Aksana Živilė Raudonienė ( April 29 , 1982 ) is a Lithuania n fitness model , bodybuilder and professional wrestler . She is best known for her time in WWE , where she performed under the ring name Aksana . Raudonienė began her career as a bodybuilder at the age of 16 , where she began her training . At the age of 17 , she was the youngest participant in the 1999 IFBB Arnold Classic Contest . During her time as a bodybuilder , she won three medals in Bodybuilding Amateur World Championships ( 2 silver , 1 bronze ) . Raudonienė signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , WWE ' s developmental territory . She became the Queen of FCW and won the FCW Divas Championship , and also became the first wrestler in history to hold both titles simultaneously . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . Florida Championship Wrestling ( 2009 – 2012 ) . On October 5 , 2009 , it was reported that WWE had signed Raudonienė to a developmental contract with WWE and was training at Florida Championship Wrestling their developmental facility in Florida . Raudonienė made her FCW debut under the ring name " Olga " at a FCW house show in a Divas Halloween Costume contest on October 29 , 2009 . The following month , her ring name was changed to Aksana , and she began to manage Eli Cottonwood . She was also involved in a storyline where she was kidnapped by Sweet Papi Sanchez . Aksana made her in ring debut at an FCW house show on January 15 , 2010 when she teamed with AJ Lee , Savannah , and Eve Torres to defeat Serena Mancini , Naomi Night , Courtney Taylor , and Liviana . She began appearing on " The Abraham Washington Show " , Abraham Washington ' s in - ring talk show segment , where she acted as his sidekick . She continued to wrestle as well , appearing in several multi - Diva tag team matches . On April 15 , 2010 Aksana teamed with Hunico and Tito Nieves in a mixed tag team match , defeating The Usos and Tamina . When it was announced that there would be a creation of the FCW Divas Championship , Aksana competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural champion , only to be defeated in the first round by Serena at the April 29 , 2010 television tapings . She also briefly managed Johnny Curtis in the months of April and May . In July , Aksana competed in several bikini contests against the other FCW Divas , winning one on July 8 , 2011 . The following month , she began hosting " The Aksana Show " , a spin - off of " The Abraham Washington Show " , having guests including Mason Ryan , FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman , Maxine , Rosa Mendes and FCW Divas Champion Naomi Knight . At the February 3 , 2011 television tapings , Aksana defeated Rosa Mendes to become the new Queen of FCW . Aksana later joined the new villainous group formed by FCW General Manager Maxine with FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Lucky Cannon , FCW Divas Champion AJ , and Damien Sandow . At the April 7 , 2011 television tapings , Aksana defeated AJ to win the FCW Divas Championship for the first time after interference from Maxine . Her victory made her the first Diva to hold the Queen of FCW title and FCW Divas Championship simultaneously . On September 1 , 2011 television tapings , Aksana lost the FCW Divas Championship to Audrey Marie . " NXT " ( 2010 ) . On August 31 , 2010 it was announced that Raudonienė would be part of the third season of " NXT " , under the ring name of Aksana , with Goldust as her storyline mentor . She appeared on the first episode of the season on September 7 , 2010 where she teamed with Goldust in a loss to A . J . and Primo in a mixed tag team match . The following week , she lost to Jamie Keyes in a singles match . On the September 21 , 2010 episode of " NXT " , Aksana began a storyline where she was having problems with her visa and was facing deportation from the United States . On the October 5 , 2010 episode of " NXT " , Aksana won a challenge for the first time by winning the mechanical bull riding contest , before defeating Maxine in a match . The following week , Goldust proposed marriage to Aksana so she could stay in the United States , which she accepted . On the November 2 , 2010 edition of " NXT " , Goldust and Aksana ' s wedding took place . As Goldust was about to plant a kiss on his new wife , Aksana slapped him and walked off , turning heel in the process . The following Monday on " Raw " , Aksana stole Goldust ' s Million Dollar Championship , which he had stolen from Ted DiBiase . The next night on " NXT " , Goldust confronted his wife about their wedding . Aksana , now holding the Million Dollar Championship , revealed to Goldust that she never loved him , and only married him to stay in the country as if she returned to Lithuania she ' d be beaten with shovels . Goldust responded by putting Aksana in a match with Naomi , in which she lost . The following week on " Raw " , Goldust took back the Million Dollar Championship from Aksana with help from Kelly Kelly and Dusty Rhodes , and gave it back to Ted DiBiase , Sr . The next night on the November 16 , 2010 episode of " NXT " , Aksana was eliminated from the competition . She returned on the season finale on November 30 , 2010 where she