CM Punk and AJ Lee repair marriage after 2014 WWE exit

CM Punk said his abrupt 2014 exit from WWE strained his marriage but that he and his wife, former wrestler AJ Lee, have since repaired their relationship as the pair reappeared together on WWE programming this month. Punk spoke about the 2014 departure and its impact on his family during an appearance on Kevin Hart’s Cold As Balls, and the couple teamed at Wrestlepalooza last weekend in a mixed tag match on WWE television.

"It was difficult because when I left, she was still with the company for a year," Punk said on the show, referring to the period after he walked away from WWE while Lee remained with the company through March 2015. "That was a hard year for us, relationshipwise. But it made everything after that so much easier." He added that Lee understands his work now that he has returned to wrestling and called her "100 my partner." Lee returned to WWE on the September 5 edition of SmackDown in Chicago and was ringside to assist Punk in his ongoing storyline; at Wrestlepalooza she joined Punk in the ring and secured a submission victory over Becky Lynch with the Black Widow hold.

Punk’s return to WWE capped a high-profile and sometimes turbulent period in his career....