AJ Lee bio: net worth 2022, age, height, weight, spouse, children, career, wiki.
April Jeanette Mendez Brooks is a former WWE professional wrestler from America known by her ring name Aj Lee. She continued her writing career after retiring from wrestling. She is currently acclaimed for her beauty, natural wrestling talents and skills, and she is also highly popular on social media, with over 600,000 Instagram followers.
AJ Lee: Profile summary
Birth Name | April Jeanette Mendez |
Celebrated Name | AJ Lee |
Gender | Female |
Main Profession | Author and former professional wrestler |
Citizenship | American |
Birthplace | Union City, New Jersey, United States |
Date of Birth | 19-Mar-87 |
Age as in 2022 | 35 years old |
Height | 1.57 m |
Height(s) Feet | 5 feet and 1 inches |
Height(s) cm | 157 cm |
Weight | 52 kg |
Weight(s) in pound | 114 pounds |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse | CM Punk (m. 2014) |
Daughter and Son | No |
Net Worth | $8 million |
AJ Lee: Biography and Early Life
AJ Lee was born in New York City, and she was born on March 19, 1987. Her mother was Janey Acevedo, and she was a homemaker and later was a home health aide. Her father was Robert Mendez, and was an automotive Engineer. She has two other siblings, and they are of Puerto Rican descent. She also says that her family suffered from poverty, drug addiction as well as mental illness. They had to move between different apartments and many times in motels and cars.
She started watching wrestling due to her brother as he was a big wrestling fan and her biggest inspiration was wrestling superstar Lita. She then graduated from Memorial High School in 2005, and later, she went to Tisch School of the Arts, where she majored in film and television production. But she had to drop from there due to her financial problems. After that, she started working full-time so that she could afford wrestling training.
After some time, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and she suffered from episodes of depression and overdosing too.
AJ Lee: Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement
So, how old is AJ Lee in 2022 and what is her height and weight? Well, AJ Lee’s age is 35 years old as of today’s date 15th June 2022 having been born on 19 March 1987. Though she is 5′ 2″ in feet and inches and 157 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 115 lbs in Pound and 52 kg in Kilograms. Her eye colour is Black and her hair colour is Black.
AJ Lee: Education
AJ Lee went to Memorial High School, and later she went to NYU’s Tisch School of Arts but had to drop out from there due to her financial problems.
AJ Lee: Personal Life- Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids
AJ Lee says that she is a tomboy and is interested in comic books, video games, and anime. She has also tattooed the winning date of her first WWE Divas Championship on herself in tally marks.
On June 13, 2014, AJ Lee got married to fellow wrestler Phil Brooks who goes by his name CM Punk, and currently, they live in Chicago. She is also an advocate for animal welfare and for mental health awareness. She is also the ambassador of many such organizations like ASPCA and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
AJ Lee: Career
From her early childhood, she has had a keen interest in wrestling. Lee’s professional wrestling career was started in 2007 and extended to 2015. She debuted in wrestling on the New Jersey independent circuit. But her career was actually taken off when she signed the contract with WWE in 2009. Shortly thereafter, she won Queen of Florida Championship Wrestling. She had played many memorable matches in SmackDown, RAW and WrestleMania XXX. In 2013, she won her first Divas Championship.
After retiring from the ring, Lee concentrated on writing. She gained popularity as a writer among the young generation. She is the ambassador for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). She also works with the organization’s National Alliance on Mental Illness.
AJ Lee: Net worth
It is estimated that she has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of January 2022.