Backstage reaction to AJ Lee teaming up with Stephanie McMahon after 10-year controversy

AJ Lee recently appeared on Stephanie McMahon's podcast. New details have come to light about the behind-the-scenes reaction to this collaboration.

AJ Lee's first run in WWE lasted from 2009 to 2015. During that time, she was embroiled in controversy when she called out Stephanie McMahon and WWE for women receiving a fraction of the screen time and salaries of their male counterparts, despite record merchandise sales. Although it's been ten years since that incident, AJ recently appeared on Stephanie's podcast, surprising many.

According to reports from Fighting selectionvarious wwe The talent were surprised that AJ appeared on Stephanie McMahon's podcast, as they expected the topic to be buried in the past.

AJ Lee revealed why he wanted to be a part of the WarGames match

AJ Lee made her return to WWE a few weeks ago to help her husband, CM Punk, in his feud against Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. She also played a role in Becky losing the Intercontinental Women's Championship to Maxxine Dupri. After that, she agreed to join Rhea Ripley's team for the Women's WarGames match at Survivor Series 2025. This will be AJ's first time inside the steel structure.

During a recent appearance on What's Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon, AJ revealed that she is part of an era where women competed in short matches. Therefore, he wants to throw himself into the deep and compete in longer bouts.

“Yeah, so I thought because I was in a generation where we had a seven-minute max, I thought I'd just jump in at the end and do 30-minute matches and screw WarGames cage matches. I'll get back into things,” he said.

It will be interesting to see how AJ works within WarGames.