WWE Diva Ivory - Part 3

In early 2002, Moretti served as a trainer in the second series of Tough Enough. After the World Wrestling Federation was renamed "World Wrestling Entertainment" and the roster was split into two "brands", RAW and SmackDown!, Moretti was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. She briefly feuded with Tough Enough winner Linda Miles before leaving WWE television to travel the world promoting WWE house shows. Along with several other SmackDown! wrestlers, Moretti was traded to RAW in exchange for The Big Show in November 2002. Throughout the remainder of 2002, she teamed with Victoria and feuded with Trish Stratus.

Throughout 2003, Moretti wrestled sporadically in the women's division, challenging for the Women's Championship on several occasions. Her only pay-per-view appearance in the course of the year was on December 14 at Armageddon 2003, where she unsuccessfully challenged Molly Holly for the Women's Championship. She also served as a trainer in the third series of Tough Enough. Ivory's last match in WWE was during an episode of Heat in late December 2003, where she fought Victoria in a #1 Contenders Match. However, Victoria won the match with the Widow's Peak.

In early 2004, Moretti spent nine weeks working as a trainer at the WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. In May 2004, she and Todd Grisham began hosting WWE Experience, a weekly television show that recapped events from RAW and SmackDown!. In January 2005, Moretti's contract was restructured to reflect her role as an announcer, and the new contract entitled her to wrestle on the independent circuit. WWE Experience was cancelled in August 2005. On July 22, 2005, several weeks before WWE Experience ended, WWE announced that Moretti's contract would not be renewed.

After leaving WWE, Moretti began working in the landscaping industry. Following Hurricane Katrina, she became involved in charity work aimed at assisting the victims of hurricanes. Moretti also wrestled sporadically on the independent circuit (under her own name, as WWE had trademarked "Ivory"). On November 19, 2005 in Spartanburg, South Carolina at "A Tribute to StarrCade", she teamed with Bambi to defeat Team Blondage (Krissy Vaine and Amber O'Neal) for the CCW Tag Team Championship. On April 21, 2006 in Surrey, British Columbia, Moretti defeated Rebecca Knox for the SuperGirls Championship. She lost the title to Nattie Neidhart on October 8, 2006, in Newark, California.

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Ivory, part 2

Moretti began challenging for the Women's Championship by April. After severing her connections with D-Lo Brown and Mark Henry, she won the title on June 14, by defeating Debra with the assistance of Nicole Bass. Moretti defended her title against plants and jobbers for several weeks, then went on to retain her title in a bout with Tori at SummerSlam 1999 on August 22. Moretti continued to feud with Tori in the weeks following SummerSlam, defeating her in the first ever WWF women's Hardcore Match on September 6. Next, Moretti was challenged by Luna Vachon, who Moretti defeated in a Hardcore Match at Unforgiven 1999 on September 26.

In October 1999, Moretti feuded with the The Fabulous Moolah, who defeated her for the Women's Championship on October 17, 1999 at No Mercy 1999. She defeated Moolah in a rematch on the October 25 episode of RAW, winning her second Women's Championship. Her second title reign ended with a loss to Miss Kitty in a Four Way Swimming Pool Evening Gown Match on December 12 at Armageddon 1999.

In late 1999, Moretti began playing a more conservative character, labeling audience members who enjoyed risque matches "perverts". On January 23, at the 2000 Royal Rumble, she grudgingly took part in the "Miss Royal Rumble" swimsuit contest, which was won by Mae Young. She challenged Jacqueline for the Women's Championship throughout early 2000, but was unsuccessful on each occasion. On the March 23 episode of SmackDown!, Moretti attempted to win the Hardcore Championship by breaking a jar on champion Crash Holly's head while giving him a massage and then attempting to pin him.

