CM Punk’s wife AJ Mendez, f.k.a. AJ Lee, was recently introduced as executive producer and color commentator for WOW: Women of Wrestling. Some fans have pointed out the timing of this news. On a recent episode of My Mom’s Basement with Robbie Fox, Punk discussed if Mendez’s return to pro wrestling was influenced by his return to pro wrestling.
“I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but I think that’s just a happy coincidence,” Punk stated. “I had somebody reach out to me saying, ‘Hey, Jeanie Buss wants to talk to April,’ and I was like, ‘What?’ And April doesn’t know anything about sports. So I took the idea to her, and I was just like, ‘You have to at least take this meeting. Jeannie Buss is the most powerful woman in sports.’ In my mind, I was just doing cartwheels thinking of my wife talking to Jeanie Buss, and I thought that was super cool.
“And they had a great conversation, and Jeanie was just kind of kickstarting WOW. And it really just kind of fit into the stuff that April’s doing, writing, producing. So it really was just an idea presented to her that I think opened her up to ‘oh, sh*t. Yeah, this is actually perfect. I can help the next generation of female wrestlers with the creative side of stuff. I don’t have to get concussed. It’s excellent,’ so it really fit what she’s doing in her wheelhouse, and I’m super stoked she’s doing it.”
