Karlee Perez Karlee Perez ( April 19 , 1986 ) is an American model and professional wrestler . She is best known for working for WWE , under the ring name Maxine . Perez started her career as a model and professional wrestling in 2009 , where Perez signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , WWE ' s developmental territory , where she later served as the general manager of the promotion . In September 2010 , she competed in the third season of " NXT " , but was the second rookie diva eliminated . In August 2011 , she made her return on NXT Redemption as Derrick Bateman ' s girlfriend . She then left the company in June 2012 . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2009 – 2012 ) . In 2009 , Perez signed a developmental contract with WWE and was later assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) . She made her debut under the name Candy Girl in a diva handicap tag team match , where she teamed with Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes to defeat Tiffany and Angela . She later changed her name to Liviana and became a manager for Sweet Papi Sanchez . She competed in a 8 diva tournament to determine the inaugural FCW Divas Champion . Liviana was eliminated by Naomi Night in the first round . On the July 19 , 2011 edition of FCW " Televison " , Maxine was defeated by Miss Florida who later revealed as Naomi . On an episode of FCW " televison " , Maxine defeated Aksana after an inference from Aksana ' s " husband " Goldust . On an episode of FCW " televison " , after Naomi lost to Aksana in a FCW Divas Championship match . Maxine attacked Naomi , but was stopped when AJ came to Naomi ' s aid . On the April 7 , 2011 episode of FCW " Televison " , Maxine interfered in the match , helping Aksana to defeat AJ for the FCW Divas Championship making Aksana the first Diva to ever simultaneously hold both the FCW Diva ' s Championship and the title of Queen of FCW . At the March 11 , 2012 episode of FCW " Televison " , Maxine was fired from the Position of the acting General Manager and was later replaced with Summer Rae . " NXT " ( 2010 - 2012 ) . On the August 31 edition " NXT " , it was announced that she would be part of the third season of " NXT " under the name Maxine , with Alicia Fox as her pro . On the September 7 edition of " NXT " , she competed in a " Dance Competition " and a " Capture the Flag " contest unsuccessfully , and also teaming with her mentor Alicia Fox to face fellow rookie diva Naomi and her pro Kelly Kelly in a losing effort . On September 21 edition of " NXT " , Maxine competed in singles competition against AJ in a losing effort . On October 5 edition of " NXT " lost to Aksana , and unsuccessfully competed in a " Mechanical Bull Riding " contest and a " Talent Show " contest after Hornswoggle shoved pie in her face . On October 12 edition of " NXT " , Maxine accomapnied Alicia Fox in a match against Naomi , who was accompanied by her pro Kelly Kelly in a winning effort , and she unsuccessfully competed in a " WWE Name that Tune " contest and a " Power of the Punch " contest . The next week on " NXT " , Maxine won her first singles match defeating Kaitlyn , but unsuccessfully competed in " WWE ' s Who ' s That Body " and the " Limbo " contest . On October 26 edition of " NXT " , Maxine lost a singles match to Naomi , and won a " Halloween Candy " contest . On the November 2 edition of " NXT " , Maxine lost a " Kissing " contest , and was later that night eliminated from competition . She returned to November 30 season finale episode of " NXT " , where she teamed with Alicia Fox and Aksana in a losing effort to AJ and the Bella Twins . Return to " NXT " ( 2011 – 2012 ) . Relationships with Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis . On the August 31 episode of " NXT " , it was announced that she would be part of the third season of " NXT " under the name Maxine , with Alicia Fox as her pro . On the September 7 episode of " NXT " , she competed in a " Dance Competition " and a " Capture the Flag " contest unsuccessfully , and also teaming with her mentor Alicia Fox to face fellow rookie diva Naomi and her pro Kelly Kelly in a losing effort . On September 21 episode of " NXT " , Maxine competed in singles competition against AJ in a losing effort and later that day she unsuccessful in competed in the " Talk the Talk " challenge . On October 5 episode of " NXT " Maxine lost to Aksana , and unsuccessfully competed in a " Mechanical Bull Riding " contest and a " Talent Show " contest after Hornswoggle shoved pie in her face . On October 12 episode of " NXT " , Maxine accompanied Alicia Fox in a match against Naomi , who was accompanied by her pro Kelly Kelly in a winning effort , and Maxine unsuccessfully competed in a " WWE Name that Tune " contest and a " Power of the Punch " contest . The next week on " NXT " , Maxine won her first singles match defeating Kaitlyn , but unsuccessfully competed in " WWE ' s Who ' s That Body " and the limbo contest ( although host Matt Striker incorrectly declared Naomi the winner without her successfully completing the round Maxine failed ) . On October 26 episode of " NXT " , Maxine lost a singles match to Naomi , and won a " Halloween Candy " contest . On the November 2 episode of " NXT " , Maxine lost a " Kissing " contest , and was later that night eliminated from competition . Maxine returned to November 30 season finale episode of " NXT " , where she teamed with Alicia Fox and Aksana in a losing effort to AJ and the Bella Twins . On the August 16 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine returned attacking AJ , and as the girlfriend of Derrick Bateman to feud against AJ and Titus O ' Neil , which she later that night accompanied Bateman to a match against O ' Neil successfully after a distraction from Maxine . Maxine defeated AJ the following two weeks on the August 23 and September 13 episodes of " NXT Redemption " . On the September 20 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine finally lost to AJ in a singles match . The two divas faced in a rematch 3 weeks later on the October 12 " NXT Redemption " , in which Maxine lost to AJ again . On the October 26 episode of " NXT Redemption " , after Bateman got the victory over Titus O ' Neil , Bateman proposed to Maxine , and after she slapped and kissed him , accepting his proposal . On the November 2 