Aksana

Aksana

Raudonienė began her career as a bodybuilder at the age of 16, where she began her training. At the age of 17, she was the youngest participant in the 1999 IFBB Arnold Classic Contest. During her time as a bodybuilder, she won three medals in Bodybuilding Amateur World Championships (2 silver, 1 bronze).

Raudonienė signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and was assigned toFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE'sdevelopmental territory. She became theQueen of FCW and won theFCW Divas Championship, and also became the first wrestler in history to hold both titles simultaneously.

Professional wrestling career[]

World Wrestling Entertainment[]

Florida Championship Wrestling (2009–2012)[]

OnOctober 5, 2009, it was reported thatWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had signed Raudonienė to a developmental contract with WWE and was training atFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW) their developmental facility in Florida. Raudonienė made her FCW debut under thering nameOlga at a FCW house show in a Divas Halloween Costume contest onOctober 29, 2009. The following month, her ring name was changed to Aksana, and she began tomanageEli Cottonwood. She was also involved in a storyline where she was kidnapped by Sweet Papi Sanchez.

Aksana made her in ring debut at an FCW house show on January 15, 2010 when she teamed withAJ Lee,Savannah, andEve Torres to defeatSerena Mancini,Naomi Night, Courtney Taylor, and Liviana. She began appearing onThe Abraham Washington Show,Abraham Washington's in-ring talk show segment, where she acted as his sidekick. She continued to wrestle as well, appearing in severalmulti-Diva tag team matches. On April 15, 2010 Aksana teamed withHunico andTito Nieves in amixed tag team match, defeatingThe Usos (Jimmy Uso &Jey Uso) andTamina. When it was announced that there would be a creation of theFCW Divas Championship, Aksana competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural champion, only to be defeated in the first round by Serena at the April 29, 2010 television tapings. She also briefly managedJohnny Curtis in the months of April and May. In July, Aksana competed in several bikini contests against the other FCW Divas, winning one on July 8, 2011. The following month, she began hostingThe Aksana Show, a spin-off ofThe Abraham Washington Show, having guests includingMason Ryan,FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Johnny Curtis andDerrick Bateman, Maxine,Rosa Mendes and FCW Divas ChampionNaomi Knight.

At the February 3, 2011 television tapings, Aksana defeatedRosa Mendes to become the newQueen of FCW. Aksana later joined the newheel group formed by FCW General ManagerMaxine withFCW Florida Heavyweight ChampionLucky Cannon, FCW Divas ChampionAJ, andDamien Sandow. At the April 7, 2011 television tapings, Aksana defeated AJ to win the FCW Divas Championship for the first time after interference from Maxine. Her victory made her the first Diva to hold the Queen of FCW title and FCW Divas Championship simultaneously. On September 1, 2011 television tapings, Aksana lost the FCW Divas Championship to Audrey Marie.

NXT (2010)[]

On August 31, 2010 it was announced that Raudonienė would be part of thethird season ofNXT, under the ring name ofAksana, withGoldust as her storyline mentor. She appeared on the first episode of the season on September 7, 2010 where she teamed with Goldust in a loss toA.J. andPrimo in amixed tag team match. The following week, she lost toJamie Keyes in asingles match. On the September 21, 2010 episode ofNXT, Aksana began a storyline where she was having problems with her visa and was facing deportation from the United States. On theOctober 5, 2010 episode ofNXT, Aksana won a challenge for the first time by winning the mechanical bull riding contest, before defeating Maxine in a match. The following week, Goldust proposed marriage to Aksana so she could stay in the United States, which she accepted. On the November 2, 2010 edition ofNXT, Goldust and Aksana's wedding took place. As Goldust was about to plant a kiss on his new wife, Aksana slapped him and walked off, turning heel in the process.

The following Monday onRaw, Aksana stole Goldust'sMillion Dollar Championship, which he had stolen fromTed DiBiase. The next night onNXT, Goldust confronted his wife about their wedding. Aksana, now holding the Million Dollar Championship, revealed to Goldust that she never loved him, and only married him to stay in the country as if she returned to Lithuania she'd be beaten with shovels. Goldust responded by putting Aksana in a match with Naomi, in which she lost. The following week onRaw, Goldust took back the Million Dollar Championship from Aksana with help fromKelly Kelly andDusty Rhodes, and gave it back toTed DiBiase, Sr. The next night on the November 16, 2010 episode ofNXT, Aksana was eliminated from the competition. She returned on the season finale on November 30, 2010 where she teamed withAlicia Fox and Maxine in a loss to A.J. andThe Bella Twins (Brie Bella &Nikki Bella).

SmackDown; Storyline with Teddy Long (2011–2012)[]

Aksana made her official WWE debut on August 5, as a member of theSmackDown roster, as a face, where she introduced herself to General ManagerTheodore Long in a backstage segment and continuing on backstage segments with Long for over the course of months. On the August 22, edition ofRaw, Aksana appeared backstage with several other Superstars and Divas congratulatingKofi Kingston andEvan Bourne (now known as "Air Boom") on winning theWWE Tag Team Championship. Four days later onSmackDown, Aksana had another backstage segment, where she invited the WWE Universe to "turn her on" toSmackDown, continuing the sexual innuendos of the previous weeks. On the August 30 edition ofSmackDown, Aksana served as the guest ring announcer for a Divas tag team match betweenThe Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix &Natalya) andAlicia Fox &Kelly Kelly.

