Chris Kelly passed along the following:

Former NXT talent and current Lucha Underground star Karlee Perez aka Maxine was interviewed on H2HRadio and she revealed that Aksana’s character, when the Diva was brought up to Smackdown and attempted to seduce then-general manager Teddy Long, was originally her idea.

During her time in FCW, Maxine wrote the idea for her character – who at the time had the black hair and leather look – and pitched it to officials. She stated the next day, Aksana had dyed her hair black, and was moved up to Smackdown to begin the story that she created.

You can hear the audio below.