-- WWE NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez appeared on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated podcast yesterday and noted that she has dreams and hopes of facing her idol, AJ Lee, in a match some day. Perez grew up as a huge AJ Lee citing her as an inspiration for being a "short Latina petite girls on screen" and the two since forged a relationship outside of the ring. When asked about that match and whether she's been trying to get the assistance of Lee's husband, CM Punk, to make that happen:
"Definitely, yeah. I try. But he tells me that he’s doing the same thing. He’s trying to get her to, like, come back, pulling her in. But I hope one day she decides to come back and have a match with me."
-- AJ Lee left WWE in 2015 after suffering neck injury but since also shared that the departure of her husband Punk from WWE the previous year, played a part in her decision to leave. Since then, she has more or less stayed out of the wrestling spotlight, except a brief involvement with the Women of Wrestling promotion as an executive producer and commentator.
