Rachel Summerlyn Rachel Childres ( July 1 , 1986 ) , is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rachel Summerlyn . She wrestles for several independent wrestling promotions , most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes , IWA Mid - South and ACW . She currently performs for several Northern United States - based independent promotions as well as the all - female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes . Under her original ring name Rachel Putski , she was billed as the granddaughter of former professional wrestler and 1995 WWF Hall of Famer Ivan Putski . Career . Early career . Rachel made her debut as Rachel Putski and on November 3 , 2006 , took part in the first ever Queen of the Deathmatch tournament , where she defeated Vanessa Kraven in a thumbtack death match in the first round , but ended up being eliminated in the quarter finals by the eventual winner of the whole tournament Mickie Knuckles in a Taipei death match . After the tournament , she changed her ring name to Rachel Summerlyn . After missing the following year ' s tournament , she came back to take part in Queen of the Deathmatch 2008 . She defeated Annie Social in the first round but lost in the semifinals to the eventual winner Rebecca Payne . On May 4 , 2009 , she defeated Hailey Hatred , Daffney and Mickie Knuckles to win IWA - MS ' second Volcano Girls tournament . On June 21 , 2009 , she took part in Anarchy Championship Wrestling ' s first annual American Joshi Queen of Queens tournament where she was eliminated in the semifinals by Sara Del Rey . SHIMMER Women Athletes . On October 19 , 2008 , at the tapings of Volume 21 , Summerlyn debuted on SPARKLE , the preshow of Shimmer Women Athletes , where she defeated Sassy Stephie to win a part in the main roster . On Volume 22 , taped that same night , she was defeated by Amazing Kong . On May 2 , 2009 , she returned to SPARKLE where she teamed with Rayna Von Tosh in a winning effort against the team of Sassy Stephie and Kimberly Kash . On Volume 25 , she tapped out to Cat Power in a 4 - way match which also included Ariel and Kellie Skater . On November 8 , 2009 , Rachel made her third appearance in SHIMMER teaming with Daffney in a tag team match against the International Home Wrecking Crew . During the match , Daffney turned heel and left Rachel alone in the ring , allowing the IHWC to pick up the win . Later in the night , Rachel defeated Daffney in a grudge match via DQ after Daffney didn ' t release an illegal hold over Rachel for more than 5 seconds . As part of Volume 29 , Rachel wrestled LuFisto in a hard - hitting match where she was forced to submit to the juji - gatame . On April 10 , 2010 , as part of SHIMMER Volume 30 , Rachel teamed up with Jessica James as Rachel & Jessica ' s Excellent Tag Team in a losing effort against Annie Social & Melanie Cruise . The following night of SHIMMER tapings saw Rachel lose to Daffney in a No Disqualification match on Volume 31 , while she defeated Kellie Skater on Volume 32 . In September , Rachel participated in the SHIMMER tapings of Volumes 33 - 36 . On Volume 33 , Rachel & Jessica ' s Excellent Tag Team defeated Athena & Bonesaw in the opening contest . On Volume 34 , Rachel and Jessica ' s Excellent Tag Team were defeated by the Canadian NINJAs in a Shimmer Tag Team Championship match got Rachel was distracted by Daffney . On Volume 35 , Rachel ( after being distracted by Daffney ) was defeated by Sara Del Rey after a cross armbreaker . On Volume 36 , she defeated Daffney in an I Quit Match with a Texas Cloverleaf in the ropes . Rachel took part in the SHIMMER tapings of Volumes 37 - 40 in March 2011 . On Volume 38 , she was defeated by Mercedes Martinez and then she bounced back with a victory over Mena Libra on Volume 39 . Rachel did not return to SHIMMER following these tapings , saying that she chose not to return to what she felt was not a fun working environment .