On the September 23, edition ofSmackDown, Aksana appeared alongside the entire SmackDown roster during the opening segment involvingJohn Laurinaitis,Mark Henry,Triple H, andChristian. On theOctober 3, edition ofRaw, Aksana, along with most of the WWE roster, gave Triple H a vote of no confidence in his role as Chief Operating Officer of the WWE, and walked out of the show. The following edition of Raw, in a WWE.com Exclusive, Aksana was seen with the rest of the fifty-five disgruntled WWE employees in a solidarity rally before Raw aired. On theOctober 28, edition ofSmackDown, Aksana appeared backstage with Theodore Long for the first time in over a month, this time interrupting his conversation withHornswoggle. On theOctober 31, edition ofRaw, Aksana competed in her first match on the main roster, which was a Divas Halloween Costume battle royal match to become the number one contender for theWWE Divas Championship at the 2011Survivor Series pay-per-view. However, she was unsuccessful in becoming the number one contender after being eliminated byThe Bella Twins. At theSurvivor Series pay-per-view, Aksana participated as one of the lumberjills in the WWE Divas Championship match between Beth Phoenix andEve Torres.

At the conclusion of the 2011Tribute to the Troops special, Aksana joined the rest of the WWE roster in greeting the fans in attendance. On the December 28, edition ofNXT Redemption, Aksana appeared in a backstage segment withMaxine. Aksana showed Maxine a text supposedly sent byDerrick Bateman to Theodore Long's phone, which read that he while he couldn't wait to become aSmackDown superstar, he wanted Maxine to stay onNXT. When Maxine asked Aksana ifJohnny Curtis put her up to it, Aksana replied that she was only trying to help. On the January 27, 2012 edition ofSmackDown!, Aksana made her in-ring debut defeating Natalya. After the match, Natalya attacked Aksana, but Tamina saved her. The following week, Aksana made her tag team debut as she teamed up with Tamina in a losing effort against The Divas of Doom.

Relationship with Antonio Cesaro (2012)[]

In April, newcomerAntonio Cesaro debuted onSmackDown and Aksana introduced him to Theodore Long, who was forced to act like a Queen's guard and therefore could not say a word. On the following edition ofSmackDown, Aksana turned into a heel and kissed Cesaro in front of Teddy Long, effectively ending their relationship. On the May 11 edition ofSmackDown, Aksana debuted a new look. Later in the night, after Cesaro defeatedAlex Riley, Aksana officially told Theodore Long that their relationship is through, cementing her heel turn. She then passionately kissed Cesaro, leaving Long in tears. On the June 29 episode ofSmackDown!, Long announced that he would be the General Manager for bothSmackDown andRaw the next week, then pitted Aksana and Cesaro in a mixed tag team match againstThe Great Khali and the Divas Champion Layla, which they lost. On the July 17 episode ofSmackDown!, Aksana teamed up with Antonio Cesaro in a losing effort to Layla and Santino Marella in a dark match.

On the July 27 episode ofSmackDown, Aksana accompanied Cesaro to the ring where he defeatedUnited States ChampionSantino Marella in a non-title match. On the August 20 episode ofRaw, Aksana competed in the#1 Contender's Battle Royal to determine the #1 contender forWWE Divas Championship whom would faceLayla for Divas Championship atNight of Champions but was unsuccessful after being eliminated byRosa Mendes. On the 3rd September episode ofRaw, Aksana accompanied Cesaro for his first title defense where the latter successfully defended his title.

Alliance with Eve (2012–2013)[]

On the September 21st edition ofSmackDown, Cesaro ended his relationship with Aksana in 5 different languages after she inadvertently cost him his non-title match against Santino Marella. Aksana was then referenced on the October 12 edition of SmackDown as Layla and Kaitlyn revealed that Aksana found a blonde wig in the bag belonging toEve Torres, implementing Eve's involvement in an attack on Kaitlyn atNight of Champions. On the October 26 episode ofSmackDown, Aksana was revealed as the one who attacked Kaitlyn at Night of Champions and that Eve sent her a text message to do so, later that night Aksana teamed up with Eve to defeat Layla and Kaitlyn after Layla's interference backfired. On the November 5 episode ofRaw, Aksana teamed up with Eve in a losing effort to Layla and Kaitlyn after Kaitlyn pinned Eve; this also where she added a new antic to her gimmick: crawling in the ring. On the November 14 episode ofNXT, Aksana was defeated by Layla. On the November 16 episode ofSmackDown, Aksana competed in a 6 diva tag team match along with Eve andAlicia Fox in a losing effort against Kaitlyn, Layla, andNatalya with Kaitlyn pinning Fox. AtSurvivor Series, the evil Aksana attacked Kaitlyn backstage in a blonde wig leading to Eve retaining the Divas Championship. On the November 19 episode ofRAW, Kaitlyn would get revenge on Aksana by defeating her in singles competition. OnBackstage Falloutthe next day, Aksana explained that she attacked Kaitlyn because she was doing what she had to do to get ahead. On the December 14 episode ofSmackDown!, Aksana competed against Kaitlyn in a losing effort. During the pre-show of theTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view on December 16, Aksana participated in her first WWE pay-per-view match competing in the "Santa's Little Helpers" battle royal which was won by Naomi. On the December 24 episode ofRaw Christmas edition, Aksana competed in a "Santa's Little Helper" eight-divas tag team match with Eve,Rosa Mendes, andTamina Snuka in a losing effort against Layla, Natalya, Alicia Fox and Kaitlyn after Kaitlyn pinned Eve. After Eve would lose her title to Kaitlyn on the "20th Anniversary episode of Raw, Eve would then quit the WWE, thus ending the alliance between the two.

