Bonnie Maxon Bonnie Maxon ( September 10 , 1981 ) is a retired American professional wrestler best known by her ring name Rain or as Payton Banks in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . She formerly tag team ed with partner Lacey to form The Minnesota Home - Wrecking Crew ( a play on the name of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew ) , but following Lacey ' s retirement , she teamed with British wrestler Jetta to form The International Home Wrecking Crew . Rain also competed in Shine Wrestling , where is she once reigned as the first ever SHINE Champion . Professional wrestling career . Early career . Maxon started working for a local promotion , Steel Domain Wrestling ( SDW ) in St . Paul , Minnesota . Later after gaining the experience of a wrestler she started working for various promotions in the Midwest , such as IWA Mid - South , Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) , NWA Midwest , Ring of Honor , Shimmer Women Athletes , and Women Extreme Wrestling under the ring name Rain . Shimmer Women Athletes ( 2005 – 2009 ) . On November 6 , 2005 , Rain made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes on the promotion ' s debut show , losing to Ariel . She picked up her first victory in the promotion on " Volume 3 " , which was taped on February 12 , 2006 , defeating Nikki Roxx . On May 21 on " Volume 6 " the team of Rain and Lacey , known collectively as The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew , made their Shimmer debut as a tag team , defeating Sara Del Rey and Mercedes Martinez . After another tag team victory on " Volume 8 " against Cheerleader Melissa and MsChif , Rain entered the Shimmer Championship tournament on " Volume 11 " on June 1 , 2007 , but was eliminated in the first round by Nikki Roxx . The following day on " Volume 13 " the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew suffered its first loss in a match against Del Rey and Roxx . On October 13 Rain and Lacey were joined by Jetta , and together they formed the stable The International Home Wrecking Crew . In their debut match as a trio , they were defeated by Daizee Haze , MsChif and Eden Black . On April 26 , 2008 , on " Volume 18 " Rain and Lacey were defeated by the team of Ashley Lane and Nevaeh . After Lacey ' s retirement , Rain and Jetta continued teaming together , and on " Volume 21 " , taped on October 19 , 2008 , they entered a gauntlet match to determine the first ever Shimmer Tag Team Champions . The team entered the match fourth and eliminated Jennifer Blake and LuFisto , before being eliminated themselves by the eventual winners of the entire match , Ashley Lane and Nevaeh . On " Volume 23 " Rain and Jetta faced Lane and Nevaeh in a two out of three falls for the tag team title . During the match Lacey debuted as Rain and Jetta ' s new manager and helped them score the first fall . Lane and Nevaeh came to back to even the score , after Lacey ' s second interference backfired . Jetta scored the deciding fall after using a chain given to her by Lacey . However , after referee Bryce Remsburg found out that Jetta had cheated to win , he restarted the match and in the end Lane and Nevaeh retained their gold . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 – 2008 ) . Maxon appeared as a " plant " on the October 18 , 2007 edition of " Impact ! " holding up a huge white sign with black letters reading off " President of Robert Roode FanClub " . She continued to appear in the crowd with pro - Roode signs for the following two weeks . She was officially referenced to on the November 1 edition of " Impact ! " by TNA announcers , where she also had a staredown with Roode ' s former valet Ms . Brooks . In the aftermath of a match on an edition of " Impact ! " , after Ms . Brooks and Roode defeated Chris Harris and Gail Kim , Brooks was about to leave the ring when she attacked and started a cat fight with Maxon . Following the altercation , she was seen from far distances all around the TNA Impact Zone . She was referred as Ms . Brooks ' s stalker by TNA commentators Don West and Mike Tenay . She then appeared on the January 10 , 2008 edition of " Impact ! " and attacked Brooks . Subsequently , Roode announced that she had been replaced by Maxon , under the new name ( Ms . ) Peyton Banks ( later tweaked to Payton Banks ) , resulting in a feud with Brooks and a match at Against All Odds where Brooks came out on top . At Destination X , Banks was part of the " Stand By Your Man " Strap match , where she was in the corner of Roode , and Brooks was in the corner of Booker T . The match stipulation dictated that the loser of the match would have their valet whipped with a strap . Booker T lost the match , and Banks whipped Brooks with the leather strap until Brooks was saved by Booker ' s wife , Sharmell . At Lockdown , Booker T and Sharmell defeated Roode and Banks in a mixed tag team match when Sharmell pinned Banks with a roll - up . After the match Roode verbally abused Banks in the ring . Roode then prepared to hit her , but instead left her alone in the ring . After her program with Roode ended , she left TNA . Asistencia , Asesoría y Administración ( 2009 – 2010 ) . On August 21 , 2009 , at Verano de Escandalo , Rain made her debut for Asistencia , Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) as a member of " La Legión Extranjera " , led by Konnan . In the promotion she regularly