Former WWE Diva, AJ Lee’s book “Crazy Is My Superpower” released today. The former WWE Divas Champion had an interview with IGN discussing some of the points she made in her book.
Here are the highlights from the interview:
IGN: “It wasn’t going to feel like a real interview with you if you didn’t say it. You were living this heightened life with the WWE and going city to city, in front of these crowds. When you stop doing that, as much as the rest and relaxation must have been amazing, is it a strange thing to transition out of that life and the adrenaline of it, and going back to a normal pace? Did that take some getting used to?”
AJ: “Oh yeah, that’s the perfect way to put it. It’s a bit of an adrenaline crash. But I would experience that every week. On a Tuesday, you do five days of shows and then all of a sudden you’re in a hotel room by yourself and it crashes down on you. So to retire and be able to do whatever you want in the whole world is so overwhelming. You’re used to everything being really structured and having to be places and having to be on the run all the time for close to a decade. It was weird. It was definitely an adjustment. I think the first thing I did was go to Target and buy every cereal and candy I could think of, because I was on such a strict diet. I hadn’t had cereal in years. I was doing backflips in the isle. There was a fun part. But then there was a part like, “I don’t have to get on a plane this week. It’s strange.” But that’s why I kind of threw myself into the book and now that that’s done and we’re about to do the tour and everything I’m like, “Oh my god, now I need to write another one!”
IGN: “You were coming into WWE in that post-Attitude, model-esque era and obviously not every woman fell under that description, but it felt like there was an overall type they were going for. Your success showed how popular someone could be that was outside that mold. For you now, outside the industry, is it gratifying to see how things have gone? You made a speech at your final Slammys where you name-dropped Bayley, Charlotte, Sasha – women who have since all risen up, as they transitioned out of the “Divas” era.”
AJ: “Oh yeah. All you could ever want is to leave a place better than when you found it and to know that there’s good people that have this industry in their heart and that they’re succeeding in it and that they’re happy is all you could ever after. I do love Bayley and have such a special place in my heart for her and Paige. I hope that they’re happy and killing it. It makes you feel like “mission complete,” you know?”
If you want to read the full interview of AJ Lee discussing her new book “Crazy Is My Superpower” with IGN, click here
