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| Rain | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Rain |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Billed weight | 124 lb |
| Born | September 10, 1981 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Resides | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Eddie Sharkey Horace the Psychopath |
| Debut | 2000 |
Rain (born September 10, 1981, in Saint Paul, Minnesota), is an American professional wrestler, who has worked with numerous promotions throughout her career, such as IWA Mid-South, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), NWA Midwest, Ring of Honor, SHIMMER, Chikara, Minnesota Independent Wrestling (MIW), French Lake Wrestling Association (FLWA), and the American Wrestling Association (AWA), just to name a few. She frequently teams up with her tag-team partner Lacey to form The Minnesota Home-Wrecking Crew
Rain's character is that of a heel, wherein she often taunts the crowd and the fans - even those who cheer for her. Out of character, however, Rain is very friendly and even quite chatty with the members of her Yahoo group.
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[edit] Background
Rain was born and raised in the midwest. She got into wrestling through her cousin Stacy's now-husband Tim. Tim wanted a manager, so Rain and her cousin worked with him at local shows. It was there she met independent wrestler Horace the Psycho Path. Rain soon started training and managing Horace while becoming life long friends.
In Rain's own words, "I talked to the promoter and he asked me if I wanted to wrestle. I didn't know about the indies really, and I didn't even know about female wrestlers at the time, so I decided to go with it." By the year 2000, Rain started training to become a professional wrestler and started to wrestle in 2001. It was not long after that she met a young woman who would become a friend and a great opponent for her, by the name of Lacey.
Rain occasionally teamed with Lacey, while at some shows fought her. Some of their best matches are available on video and DVD on Lacey's personal web site or through Rain's fan club group.
In 2003, Lacey and Rain adopted the name The Minnesota Home-Wrecking Crew as the handle for their successful tag-team.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
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- Acid Rain / Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (Wrist-lock electric chair drop, bridged backwards into a pin)
- Rain Drop (Falling reverse DDT)
- Lariat
- Muta lock
- Neckbreaker
- Powerbomb
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 1-time MIW Women's Champion
- 1-time FLWA Women's Champion
Rain and partner Lacey formed the tag-team known as Minnesota Home-Wrecking crew in 2003. They can currently be seen as part of the SHIMMER talent roster.
The name is a nod to a former wrestling stable known as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew, and has nothing to do with being an actual Homewrecker, the MTV show of the same name or destroying personal property. Although on her Yahoo Groups, Rain has jokingly said that her and Lacey can be destructive if they want to be.
[edit] Personal life
Rain is not married, but is an animal lover. Her pet dog lives with her.
She is currently in school, but still wrestling independent shows.
[edit] Trivia
She's a vegetarian.
Rain's pet dog is a Doberman Pincher named Jordan. She also had three ferets named Que, Tye, and Butthead.
Despite bearing a strong resemblance to each other, Lacey and Rain are NOT sisters (as some fans have asked.) They are not related at all, but are attached at the hip.
When not wrestling, she enjoys hanging out with friends and eating out at her favorite restaurants, one of which being Babani's, a Kurdish restaurant in St. Paul.
She is not a fan of country music at all, but enjoys 'chick rock' and 80's classics, and punk rock.
One of her favorite movies is Billy Madison.
The easiest way to tell Lacey and Rain apart is when they are dressed in their Minnesota Home-Wrecking Crew outfits (normally black shorts and tops with gold trim) Rain has a stripe running down the her chest from her right shoulder, while Lacey has one running from her left.
