Ivory (wrestler)

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Ivory
Ivory in 2018
Birth nameLisa Mary Moretti
Born (1961-11-26) November 26, 1961 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ivory[1]
Lisa Moretti
Nina
Tina Ferrari
Tina Moretti[2]
Billed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1][3]
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Billed fromSeattle, Washington[1]
Trained byMando Guerrero[1]
Debut1986
Retired2006
Signature

Lisa Mary Moretti (born November 26, 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler, teacher and coach. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she is a three-time WWE Women's Champion and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

Moretti began her career and first found national exposure in the independent promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, where she performed as Tina Ferrari from the mid-to-late-1980s. Moretti debuted in WWE in 1999 as the manager for D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry. She won the WWE Women's Championship twice, before becoming a part of the villainous Right to Censor, a storyline stable of characters with harshly conservative sociopolitical views. This led to her third Women's Championship victory.

In her later years with WWE, she wrestled only sporadically. Moretti co-hosted

Women Superstars Uncensored, winning two other titles, and was also inducted into the WSU Hall of Fame. Moretti also began volunteering at her local animal shelter
, and in 2007 opened an animal care and grooming facility named Downtown Dog in her hometown.

Professional wrestling career

Early years (1986–1994)

In her youth, Moretti wrestled with her two brothers and sister.

crown.[5] She later wrestled for the Powerful Women of Wrestling promotion and the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association under the ring names Nina and Tina Moretti, winning the POWW Championship.[2][4] On September 23, 1994, at UWF's Blackjack Brawl Moretti, under the name Tina Moretti, wrestled against Candi Devine
for the vacant UWF World Women's Championship in a losing effort. After UWF, Moretti took a hiatus from wrestling and was not seen in the public eye for five years.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1999-2005)

Women's Champion (1999-2000)

In January 1999, after several years of absence, Moretti returned to wrestling, signing a contract with the

pimp" character who was accompanied by various women dubbed the "hos", to the ring.[6] On the February 13, 1999 episode of Raw, however, Moretti was introduced as Ivory, the storyline love interest of Mark Henry.[6] Ivory acted as the fan favorite valet for the tag team of Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown,[7] and made her televised WWF in-ring debut on the February 15 episode of Raw, teaming with Brown to face Jeff Jarrett and Debra in an intergender tag team match that ended in a no contest.[4] Ivory faced Debra in a singles match on the March 1 episode of Raw, defeating Debra by disqualification after she was attacked by the Pretty Mean Sisters (Jacqueline Moore and Terri Runnels).[4] At WrestleMania XV on March 28, Ivory accompanied D'Lo Brown and Test to the ring for their WWF Tag Team Championship title match against Jarrett and Owen Hart.[8] Jarrett and Hart retained their titles following interference from Moore, Runnels, and Debra.[8]

During this time, the women in the WWF were known more for their physical appearances and

Miss Kitty, an un-trained wrestler, in a Four Corners Evening Gown pool match, a match where a wrestler wins by stripping the evening gown off of her opponents, on December 12 at Armageddon.[17]

In late 1999, Ivory began portraying a more

WWF Hardcore Championship, after unsuccessfully trying to pin Crash Holly
backstage.

Right to Censor (2000–2001)

Main article: Right to Censor

Following a period of absence, Ivory returned to WWF television in October 2000 as a member of a villainous alliance of conservative wrestlers known as

Molly Holly at Armageddon on December 10.[24]

Ivory and the Right to Censor began feuding with

Val Venis delivered a double-team piledriver to Chyna which, in storyline, injured her neck.[4] Chyna challenged Ivory for the Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble on January 21, 2001.[26] Ivory retained her title when she pinned Chyna, who had appeared to re-aggravate her neck injury.[26] Chyna challenged Ivory for the title once more at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1 and defeated Ivory in a brief match, ending Ivory's third reign as Women's Champion.[27] The Right to Censor stable was finally disbanded on April 26, 2001.[28]

Various storylines (2001–2005)

Ivory during a WWE Raw live show in March 2003

Ivory returned to WWF television on the August 6 episode of Raw, joining The Alliance during The Invasion, a storyline where the former wrestlers of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) formed an alliance and "invaded" the WWF.[29] Ivory formed an alliance with former WCW wrestlers Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler after helping them defeat Jacqueline in a handicap match, but later turned on Wilson due to her budding romance with Tajiri. Ivory eventually became the valet for Lance Storm.[28] At No Mercy, Ivory accompanied Storm and The Hurricane to the ring, but the Hardy Boyz defeated the two men to retain their WCW World Tag Team Championship.[4][30] Ivory went on to compete in the women's division, and on November 18 at the Survivor Series, she participated in a six-pack challenge for the vacant Women's Championship, which Trish Stratus won.[31]

In early 2002, Ivory served as a trainer in the second series of

Velocity. Ivory won the match after Gayda shoved Miles off the top rope and costing her the match. On the June 13 episode of SmackDown!, Ivory teamed with Gayda in a losing effort against Miles and Trish Stratus. Along with several other SmackDown! wrestlers, Ivory was traded to Raw in exchange for The Big Show in November 2002.[33] Throughout the remainder of 2002, she teamed with Victoria in tag team matches and feuded with Trish Stratus.[34] In November of that year, she was also part of the WWE Raw Tour in India
, becoming the first female performer to tour the country, however only appeared in media events and signings, as she was not booked to compete.

