Madison Rayne Ashley Cabot ( née Simmons ) ( February 5 , 1986 ) , is an American professional wrestler currently working for Impact Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne , where she is a former five - time TNA Knockouts Champion and a former two - time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion . She has performed for several Midwest - based independent promotions under the name Lexi Lane , as well as the all - female promotion SHIMMER Women Athletes as Ashley Lane , where she was one half of the first - ever Shimmer Tag Team Champions along with Nevaeh . Professional Wrestling Career . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2007 – 2009 , 2011 ) . On October 13 , 2007 , Simmons made her debut in Shimmer Women Athletes as Ashley Lane . On the taping of Volume 15 of their DVD series , she teamed with Lorelei Lee in a losing effort to Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews . On the tapings of Volume 16 , Lane made her in - ring debut against Alexa Thatcher in a losing effort . Lane then began teaming with Nevaeh , and they made their team debut in losing to The Experience ( Lexie Fyfe and Malia Hosaka ) on the Volume 17 taping , then scoring a win against The Minnesota Homewrecking Crew ( Lacey and Rain ) on Volume 18 . On the tapings of Volume 19 , Lane competed in a battle royal , which was won by Jetta . Later that tapings , Lane teamed up with Nevaeh where they beat the duo of Veronika Vice and Cat Power , and then lost to The International Home Wrecking Crew ( Rain and Jetta ) on Volume 20 . On October 19 , Lane and Nevaeh emerged victorious from a six - team tag team gauntlet match to crown the first Shimmer Tag Team Champions . Later in the evening , they successfully defended the belts against the Canadian NINJAs ( Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews ) . On the tapings of Volume 23 , Lane and Neveah successfully defended their titles against The International Home Wrecking Crew ( Rain and Jetta ) in a two out of three falls match . At the tapings of Volume 25 , Lane and Neveah successfully defended their title against Amazing Kong and Sara Del Ray . At Volume 26 on May 3 , 2009 , Lane and Nevaeh lost the Shimmer Tag Team Championship to the NINJAs . At the tapings of Volume 27 , Lane teamed up with Nevaeh in a losing effort to the team of Melanie Cruise and Wesna Busic in a tag - team match . At the tapings of Volume 28 , Lane and Nevaeh defeated the team of Kacey Diamond and Sassy Stephie . Because of agreement with Shimmer Women Athletes and Ring of Honor , Lane made her debut for Shimmer ' s sister promotion Ring of Honor on April 19 , 2008 , where she competed in a Four Corner Survival match against Daizee Haze , Lacey , and MsChif won by MsChif . Lane made a second appearance at Southern Hostility pay - per - view on December 6 in a match against Haze , Sara Del Rey , and Serena Deeb . Lane left ROH after debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) as Madison Rayne on the January 8 episode of TNA Impact ! . On October 1 , 2011 , Lane returned to Shimmer and called out her villainous former partner Nevaeh for turning on MsChif and Jessie McKay during a tag team match . Nevaeh claimed that Lane had turned her back on Shimmer by leaving the promotion in 2009 , which led to a brawl between the two . Later in the same event , Nevaeh defeated Lane in her return match . At the tapings of Volume 44 , Lane teamed with Mia Yim in a losing effort against the team of Nevaeh and Sassy Stephie . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 - 2013 ) . Debut and The Beautiful People ( 2009 - 2010 ) . Lane debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) as Madison Rayne on the January 8 episode of " TNA Impact ! " , where she was defeated by Awesome Kong . She returned on the February 12 episode of " Impact ! " in a TNA Knockouts Gauntlet match , and was one of the finalists , but was eliminated by Sojo Bolt . The following week , Rayne began her first storyline by turning into a villainess by slapping and walking out on her tag team partner Taylor Wilde in a match against The Beautiful People ( Angelina Love and Velvet Sky ) . On the March 5 episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne aligned herself with The Beautiful People after assisting them in winning a four - way tag team match . At Destination X in March , Rayne made her pay - per - view debut , teaming with Love and Sky against The Governor , Wilde and Roxxi in a losing effort . Rayne ' s hazing continued after The Beautiful People won an " Impact ! " tag team match against Kong and Saeed , after which Rayne tried to cut the braided hair of the Knockouts Champion Kong . With Sky in her corner , Angelina Love faced Kong and perennial nemesis Taylor Wilde in a three - way cage match for the Knockouts Championship at Lockdown . Love narrowly