Bonnie Maxon
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| Bonnie Maxon | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Bonnie Hope Radiant Rain Rain[1] (Ms.) Payton Banks[1] Felony (Wrestlicious) Sensual Rain Bonnie Masón (AAA)[2] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 124 lb (56 kg; 8.9 st)[1] |
| Born | September 10, 1981 [1] Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Billed from | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Eddie Sharkey Horace the Psychopath[1] |
| Debut | 2000[1] |
Bonnie Maxon (born September 10, 1981) is an American professional wrestler best known by her ring name Rain or as Payton Banks in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career
Maxon started working for a local promotion, Steel Domain Wrestling (SDW) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Later after gaining the experience of a wrestler she started working for various promotions in the Midwest, such as IWA Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), NWA Midwest, Ring of Honor, Shimmer Women Athletes, and Women Extreme Wrestling under the ring name Rain.
She formerly tag teamed with partner Lacey to form The Minnesota Home-Wrecking Crew (a play on the name of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew), but following Lacey's retirement, she teamed with British wrestler Jetta to form The International Home Wrecking Crew.
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2008)
Maxon appeared as a "plant" on the October 18, 2007 edition of Impact! holding up a huge white sign with black letters reading off "President of Robert Roode FanClub". She continued to appear in the crowd with pro-Roode signs for the following two weeks. She was officially referenced to on the November 1 edition of Impact! by TNA announcers, where she also had a staredown with Roode's former valet Ms. Brooks. In the aftermath of a match on an edition of Impact!, after Ms. Brooks and Roode defeated Chris Harris and Gail Kim, Brooks was about to leave the ring when she attacked and started a cat fight with Maxon. Following the altercation, she was seen from far distances all around the TNA Impact Zone. She was referred as Ms. Brooks's stalker by TNA commentators Don West and Mike Tenay.
She then appeared on the January 10, 2008 edition of Impact! and attacked Brooks. Subsequently, Roode announced that she had been replaced by Maxon, under the new name (Ms.) Payton Banks, resulting in a feud with Brooks and a match at Against All Odds where Brooks came out on top. At Destination X, Banks was part of the "Stand By Your Man" Strap match, where she was in the corner of Roode, and Brooks was in the corner of Booker T. The match stipulation dictated that the loser of the match would have their valet whipped with a strap. Booker T lost the match, and Banks whipped Brooks with the leather strap until Brooks was saved by Booker's wife, Sharmell. At Lockdown, Booker T and Sharmell defeated Roode and Banks in a mixed tag team match when Sharmell pinned Banks with a roll-up. After the match Roode verbally abused Banks in the ring. Roode then prepared to hit her, but instead left her alone in the ring. After her program with Roode ended, she left TNA.
[edit] Personal life
According to the movie Unscarred, Maxon is the ex-girlfriend of retired wrestler Nick Mondo, as well as independent Mid-West based wrestler Egotistico Fantastico.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Acid Rain[3] (Bridging straight jacket electric chair drop)
- Implant DDT[4] — AAA
- Rain Drop[3] (Falling inverted DDT)
- Signature moves
- Double knee backbreaker, sometimes from the second rope[3]
- Fisherman driver
- Inverted STF
- Neckbreaker
- Double knee facebreaker
- Wrestlers managed
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- French Lake Wrestling Association
- FLWA Women's Championship (1 time)[1]
- Midwest Intensity Wrestling
- MIW Women's Championship (1 time)[1]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #26 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2009[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Rain's profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rain.html. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ López, Uriel Martínez (2009-08-13). "Nace el Campeonato de Lucha Libre Premier". Televisa Deportes. http://www.televisadeportes.com/lucha-libre/086897/nace-campeonato-lucha-libre-premier. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ a b c "Shimmer Roster". Shimmer Women Athletes. Visuex. http://visuex.com/shimmer/modules.php?name=Roster. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ "Leon: Wagnermaniacos Version Hardcore". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. 2009-10-20. http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/mastardelivecoverage.html. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2009-09-11). "PWI Top 50 Female Wrestlers list". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1252704430.php?style=dark. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