After an absence, Moretti returned to WWF television on October 23, 2000 as a member of the conservative Right to Censor faction. The change in gimmick saw her don less suggestive ring attire and adopt a severe bun. Moretti quickly began a feud with Women's Champion Lita, and on the October 31 episode of SmackDown!, she won the Women's Championship by defeating Lita, Jacqueline and Trish Stratus in a Fatal Four Way Match. She retained the title against both Lita at the 2000 Survivor Series on November 19 with the assistance of R.T.C. leader Steven Richards and in a Triple Threat Match against Trish Stratus and Molly Holly at Armageddon 2000 on December 10.

After Chyna posed for Playboy Magazine in late 2000, she incurred the wrath of Right To Censor, and on the December 11 episode of RAW, Moretti and Val Venis delivered a double-team piledriver to Chyna, (kayfabe) injuring her neck.

Chyna challenged Moretti for the Women's Championship at the 2001 Royal Rumble on January 21, 2001. Moretti retained her title when she pinned Chyna after Chyna appeared to reaggrevate her neck injury. Chyna challenged Moretti for the title once more at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1 and squashed Moretti in a brief match, thus ending Moretti's third reign as Women's Champion. Right To Censor disbanded shortly thereafter, with each of the member disappearing from WWF television.

Moretti returned to WWF television on the August 6, 2001 episode of RAW, joining The Alliance. She went on to manage The Hurricane, assisting him in his feud with Matt Hardy. In September 2001, she also managed Lance Storm. At No Mercy 2001 on October 21, Storm and The Hurricane were defeated by the Hardy Boyz. Moretti went on to compete in the women's division, and on November 18 at the 2001 Survivor Series, she participated in a six pack challenge for the vacant Women's Championship, which Trish Stratus won.



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Ivory - WWE Diva, Part 1

And now for one of my favorite wrestlers.
Mainly because I actually met her back in her GLOW days......

Wrestler: Ivory
Real Name: Lisa Moretti
Birthday: November 26, 1961
Hometown: Born in Torrance, California
Billed from Seattle, Washington
Lives in Friday Harbor, Washington
Height & Weight: 5'5" - 135 lbs
Trained by: Mondo Guererro
Wrestling Debut: 1986
Previous Gimmicks: Tina Ferrari (GLOW),Nina (PWOW),Tina Moretti (PWOW),Ivory (WWF)
Finishing Move: Poison Ivory (Facebuster)
Favorite Moves: Big Swing,Small Package,Samoan Driver
Notable Feuds: Colonel Ninotchka,Debra,Marlena,Sable,Jacqueline,Tori,Fabulous Moolah,Miss Kitty,B.B.,Dean Malenko,Lita,Chyna,Molly Holly

Lisa Mary Moretti (born November 26, 1961 in Torrance, California) is an American professional wrestler. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment between 1999 and 2005 under the ring name Ivory.

In 1986, Moretti attended an audition held by the newly formed Las Vegas, Nevada-based Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. She was successful in her audition, and went on to train under Mando Guerrero. and debuted in GLOW in 1986 as Tina Ferrari. Moretti teamed with Ashley Cartier as "T and A", with the duo winning the GLOW Tag Team Championship, and defeated Colonel Ninotchka to win the vacant GLOW Championship, represented by a crown. She held the crown for 17 episodes of GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling before losing to Ninotchka. Like many of the GLOW wrestlers, she wore a thong type outift which led to oftern provocative poses in the ring.

After the founder of GLOW, David McLane, left the promotion in the late 1980s, Moretti left GLOW and joined McLane's newly formed Powerful Women of Wrestling promotion. Moretti wrestled in PWOW under the ring names Nina and Tina Moretti, winning the POWW Championship on two occasions. She remained with the promotion until it went bankrupt, at which point she largely left the wrestling industry.

In 1999, Moretti returned to wrestling, signing a contract with the World Wrestling Federation. Her first appearance in WWF was as one of The Godfather's anonymous "Hos".

