Summer Rae Danielle Moinet ( November 28 , 1983 ) is an American model , actress and former football player who played with the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League . She also is a professional wrestler , currently working for WWE , performing on the Raw brand under the ring name Summer Rae . Football career . Moinet played with the Chicago Bliss of the Legends Football League ( LFL ) from 2008 to 2011 . She played as a cornerback and was the team ' s captain . On June 30 , 2011 , Moinet played in the LFL All - Star Game at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton , Ontario , in Canada which was her final game in the LFL . She was one of two players in the game from the Chicago Bliss . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . Developmental territories ( 2011 – 2012 ) . In November 2011 , it was reported that Moinet had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and been assigned to the Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) developmental territory . Moinet made her television debut on the December 18 episode of FCW television , appearing in a ringside promo with Abraham Washington , and the following week she managed Washington during a tag team match . She also worked as the ring announcer for FCW television show . Changing her ring name to Summer Rae , she was prevented from interfering in a match between Seth Rollins and Rae ' s " new client " Brad Maddox by the debuting Paige on the March 5 episode of FCW television . On the March 11 episode of FCW , Rae became the FCW General Manager , replacing the former general manager Maxine whom was fired early that event by FCW owner Steve Keirn . On the March 15 , episode of FCW television , Rae decided to deactivate the Queen of FCW crown , leaving Raquel Diaz as the last champion . Rae made her in - ring debut on the April 6 episode of FCW television , where she lost to Sofia Cortez in an elimination triple threat match , which also involved Paige . On the April 19 episode of FCW television , Rae teamed up with Caylee Turner and Audrey Marie in a winning effort against Raquel Diaz , Cortez and Paige . Rae made her singles debut on the May 10 episode of FCW television , losing to Paige in a singles match . On the May 31 episode of FCW television ' Rae teamed up with Turner to defeat The Anti - Diva Army ( Paige and Cortez ) . On the June 3 episode of FCW television , Rae announced that Marie was to receive a match for Raquel Diaz ' s FCW Divas Championship , if she could defeat Paige in a number one contenders match . In June , Rae defeated various Divas in bikini contests . On the July 19 episode of FCW television , Moinet teamed up with Skyler Moon to defeat Cortez and Paige . She continued to wrestle against Paige , in both singles and tag team matches through September . On October 18 , Rae teamed up with Corey Graves in a losing effort to the team of Sasha Banks and Jason Jordan in a mixed tag team match . NXT Wrestling ( 2012 – 2014 ) . Rae debuted on the first episode of the sixth season of WWE NXT taped at Full Sail University as a ring announcer . Rae made her in - ring debut for NXT on a live event September 27 , Rae teamed up with Audrey Marie in a winning effort defeating the team of Emma and Paige in a divas tag - team match . On the January 30 episode of NXT , Rae turned heel by attacking Paige due to Rae ' s jealousy of Paige ' s popularity and success . A vengeful Paige interrupted a scheduled match to attack Rae on the February 13 edition of NXT , but suffered a shoulder injury in the process , which Rae exploited later that episode to defeat Paige in her first match . Rae ' s victory ended Paige ' s undefeated streak . Rae then teamed with Audrey Marie against Paige and Sasha Banks ; Marie was pinned when Rae ran away from Paige . Rae finally faced off against Paige in a singles match on the May 1 edition of NXT , where Paige emerged victorious despite Rae ' s pre - match attack on Paige during her entrance . Summer Rae faced off in singles competition against former WWE Divas Champion Natalya in a singles match on the May 15 edition of NXT , where Rae emerged victorious despite Paige ' s attempt to distract Rae . Rae competed in the NXT Women ' s Championship Tournament on the June 19 edition of NXT to crown the inaugural champion and defeated Sasha Banks in the first round . Rae was defeated in the semi - finals by Emma on the July 10 edition of NXT , where Rae lost following Emma reversing Rae pinfall attempt . After the match , Rae attacked Emma before being chased off by Paige . Rae began to feud with Emma after