Summer Rae

Rae debuted in WWE as a ring announcer for *NXT* in 2012. Rae transitioned into an in-ring competitor on the January 30, 2013 episode of *NXT* when she attacked Paige due to her jealousy of Paige's popularity and success. After Paige continued to confront Rae, Rae was defeated against Paige on the May 1 episode of *NXT*.

Rae competed in the NXT Women's Championship tournament on the June 19 episode of *NXT* to crown the inaugural champion, and defeated Sasha Banks in the first round, but lost to Emma in the semi-finals on July 10. Rae's post-match attack on Emma started a feud between them. Emma later defeated Rae in a dance-off to become the number one contender, but Rae retaliated by injuring Emma in the storyline, then issued a title challenge to the new NXT Women's Champion Paige, which she accepted. On the August 14 episode *NXT*, Paige defeated Rae to retain the title. For weeks, Rae began to influence Sasha Banks to make herself relevant, leading to Banks turning heel on the September 11 episode of *NXT*, by attacking NXT Women's Champion Paige. Banks and Rae, collectively known as the Beautiful Fierce Females, faced Paige and Emma on the October 16 episode of *NXT*, where they won. Rae and Banks continued to face Paige and Emma in singles matches, including aligning themselves with Charlotte.

Rae made her official debut on WWE's main roster on the April 22, 2013 episode of *Raw*, as Fandango's dance partner and valet. On the May 13 episode of *Raw*, Rae, along with Fandango, faced Chris Jericho and Edyta Sliwinska in a dance-off, but Fandango's dance was cut short by an apparent injury to Rae's ankle. However, Rae later revealed that her injury was a distraction to trap Jericho into Fandango's attack. On the October 25 episode of *SmackDown*, Rae got into a brawl with Natalya during a match between Fandango and The Great Khali, which set up a mixed tag team match for Hell in a Cell, in which she made both her pay-per-view and in-ring debut on the main roster, teaming with Fandango to defeat Natalya and Khali, after Rae pinned Natalya. The following night, Rae made her singles debut in a rematch against Natalya, where she was defeated. At Survivor Series on November 23, Rae participated in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match, as her team took on the cast of *Total Divas*, where she was eliminated by Nikki Bella, before her team ultimately lost the match. A rematch took place the following night on *Raw*, where her team was once again defeated, with Rae being the last to be eliminated. 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 began a rivalry with Emma, and the two competed in several dance-off and wrestling competitions on both *Raw* and *SmackDown*, which Emma won. On April 6, Rae made her WrestleMania debut, competing at WrestleMania XXX in the 14-Diva "Vickie Guerrero Invitational match" for the Divas Championship, which was won by the defending champion, AJ Lee.

On April 8, Fandango announced the end of his association with Rae, and introduced Layla as his new dance partner on the April 11 episode of *SmackDown.* Rae returned on the May 19 episode of *Raw*, confronting and kissing Fandango and attacking Layla before their match. Rae made her in-ring return on the following episode of *Raw*, in a losing effort to Eva Marie after interference from both Fandango and Layla. 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 Money in the Bank on June 29, with Fandango as the special guest referee, which Layla won.

After a four-month absence from the brand, Rae returned on the June 6, 2014 episode of *NXT*, briefly distracting Charlotte during her match. After the match, Rae led an attack on Bayley, only to be chased off by Paige and Emma. On the June 26, 2014 episode of *NXT*, during a match with the debuting Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks backed away from Rae when reaching out for help, hinting at Rae's removal from the stable. The following week, Banks disbanded the BFFs in a backstage segment. The following week, Rae defeated Bayley in a number one contender's match, earning an NXT Women's Championship match against Charlotte. On the July 24 episode of *NXT*, Rae received her title shot against Charlotte, however she failed to capture the championship.

On the June 30, 2014 episode of *Raw*, she cost Fandango's match. On the July 11 episode of *SmackDown*, Rae and Layla started an alliance after attacking Fandango during their match where he was working as guest referee. One week later on *SmackDown* they lost their first match as team (dubbing themselves "The Slayers"). The Slayers won their first match as a team on the September 2 episode of *Main Event*. At Survivor Series, Rae participated in an elimination tag team match, where she was eliminated by Emma before her team 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 enemy, 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 an on-screen relationship with Rusev. After weeks of confrontation, Rusev faced Ziggler at SummerSlam, which ended in a double countout due interference from both Lana and Rae. In September, Rae attempted to sabotage Ziggler and Lana's relationship, but the storyline was abruptly dropped. After Rusev refused Rae's marriage proposal, Rusev's real-life engagement to Lana was revealed, leading to Rae confronting Rusev and ending their association on the October 12 episode of *Raw*. Rae gained revenge over Rusev on the following episode of *SmackDown*, when she served as the guest referee for his match against Ziggler; she helped Ziggler. 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", and subsequently began managing him. However, during the final *SmackDown* of 2015, Rae and Breeze announced that they amicably decided to go their separate ways.

Rae returned to in-ring action in mid-February 2016, competing in various matches where she was on the losing side. In late March, Rae allied herself with Team B.A.D. (Naomi and Tamina), Emma and Lana, leading to a tag team match on the WrestleMania 32 pre show, which Rae's team lost. On July 19, Rae was drafted to *Raw* as part of the 2016 WWE draft. However, she never appeared for the brand due to injuries. After over a year of inactivity, Rae was officially released from her WWE contract on October 29, 2017.

Summer Rae made her first televised WWE appearance after a five year absence on the January 21, 2022 episode of *SmackDown*, taunting former Total Divas castmate Natalya. She made her in-ring return on the number twenty-three spot in the 2022 Royal Rumble, going straight after Natalya, but was ultimately eliminated by her.