Various alliances and feuds (2013-2014)[]

On the January 18 episode ofSmackDown, Aksana was defeated by her rival and new Divas Champion Kaitlyn in a non-title match. On the February 6 episode ofMain Event, Aksana would began an aligning herself with Tamina Snuka against theFunkadactyls (Naomi &Cameron) in a losing effort after Naomi pinned Aksana. On the February 22 episode ofSmackDown, Aksana continued to feud with Kaitlyn in a divas tag team match alongside Tamina Snuka against Kaitlyn and Layla in a losing effort with Kaitlyn pinning Snuka. Aksana would then compete in a rematch with Tamina Snuka against Kaitlyn and Layla, but would again be on the losing side being pinned by Layla. On the May 17 episode ofSmackDown!, Aksana was defeated by Kaitlyn in a non-title match.

When WWE transitioned its developmental territory from FCW toNXT, Aksana competed in theNXT Women's Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion and lost toEmma in the first round on the June 26 edition ofNXT. On the September 6th edition ofSmackdown, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Layla and Divas Champion A.J. Lee attacked Naomi, Brie Bella, Cameron and Nikki Bella during Naomi and Brie Bella's match. At Survivor Series on November 24, Aksana took part in a 7-on-7 traditional elimination tag team match; eliminating Brie Bella before she was eliminated herself by Brie's sister, Nikki Bella. On the December 30 episode ofRaw, Aksana picked up the win for her team in a ten-divas tag team match when she pinned Nikki Bella. On theJanuary 3, 2014 episode ofSmackDown, however, she was defeated by Nikki in slngles action. At Old School Raw on January 6, Aksana and Alicia Fox defeated the Bellas in tag team action when Aksana got the winning pin on Brie. On the February 19 edition ofMain Event, Aksana (with Alicia Fox in her corner) was defeated by Cameron.

On the February 26 episode ofMain Event, Foxsana defeated Eva Marie and Natalya when Aksana pinned Natalya after an miscommunication between Marie and Natalya. Aksana failed to capture the Divas Championship in the "Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational" match at WrestleMania XXX, which was ultimately won by AJ Lee. On the April 18th edition ofSmackDown, Aksana lost to the new Divas Champion Paige and did so again on April 20 ofRaw. On the May 6th edition ofMain Event, Aksana teamed with Alicia Fox and Tamina Snuka in a losing affect to The Funkadactyls and Natalya when Naomi pinned Aksana. Two weeks later, Aksana faced Naomi in a losing effort. On the June 2nd edition ofRaw. Foxsana faced Nikki Bella in a handicap match in a winning effort when Fox pinned Nikki, 

She was released from the WWE on June 12, 2014.

Her last match was on the June 13th edition of Smackdown, where she faced Alicia Fox in a losing effort.

Personal life[]

Raudonienė was born in Alytus, Lithuania and raised in a small family. She lived inNew York City for a time before moving toTampa, Florida.

In wrestling[]

• Finishing moves
  • Divo Drop
  • Billion Dollar Kick
  • Spinning Headlock Elbow Drop

• Nicknames
  • "The Billion Dollar Baby"
  • "The Lithuanian Witch"
  • "The Sultry Temptrist"
  • "The Leather-clad Lithuanian"
  • "The Flirty Competitor"

• Managers
  • Maxine
  • Goldust
  • Alicia Fox

• Wrestlersmanaged
  • Johnny Curtis
  • Eli Cottonwood
  • Maxine
  • Goldust
  • Damien Sandow
  • Lucky Cannon
  • Antonio Cesaro
  • Alicia Fox

• Tag teams and stables
  • Foxsana (w/Alicia Fox)

• Entrance themes
  • "A Little Sax In The Night" byNigel Hitchcock (August 5, 2011 –October 26, 2012)
  • "Fantasy" byJim Johnston (November 5, 2012 – June 12, 2014)
  • "Can't Stop" byHollywood Music (FCW)

Championships and accomplishments[]

• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Queen of FCW (1 time)
  • FCW Divas Championship (1 time)

External links[]

• Profile
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