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AJ Lee has addressed the ‘therapy’ chants she received during her WWE Raw return in September of this year.
Marking the first time she had been in a WWE ring in a decade, Lee took to the microphone to address the fans on the September 8 episode of Raw.
During her promo, she would reveal that she had been to therapy, with the fans chanting the word back to her.
Speaking on What’s Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon, AJ Lee revealed she was stunned at the reaction to the word, saying:
“That was a genuine reaction of like being stunned. I heard one person start to chant it, and then a few people around him started chanting “therapy”. And I thought it was so funny.
“…I heard it, and I was like I have to respond to this. Three guys were chanting therapy, and then everyone started to do i,t and my mind exploded.”
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She would go on to challenge the image that some may have of wrestling crowds, revealing that a number of fans have opened up to her about their own therapy journey, explaining:
“I think if you have a judgmental idea of what you think wrestling crowds could be, you don’t think that they’re in touch with their emotions or open-minded and empathetic like that.
“It was just like my worlds came together, and now I did a signing, and people had ‘Therapy is cool’ merch, they made themselves.
“And, I’ve had so many people from that moment say they decided to get therapy themselves because of that segment. It’s like what did we do, you guys?
“This is the coolest thing in the world to combine these two things that mean everything to me. But I hope those fans know that they are the reason I came back.”
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The podcast appearance would also see the recently returned WWE star and Stephanie McMahon discuss a 2015 Twitter discussion around the subject of equal pay.
AJ Lee will next be in action at WWE Survivor Series WarGames in the titular women’s match on November 29.
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