losing to her in a # 1 Contender ' s dance battle match by attacking her , leading to her unsuccessfully challenging Paige for the NXT Women ' s Championship . For weeks , Rae began to influence Sasha Banks to make herself relevant , which led to Banks turning heel on the September 11 edition of NXT , by attacking NXT Women ' s Champion Paige . On the September 25 edition of NXT , Summer accompanied Sasha to her match against Bayley , which Sasha won . Summer then declared that her and Sasha would run the NXT Divas division . Banks and Rae , now known as the “ BFFs : Beautiful Fierce Females ” faced Paige and Emma on the October 16 edition of NXT , where they would emerge victorious after Rae pinned Paige . Rae and Banks defeated Charlotte and Bayley on the November 13 edition of NXT , with the victory coming after the evil Charlotte turned against Bayley and later became the third member of the BFFs . Alliance with Fandango ( 2013 – 2014 ) . On April 22 , Rae appeared on Monday Night Raw as Fandango ' s newest dance partner . She danced briefly with Fandango ' s rival Chris Jericho after his attack on Fandango on the stage area . During the May 13th episode of " Monday Night Raw " , Rae joined Fandango in a " Dance - Off Competition " against Chris Jericho and Jericho ' s partner Edyta Sliwinska . During the competition , Rae faked a leg injury , distracting Jericho long enough for Fandango to attack him with part of the dance floor . On the May 20th episode of " Monday Night Raw " , Rae accompanied Fandango to his first tag match with Wade Barrett to face Chris Jericho and The Miz . While the match was in progress , Fandango abandoned his partner and instead danced with Rae until the end of the match which resulted in Barrett ' s defeat . After Fandango was chased off from ringside by his opponents , Jericho offered to dance with Rae before reneging on the offer after Rae fooled him during the dance - off competition . On the May 27th episode of " Monday Night Raw " , Rae stood at ringside during a match between Wade Barrett and Fandango , refereed by The Miz . The match was won by Fandango who disrespected The Miz prompting him to strike Fandango causing the nearby Rae to land on him allowing The Miz to mockingly count a pin by Rae on Fandango . On the October 25th episode of " Friday Night SmackDown " , Summer got into a brawl with diva Natalya inside the ring during a match between Fandango and The Great Khali . Summer made her debut match in WWE at the Hell in a Cell pay - per - view , where she teamed up with Fandango to face Natalya and Khali in a winning effort when Summer rolled up Natalya . Rae made her singles debut the following night on " Raw " , where she faced Natalya in a losing effort . The following week on " Raw " , Summer and Fandango faced Natalya and her fiance , the returning Tyson Kidd , in a losing effort . At the Survivor Series pay - per - view , Rae participated in a seven - on - seven traditional elimination tag team match as her team took on the cast of Total Divas . She was on Aj Lee ' s team who claimed to be " true divas " . In the end Summer was eliminated by Nikki Bella . After Survivor Series there was a re - match on raw where Summer Rae was the last standing for her team but she was eliminated leading her team to a second loss . On the December 19 episode of " Superstars " , Rae defeated Kaitlyn , garnering her first singles match victory on the main roster . In the beginning of 2014 , Rae started a feud with Emma who was called to the main roster and the two competed in several dance - off competitions on both " Raw " and " SmackDown " , which Emma won . The two finally faced off in a match on the February 24 episode of " Raw " , where Emma defeated Rae . On the 27 March episode of WWE " Superstars " , Rae once again lost to Emma via submission . On April 6 , Rae made her Wrestlemania debut , competing at WrestleMania XXX in a 14 - Diva " Vickie Guerrero Invitational " match for the WWE Divas Championship , which was won by defending champion AJ Lee . The following night on " Raw " , Rae and Fandango lost to Emma and Santino Marella in a mixed tag team match , with Emma making Rae submit . Face Turn ; Feud with Layla , Teaming Up With Layla ( 2014 ) . On April 8 , Fandango announced the end of his association with Rae via Twitter . On the April 11 episode of " SmackDown " , Fandango replaced Rae with Layla . This storyline was put in place to allow Moinet time off television to film " The Marine 4 " . Rae returned on the May 19 episode of " Raw " , where she confronted and kissed Fandango and attacked Layla before