escaped a somersault leg drop from Kong , and as she was recovering Love pushed her towards the cage while Sky pulled her frayed hair through the holes in the cage and tied her to it . With Kong unable to move from the cage , Wilde dove onto Love with a cross body press and legitimately knocked her unconscious with her knee . As she recovered , Wilde attacked Kong , allowing Love to roll - up Wilde for the pin and win the Knockout Championship . The following week on " Impact ! " , Mi Pi Sexy had a celebration with male dancers and named Madison Rayne an official member of the Beautiful People . However the celebration was cut short by Kong . Kong continued her attack on Mi Pi Sexy and proved her dominance by making her way through Rayne , Sky and Kip , who Love brought back to stop her , in stretcher matches on the following weeks of Impact ! . At Hard Justice in August , Rayne cost Love her Knockouts Title when her interference in the match backfired . On the following episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne was scheduled to face Love in a match , but before it started , Love attacked her from behind . After Love had pinned Rayne , Sky showed up holding a brown paper bag and put it on Rayne ' s head to humiliate her . Rayne was then saved by Tara and Christy Hemme . On the September 10 episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne and partner Roxxi lost to The Beautiful People in a match that was part of a tournament to crown the inaugural Knockouts Tag Team Champions . The following week , Rayne , after helping Love and Sky advance to the finals of the tournament , was welcomed back into The Beautiful People . At No Surrender , Rayne replaced Love , who had been released from her contract , due to visa issues , prior to the event , and teamed up with Sky in the tournament finals , where they were defeated by the team of Sarita and Taylor Wilde . On the October 1 episode of " Impact ! " , The Beautiful People apologized to the TNA fans and Knockouts for their behavior , blaming their past actions on Love . They invited the Knockouts Tag Team Champions , Wilde and Sarita , down to the ring to prove their apology was genuine and expressed their desire for a competitive match at Bound for Glory . The Beautiful People shook their hands , but then attacked them . As they began to lose the advantage in the assault , Lacey Von Erich debuted and took out Wilde and Sarita . The three then posed in the ring , welcoming Von Erich into The Beautiful People . Rayne gained her first victory in TNA on the October 8 episode of " Impact ! " by scoring the deciding fall in an eight - Knockout elimination match where she , Sky , Alissa Flash and Traci Brooks defeated Sarita , Taylor Wilde , Hamada and Christy Hemme after the interference from Von Erich . The three then won their first match as a team , defeating ODB , Tara and Kong , but was unsuccessful in their Knockouts Tag Team title rematch at Bound For Glory . On the October 22 episode of " Impact ! " , The Beautiful People began appearing in backstage segments they dubbed as their reality show " The Meanest Girls " , an allusion to the 2004 teen comedy " Mean Girls " . In the pilot episode , The Beautiful People attacked Wilde and Sarita at catering , and engaged in a food fight with The Beautiful People coming out on top . In the sequel , which aired on the November 5 edition of Impact ! , the Beautiful People attacked ODB , setting up a six knockout tag team match at Turning Point for both the Women ' s Knockout Championship and the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . At the Pay - Per - View the Beautiful People were unsuccessful , as ODB pinned Rayne to win the match for the reigning champions . Around this time they also began using a new weapon named Lacey ' s Ugly Stick , a pink baton used to attack opponents . Knockouts Champion and Alliance with Tara ( 2010 - 2011 ) . Love returned to the company on the January 14 , 2010 , episode of Impact ! , but instead of rejoining The Beautiful People , she attacked them . Several weeks later on March 8 , Rayne and Sky defeated the teams of Love and Tara and Sarita and Wilde in a three - way match to win the vacant Knockouts Tag Team Championship . Under the Freebird rule , all three members of The Beautiful People were considered champions , and any combination of two members could defend the title . At Lockdown in April , Rayne and Sky partnered against Tara and Angelina Love in a tag team steel cage match , during which Rayne pinned Tara to win Love ' s title . With the win , she became the first person to hold both Knockout Championships simultaneously . The following month at Sacrifice , Rayne defeated Tara in a Title vs . Career match , causing Tara to retire from TNA and ending the storyline rivalry between Tara and The Beautiful People . At Slammiversary VIII Rayne