{"id":624541,"date":"2026-04-22T23:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624541\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:29:13","slug":"lizzy-rain-niece-of-iron-maidens-clive-burr-to-debut-in-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624541\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzy Rain, Niece of Iron Maiden&#8217;s Clive Burr, to Debut in WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzy Rain (aka Rayne Leverkusen), niece of late <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/iron-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iron Maiden<\/a> drummer Clive Burr, is set to make her WWE debut next week. She wrestles under the name \u201cThe Maiden of Metal,\u201d a clear reference to her uncle\u2019s iconic band.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year old is set to debut in NXT, WWE\u2019s developmental brand headed by legendary wrestler Shawn Michaels, on April 28th. A vignette starring Rain played during the April 21st episode, teasing her upcoming appearance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:iron-maiden*wwe-button\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Firon-maiden-tickets%2Fperformer%2F8127\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Iron Maiden Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clive Burr played with Iron Maiden from 1979 till 1982, appearing on the metal band\u2019s first three albums: Iron Maiden,\u00a0Killers and The Number of the Beast.<\/p>\n<p>Burr was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the late 1990s, passing away due to complications from the disease in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Rain confirmed her relation to Clive Burr in a 2023 episode of\u00a0Wrestling with Johners podcast, appearing under her then-ring name Rayne Leverkusen. She revealed that her ring persona of the Maiden of Metal is a deliberate connection to her famous uncle. In the same interview she also confirms that she never was able to get close to her uncle, citing the progression of his MS by the time she got to know him.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Watch the promo for Lizzy Rain\u2019s WWE debut and the aforementioned podcast interview below.<\/p>\n<p>Iron Maiden are set to embark on a North American run of their \u201cRun for Your Lives Tour\u201d with support from Megadeth and Anthrax. Tickets for that outing, set to kick off in late August, are <a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:iron-maiden*rock-hall-ceremony\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Firon-maiden-tickets%2Fperformer%2F8127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lizzy Rain debuts NEXT WEEK!!! \ud83c\udfb8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizzyRain_wwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@LizzyRain_wwe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UnS33Wux0i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UnS33Wux0i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/2046751357181309085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lizzy Rain (aka Rayne Leverkusen), niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, is set to make her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-624541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}