Climactic Event: Money in the Bank Location: Phoenix Date: July 15, 2012 This was another confusion of face turns and heel turns, but the quality of the wrestling itself was extraordinary, Daniel Bryan was verbally abusing his on-screen girlfriend AJ Lee, and he dumped her after she distracted him at Wrestlemania. That distraction led to an 18 second loss at the hands of Sheamus, and it cost him his World Heavyweight title. Then, AJ then turned her attention to CM Punk. But if were going to be honest about this, she never really chose between them. She strung both men on for a couple months in one particularly memorable Smackdown! segment, she kissed both men, and then skipped out of the ring, without a care in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCw2j1AbDgY The blowoff to the angle was 2012s match at Money in the Bank, where AJ served as guest referee. She made the count for Punks win, but that didnt stop her from accepting Bryans proposal on Raw the following evening. Nor did it prevent her from leaving Bryan at the altar when she was offered the position as Raw General Manager. Unstable is as unstable does.
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