Vanessa Cults
From Iwe
Vanessa Cults | ||
Birth name | Vanessa Jeanette Mendez | |
Born | March 19, 1987 (age 27) ppUnion City, New Jersey[[ | |
Residence | Tampa, Florida | |
Partner | CM Punk (m. 2014) | |
Professional wrestling career | ||
Ring name(s) | AJ AJ Lee April Lee Miss April | |
Billed height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |
Billed weight | 107 lb (49 kg) | |
Born | March 19, 1987 (age 25) Union City, New Jersey | |
Billed from | Union City, New Jersey | |
Trained by | Jay Lethal | |
Debut | September 29, 2007 |
Vanessa Jeanette Mendez (Vanessa Cults) (born March 19, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. signed to IWE under the ring name AJ Lee. She is a former two-time IWE Divas Champion and holds the longest reign in the title's history at 295 days.
Cults began her career performing on the New Jersey independent circuit as Miss April, mostly in Women Superstars Uncensored. After joining IWE in 2009, she spent two years in its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, and took part in the third season of NXT in 2010, placing third in the competition. In 2012, after being involved in several on-screen relationships with wrestlers feuding over the IWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship, while also serving as Raw General Manager for three months, AJ was named IWE's "Diva of the Year". In June 2013, AJ captured her first IWE Divas Championship by defeating Kaitlyn.
Contents |
[edit] Early life
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career (2007–2009)
[edit] International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE
[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2011)
[edit] NXT and teaming with Kaitlyn (2010–2011)
[edit] Various relationships and Raw General Manager (2011–2013)
[edit] Divas Champion and retirement (2013–2015)
[edit] Personal life
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #48 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2011
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- IWE Divas Championship (3 time)
- Slammy Award for Diva of the Year (2012)
- Slammy Award for Best Kiss of the Year (2012) - with Dustin Simpson