Characters
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Guinevere Collins
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 25
- Orientation:
- Straight
Birth name: Guinevere Christine Collins Ring name(s): Guinevere, Midnight, Rayne Billed height: 5’8 Billed weight: 150 Born: September 21st 1988 (age 25), Chicago, Illinois Resides: Chicago, Illinois Billed from: Chicago, Illinois Trained by: CM Punk, Natalya, Dean Ambrose, William Regal Debut: 2005 Guinevere Christine Collins (born September 21st 1988) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where she appears under the ring name Rayne. Before signing with WWE, Collins worked in Combat Zone Wrestling under the ring name, Guinevere. She was the youngest female wrestler to compete in CZW at the age of 16. At the age of 17, she was signed by WWE and moved to its former developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where she valeted for CM Punk until she was later released. In early 2007 Collins would then move onto Shimmer, a female wrestling promotion, where she worked under the ring name, Midnight. She was the longest reigning Shimmer Champion with a streak of 732 days. After departing from Shimmer in late 2010, Collins would appear in Evolve Wrestling until she signed with WWE again in 2012 where she would perform on NXT, taking up the name Rayne. During her time there she spent a lot of her free time training with William Regal and Natalya. In 2013 Collins made her WWE debut on the September 2nd edition of Monday Night RAW where she faced Nikki Bella. Only four months after her debut, Collins would then go on to winning a Number One Contenders match against Natalya. Personal Life Collins grew up in Chicago, IL with her older brother, Rian and her parents, Elaine and Martin. As a child she was an avid fan of wrestling, claiming that her second word was “Bret” after Bret Hart. Growing up her favorite wrestler was Kane. She’s said to take many aspects of her gimmick and look from him, from the intimidation she shows in her look to wearing mainly black with red hints and dying red streaks into her hair. At the age of 10, Collins began learning basic wrestling training from her aunt who wrestled locally. Collins has said to be a huge fan of supernatural and mystery related things, stating her favorite TV shows as Supernatural and Doctor Who. She is also a fan of Japanese animation, her favorite being InuYasha. Collins has various tattoos all over her body. She states that her favorites are a compilation of Light Sabers on her left rib cage, the White Tree of Gondor on her right rib cage, and the band All Time Low’s skull logo on her forearm. In 2006 while Collins was working in OVW rumors that she and CM Punk were dating circulated despite an 11 year age gap. They quickly dismissed them stating; “-the fact that someone would even think that it was plausible is stupid. The age difference is too big, we’re just friends.” In July 2007 it was reported that Collins was romantically linked with Trent Barreta after having been seen sharing a hotel together. The couple confirmed the rumors in November of the same year, stating they had met while Collins was on vacation in Florida the previous May. After transferring over to Evolve, Collins broke it off with Barreta due to distance; although the two remained friends. In September 2013 rumors surfaced about a possible romantic connection between Collins and fellow WWE co-worker, Dean Ambrose. On Total Divas it was confirmed by The Bella Twins as they were seen talking to Collins about it. Collins is of Italian, Irish, Scottish, French, Canadian, Cherokee, African, Asian, Roman, and Jewish decent.