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It's been more than three years since AJ Lee hung up her Chuck Taylors and left us all without our favorite "crazy chick" to watch skip down the ramp each week. While the circumstances surrounding her sudden departure have been questioned and debated since the day she left, not much is said about her relationships with her co-workers within the WWE.
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Known for being a bit of a loner who stuck to herself a lot, AJ definitely made some great friends during her time in the company. So let's look at 4 friendships AJ has maintained since leaving the WWE
#1 Paige
Everyone's favorite on-screen "frienemies" became fast friends in real life. AJ has long sung Paige's praises and vice versa. In the days since her WWE departure, AJ has maintained a good friendship with "the freak to her geek".
Meeting up at least once that we know of, several cute Twitter exchanges, and perhaps most importantly, Paige (listed as her real name of Saraya) was among those AJ thanked in her 2017 memoir "Crazy Is My SuperPower: How I Triumphed By Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, And Breaking The Rules", calling her one of her "amazing partners-in-crime along the way". AJ even sent her well wishes to Paige upon her own retirement from in-ring competition earlier this year.
#2. Big E
When Big E made his main roster debut in 2012, he was as the muscle behind then power couple AJ Lee & Dolph Ziggler. AJ and Big E became very good friends backstage as well, something that has not changed since AJ's been gone from WWE.
It's been no secret that whenever WWE rolls through Chicago, Big E, or as AJ calls him, "her son", typically stops by to visit AJ and husband CM Punk. This includes surprising her at one of her book signings last year. There was a bit of a stir caused in 2015 when Big E tweeted his seeming displeasure at Nikki Bella beating AJ's Divas Title Reign record. Now that's loyalty!
#3. Bayley
Bayley has never been shy about her admiration of AJ. And AJ has never hesitated to show her support & pride for the Huggable One. Though they only got to wrestle one official match when AJ came to NXT and faced Bayley for the Divas Championship, the pair always maintained a friendship. AJ even wore Bayley's shirt on what turned out to be her last day with the company, the RAW after Wrestlemania 30.
Since she's been away from the company AJ and Bayley have clearly maintained their friendship, with AJ even stopping by to visit Bayley while on a stop on her book tour in 2017.
#4. Kaitlyn
These two were fast friends while coming up together. AJ was Kaitlyn's try-out match as well as her last match (until her return at this year's Mae Young Classic), and the two formed The Chickbusters who would debut as best friends and quickly dissolve into on-screen mortal enemies.
They had one of the longest and best rivalries in the history of the then Divas Division. Outside the ring, these two were always super close. Kaitlyn even went with AJ to get her infamous tally mark tattoo of the date she first won the Divas Championship - even though it was Kaitlyn who AJ beat to accomplish this feat! They have frequently gotten together in recent times including a surprise birthday visit when CM Punk flew Kaitlyn in to visit his wife. Like Paige, Kaitlyn was also listed among her partners-in-crime in the thank you section of AJ's book.
