As we all know by now, in June 2014, former WWE Superstars CM Punk and AJ Lee tied the knot in a ceremony that was about as private as can be. Well for the first time, a picture has surfaced from the day of the affair, and you can see it here.
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Punk, however, isnโt happy about it.
Shortly after the photo hit social media, the former WWE Superstar angrily went on his Twitter account to let fans know that he would block anyone who re-tweeted a certain picture (the tweet was quickly deleted).
โTweet that pic and I block you. Simple. And I block you because I canโt punch you in your disrespectful fucking face. Pigs,โ wrote Punk.
The couple got married on June 13, 2014, according to a claim that originated that day on Reddit.com and was described by PWInsider.com as a small, private affair.
Rumors of their nuptials originated on social media three days prior when a Twitter user going by the name Courtney Santos said she had processed Punk and Leeโs marriage license. Reddit user MetsFan4Ever, a verified WWE insider who has leaked multiple WWE scripts and broke news of JTGโs release from the company, broke news of the marriage.
โCM Punk who was engaged to AJ Lee were officially married this afternoon,โ he wrote. โPunk and AJ loved the idea of having their wedding on Friday the 13th.โ
The newly weds spent their honeymoon in Hawaii and were photographed jogging together by paparazzi on June 23, 2014.
The couple currently resides in Punkโs hometown of Chicago, Illinois.
It is one of the most surreal moments in the history of a wrestler meeting somebody they were a fan of considering the personal lives of WWE Hall of Famer Amy โLitaโ Dumas and former WWE Diva AJ Lee. The fact that there is footage of their encounter (courtesy of WWE) makes it all the more surreal.
In the summer of 2001, Lita was riding high in what was then called the World Wrestling Federation while AJ, who was 13-years-old at the time, was in tears as she met her hero in person. She got Lita to sign her copy of the sports-entertainment organizationโs recently-released bio cassette tape on her, Lita โ It Just Feels Right, and even received a hug during the encounter. A cameraman then focused on AJ, who was sporting a Lita t-shirt, and had tears of joy on her face. My how times have changed, huh?
As members of the WWE Universe know by now, AJ married CM Punk in June 2014. Whatโs noteworthy about that is that The Straight Edge Superstar had previously dated Lita. In fact, Lita was Punkโs girlfriend from 2012 to 2013 and even his date to the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. They split up a few months after the event, Punk began dating AJ, and now theyโre husband and wife.
All three grappling superstars are private people, so none of them have publicly said anything concerning this odd triangle. A former backstage worker for WWE, however, shed some light on it.
News of AJโs marriage to Punk was immediately broken on Reddit.com by this former backstage worker, MetsFan4Ever, a verified WWE insider who has produced evidence of his past ties to the Stamford, Connecticut-based wrestling organization. After breaking news of their wedding, he revealed that Punk courted AJ while he was dating Lita.
โLita would be off somewhere else in the building and Punk would be talking to AJ,โ MetsFan4Ever said, while also noting that Lita attended most WWE events when she was in a relationship with Punk. โI thought it was kind of odd at the time.โ
MetsFan4Ever continued, โI think a lot went on when Lita would be sitting by herself and he was chatting with AJ. A lot went down at the arena.โ
On April 5, 2014, Lita took her rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame (alongside fellow inductees Ultimate Warrior, Razor Ramon, Jake โThe Snakeโ Roberts, Carlos Colon and Mr. T). However, the WWE insider says that Litaโs enshrinement would not have happened had Punk not bolted from WWE weeks earlier.
โIf Punk was there it would not have happened. Thatโs all I know. Their breakup and dating AJ would not have sat well with all 3 parties. It would have been even more uncomfortable for Lita,โ MetsFan4Ever said โ WWEโs official announcement was made exactly two weeks after Punk informed Vince McMahon he was โgoing home.โ
This romance triangle has also been a source of comedy within the sports-entertainment organization.
In November 2013, a crass cartoon drawing based on the infamous footage of a young AJ breaking down while meeting Lita surfaced online. Noting AJโs desire to be like her Diva hero when she grows up, the cartoon pokes fun at her romantic relationship with Litaโs ex-boyfriend.
Widely attainable on social media, the cartoon of AJ in bed with Punk, according to F4WOnline.com, became a big hit in the WWE locker room.
In light of news of Alberto Del Rio being released by WWE on Thursday โdue to unprofessional conduct and an altercation with an employee,โ it has been disclosed that Divas Champion AJ Lee was almost fired last year for similar behavior.
During filming of WWEโs Tribute to the Troops event on December 11, 2013 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Pierce County, Washington., Leeโs relationship with CM Punk became a story when the WWE Diva confronted NBC Sports personality Michelle Beadle after Beadle had spoken to him. Beadle and Punk had been acquainted long before Leeโs relationship with Punk began.
As Beadle wrote on Twitter on December 15, 2013, โIโve known CM Punk for years. Considered him a friend. When I saw him at the arena, I said โhey f&$?faceโ. The exact same way I talk to everyone. His girlfriend was no where near this. And I kept walking along with my assistant and two members of WWE PR. Next thing I know, Iโm being yelled at.โ
The person yelling at Beadle was Lee. The NBC presenter continued, โI honestly thought it was a joke. Period. The event went on and it was amazing. So I hope we can move on from this ridiculously lame โstory.โ As for the crazies, BLOCKED! And Happy freaking Holidays!!!โ
Shortly after WWE announced that Del Rio was let go โdue to unprofessional conduct and an altercation with an employee,โ Ring of Honor founder and RF Video owner Rob Feinstein claimed that Del Rio slapped a member of WWEโs social media team at a television taping this week. This claim was backed up by both F4WOnline.com and PWInsider.com. Then, as members of the F4WOnline.com message board were discussing Del Rioโs termination and speculating which WWE employee was on the receiving end of his slap, Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer remarked โCody Barbierri.โ
On LinkedIn and Twitter, Barbierri identifies himself as WWEโs manager of social media live events. Though not identified by name, F4WOnline.comโs updated story on Del Rioโs termination says the altercation involved the companyโs social media manager. According to the website, WWEโs social media manager was supposedly asked to wipe his plate clean following a meal in catering. He allegedly joked that it was Del Rioโs job to clean the plate, which could be perceived as racist by Hispanic people. Del Rio was informed of the comment, and confronted him. The individual did not apologize for his remark and then smiled at him. Fuming, Del Rio slapped him.
Meltzer addressed the matter again on the F4WOnline.com message board in response to a user comparing it to Leeโs outburst at Beadle. He revealed that WWE officials had decided to terminate her contract over her unprofessional conduct, but were overruled by Vince McMahon.
โA.J. wasnโt safe at all,โ Meltzer wrote. โThere was a reason she wasnโt fired and it had nothing to do with Punk being her boyfriend nor how good a performer she was, although her star power did play into it.โ
He continued, โThe decision was made to fire her but Vince overruled it because he saw the big picture. Itโs very complicated, but in that issue, Vince was savvy way beyond those underneath him and saw what would happen long-term and made the big picture smart call. If that happened now, the situation would be the same and she wouldnโt be fired for the same reason. Her being fired for that specific incident would have caused a chain of events to happen next that Vince thought would do the company more harm than good. There is no guarantee he was right in how he thought it would play out but it was far more foresight than is usually exhibited in these situations.โ
One month later, in his final interview before leaving WWE, Punk offered his take on the situation to MMA reporter Ariel Helwani: โA bunch of horseshit. I donโt know what a lie was. I thought me and Beadle were pals. She had this group of women and they walked past me and she said some disrespectful shit and I was just like โwhoaโ. My girlfriend pulled her aside in front of this same group of people and was like, and she introduced herself, and she was like โDonโt be disrespectful to my boyfriendโ and Beadle just went โokayโ, and walked away and that was it. โฆ She walked by and said โwhatโs up fuck-faceโ and high-fived one of the girls.โ
In May, Beadle appeared as a guest on The Ross Report podcast with WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross and she went into great detail on what happened that night, the fallout, and how she feels about it: โUsually when things like this happen I try to ignore them. I just think, โokay, crap happens, the world will never know, blah, blah, blahโ. But then, you know, I went to Tribute to the Troops and was honored to be asked to be a part of it by WWE and got to do a thing in the ring with John Cena and a couple things there. The back storyโฆ the thing about it is is social media is so whacked. All that stuff came out and it was โoh, you were flirtingโ. Look: First of all, when Iโm flirting people will know Iโm flirting. Iโve also known Phil for a few years at this point and I had, at that time, considered him a friend. We texted on a regular basis, weโve had dinner numerous times; itโs just one of those things where heโs not my friend, whatever. It was what it was. I thought it was a friendship, I guess I was wrong.