In 2003, Ivory became a

The WWE Experience, a weekly television show that recapped events from Raw and SmackDown!.[6][39] On July 22, 2005, several weeks before WWE Experience ended in August 2005, WWE announced that Ivory had opted not to renew her contract with the company.[7]

Independent circuit (2005–2006)

After leaving WWE, Moretti began wrestling sporadically on the

Krissy Vaine and Amber O'Neal) for the CCW Tag Team Championship.[4] On April 21, 2006, in Surrey, British Columbia, Moretti defeated Rebecca Knox for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)'s NWA SuperGirls Championship.[38] She also successfully retained her title in a match the following night.[38] Afterward, Moretti decided to stay with ECCW to help create a strong women's division.[38] She held the title for approximately five months before losing it to Nattie Neidhart on October 8, 2006.[40]

On March 5, 2011, Moretti appeared at the

Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) 4 Year Anniversary event, where she was inducted into the WSU Hall of Fame. She also appeared on the event, preventing Rick Cataldo from interfering successfully in the WSU Spirit Championship bout, hitting Cataldo with the Poison Ivory, between Brittney Savage and Sassy Stephie
. As a result, Stephie was able to win, capturing the championship and thanking Ivory for her help.

Sporadic WWE appearances and Hall of Fame (2015–present)

Ivory during her speech of induction at the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2018

Ivory took part in the

WrestleMania Axxess convention from WrestleMania 31 in March 2015 and later appeared on The WWE List, a digital series that aired on WWE.com. On January 27, 2016, she appeared on the WWE Network program Table for 3, alongside fellow wrestlers Alundra Blayze and Molly Holly.[41]

On February 12, 2018, it was announced that Ivory would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2018.[42] At the ceremony on April 6, she was inducted by Molly Holly.[43] On April 8, she appeared alongside the 2018 Hall of Fame class at WrestleMania 34.[44] Ivory made her in-ring return for WWE's first ever all-women's pay per view,

Asuka.[45]
In 2019, she was in attendance for the following year's WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in support of Torrie Wilson.

On January 29, 2022, Ivory returned to WWE in her

2022 Women's Royal Rumble match at number 18. She started to cut a promo on her way to the ring and lasted an overall 25 seconds in the match, before being eliminated by Rhea Ripley. At age 60, she became the oldest woman to enter the women's Royal Rumble, and the 3rd oldest competitor in any Royal Rumble behind Jerry Lawler at 62, and Jimmy Snuka
at 64.

Other media

Moretti (as Ivory) has appeared in nine WWE video games. She made her in-game debut at WWF WrestleMania 2000 and appears in WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role, WWF No Mercy, WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It, WWF Raw, WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE 2K17 (DLC),[46] WWE 2K18[47] and WWE 2K19.[48]

In 2012, Moretti appeared in the documentary, GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, which was directed by Brett Whitcomb and premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[49] The documentary served as the inspiration for the fictional television series GLOW on Netflix.[50]

Moretti has appeared in numerous San Juan Community Theatre productions, including Chicago as Velma Kelly.

county fair show, "Fashion Trashion".[52][53]

Personal life

Moretti was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Inglewood, California[2] She has three siblings: two brothers and one sister.[2] She studied public relations at the University of Southern California (USC),[2][36] and she was a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s.[4] Prior to beginning her career in wrestling, Moretti worked as a make-up artist for the cosmetic brand Revlon.[3]

After leaving WWE, Moretti began working in the landscaping industry.[54] Moretti also worked with her niece to help the pet population affected by Hurricane Katrina.[3] In addition, Moretti volunteered for an organization called Best Friends Animal Society, which is a no-kill animal shelter (a shelter that does not euthanize to control animal populations) in Utah.[3] She also worked with her local animal shelter on San Juan Island in northwestern Washington,[3] where she has resided since 2000.[38] While working at the shelter, she met her eventual business partner Jessica Ray, with whom she opened Downtown Dog in 2007.[3] The facility is an animal daycare, as well as a training, grooming, and cat boarding company located in Friday Harbor, Washington.[3] In June 2007, they expanded the business to include veterinary care and later the Bow Wow Bus, which takes the dogs on outings.[3] Moretti has taken classes to learn how to groom animals and now grooms them as part of the business.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

WSU Hall of Fame
in March 2011

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