CM Punk Comments on Reuniting With AJ Lee in WWE, How They Did It the Right Way

During a recent interview with Complex News, WWE Superstar and World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk spoke about his real-life wife, AJ Lee, making her long-awaited WWE return last year. She returned to the ring in September at Wrestlepalooza, teaming with Punk against the rival power couple team of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch. Below are some highlights:

CM Punk on Being Part of AJ Lee Returning to WWE

“I don’t have the words to explain exactly how enjoyable all that was for me. You know, like I’m her biggest fan. So to have a front row seat literally for her return and you know to to help kind of put it all together behind the scenes and the anticipation like knowing it was going to happen and just knowing like how great it was going to be and what an amazing moment it was going to be. Yeah. Um time of my life 100%. like I selfishly I I want to tag with her more, you know, like it feels like that might have been a one-off, but I don’t know. We’ll have to see.”

On Handling AJ Lee’s Return the Right Way

“Well, I mean, you know, we we we did it properly. We did it the right way. there was there was breadcrumbs to follow and sometimes, you know, doing the obvious thing and giving the fans what they want is the right thing to do.”

CM Punk and AJ Lee successfully picked up the win over Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch at WWE Wrestlepalooza.

If using any of the above quotes, please credit Complex News, with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.