10 WWE Superfans That Actually Made It
4. AJ Lee
Most famously highlighted in a video originally screened on Smackdown in 2001 of the former Divas Champion openly weeping as she met her idol Lita, AJ Lee was a huge WWE fan growing up, utilising wrestling as a welcome escape from a challenging New Jersey upbringing.
Explaining how she grew up living in cars and hotels during a difficult childhood, AJ noted it was her older brother that first exposed her to pro wrestling, and it became a love she would follow through into adulthood, forging a successful career during a less-than-stellar time for female talent in WWE.
Lee survived some choppy waters as a romantic valet for Daniel Bryan, Kane, John Cena, Dolph Ziggler and even her future real-life husband CM Punk. Carving out an impressive legacy as a wrestler, she won three Divas Championships, including a maiden title win at June 2013's 'Payback' event that she'd tattoo the date of across the back of her neck.
Harking back to how she was influenced as a young fan, AJ was an uncredited pioneer in the WWE's 'Women's Revolution', challenging Stephanie McMahon over Twitter on issues of equal pay and television time while still employed and prompting wider discussion about the roles of women on their roster.