Latest Backstage News On Possibility Of AJ Lee Returning To WWE

-- As is always the case with WWE's Royal Rumble just around the corner, rumors begin running rampant on which stars from the past WWE might bring in as surprise entrants in the Rumble matches, especially on the women's side which at times in the past has struggled to reach 30 participants. One name which has seems to come up every year but more so this year is former WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee.

-- Fightfulselect.com reports that WWE sources have noted that they haven't heard of Lee returning this weekend but admitted that if it was something that was planned, it would be kept within an extremely small and tight-knit group of people. It was also noted that if Lee decided she wanted to come back, it could easily happen as she continues to look the part of a WWE performer and would "fit right back in on TV" according to one source. Wrestlers across both WWE and AEW have often times joked about trying to drag AJ Lee out of retirement but it never got to a situation that was ever considered a distinct possibility.

-- After Lee's husband, CM Punk, made an extremely successful return to WWE and also regularly bringing up the idea of Lee returning, it has sparked even more rumors. Punk himself put speculation into overdrive when he threw out the idea of Lee being a surprise entrant in this year's Rumble but followed it up by saying he'd get in trouble which many thought was him referencing WWE officials, but the fightful report cautions that internally, people believe he meant it jokingly that he'd get in trouble with his wife for even bringing her up.