retained her title against Roxxi in another Title vs . Career match . On July 11 at Victory Road , Rayne lost the Women ' s Knockout Championship to Angelina Love in another Title vs . Career match via disqualification due to outside interference from a person incognito in a motorcycle helmet . Prior to the match it was announced that the title would change hands via disqualification , if either Velvet Sky or Lacey Von Erich interfered in the match . However , the title was returned to Rayne on the July 22 episode of " Impact ! " when it was declared that there was no proof that the person who had interfered in the match was either Sky or Von Erich , making Rayne a two - time Women ' s Knockout Champion . After weeks of arguing amongst each other over Rayne ' s recent attitude , the Beautiful People agreed to a truce on the July 29 episode of " Impact ! " . However , on the following episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne and the mystery woman inadvertently cost Sky and Von Erich the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship in a match against Hamada and Taylor Wilde , when their interference backfired . The following week Rayne lost the Women ' s Knockout Championship to Angelina Love , after a distraction caused by Velvet Sky attacking the mystery woman . Rayne received her rematch for the title on the following week ' s episode of " Impact ! " , but was again defeated by Love , after an interference from Velvet Sky , who accompanied Love to the ring . After the match Rayne and the mystery woman beat down Love and Sky . Rayne ' s mysterious ally was finally unmasked as the evil Tara on the September 2 episode of Impact ! , when the two of them defeated the reunited Beautiful People in a tag team match . At No Surrender , Rayne was defeated by Velvet Sky in a singles match . On the September 16 episode of " Impact ! , " Rayne and Tara turned on Lacey Von Erich , after she and Rayne failed to regain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship from Hamada and Wilde . Von Erich was then saved by Love and Sky , who took her back into the Beautiful People . On the September 30 episode of Impact ! Rayne signed a waiver to allow Tara to return to the ring , after losing a Title vs . Career match , which was supposed to end her TNA career . Rayne attempted to regain the Women ' s Knockout Championship in a Four Corners match with Love , Sky and Tara on October 10 at Bound for Glory , but was unsuccessful , when Tara pinned Sky to win the title . After the match , the outraged Rayne went after special referee Mickie James , but ended up being laid out by her . At the following day ' s tapings of the October 14 episode of " Impact ! " , Tara laid down for Rayne and let her pin her to win the championship back , making her a three - time Women ' s Knockout Champion On the December 16 episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne and Tara defeated Mickie James and Miss Tessmacher to advance to the finals of a tournament for the vacated TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship . The following week they were defeated in the finals by the team of Angelina Love and Winter . The Queen Bee ( 2011 - 2013 ) . On January 9 , 2011 , at Genesis , Rayne successfully defended the Women ' s Knockout Championship against Mickie James , following interference from Tara . Later that same month , Rayne debuted a new gimmick of a beauty queen and dubbed herself the " Queen Bee of the Knockouts " . Around this time she also began using a loaded glove as her signature weapon to knock out her opponents . The following month at Against All Odds , Rayne again successfully defended her title against James , this time in a Last Knockout Standing match , after another interference by Tara . Afterwards Rayne , claiming to now be done with James , announced the beginning of an open challenge series intended to find her new opponents , and , as part of it , successfully defended the Women ' s Knockout Championship against former knockouts ODB , Roxxi and Alissa Flash . On the March 17 episode of " Impact ! " , Rayne was challenged to a one last title match by Mickie James , which she accepted with the added stipulation that should James fail to beat her , she would have her hair shaved off . On April 8 , Rayne became the longest reigning TNA Women ' s Knockout Champion in history by breaking the previous record of 178 days , set by Awesome Kong . On April 17 at Lockdown , Rayne lost the Women ' s Knockout Championship to Mickie James in a steel cage Title vs . Hair match , ending her reign at 188 days . During the past months , Tara had begun feeling uncomfortable over the brutality of Rayne ' s attacks towards James and when Rayne asked for a rematch for the Women ' s Knockout Championship , James agreed to give her one on the condition that should she be unable to regain the