WWE News: AJ Lee opens up on mental health journey in Raw promo

AJ Lee talked about her mental health journey in her return promo on Raw.

The former Divas Champion appeared on Monday’s show for the first time in over ten years. She talked about her time away, saying after she retired in 2015, she thought she had accomplished everything that she had set out to do in wrestling. During her time off, she focused on other things, but most importantly focused on her mental health.

“I wasn’t healthy, I needed to take care of myself, get right. I went to therapy, I got treatment, and I found a way to turn all this mental chaos into my superpower,” she said. “And man, the fight is not easy, everyday is a fight but let me tell you, if you’re going through the same thing, that fight is worth it, you’re worth it.”

Her promo led to an interruption by Becky Lynch, who wanted her Women’s Intercontinental title that she left in the ring on Friday’s SmackDown. Lee told Lynch that if she wanted it, she could come and get it. This brought out Seth Rollins, who demanded she give Lynch’s belt back. Lee instead suggested a mixed tag team match for Wrestlepalooza on September 20: herself and CM Punk vs. Rollins and Lynch. Rollins balked at the idea and started to threaten Lee when Punk came out and attempted a GTS, only for Rollins to escape and bail. Angry, he agreed to the mixed tag for Wrestlepalooza.

After a week of speculation, Lee made her WWE return on SmackDown last Friday, taking out Lynch who had been a thorn on Punk’s side since costing him the World Heavyweight title at Clash in Paris.

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