Below are some top WWE & AEW news stories of the day, featuring AJ Lee, Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin.
• There has been ongoing speculation about whether AJ Lee will return to WWE, and the company would welcome her back immediately if she decided to return. Lee, who started with WWE in 2009, became a 3-time Divas Champion before retiring in 2015 due to health issues.
According to WrestleVotes, WWE is open to having her back, but the decision is entirely up to her. WrestleVotes mentioned, “WWE is fully on board. If she calls and says she’s in, they’ll say ‘Yes, what took so long?’ The only people who know the answer are AJ Lee and CM Punk.”
Since leaving WWE, Lee has worked on comic books and wrote a memoir, Crazy Is My Superpower, which is being adapted for A&E.
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• Chad Gable recently challenged Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at a WWE Live Event and lost.
Former WWE Women’s Champion Bayley saw the match and tweeted the following:
“Watching Gunther vs Chad Gable tonight made me really excited to inevitably see Gable as World Heavyweight Champion someday. Such a special performer!
But until then… What a match!”
• Shelton Benjamin will have his AEW debut match on this week’s episode of Dynamite, where he will face Lio Rush.
#AEWDynamite TOMORROW
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LIVE at 8/7 CT | @TBSNetworkShelton Benjamin w/@The305MVP vs @IamLioRush
After Lio’s announcement that he re-signed with AEW was interrupted by The Hurt Syndicate, @Sheltyb803 makes his #AEW debut against Lio Rush TOMORROW on TBS! pic.twitter.com/RylYdUH9q6— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 16, 2024