Jaidyn Rayne
Jaidyn Rayne Hargrove is an American professional wrestler signed to VWE under her ring name "The Gold Standard" Jaidyn Rayne. She was born on February 1, 1994, making her 26 years old. She is from Sarasota, Florida. She stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds.
Hargrove was trained for competition by multi-time wrestling champion Natalie Sonnen, employing a style of flashy technical maneuvers and pure traditional wrestling, along with select MMA stylings as well.
Hargrove is a two-time NCAA Champion in 500 yard Freestyle Swimming. She is also a three-time Florida State High School champion in Freestyle Swimming.
Hargrove has masters degrees in finance and business administration from Florida State University. She is also a licensed private pilot.
WPWF:
Hargrove debuted for WPWF at Rebellion Rumble 2018 entering the Rumble match as entrant #3 and took the fight straight to entrant #1 Lady Death. Hargrove would last until the midway point until she was eliminated, together with Honey Bluntz, by Lady Death. Hargrove eliminated Marcy "Sass" Schafer in the Rumble match. To this date, Hargrove remains the only female in wrestling history to ever gorilla press the 200 pound Lady Death above her head.
RETIREMENT:
Hargrove left professional wrestling in 2018 to take a financial position with a Fortune 500 media production company in New York City.
RETURN TO VWE:
Hargrove returned to pro wrestling in February 2020 as a member of the Pulse wrestling roster. She defeated Yukitama in her debut match but incurred the wrath of the 6-foot-5 Venus, who saw her as a bully due to the way Hargrove treated her opponent both in the match and the aftermath of. Venus challenged Hargrove to a match on the spot but Hargrove declined, saying that match would happen "on her time." A second challenge also went declined when Hargrove stated that Venus already had an opponent in Horses Morrissey. Hargrove sat at ringside to watch the match then struck with a steel chair, allowing Morrissey to score an easy win. The following week, Hargrove faced Ashley Wilson in a match. At a late point in the match, Hargrove went for her signature "gold knucks," which were taken away Venus. The distraction allowed Wilson to score the rollup victory. An enraged Hargrove finally accepted the match with Venus for Pulse Ground Zero: City of Gold.
At "Pulse Ground Zero: City of Gold," Hargrove and Venus finally met inside the ring. Hargrove employed a cat and mouse strategy at the start of the match, dodging Venus' lockup attempts, exiting the ring until the referee would force her to return. Once the in-ring action began, Hargrove performed surprisingly well against her much larger and more powerful opponent, even coming within a split second of winning the match after countering Venus' signature Choke Slam into her own signature Rayne Cutter. Hargrove was disqualified after striking Venus with a kendo stick.
At Pulse Supershow on May 7th Hargrove and Venus would meet for the final time in a "First Blood" Match. Both competitors pounded each other unmercifully, looking for the quick win. Toward the end of the match, Hargrove again went for her "gold knucks" but missed with the Solid Gold Knockout. An enraged Venus began to chase Hargrove around the ring. Hargrove took advantage of the situation and hit a drop toehold, propelling Venus face-first into the steel steps, drawing blood and winning the match.
TITLE CONTENTION:
After finally defeating Venus, Hargrove announced that her goal was to become the Pulse Womens Champion, calling out the current champion, Heiress Islay, on multiple occasions in social media and on live television as well. Hargrove's challenges went unanswered when Heiress was called up to the main roster.
JAPAN
Hargrove was part of a contingent that traveled overseas to Japan to help VWE become established in the country. She competed again many talented Japanese superstars and learned a lot about different styles of wrestling.
RETURN
Hargrove made a shocking return to Pulse Wrestling on October 18, 2020, attacking the newly-crowned Pulse Womens Exhibition Champion Rachel Dune.
PERSONAL
Hargrove is reportedly single and not looking.