Aksana

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.

Raudonienė began working out in the year 1996, and after a year, she entered her first fitness contest.

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).

At the age of 16, she was the youngest participant in the 1999 IFBB European Fitness Championships.

Raudonienė signed with the professional wrestling promotion WWE and was assigned to their developmental system, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), debuting in October 2009.

She became the Queen of FCW and won the FCW Divas Championship, and was the first woman to hold both titles simultaneously.

She went on to win the 2009 IFBB Arnold Classic Contest, and has competed in numerous other bodybuilding contests.

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).

Raudonienė debuted under the ring name "Olga" at a FCW live event in a Divas Halloween Costume contest on October 29, 2009.

The following month, her ring name was changed to "Aksana", and she began managing Eli Cottonwood.

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.

In September 2010, she competed in the third season of NXT, placing fourth.

Aksana made her in-ring debut at an FCW live event on January 15, 2010, when she teamed with AJ Lee, Savannah, and Eve Torres to defeat Serena Mancini, Naomi Knight, 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.

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, but was defeated in the first round by Serena.

In August, she began hosting "The Aksana Show", a spin-off of "The Abraham Washington Show", with guests including Mason Ryan, FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman, and FCW Divas Champion Naomi Knight.

On August 31, 2010, it was announced that Raudonienė would be part of the all-female third season of NXT, retaining the ring name Aksana, and with Goldust as her storyline mentor.

On the September 21 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 episode of NXT, Aksana won a challenge for the first time by winning the mechanical bull riding contest.

The following week, Goldust proposed to Aksana in the storyline so that she could remain in the United States, which she accepted.

At Bragging Rights, Aksana made her first appearance on WWE's main roster by accompanying Goldust in a loss to Ted Dibiase.

On the October 26 episode of NXT, Aksana teamed up with Goldust to defeat Maryse and Dibiase.

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.

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.

On November 16, on NXT, Aksana was eliminated from the competition.

She returned for the season finale on November 30.

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.

Raudonienė worked as a successful bodybuilder, fitness model and personal trainer.

On the February 3, 2011, episode of FCW TV, Aksana defeated Rosa Mendes to become the new Queen of FCW.

Aksana later joined the villainous group formed by FCW General Manager Maxine, alongside Lucky Cannon, AJ Lee, and Damien Sandow.

On the April 7 episode of FCW TV, Aksana defeated AJ Lee to win the FCW Divas Championship, after interference from Maxine.

Her victory made her the first woman to hold the Queen of FCW title and FCW Divas Championship simultaneously.

She retained the championship against Naomi Knight, before losing the title to Audrey Marie on the September 1 episode of FCW TV.