April Jeanette Mendez

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1987-03-18 (37 years old)

Place of Birth Union City, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As AJ, AJ Lee, April Lee, April Jeanette, April Mendez, AJ Mendez, A.J. Mendez, A.J. Brooks, A.J Lee, A.J. Lee, AJ Brooks, A.J Brooks, A.J Mendez, AJ Punk, A.J Punk, A.J. Punk, AJ Cena, A.J Cena, A.J. Cena

April Jeanette Mendez

Biography

April Jeanette Mendez (or better known by her ring name: AJ Lee) is an American professional wrestler. She works for WWEunder the ring name AJ Lee, where she is the current WWE Divas Champion. Before signing with WWE, Mendez performed for several Northeast-based independent promotions as Miss April, including Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she held the WSU Tag Team Championship once. After signing with the WWE in 2009, AJ was part of the third season of NXT in 2010, placing third in the competition. In 2012, after being involved in several relationships with wrestlers feuding over the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship (CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, John Cena and Kane) while also becoming Raw General Manager for almost three months, AJ was named WWE's "Diva of the Year". At the Payback pay-per-view in June 2013, Lee won her first WWE Divas Championship by defeating her former best friend Kaitlyn. A self-professed "nerd" and a "tomboy". WWE adapted Mendez's comics and video game fandom to her on-screen character, endorsing her as different from the typical women in the WWE and promoting her as the "Geek Goddess".

Known For

Actor

2022
WWE This Is Awesome

as AJ Lee (archive footage)

2019
Rabid

as Kira

2016
The Evolution of Punk

as April Brooks

2015
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
WWE Payback 2013

as A.J. Lee

2013
WWE WrestleMania 29

as A.J. Lee (Valet)

2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013

as A.J. Lee (Ringside)

2013
2012
2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012

as A.J. Lee (Raw G.M.)

2012
WWE No Way Out 2012

as A.J. Lee (Ringside)

2012
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII

as A.J. Lee (Valet)

2012
2012
WWE Main Event

as AJ Lee

2010
WWE NXT

as AJ

2008
FCW

as AJ Lee

2000
1999
WWE SmackDown

as AJ Lee

1999
1993
WWE Raw

as AJ (archive footage)

1993
WWE Raw

as AJ Lee

1993
WWE Raw

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Girlfriend (voice)

Writer

2022