Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
When wrestler Lizzy Rain, the late Maiden drummer Clive Burr’s niece, makes her WWE debut next week, Iron Maiden‘s legacy will go beyond the concert stage and into the ring, as per Loudwire. Next Tuesday, April 28, Rain—previously known as Rayne Leverkusen—will make her debut in WWE’s NXT division, a developmental brand that trains wrestlers before they join the Raw or SmackDown rosters. Rain, 28, has been a professional wrestler since 2021 and has also taken on the moniker “the Maiden of Metal.” On Tuesday, April 21, she revealed her WWE debut in a teaser video.
They said I was too loud, too gritty, too unapologetic. But I will never apologize for who I am, and that is Lizzy Rain and heavy metal, baby! The stage is set next week for my NXT debut, and the world is about to find out that Lizzy Rain and heavy metal will never, ever, never, ever die!
Burr participated in Iron Maiden‘s first three albums, “Iron Maiden” (1980), “Killers” (1981), and “The Number of the Beast” (1982). He was a member of the band from 1979 to 1982. He temporarily performed in bands like Alcatrazz, Gogmagog (the short-lived supergroup that included future Maiden guitarist Janick Gers and former Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno), and Dee Snider’s post-Twisted Sister band Desperado after being fired from Iron Maiden.
Burr passed away in 2013 at the age of 57 after receiving a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in the 1990s. Rain claimed that her heavy metal wrestling persona was greatly influenced by her uncle’s music, despite the fact that they were not very close.
When I knew him, we didn’t really get to have these cool conversations about, ‘What was it like?’ All this sort of stuff. But me and my brother have always listened to Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, KISS, Guns N’ Roses. You name it, anyone, we’ve gone to see them live in concert. I think we’ve seen Alice Cooper about 16, 17 times.
