Rachel made her debut as Rachel Putski and on November 3, 2006, took part in the first ever Queen of the Deathmatch tournament, where she defeated Vanessa Kraven in a thumbtack death match in the first round, but ended up being eliminated in the quarter finals by the eventual winner of the whole tournament Mickie Knuckles in a taipei death match.

On May 4, 2009, she defeated Hailey Hatred, Daffney and Mickie Knuckles to win IWA-MS' second Volcano Girls tournament.

On October 19, 2008, at the tapings of Volume 21, Summerlyn debuted on SPARKLE, the preshow of Shimmer Women Athletes, where she defeated Sassy Stephie to win a part in the main roster.

Rachel Summerlyn made her awaited debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling WD on January 9, 2010 in a match against Ayako Hamada.

On January 16, 2011, Rachel competed in a 10,000 thumbtacks match where she was defeated by Athena at ACW Guilty by Association V. On February 21 at A Psychotic Break Summerlyn and James defeated Flippy Sh!t (Brent Masters and Matt Fitchett), The Lost Boys (Jason Silver and Sky de Lacrimosa) and tag team champions The Smurf Nation (Chingo Smurf and JC Bravo) in a Four Way Elimination Match winning tag team titles (second for Rachel, first for Jessica)[6] On June 8, 2012, Rachel defeated Jen Alise to win the NWA Lonestar Women's Championship for the first time.

[7] On August 10 she successfully defended the title against Miss Maulie, Then On September 14 she lost the championship to Barbi Hayden.

Rachel has also appeared for Squared Circle Wrestling, where she won the Girls Grand Prix 1 Tournament on February 24, 2012; defeating Sara Del Rey in the finals.

In July 2014, Rachel appeared at an Inspire Pro Wrestling event to give a final farewell to the fans of Austin, Texas.