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This week's wrestling news has been dominated by the rumors that CM Punk is set to make his return, more than seven years after he walked away from WWE.
Whilst the news is yet to be confirmed by Punk himself or any other wrestling promotion, it appears that his landing place could be AEW, but it's hard to rule out anything in the wrestling world.
Punk's wife AJ Lee retired from the wrestling business just a year after the former WWE Champion walked away from the company and has since become a successful author.
Lee was one of the best wrestlers in that crop of women and was popular with the WWE Universe. A return is always an option in the wrestling world and since her husband is looking to head back to the squared circle, here are five dream matches that we could see if Lee follows suit.
#5. AJ Lee vs current WWE Superstar Zelina Vega
AJ Lee has been out of the ring for more than six years, but after Lee left WWE back in 2015, Fighting With My Family went into post-production.
AJ Lee was part of the movie since it was Paige's first night on RAW when she won the Divas Championship after interrupting AJ Lee. Interestingly, it was current WWE Superstar Zelina Vega who portrayed Lee in the film and even Lee herself took to Twitter to note what an incredible job Vega was able to do.
At the time that the movie was made, Vega wasn't a WWE Superstar but has since been signed by the company and now performs on the SmackDown brand. Vega has similar characteristics to Lee and their in-ring style is very closely connected as well as the fact that the two women are probably the same size.
The two women could put on a fantastic match and if given the chance could probably have a lengthy, entertaining feud. Vega is also very safe in the ring which means that Lee would be in good hands given that it was a back injury that was one of the reasons why she opted to end her career early.
#4. AJ Lee vs former WWE star Nikki Bella
Nikki Bella is now a WWE Hall of Famer and holds the record as the longest-reigning Divas Champion in WWE history. This was a record that belonged to AJ Lee at the time of her retirement, but Nikki Bella was able to then go on to beat Lee's record 295-day reign the following year.
Throughout her career, AJ Lee and Nikki Bella never saw eye to eye and as part of Lee's acceptance speech when she won the 2014 Diva of the Year Slammy Award, she made it clear that she didn't want Nikki or her sister Brie to pick up the Slammy for Diva of the year the following year.
Brie and Nikki Bella were part of Total Divas whilst Lee remained one of the only women on the roster at the time that wasn't sucked into the Total Divas hype and was often pitted against women who appeared on the show in matches.
Bella and Lee have a lot of frustration between them and this could lead to an interesting match if the WWE Hall of Famer is open to making her return to the company since she is now also retired from the business.
#3. AJ Lee vs current WWE star Alexa Bliss
AJ Lee retired from the company the year before Alexa Bliss was promoted to WWE's main roster. It's unclear if the two women crossed paths outside of the ring in the early years of Bliss' career in NXT, but if they were both still part of the company then they would already have had quite an intense feud.
Both AJ Lee and Alexa Bliss pulled parts of Harley Quinn into their WWE careers in the beginning and are fans of cosplay and superheroes.
The two women have had their struggles in life and have been able to manifest this into an on-screen character. Alexa Bliss has quite a dark persona and has become popular with the WWE Universe as The Fiend's sidekick in recent years.
AJ Lee was able to rise to power in WWE by working alongside male wrestlers and even main evented the show alongside men on numerous occasions. Lee was in feuds with the likes of Kane, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk, which appears to be the same route that Bliss has taken in recent years.
It would be interesting to see the two women go one-on-one.
#2. AJ Lee vs WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon
AJ Lee and Stephanie McMahon had several interactions whilst she was WWE Divas Champion and made it clear that there wasn't a lot of love lost between them.
Later in her career, Lee Tweeted Stephanie McMahon regarding the fact that there is no equal pay between the men and the women in the company. This was off the back of something that McMahon was trying to promote as the Chief Brand Officer for WWE and it was reported that she wasn't impressed that Lee had made her complaint publicly.
McMahon responded to the Tweet politely, but it was made clear that there were some issues between the two women that were not settled at the time that Lee was with the company. McMahon wrestled a match at WrestleMania a few years ago and could be in a position where she could wrestle another match if given the opportunity and the right opponent. Lee herself hasn't been in the ring for six years, but this story could be so compelling that it would be worth making her return.
#1. AJ Lee vs WWE Hall of Famer Lita
It's a match that the WWE Universe had been waiting for throughout AJ Lee's career but it wasn't able to happen.
The Women's Revolution didn't begin until after Lee left the company and Lita then made her return a few years later. When she was younger, Lee was a huge fan of the former Women's Champion and there was even a video online of Lee meeting Lita when she was a teenager.
This match has been Lee's dream match for much of her wrestling career and would be enough of a reason for the former Divas Champion to make her return to WWE. Even though Lee hasn't stepped into the ring for six years, this would give her the motivation to push for a return.
Lita is now a WWE Hall of Famer and has wrestled in several matches over the past few years, the former Women's Champion could be in good shape and is prepared to be part of what would be a huge match for the Women's Division.
