Madison Rayne

Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also the coach of the women's division.

She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling, where she was the record-breaking three-time Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion.

Rayne began her wrestling career on the independent circuit, wrestling under the names Ashley Lane and Lexi Lane.

Ashley Nichole Simmons was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 5, 1986.

She grew up in West Lafayette, Ohio, with her two older brothers.

During high school, she was the homecoming queen and a varsity cheerleader.

She also ran track and was a member of the drama club.

After graduating high school, she studied radiology part-time at college while starting her wrestling career on the independent circuit.

She later saw a poster for a local promotion, contacted the promoter, and began training soon after.

She left college to pursue a full-time wrestling career, having had a 4.0 GPA at the time of leaving.

After completing her training under Jeff Cannon, she began her wrestling career in her home state of Ohio.

Her first match took place in her former high school and was refereed by former WWE Diva Ivory.

Under the ring name Lexi Lane, she made her debut for Ohio Championship Wrestling (OCW) on March 13, 2005, event in Coshocton, Ohio, where she teamed up with trainer Jeff Cannon in a losing effort to Cruz Sangria and Jayme Braxton in a mixed tag team match.

The following month, Lane made her singles match debut and defeated Jayme Braxton with Ivory as the special guest referee.

At the June 18, 2005, event, Lane defeated Brian Biggs in an intergender match.

The following month, Lane competed against Jayme Braxton, losing to her twice.

At the OCW event on August 13, Lane teamed up with Scotty Sabre in a winning effort against Jayme Braxton and Matt Masonalso in a mixed tag team match.

On November 12, Lane defeated Hailey Hatred in a singles match.

On February 11, Lane competed against Shantelle Taylor in a winning effort.

On the March 11, Lane unsuccessfully challenged Shark Boy for the OCW Cruiserweight Championship in a five-person match, which was won by Vic Montana.

On May 12 and 13, Lane competed against Heather Owens in a losing effort.

Lane entered a feud with Jessicka Havok on June 10, after Lane defeated Havok by disqualification.

On October 7 and 8, Lane defeated Havok in singles matches.

On November 11, Lane teamed up with Traci Brooks in a winning effort against Havok and ODB in a tag team match.

She joined the all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes in 2007, where she was one half of the first-ever Shimmer Tag Team Champions, along with Nevaeh.

At the OCW Stairway to Stardom event on January 13, 2007, Lane competed against Havok in a singles match which ended in a no-contest.

At the March 13 OCW Ladies Night event, Lane defeated ODB in finals of the tournament to become the promotion's first ever OCW Women's Champion.

On April 27, Lane made her first title defense against Sassy Stephie.

The following month, Lane once again defeated Stephie in another title match.

At the OCW Fan Appreciation Night, Lane successfully defended her title against Angel Dust.

On August 25, Lane successfully retained her title against Stephie and Dust in a triple threat match.

The following month, Lane teamed up with Nevaeh in a losing effort to Stephie and Dust in a tag team match.

On November 24, Lane lost the Women's Championship to Nevaeh.

On October 13, 2007, she made her debut in Shimmer Women Athletes as Ashley Lane.

Lane regained it in May 2008, but lost it to Sara Del Rey in February 2009.

In 2009, she signed with TNA, aligning herself with Angelina Love and Velvet Sky as part of the villainous stable The Beautiful People.

In March 2010, alongside Lacey Von Erich and Velvet Sky, she won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship; all three women defended the title simultaneously under the Freebird Rule.

In April 2010, she won her first of five TNA Knockouts Championships.

In addition, she was the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently.

She has also competed in Ring of Honor and took part in WWE's 2018 Mae Young Classic.