AJ Lee WWE Return: 4 Major Mistakes WWE Must Avoid with AJ in 2025

4 Booking Decisions WWE Must Avoid with AJ Lee WWE Return

Rumors about AJ Lee WWE return have taken the wrestling world by storm, especially with AJ Lee’s name associated with a possible storyline with CM Punk, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins. Fans are out of their minds with excitement, but there are still fears that WWE will mess this up for AJ Lee’s return similar to their treatment of other returning stars in the past.

Here are four booking mistakes WWE should avoid that would make AJ Lee WWE return feel special and important.

Ready for the CM Punk & AJ Lee reunion.

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— Finesse (@ProWFinesse) September 2, 2025

1. Don’t Bring Back Her Old Character

AJ Lee’s crazy character used to make her stand out in WWE’s women’s division. But now, with better stories and more complex rivalries, that old act would feel old.

If the rumors are true about her facing Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins, WWE needs to show AJ as someone who has grown, not someone living in the past. For people to believe in her as a current star, she needs a new and improved character.

2. Restrict Her Schedule and Not Make It Full-Time

There is a buzz around the wrestling arena that AJ Lee might co-operate with CM Punk in a mixed tag team match against Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, maybe at WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025. Following that, it might be a flare-up of the super A.J.Lee vs B.Lynch fight for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.

On the contrary, making AJ a full-time performer would take away the power of her impact. It is up to WWE to follow the same special attraction women scenario part-time, wisely booked, and only in significant matches. In this manner, every appearance feels special and brings forth the feeling of waiting.

3. Don’t Instead Make Her An Authority Figure

WWE has a tradition of turning a person returning to the company into a General Manager type or authority figure. But fans have really seen how quickly those roles dry up nearly, as Paige’s role as GM of SmackDown proved.

Ultimately, the biggest value in AJ Lee is her character’s storylines and in-ring matches as opposed to authority figure type roles. An office-type role would waste her value and miss the opportunity to turn her into a character that fans would want to see compete in epic rivalries.

4. Her First Match Back Cannot Be a Loss

Booking is everything. WWE cannot afford to have AJ Lee lose her first match back in almost a decade.

While Rollins and Lynch are one of the strongest couples in WWE history and can lose in their first match back without damaging their legacy, AJ’s return momentum will come to an immediate halt if she loses on Day 1.

The best option? AJ Lee and CM Punk winning their first match back together, which only propels their return, and also sets the table for larger rivalries to be set up in the months to come.

If AJ Lee WWE return, it could be huge. But WWE needs to make sure they don’t screw things up by: bringing back her old character, having her wrestle all the time, making her just an authority figure, or letting her lose her first match back.

If they do it right, AJ Lee’s return could make the Women’s Division way more interesting and lead to some great stories with people like Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk.