April Jeanette Mendez
April Jeanette Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and author. As of September 2025, she is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name AJ Lee. Mendez began her professional wrestling career in 2007 in New Jersey's independent circuit. She signed with WWE in 2009 and spent two years in its developmental branch, Florida Championship Wrestling, before her promotion to the main roster. In 2012, she rose to prominence through storylines with her "mentally unstable" character, such as high-profile relationships and a three-month stint as the General Manager of Raw. In subsequent years, she won the Divas Championship a record-tying three times[a] and held the title for an overall record of 406 days. She also won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2012 and 2014, and readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated voted her Woman of the Year from 2012 to 2014. She initially retired from in-ring competition in April 2015, but returned to WWE over a decade later in September 2025.
54 acting credits
Acting · 54
Raw
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
WWE NXT
2010
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Main Event
2012
Hot Ones Versus
2024
WWE Pay Per View
1985
WOW - Women of Wrestling
2000
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
WWE This Is Awesome
2022
The JBL and Cole Show
2012
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
2014
Sacramento
2025
Rabid
2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
FCW
2008
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Saturday
2026
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
2013
WWE WrestleMania XXX
2014
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2013
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
2012
WWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2014
2014
WWE Payback 2013
2013
WWE Wrestlepalooza
2025
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
2013
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
2019
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
2014
WWE Night of Champions 2014
2014
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
WWE SummerSlam 2012
2012
WWE Battleground 2013
2013
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2014
2014
WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
2014
WWE SummerSlam 2014
2014
WWE Battleground 2014
2014
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
2013
Survivor Series: WarGames
2025
Elimination Chamber
2026
WWE RAW 1000
2012
WWE No Way Out 2012
2012
WWE The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2015
2016
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
2018
WWE Night of Champions 2013
2013
The Evolution of Punk
2016
Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments
2018
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
2026