teamed with Alicia Fox and Maxine in a loss to A . J . and The Bella Twins . SmackDown ; Storyline with Teddy Long ( 2011 – 2012 ) . Aksana made her official WWE debut on August 5 , as a member of the " SmackDown " roster , as a face , where she introduced herself to General Manager Theodore Long in a backstage segment and continuing on backstage segments with Long for over the course of months . On the August 22 , edition of " Raw " , Aksana appeared backstage with several other Superstars and Divas congratulating Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne ( now known as " Air Boom " ) on winning the WWE Tag Team Championship . Four days later on " SmackDown " , Aksana had another backstage segment , where she invited the WWE Universe to " turn her on " to " SmackDown " , continuing the sexual innuendos of the previous weeks . On the August 30 edition of " SmackDown " , Aksana served as the guest ring announcer for a Divas tag team match between The Divas of Doom ( Beth Phoenix and Natalya ) and Alicia Fox and Kelly Kelly . On the September 23 , edition of " SmackDown " , Aksana appeared alongside the entire SmackDown roster during the opening segment involving John Laurinaitis , Mark Henry , Triple H , and Christian . On the October 3 , edition of " Raw " , Aksana , along with most of the WWE roster , gave Triple H a vote of no confidence in his role as Chief Operating Officer of the WWE , and walked out of the show . The following edition of Raw , in a WWE . com Exlcusive , Aksana was seen with the rest of the fifty - five disgruntled WWE employees in a solidarity rally before Raw aired . On the October 28 , edition of " SmackDown " , Aksana appeared backstage with Theodore Long for the first time in over a month , this time interrupting his conversation with Hornswoggle . On the October 31 , edition of " Raw " , Aksana competed in her first match on the main roster , which was a Divas Halloween Costume battle royal match to become the number one contender for the WWE Divas Championship at the 2011 Survivor Series pay - per - view . However , she was unsuccessful in becoming the number one contender after being eliminated by The Bella Twins . At the Survivor Series pay - per - view , Aksana participated as one of the lumberjills in the WWE Divas Championship match between Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres . At the conclusion of the 2011 " Tribute to the Troops " special , Aksana joined the rest of the WWE roster in greeting the fans in attendance . On the December 28 , edition of " NXT Redemption " , Aksana appeared in a backstage segment with Maxine . Aksana showed Maxine a text supposedly sent by Derrick Bateman to Theodore Long ' s phone , which read that he while he couldn ' t wait to become a " SmackDown " superstar , he wanted Maxine to stay on " NXT " . When Maxine asked Aksana if Johnny Curtis put her up to it , Aksana replied that she was only trying to help . On the January 27 , 2012 edition of " SmackDown ! " , Aksana made her in - ring debut defeating Natalya . After the match , Natalya attacked Aksana , but Tamina saved her . The following week , Aksana made her tag team debut as she teamed up with Tamina in a losing effort against The Divas of Doom . Relationship with Antonio Cesaro ( 2012 ) . In April , newcomer Antonio Cesaro debuted on " SmackDown " and Aksana introduced him to Theodore Long , who was forced to act like a Queen ' s guard and therefore could not say a word . On the following edition of " Smackdown " , Aksana turned into a villainess and kissed Cesaro in front of Teddy Long , effectively ending their relationship . On the May 11 edition of " SmackDown " , Aksana debuted a new look . Later in the night , after Cesaro defeated Alex Riley , Aksana officially told Theodore Long that their relationship is through , cementing her heel turn . She then passionately kissed Cesaro , leaving Long in tears . On the June 29 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Long announced that he would be the General Manager for both " SmackDown " and " Raw " the next week , then pitted Aksana and Cesaro in a mixed tag team match against The Great Khali and the Divas Champion Layla , which they lost . On the July 17 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Aksana teamed up with Antonio Cesaro in a losing effort to Layla and Santino Marella in a dark match . On the July 27 episode of " SmackDown " , Aksana accompanied Cesaro to the ring where he defeated United States Champion Santino Marella in a non - title match . On the August 20 episode of " Raw " , Aksana competed in the # 1 Contender ' s Battle Royal to determine the # 1 contender for WWE Divas Championship whom would face Layla for Divas Championship at Night of Champions but was unsuccessful after being eliminated by Rosa Mendes . On the 3rd September episode of " Raw " , Aksana accompanied Cesaro for his first title defense where the latter successfully defended his title . Alliance with Eve ( 2012 – 2013 ) . On the September 21st edition of " SmackDown " , Cesaro ended his relationship with Aksana in 5 different languages after she inadvertently cost him his non - title match against Santino Marella . Aksana was then referenced on the October 12 