teams with Jennifer Blade and Sexy Star as well as acting as the valet of Alex Koslov . At the 2010 " Rey de Reyes " show Rain , Christina Von Eerie and Sexy Star faced off against Cinthia Moreno , Mari and Faby Apache , a match which Moreno won for her team by pinning Sexy Star . During a post " Rey de Reyes " interview Sexy Star claimed that the Apaches and Cintia Moreno were nothing but maids , which led to AAA booking a match between Cinthia Moreno , Faby and Mari Apache against Sexy Star , Rain and Jennifer Blade in a TripleMania XVIII match where the person pinned or submitted would have to be the winning team ' s slave for a month . At TripleMania " La Legión " defeated Moreno and the Apaches , when Blade pinned Mari , thanks in part to the biased refereering by Hijo del Tirantes . Following the match Konnan ordered Mari Apache to begin her maid duty right away by cleaning up their dressing room . The stipulation expired on July 6 , 2010 . Rain ' s contract with AAA expired on July 25 , 2010 . Wrestlicious ( 2009 – 2010 ) . In early 2009 Maxon took part in the tapings of Wrestlicious , under the ring name Felony , which began airing in March 2010 . She debuted on March 1 in the first episode teaming with Maria Toro and Bandita defeating the team of Cousin Cassie , Tyler Texas and Charlotte On the April 7 edition of " Takedown " , Felony was one of the last two girls along with Glory standing in a 20 - girl over - the - top - rope " Hoedown Throwdown " battle royal to determine the top two contenders for the Wrestlicious Championship . On the May 24 episode of " Wrestlicious Takedown " , Felony lost the Wrestlicious Championship match to Glory . Shine Wrestling ( 2012 - 2014 ) . Rain debuted for Shine Wrestling , a new women ' s wrestling promotion , on July 20 , 2012 , and defeated Nikki Roxx at the first show . She defeated Santana Garrett at SHINE 2 on August 17 , but suffered her first loss at SHINE 3 on September 21 to Jazz via submission in a # 1 Contender ' s Match for the SHIMMER Championship . At SHINE 4 on October 19 , Rain defeated Christina Von Eerie and later caused Jazz to lose to Saraya Knight in the main event . As a result , Rain would team up with Mercedes Martinez at SHINE 5 on November 16 in a losing effort against Jazz and Amazing Kong . Rain suffered a legit broken wrist and was unable to compete at SHINE 6 , but she did get involved in the show ' s main event ; costing Kong her match against Mercedes Martinez . That same night , Rain formed the stable known as Valkyrie , which she leads and consists of Allysin Kay , Ivelisse , Taylor Made , and April Hunter . Rain picked up a DQ victory over Kong at SHINE 7 on February 22 and led Valkyrie to victory against Kong , Von Eerie , Mia Yim , and the debuting Angelina Love at SHINE 8 . Rain defeated Love at SHINE 9 to qualify for the SHINE Championship Tournament , but she lost to Love at SHINE 10 a month later in a rematch . It was her first lost since forming Valkyrie . On July 12 , 2013 , Rain defeated LuFisto in the first round of the SHINE Championship Tournament at SHINE 11 , and defeated Jessicka Havok in the semifinals via countout after Saraya Knight attacked Havok outside the ring . Rain defeated Mia Yim in the finals to become the inaugural SHINE Champion . At SHINE 12 on August 23 , Rain had her first successful title defense against Havok , and she retained the title again at SHINE 13 on September 27 against Angelina Love . At SHINE 14 on October 25 , Rain successfully defended the SHINE Championship against Hiroyo Matsumoto . and was told after the match that she would have to defend the title against Amazing Kong at SHINE 15 . At the event on December 13 , Rain successfully defended her title against Amazing Kong in what was billed as her retirement match . However , after the match , she announced that she was not retiring after all and would continue to defend the title in 2014 . She was later informed by Shine VP Lexie Fyfe that her Valkyrie cohort , Ivelisse , would be the # 1 Contender for her title at SHINE 16 . On January 24 , 2014 , Rain lost the SHINE Championship to Ivelisse . After the match , she ousted Ivelisse from Valkyrie and , along with her cohorts , attacked her in the ring . After the event , Rain officially announced her retirement from wrestling . Personal life . She is currently in school and works a full - time job but still finds time to take part in wrestling independent shows . By her own admittance on her Yahoo Groups site , Rain says she is a vegetarian . She ' s also quite the dog lover as both her Yahoo Group and MySpace page feature pictures of her Doberman Pincher , Jordan and a new puppy named Collin which is a Pug she recently adopted . In the past , Maxon also had three ferrets named Que , Tye , and Butthead . According to the movie Unscarred , Maxon is the ex - girlfriend of retired wrestler Nick Mondo . When not wrestling , she enjoys hanging out with friends and eating out at her favorite restaurants . In keeping with her vegetarianism , she recommended one of her favorite restaurants , Babani ' s , a Kurdish restaurant in St . Paul , to one of her fans on her site . In 2007 , she ( along with Lacey , O . D . B . , SoCal Val , Daffney , and other female indy wrestlers ) joined the website " Wrestling Vixxxens " . On February 5 , 2013 , Rain officially announced that she would retire from wrestling at the end of the year .