โBut I show up at Tribute to the Troops, I see him in the hallway, I say โwhat up, f-faceโ, which is my very loving way of referring to my friends. Like, I donโt call my friendsโฆ I justโฆ Iโm an idiot. I call them all kinds of names, thatโs how you know I like you. He was alone in a hallway, he didnโt really say anything. I was with P.R. from WWE and my assistant and we walked by. The next thing I know, sheโs in my face yelling at me and I honestly, I swear to you, thought it was a joke. I thought I was being set up for like a โha ha haโ. And I looked up at him and he wouldnโt look at me and he kept his back to us and she kept going and I just was blown away. So that was kind of it. I thought, โall right, no big dealโ. WWE was apologetic to me on site and I just said โitโs not your problem, people are who they areโ and that was it. I thought it had died but when I got home like that following week it hit all the blogs and all the wrestling peeps had all this information and thatโs when I finallyโฆ I issued like a three part tweet just to say my side of the story because it was getting really old (hearing) that I was trying to take someoneโs man or whatever high school crap people want to say.
โSo, thatโs all. And, you know, Phil and I stopped being friends that day and I wish him the best of luck and thatโs it. Itโs a bummer because I always respected him. I thought he was one of those cool guys that kind of didnโt fall into a certain role and kind of did what he wanted but to watch all that happen and to have somebody tattle on me and have their girlfriend get in my face is a little pathetic. But itโs okay, Iโve moved on.โ
An ex-boyfriend of AJ Lee knocked her marriage to CM Punk during Ring of Honorโs 13th Anniversary show on March 1, 2015 at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dedicated fans of Lee would know that she dated Jay Lethal, her first wrestling trainer, prior to breaking out in WWE. Prior to defending the ROH World Television Championship in a match against former WWE Superstar Alberto Del Rio, the New Jersey native took a shot at her relationship with the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the โmodern era.โ
The former TNA star claimed he would not take hand-me-downs from Samoa Joe, Danielson (Daniel Bryan), or CM Punk, but that Punk would take his hand-me-downs.
Up until then, Lethal had not been publicly negative toward Lee. Rather, he said he was happy for her great success in WWE.
โIn the class, she had the most dedication out of everyone. She was the smallest person, and also there were no other girls in the class, so she had no choice but to train with the other guys. When it comes down to it, Iโm very happy for her success, and Iโm glad that her storyline has taken off so well,โ Lethal said in an interview in 2013.
January 4, 2016 โ On Twitter last week, Kevin Owens joked that he was going to replace Big E in New Day. Big E responded by saying he canโt return to Dolph Ziggler and โthe woman whose name it not to be uttered.โ
https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight/status/681529290253451264
What the hell am I supposed to do now!?! Can't go back to @HEELZiggler & the woman who's name is not to be uttered. https://t.co/5CUoCVSJ8I
โ ShinigamE (@WWEBigE) December 28, 2015
Big E is of course referring to AJ Lee. While he made a joke about not mentioning the name of his former colleague, itโs highly possible that some people in WWE donโt want her referenced by talent on television or social media. However, this isnโt necessarily due to bad blood.
Past history has shown that whenever a Superstar or Diva parts ways with WWE, references to that individual are usually kept to a minimum for a few years (unless he or she is on good terms with WWE). Since WWE can no longer make money off that person and donโt want them overshadowing its current talent, thereโs no point in bringing them up.
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