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Amid the rumors of AJ Lee's potential return to WWE, Bayley sent a message to the former Divas Champion on social media. The Role Model is currently out of action after being attacked by Becky Lynch before WrestleMania 41.
One of Bayley's earliest mentors in NXT was Lee, who helped several developmental stars before her departure in 2015. She has been linked to a potential WWE return, especially after CM Punk's mind-blowing comeback at Survivor Series: WarGames in November 2023 in Chicago.
In a post on her Instagram Story, Bayley shared the latest comic book co-written by Lee with actress Aimee Garcia called Day of the Dead Girl and published by Magma Comix. The former WWE Women's Champion was elated to have her copy of the comic book about a coroner dealing with a supernatural serial killer.
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"You are so cool @ajmendez," Bayley wrote.
AJ Lee has not confirmed or denied a potential return to WWE. She's seemingly busy with other projects, including a couple of short films in collaboration with Aimee Garcia.
For those unfamiliar with Garcia, she's best known for her roles as Veronica Palmero in George Lopez, Jamie Batista in Dexter, and Ella Lopez in Lucifer.
AJ Lee was instrumental in Bayley's hugger character
Before she was The Role Model, Bayley's gimmick was a hugger, complete with dancing inflatable tube men in her entrance. It was the character that saved her in NXT, allowing her to cement herself as one of the biggest babyfaces in the developmental brand's history.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet earlier this month, Bayley shared how instrumental AJ Lee was to the beginnings of the hugger character.
"It was actually my match with AJ. We were doing something where I literally went to hug, and I was just going to hug her as a fan. And then just me hugging her got a crazy reaction at Full Sail. (...) The next match was they just started chanting like 'Bayley's gonna hug you,' and that was never my thought of being like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a hugger.'" (26:18 - 26:68)
It will be interesting to see if Bayley gets to wrestle AJ Lee if the former WWE star decides to return to the ring.