edition of SmackDown as Layla and Kaitlyn revealed that Aksana found a blonde wig in the bag belonging to Eve Torres , implementing Eve ' s involvement in an attack on Kaitlyn at WWE Night of Champions . On the October 26 episode of " SmackDown " , it was revealed that it was Aksana that attacked Kaitlyn at Night of Champions and that Eve sent her a text message to do so , later that night Aksana teamed up with Eve to defeat Layla and Kaitlyn after Layla ' s interference backfired . On the November 5 episode of " Raw " , Aksana teamed up with Eve in a losing effort to Layla and Kaitlyn after Kaitlyn pinned Eve ; this also where she added a new antic to her gimmick : crawling in the ring . On the November 14 episode of " NXT , " Aksana was defeated by Layla . On the November 16 episode of " SmackDown " , Aksana competed in a 6 diva tag team match along with Eve and Alicia Fox in a losing effort against Kaitlyn , Layla , and Natalya with Kaitlyn pinning Fox . At Survivor Series , the evil Aksana attacked Kaitlyn backstage in a blonde wig leading to Eve retaining the Divas Championship . On the November 19 episode of " RAW , " Kaitlyn would get revenge on Aksana by defeating her in singles competition . On " Backstage Fallout " the next day , Aksana explained that she attacked Kaitlyn because she was doing what she had to do to get ahead . On the December 14 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Aksana competed against Kaitlyn in a losing effort . During the pre - show of the pay - per - view on December 16 , Aksana participated in her first WWE pay - per - view match competing in the " Santa ' s Little Helpers " battle royal which was won by Naomi . On the December 24 episode of " Raw " Christmas edition , Aksana competed in a " Santa ' s Little Helper " eight - divas tag team match with Eve , Rosa Mendes , and Tamina Snuka in a losing effort against Layla , Natalya , Alicia Fox and Kaitlyn after Kaitlyn pinned Eve . After Eve would lose her title to Kaitlyn on the " 20th Anniversary episode of Raw , Eve would then quit the WWE , thus ending the alliance between the two . Various alliances and feuds ( 2013 - 2014 ) . On the January 18 episode of " SmackDown " , Aksana was defeated by her rival and new Divas Champion Kaitlyn in a non - title match . On the February 6 episode of " Main Event " , Aksana would began an aligning herself with Tamina Snuka against the Funkadactyls ( Naomi and Cameron ) in a losing effort after Naomi pinned Aksana . On the February 22 episode of " SmackDown " , Aksana continued to feud with Kaitlyn in a divas tag team match alongside Tamina Snuka against Kaitlyn and Layla in a losing effort with Kaitlyn pinning Snuka . Aksana would then compete in a rematch with Tamina Snuka against Kaitlyn and Layla , but would again be on the losing side being pinned by Layla . On the May 17 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Aksana was defeated by Kaitlyn in a non - title match . When WWE rebranded its developmental territory , FCW , into NXT Wrestling , Aksana competed in the NXT Women ' s Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion and lost to Emma in the first round on the June 26 edition of " NXT " . On the September 6th edition of " Smackdown " , Aksana , Alicia Fox , Layla and Divas Champion A . J . Lee attacked Naomi , Brie Bella , Cameron and Nikki Bella during Naomi and Brie Bella ' s match . At Survivor Series on November 24 , Aksana took part in a 7 - on - 7 traditional elimination tag team match ; eliminating Brie Bella before she was eliminated herself by Brie ' s sister , Nikki Bella . On the December 30 episode of " Raw " , Aksana picked up the win for her team in a ten - divas tag team match when she pinned Nikki Bella . On the January 3 , 2014 episode of " SmackDown " , however , she was defeated by Nikki in slngles action . At Old School Raw on January 6 , Aksana and Alicia Fox defeated the Bellas in tag team action when Aksana got the winning pin on Brie . On the February 19 edition of " Main Event " , Aksana ( with Alicia Fox in her corner ) was defeated by Cameron . On the February 26 episode of " Main Event " , Foxsana defeated Eva Marie and Natalya when Aksana pinned Natalya after an miscommunication between Marie and Natalya . Aksana failed to capture the Divas Championship in the " Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational " match at Wrestlemania XXX , which was ultimately won by AJ Lee . On the April 18th edition of " SmackDown , " Aksana lost to the new Divas Champion Paige and did so again on April 20 of " Raw " . On the May 6th edition of " Main Event , " Aksana teamed with Alicia Fox and Tamina Snuka in a losing affect to The Funkadactyls and Natalya when Naomi pinned Aksana . Two weeks later , Aksana faced Naomi in a losing effort . On the June 2nd edition of " Raw . " Foxsana faced Nikki Bella in a handicap match in a winning effort when Fox pinned Nikki , She was released from the WWE on June 12 , 2014 . Her last match was on the June 13th edition of Smackdown , where she faced Alicia Fox in a losing effort . Personal life . Raudonienė was born in Alytus , Lithuania and raised in a small family . She lived in New York City for a time before moving to Tampa , Florida .