Early AJ Lee WSU Debut Match As Miss April (2008)

AJ makes her debut for Womens Superstars Uncensored, cutting a promo before her match against Soul Sister Jana. Gorgeous George announces she is going to be AJ’s manager, before she loses to Jana.

AJ enrolled in a wrestling school in March 2007, and debuted six months later. In the following years, she performed for several Northeast-based independent promotions including Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) as Miss April.

Countdown To The AJ Raw Era: Flashback April Mendez Leaves Local Promotion After Signing With WWE

The year was 2009 and after wrestling with WSU wrestling April Mendez who at the time was going by the ring name “Miss April” officially announces she is leaving the promotion after signing her developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment. Which lead her to move to Florida where she began her time in WWE’s training territory of FCW before making her WWE debut in 2011.

As much as April and her tag team partner Brooke Carter tried to make this a promo it was obviously emotional as you can hear April get emotional at the very end as she says “I’m going to miss you”