WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee recently spoke about what being the title-holder in the Divas division means to her and how her character has developed.
Lee, who is married to former WWE Superstar CM Punk and is a three-time Divas Champion, told Comicbook.com what being the Divas Champion means a lot to her.
"Well for one, I have the date I won it the first time tattooed on the back of my neck," Lee told the site. "I say that because it's not just for the championship itself, but it marked the end of a 14-year, life-long goal to make it in the WWE. It marked the opportunity for me to prove myself as the best woman in the company, despite being everything people think of when it came to their idea of what a woman champion should be in this business."
Lee, whose real name is AJ Mendez, talked about the evolution of her character and compared it to that of characters in comic books.
"It's interesting you know? 'Continuity' isn't something that has always been around in wrestling like it has in comics," she said. "I've gotten really lucky that I've been able to jump from story arc to story arc with the AJ character and really grow her. She started out as someone who was always being taken advantage of that broke her mentally and emotionally, to her breaking out from that with revenge on her mind, then turning evil, and now where she's trying to redeem herself."
She added: "She's bringing all that same crazy and evil, but it's more focused like a laser now. If nobody could stop her when she was all over the place, how is someone going to stop her when she's so focused on winning now? The fact that it's all made sense, and the story behind her has connected so well has helped me be a better performer. I love being able to draw on all her back-story and take it to the next level and I think my fans have caught on to that."
Lee successfully defended her Divas Championship against Paige at Hell in a Cell on Sunday night in Dallas and there are rumors her next defense will be against Nikki Bella at Survivor Series on Nov. 23 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
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