AJ Lee gives a common answer to the ‘will you return to WWE?’ question

When retired, semi-retired, and part-time pro wrestlers are asked about returning to the ring, they usually offer some version of “never say never”. There’s a version of that in April “AJ Lee” Mendez’s answer when Cheryl Strayed asks “what’s next in your wrestling career?” toward the end of Mendez’s appearance on iHeart Women’s Sports’ Mind Over Mountain podcast. She mixes that into a more writerly answer about wanting the right story for her next run. It seems like an answer we’re used to hearing from big-time actors when they’re asked about returning to an old role in a big franchise. The former Divas and Women’s Intercontinental champ isn’t the first wrestling star to mention it, so we may start hearing it more and more. Anyway, AJ said: “We’ll see. There was a piece of me where I was just like, ‘I just need a little time.’ When I did, I was like, ‘I’m still kind of killing it.’ I’m confident in what I can bring, but I feel like I’m also story-driven. “If there is a story there, tha