their match . Rae made her in - ring return on the following episode of " Raw " , in an losing effort to Eva Marie following the interference from Fandango and Layla . On the June 9 episode of " Raw " , Rae attacked Layla by pouring milk over her and beating her down . Layla would get revenge on Rae on the following night on " Main Event " by throwing kitty litter on her , officially setting up a feud between the two . Rae would attack Layla again on the June 13 episode of " SmackDown " , posing as one of Adam Rose ' s " Rosebuds " during Rose ' s match with Fandango . On the June 16 episode of " Raw " , Rae and Rose defeated Fandango and Layla in a mixed tag - team match , completing her face turn . On the June 20 episode of " SmackDown " , Rae shared another kiss with Fandango backstage , which Layla would witness . In the following weeks , Rae and Layla assaulted each other backstage and at ringside during Fandango ' s matches , leading to a match between Rae and Layla at the Money in the Bank pay – per – view on June 29 , with Fandango as the special guest referee , which Layla would win . Various Alliances ( 2014 – present ) . On the June 30 , 2014 episode of " Raw " , during a match between Fandango and Dolph Ziggler , Rae interfered and kissed Ziggler , causing Fandango to lose . On the July 11 episode of " SmackDown " , Rae attacked Layla during a match between Fandango and Adam Rose , which Fandango lost . This led to a rematch between Rae and Layla later that night , with Fandango once again as the special guest referee . At the beginning of the match , Layla and Rae kissed Fandango , and the match would end when both Rae and Layla attacked Fandango , ending Layla ' s relationship with him , and the two would dance together afterwards . Beginning at Battleground , Rae and Layla formed their own alliance and began distracting Fandango during his matches , costing him several matches . In their first match as a team , Rae and Layla , who dubbed themselves " The Slayers " , lost to Paige and AJ Lee on the July 18 episode of " SmackDown . " The Slayers won their first match as a team on the September 2 episode of " Main Event " , where they defeated Rosa Mendes and Natalya . At Survivor Series , Rae participated in a four – on – four elimination tag team match , where she was eliminated by Emma before her team ultimately lost the match . In January 2015 , The Slayers quietly disbanded when Layla underwent surgery . Upon the release of Rae ' s first film " The Marine 4 : Moving Target " in April , she was disrespected by her co - star The Miz and as a result she allied herself with Miz ' s estranged personal assistant , Damien Sandow . On the April 20 episode of " Raw " , Rae helped Miz win a match against Sandow , having been working with Miz from the start . In June , Rae became involved with Rusev ' s storyline with his former manager Lana and Dolph Ziggler , in which Rae formed a relationship with Rusev . On the June 29 episode of " Raw " , Rae insulted and slapped Lana , which led to a fight between the two . The following week on " Raw " , Ziggler would get injured after an attack by Rusev , and would later return on the August 17 episode of " Raw " , saving Lana during a confrontation with Rusev and Rae . This led to a match between Ziggler and Rusev at SummerSlam , which ended in a double count – out due interference from both Lana and Rae . In September , Rae attempted to ruin Ziggler and Lana ' s relationship by showing Ziggler ' s attempts to " seduce " Rae , however , the storyline quietly ended when Lana injured her arm and stopped appearing on television . After Rusev refused Rae ' s marriage proposal , Rae confronted Rusev about his real - life engagement to Lana , which had been reported by TMZ , officially ending their association by berating and slapping him . Rae got revenge on Rusev on the following episode of Smackdown by officiating his match with Ziggler as the special guest referee , arguing and slapping Rusev and fast - counting him to give Ziggler the win , but failed to gain his affections . On the October 22 episode of " SmackDown " , during a Miz TV segment between Rae and Ziggler , she introduced the debuting Tyler Breeze as her " new man " , before Breeze attacked Ziggler . However , during the final " SmackDown " of 2015 , Rae and Breeze announced that they amicably decided to go their separate ways . Other media . In 2014 , Rae joined the cast of " Total Divas " for its second season , where she continued to feud with The Bella Twins and Natalya out of the ring . She will star in " The Marine 4 " alongside The Miz .