Aksana (wrestler)

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Aksana
Aksana in 2014
Born (1982-04-29) April 29, 1982 (age 41)[1][2]
Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Lithuania)[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Aksana
Olga[1]
Billed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Billed weight130 lb (59 kg)
Billed fromAlytus, Lithuania[3]
Trained byFlorida Championship Wrestling[1]
DebutSeptember 2009[1]
RetiredJune 12, 2014

Živilė Raudonienė (born April 29, 1982) is a Lithuanian

fitness model, bodybuilder, and retired 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 13, where she began her training. At the age of 17, she was the youngest participant in the

1999 IFBB Arnold Classic Contest.[4] During her time as a bodybuilder, she won three medals in Bodybuilding Amateur World Championships (2 silver, 1 bronze).[5]

Raudonienė signed with the professional wrestling promotion WWE and was assigned to their

NXT, placing fourth.[9]
She made her debut on the main roster in August 2011, and remained with the company until her release in June 2014. After leaving WWE, she began to work as a fitness trainer in a gym.

Bodybuilding

Raudonienė worked as a successful

2009 IFBB Arnold Classic Contest, and has competed in numerous other bodybuilding contests.[10]

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2009–2014)

Developmental territories (2009–2011)

In an interview that aired in September 2009, Raudonienė revealed that she had been signed by the professional wrestling promotion WWE, and had begun training at their then-developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[11][12] Raudonienė debuted under the ring name "Olga" at a FCW live event in a Divas Halloween Costume contest on October 29, 2009.[13] The following month, her ring name was changed to "Aksana", and she began managing Eli Cottonwood.[13] She was also involved in a storyline where she was kidnapped by Sweet Papi Sanchez, and over the following weeks, videos of Aksana were shown to Cottonwood until she was returned to him.[13]

Aksana made her in-ring debut at an FCW live event on January 15, 2010, when she teamed with

visa and was facing deportation from the United States.[17] On the October 5 episode of NXT, Aksana won a challenge for the first time by winning the mechanical bull riding contest.[18] The following week, Goldust proposed to Aksana in the storyline so that she could remain in the United States, which she accepted.[19]

At

Ted DiBiase.[20] On the October 26 episode of NXT, Aksana teamed up with Goldust to defeat Maryse and DiBiase.[1] On the November 2 episode of NXT, Goldust and Aksana's storyline wedding took place. As Goldust was about to kiss his new wife, Aksana slapped him and left.[21] The next night on NXT, Goldust confronted his wife about their wedding. Aksana revealed she only married him to stay in the country, and Goldust responded by putting Aksana in a match with Naomi, which she lost.[22] On November 16, on NXT, Aksana was eliminated from the competition.[23] She returned for the season finale on November 30.[24]

On the February 3, 2011, episode of FCW TV, Aksana defeated

Raquel Diaz.[26]

Various storylines (2011–2013)

Aksana making her entrance during a WWE live event in July 2013

On the October 31 episode of Raw, Aksana competed in her first match on the main roster, a Divas

Antonio Cesaro, thus turning heel in the process.[28][29] On the June 29 episode of SmackDown, Aksana and Cesaro lost a mixed tag team match to The Great Khali and Layla.[30][31] At SummerSlam, she was present when Cesaro won the United States Championship. However, on the September 21 episode of SmackDown, Cesaro ended their relationship after an inadvertent distraction from her cost him his non-title match with Santino Marella
.

At the

Naomi.[34][35]
Aksana's alliance with Eve Torres ended after Torres left WWE in January 2013.

Foxsana (Aksana (left) and Alicia Fox (right)) in April 2014

On September 6, 2013, Aksana aligned herself with Divas Champion AJ Lee, Alicia Fox, and Layla, and the quartet attacked the cast members of Total Divas.[36] On November 24 at Survivor Series, Aksana participated in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match against the cast of Total Divas, where she eliminated Brie Bella before being eliminated by Nikki Bella.[37] Aksana went on to pin the Bellas on two separate occasions; Nikki on the December 30 episode of Raw in a ten-Diva tag team match, and Brie in a tag team match on the January 6, 2014, episode of Raw.[38][39][40]

Foxsana and departure (2014)

Aksana then formed a regular tag team with Alicia Fox, and the duo began being referred to as "Foxsana" as of the January 22 episode of

handicap match in a winning effort when Fox pinned Nikki.[44] Following a loss to Paige on June 9 episode of Raw, Fox attacked Aksana, provoking a feud between the two.[45] The feud was cut short, however, as on June 12, 2014, WWE announced that Aksana had been released from her contract along with several other talents.[46] Her last match aired on the June 13 episode of SmackDown, where she lost to Fox.[47]

Championships and accomplishments

Bodybuilding

Professional wrestling

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