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CM Punk and AJ Mendez

CM Punk is set to return to the ring after more than seven years at AEW All Out when he takes on Darby Allin. Ahead of his return to the squared circle, Punk was a guest on Moose & Maggie where he was asked about the possibility of his wife AJ Mendez, fka AJ Lee, also returning to the ring.

One more sleep.

— player/coach (@CMPunk) September 5, 2021

Punk said that while he would love to see Lee back in the squared circle, it was unlikely because of both her successful career outside of wrestling as well as her "bad neck":

"I would love to see it. I get asked that question every single time I do an interview and I love it. I absolutely love it. I don’t (think she wants to do it), because she’s a teeny tiny person and she has a bad neck. I think the shelf life for females in wrestling, wrestling a full schedule, is a lot shorter, it’s a lot smaller then men. And I think she’s so focused on what she’s doing now, writing screenplays. She’s working on a million different projects, being pulled in so many directions. I think she would probably, maybe be receptive to the idea of coming back, but that can’t even enter her vocabulary right now. She’s so focused on the movie scripts and TV adaptation of a book she’s working on," said CM Punk. H/T: WrestlingINC

Tune in to AEW All Out later tonight to see CM Punk make his long-awaited return to the ring.