her contract run out. lol I like the way WWE called it a "retirement from in-ring wrestling".

[the madscotsman]

This is all just speculation but it works for the wrestling observer so here goes: A.J is young enough to use this time to have a child and spend a couple of years being a wife and a mother until her contract runs out. After that she can go back to enjoying her work. So good luck to her. As soon as more wrestler's realise that they don't need WWE and that they aren't going to enjoy working for them the better.

[LionDen]

This is all just speculation but it works for the wrestling observer so here goes: A.J is young enough to use this time to have a child and spend a couple of years being a wife and a mother until her contract runs out. After that she can go back to enjoying her work. So good luck to her. As soon as more wrestler's realise that they don't need WWE and that they aren't going to enjoy working for them the better.

WOW, a bit harsh on WWE IMO. I know she is writing a book though. There is a lot more to her "retiring" than we know about. They also forgot she needs time to console and heal Punk after he gets his ass kicked in MMA :shifty: lol

[the madscotsman]

You're probably right Lion. But fuck the WWE.

[muzi]

She sits out her WWE contract and her husband gets a ton of money for signing and fighting at least once (maybe twice) with UFC where she gets the half of it, if they should ever divorce (which they won't - of course - but just said)..so she's settled.point.