Vanessa Cults

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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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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