Rayne Leverkusen's WWE Name Revealed

Rayne Leverkusen wrestled for the first time since signing with WWE in a dark match before the April 14 episode of NXT at the WWE Performance Center. In the match, Leverkusen was billed as Lizzy Rain, which is her WWE name. Leverkusen has since changed her X/Twitter profile name to Lizzy Rain.

Leverkusen was successful in her first match as Lizzy Rain, defeating Layla Diggs in the dark match, PWInsider reported. Leverkusen signed with WWE in February 2026 after impressing at a tryout ahead of SummerSlam 2025, and she had already established herself as a rising star on the European independent wrestling scene.

The other dark match before Tuesday's NXT saw Hank and Tank defeat Shido Ash and Viktor Zakov. It was confirmed by the man himself ahead of NXT that Shido Ash was the new WWE name of Shady Elnahas, a retired judoka who signed with WWE in May 2025.

Elnahas - who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - has wrestled nine matches at NXT house shows under his real name since September 2025. He is also the boyfriend of Tiffany Stratton.