title , Tara would be released from her exclusive contract with Rayne . On May 15 at Sacrifice , Rayne failed in her attempt to regain the Women ' s Knockout Championship , when Tara turned on her . Rayne attacked Tara on the June 9 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , costing her and Mickie James their tag team match against Angelina Love and Winter . The two faced each other in a singles match on the July 14 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , where Tara was victorious after distracting Rayne with her tarantula Poison . Rayne returned on the September 29 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , defeating Tara to earn a shot at the Women ' s Knockout Championship at Bound for Glory . On [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] at Bound for Glory , Rayne was defeated by Velvet Sky in the four - way title match , which also included Mickie James and Winter . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne aligned herself with the returning and villainous Gail Kim and the Vice President of the Knockouts Division , Karen Jarrett . On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Rayne and Kim defeated Brooke Tessmacher and Tara to win the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . The following week , they made their first title defense , defeating Mickie James and Velvet Sky . On December 11 at Final Resolution , Rayne caused a distraction during a Women ' s Knockout Championship match between Gail Kim and Mickie James , costing James the title . After Karen Jarrett was , in storyline , fired from TNA on the December 15 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne took over her role as the Vice President of the Knockouts Division , until Sting revoked her power on December 29 episode of Impact Wrestling . Later that same night , Rayne interfered in the main event between Gail Kim and Mickie James , once again costing James the Women ' s Knockout Championship . On the January 5 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne and Kim retained their tag team title against James and Traci Brooks . On the January 19 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne was defeated by James in a steel cage match . After walking out on Gail Kim at Against All Odds , Rayne became the number one contender to her TNA Women ' s Knockout Championship by winning a battle royal on the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling . In the following weeks , tension between Rayne and Kim began to be teased with the two negatively interfering in each other ' s matches . On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kim and Rayne lost the Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Eric Young and ODB . On March 18 at Victory Road , Rayne failed to capture the Women ' s Knockout Championship from Kim . On the March 29 episode of Impact Wrestling , Kim and Rayne reconciled and remained together as a team . The July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling saw the culmination of a several month long storyline , when Rayne revealed referee Earl Hebner as her secret crush . On the August 2 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Hebner helped Rayne win a four - way match over Gail Kim , Mickie James and Tara to become the number one contender to the Women ' s Knockout Championship . On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Hebner helped Rayne defeat Miss Tessmacher to win the Women ' s Knockout Championship for the fourth time . Rayne lost the title back to Tessmacher on the following episode of Impact Wrestling in a match refereed by the debuting Taryn Terrell . Rayne returned to TNA on the November 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , where competed in a Knockouts battle royal to become the number one contender to the Women ' s Knockouts Championship but failed to win after being eliminated by ODB . Starting March 17 , Rayne stopped appearing due to a maternity leave . On July 3 , 2013 , Rayne announced on Twitter that her contract with TNA had expired . Return and Knockouts Champion ; Various Feuds ( 2013 - 2014 ) . On the December 12 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne made her return as a babyface by helping ODB fight off an ambush from TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and her enforcer Lei ' D Tapa . The following week , Rayne and ODB defeated Kim and Tapa in a tag team match when Rayne pinned Kim . Rayne would defeat Kim again in a non - title singles match on the January 2 , 2014 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , making her # 1 Contender in the process . On the Genesis edition of " Impact Wrestling " on January 16 , 2014 , Rayne defeated Kim to win the Knockouts Championship for the fifth time . On the January 30 edition of Impact Wrestling , Rayne teamed with former Beautiful People partner Velvet Sky in defeating Kim and Tapa . On the February 20 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne was defeated by Gail Kim in a " Knockout Street Fight " . At Lockdown on March 9 , Rayne successfully defended the Knockouts Championship against Kim in a steel cage match . Rayne would be instilled into an angle with Angelina Love , who returned on March 13 and wanted to reunite The Beautiful People . On March 20 , Rayne was invited back into the club by Love , after Velvet Sky accepted Love ' s offer . After turning down the offer , Rayne was attacked backstage in the locker room by Love , establishing a heel turn by Love . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne was defeated by Love in a non - title match after Sky turned heel and attacked Rayne during the match . On the April 3 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne teamed with Brittany in a losing effort to the reunited Beautiful People . At Sacrfice , Rayne lost the Knockouts Championship to Love after interference from Sky . After this , Rayne would enter a storyline where Brittany would attempt to get involved in Rayne ' s feud with the Beautiful People , only to be repeatedly rejected . On the May 29 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , after Rayne refused to be Brittany ' s tag team partner , Brittany would confront Rayne and confess her attraction towards her , only to be rejected again . On the June 5 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne received her rematch , but she was defeated by Love after a distraction from Sky , with Brittany just standing there , On the July 3 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne was attacked by Brittany after she promised to remain friends with Rayne , turning Brittany into a villainess . Rayne defeated Brittany in a No Disqualification match on the July 17 edition of " Impact Wrestling . " Heel Turn ( 2014 - 2015 ) . On the August 27 edition of " Impact Wrestling , " Rayne began portraying a rule - breaking villainess in a # 1 Contender ' s Match against Taryn Terrell by using the ropes for leverage during a pin attempt , but she was caught and eventually defeated by Terrell . On the October 8 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne defeated Terrell and Angelina Love in a # 1 Contender ' s Match , doing so by grabbing Terrell ' s tights . Rayne continued to display her villainous persona when she left Terrell behind to be attacked by Havok . Rayne received her title opportunity on the October 15 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , but she was defeated by Havok . On the October 29 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , the evil Rayne cemented her villainous turn by attacking Taryn Terrell during their match against The Beautiful People , allowing Love and Sky to pick up the victory . In an exclusive segment after the match , Rayne stated that she attacked Terrell because she wanted to give everyone something to talk about . On the November 12 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne was defeated by Terrell in a grudge match . On the January 30 , 2015 , episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne unsuccessfully challenged Taryn Terrell for the TNA Women ' s Knockout Championship in a three – way match , also involving Gail Kim . On the " TKO : Night of Knockouts " edition of " Impact Wrestling " on April 24 , Rayne competed in a four - way # 1 Contender ' s match against Angelina Love , Brooke and Gail Kim , which was ultimately won by Brooke . Rayne was defeated by the returning Velvet Sky on the July 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . Beautiful People Reunion ( 2015 - 2016 ) . On the September 2 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne and Angelina Love came to the aid of Velvet Sky and fought off The Dollhouse ( Jade , Marti Bell , and Rebel ) , turning Rayne face and reuniting The Beautiful People . During October and November , Rayne participated in the TNA World Title Series , where she ended third of her block , tied with Brooke , failing into advance to the finals . On the January 5 , 2016 , Rayne and Sky would team up with Gail Kim to defeat The Dollhouse only after being attacked by Awesome Kong and The Dollhouse . Singles Competition ; Heel Turn ( 2016 - present ) . Due to the departures of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky , Rayne returned to singles competition , including competing in a three way match for the Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim and Jade , which was won by Jade . On the April 12 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne failed to capture the title from Jade . On the July 21 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Rayne turned heel and attacked Gail Kim during the " State of the Knockouts Division " address .