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#2 AJ Lee left WWE soon after CM Punk
AJ Lee signed with WWE in 2009, and she went on to participate in the third season of WWE NXT. She was paired up with several top superstars during her run on the main roster.
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Lee also won the WWE Divas Championship a total of three times during her WWE career. She married fellow WWE superstar CM Punk in 2014, so she was in a tough spot after he decided to walk away from the company.
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Though Lee could have left WWE and competed elsewhere, she initially remained a WWE superstar. Eventually, she decided to leave WWE in 2015. She retired from the ring so that she could heal from some injuries.
In her memoir Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules, AJ revealed how she "felt caught in the middle" between Punk and WWE following his exit from the company.
Since she left WWE, Mendez has found success as a best-selling author and an advocate of mental heath awareness.