On the February 13, 1999 episode of RAW, Moretti was introduced as Ivory, the love interest of Mark Henry, who had repeatedly been spurned by Chyna. Moretti managed the tag team of Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown, assisting them in their feud with Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart. Her interference in matches led to several confrontations between Moretti and Debra, Jarrett's Manager. Moretti made her televised WWF in-ring debut on the February 15 episode of RAW, teaming with Brown to face Jarrett and Debra in an intergender tag team match that ended in a no-contest. Moretti faced Debra in a single match on the March 1 episode of RAW, defeating Debra by disqualification after she was attacked by the Pretty Mean Sisters (P.M.S.). She went on to feud with P.M.S. throughout March. At WrestleMania XV on March 28, Moretti accompanied D-Lo Brown and Test to the ring for their World Tag Team Championship title match against Jarrett and Hart. Jarrett and Hart retained their titles following interference from P.M.S. and Debra.



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WWF: Stacy " The Kat " Carter, part 2

On October 29th, Eddie Guerrero (as part of his feud with Chyna) challenged Chyna to a match on Sunday Night Heat. Instead, The Kat would come out in her 'Chynette' clothing to Chyna's music, which led to a match on the following RAW between Eddie and Chyna, with The Kat in Eddie's corner. After Chyna failed to win, she took out her fustrations on The Kat by hitting her with a Chyna Bomb. The angle was then dropped at the request of Chyna.

After this, The Kat would make only occasional appearances on WWE programming, but not in any major feud or match. One such occasion saw her dressed in a red furry bikini, Santa hat, and robe, giving presents to Jerry 'The King' Lawler.

At No Way Out 2001 Steven Richards defeated Jerry 'The King' Lawler after The Kat accidentally hit Lawler with Ivory's Women's Championship belt. As a result of pre-match stipulations, The Kat was forced to join Right to Censor. Had The King won, The Kat would have been 'free to strip' and allowed to expose her breasts to the crowd. Also as a result of the loss, The Kat was forced to wear a black bag over her body with 'censored' written on it whenever she was on TV.

On February 27th, Carter was released from the WWF because Vince McMahon decided not to end the angle with the Right to Censor. It was rumoured that The Kat was fired because of a negative backstage attitude and worries that if she was made any more popular, she would be 'impossible to control'.

No further mention of her was made on WWF programming, except for a backstage promo by the Right to Censor where Steven Richards asked Val Venus "How could you let her do that to you?" regarding the storyline where the The APA and The King had The Kat 'seduce' Val. The WWE went ahead with the promo, simply leaving out any mention of who 'her' was. The WWF also changed the match at WrestleMania X-Seven to feature Tazz instead of The King, as he had left the WWF in protest of The Kat being released. The Kat was never mentioned again on WWE programming, but images of her (mostly of her about to expose her breasts at Armageddon 1999) were used in promos featuring the history of the Divas.

Stacy Carter worked in a doctor's office before meeting Jerry Lawler at a charity softball game in Memphis, Tennessee on July 23, 1989. Lawler and Carter became a couple, and Carter then trained as a cosmetologist before opening her own hair salon called "A Perfect Cut". In 1996, she began working alongside Lawler. Carter appeared in the film Man on the Moon (1999) as the girlfriend of Jerry Lawler. Carter married Jerry Lawler on September 29, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada, becoming the stepmother of Lawler's son Brian "Grandmaster Sexay" Lawler, despite being just three months older than him.

In 2001, Carter had meetings with Hugh Hefner about posing for Playboy. However, when she was fired from the WWF, Playboy decided not to negotiate so as not to risk damage to their mutually lucrative relationship with the Federation (Sable and Chyna had both appeared in issues which sold very well). Her firing led to Lawler actually walking out on the WWF (He returned later that year).

Carter and Lawler separated in July 2001 and later divorced, and on March 10, 2003, Carter was awarded a cash settlement and ownership of Lawler's condominium in Fort Myers, Florida, where she currently resides. Lawler was subsequently fined over his discussion of their relationship in his book It's Good to be the King...Sometimes because of a court order that prohibited him from making "disparaging remarks" about her.

Carter now works in the field of real estate in Southwest Florida and has completely severed all connections with the wrestling industry.

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