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Bateman and Maxine became known as " BateMax " , and they competed in a 3 on 3 mixed tag team match with JTG in a losing effort to AJ , Titus O ' Niel , Percy Watson . Maxine made her first pay - per - view appearance at Survivor Series as one of the lumberjill ' s for a WWE Divas Championship match involving Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres . On the November 30 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine lost a match against her former NXT Season 3 pro Alicia Fox when she was accidentally distracted by Derrick Bateman and his mother , and ended up leaving the arena with Johnny Curtis told by JTG and Tamina . On the December 7 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine broke up with Derrick Bateman thinking he flirted with her mother . On the December 28 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine would again turn on Derrick Bateman thinking he is trying to ruin her career , kissing Johnny Curtis and leaving with him . The next week on the January 4 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine and Johnny Curtis interrupted Derrick Bateman ' s match with Darren Young , causing him to lose by announcing that she and Curtis are getting married in Las Vegas . On the 100th episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine and Johnny Curtis ' wedding ceremony was interrupted by Derrick Bateman who was showing a security camera video clip in his locker room of Johnny Curtis stealing Bateman ' s iPad and sending an e - mail to Theodore Long about getting rid of Maxine and going to " Smackdown " , and was later reunited with Bateman after she slapped Curtis . The following week on " NXT Redemption " , Curtis offered a truce with Maxine and Derrick Bateman , but Maxine gave Curtis a low blow . Maxine then began a feud with Kaitlyn on the February 1 episode of " NXT Redemption " , who were both seen backstage with Maxine accusing Kaitlyn of liking Derrick Bateman . On the February 8 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine defeated Kaitlyn in singles competition . Maxine attacked Kaitlyn on the February 15 episode of " NXT Redemption " , thinking that Derrick Bateman bought Kaitlyn chocolate for Valentine ' s Day . Two weeks later on the February 29 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine again brutally attacked Kaitlyn after she confessed her love for Derrick Bateman by kissing him , and went on to face Kaitlyn in the main event unsuccessfully . On the March 7 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine was backstage with Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman , who revealed to Bateman that they are no longer dating after Kaitlyn kissed Bateman , leading to a mixed tag team match with Maxine teaming with Curtis being defeated by Bateman and Kaitlyn on the March 14 episode of " NXT Redemption " , and Bateman would afterwards confess his love for Kaitlyn and kissed her , thus solidifying their relationship . After William Regal was appointed as NXT ' s match coordinator , Maxine would attempt to get close to him in the hopes that he would help her get off NXT . On the March 21 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine and Johnny Curtis knocked out Matt Striker with chloroform so that Maxine could join Regal on commentary , with Maxine giving Regal several massages on commentary , however , Striker was then kidnapped ( kayfabe ) by unknown persons , later revealed to be Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks , who intended to blackmail Maxine and Curtis into using her charms to get Regal to leave them alone . Matt Striker was then rescued by Bateman and Kaitlyn on the April 11 episode of " NXT Redemption " . For being involved with Matt Striker ' s kidnapping , on the March 18 episode of " NXT Redemption " , after Maxine defeated Kaitlyn in singles competition , she and Johnny Curtis were forced by William Regal to sign a contract to permanently be each other ' s manager or be fired , and was afterwards handcuffed together leaving the announce table . On the April 25 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine competed in a diva tag team match with Natalya being defeated by Kaitlyn and Tamina Snuka . On the April 26 episode of " ' Superstars " Maxine was defeated by Kelly Kelly . On the May 7 episode of " Raw " , Maxine made her first appearance on " Raw " again teaming with Natalya in a losing effort against Layla and Kelly Kelly . The " New " Maxine started taking on good / nice personality before competed in singles competition against Tamina Snuka on the May 9 episode of " NXT Redemption " coming out victorious , and was later released from being handcuffed with Johnny Curtis by Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks . On the May 16 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine was defeated by arch rival Kaitlyn via submission . On the May 23 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine defeated her former NXT Season 3 pro Alicia Fox via submission . On the May 30 episode of " NXT Redemption " , Maxine ( still taking on a positive attitude ) was on commentary during Kaitlyn ' s match against Tamina Snuka in which Kaitlyn defeated her . On June 28 , 2012 , it was reported that Perez had quit WWE citing frustration with the company ; issues included not being provided a guaranteed contract . The next day , Perez confirmed that she had asked for and received her release from WWE to pursue other options , but commented that she was not going to join another wrestling company . Impact Wrestling ( 2014 ) . On May 10 , Perez returned to wrestling when she competed in TNA ' s One Night Only Knockouts Knockdown pay - per - view event , competing under her real name in an losing effort to Taryn Terrell . Lucha Underground ( 2014 - present ) . In September 2014 , it was announced Perez would be appearing on the new wrestling TV show Lucha Underground under the name Catrina , working as the valet of Mil Muertes . Personal life . Perez is of Spanish , Cuban , Italian , Chinese and Hawaiian descent . On June 14 , 2009 , Perez was arrested in Tampa , Florida and charged with suspicion of driving under the influence . The arrest took place during a traffic stop at 1 am . Perez was later released . According to FCW sources , all charges were subsequently dropped by police .