WrestleMania Diary: AJ Lee, Day 5

SHOOTS AND LADDERS, 12:04 p.m.
WrestleMania is upon us. Before an SUV transports AJ Lee and her closest confidants from the frenetic atmosphere of Axxess to the impending grandeur of The Showcase of the Immortals at nearby MetLife Stadium, a Money in the Bank photo op exhibit catches the trio?s eye.

The attraction, inviting WWE fans to participate in a ladder-ascending duel with a life-sized cardboard Showoff, is an all-too-appropriate pre-WrestleMania pit stop for ?Ziggy,? Big E and Ms. Lee. Ziggler?s show-stealing victory at Money in the Bank 2012 still grants him a World Heavyweight Championship at the time and place of his choosing, and AJ capped off her 2012 by shoving then?pseudo boyfriend John Cena off a ladder. For Langston, the connection is more symbolic: With a WWE Tag Team Championship victory tonight, Big E?s climb to WWE?s highest rungs truly begins.

Before joining the rest of his tight-knit triumvirate, Ziggler grabs his battle-damaged briefcase, its contents all the more potent as the eyes of the world turn to The Grandest Stage of Them All.

YEAR IN REVIEW, 12:17 p.m.
It?s a cool 48 degrees as AJ Lee arrives at MetLife Stadium, where WWE Universe members are already arriving ? and grilling ? in a nearby parking lot. Although skies are blue, the brisk temperature is yet another factor that further distances the Jersey native?s hometown WrestleMania from her Show of Shows debut in Miami last year.

?This has been the longest week ever, yet somehow this has been the shortest year of my life,? AJ remarks, lugging bags through the backstage area to the Divas locker room. ?I feel like it was just yesterday that I was kissing [Daniel Bryan?s] ?goat face? at WrestleMania, so I?m excited and hoping tonight goes a lot better than that. I mean, there?s no ?goat face? I?ll be kissing, so it?s already better.? ?

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