Terri Sue Poch first rose to fame in
Ladies
Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) in 1990
under the name
Terri Power. She was promoted as
"The Ultimate Female". Her presence as a body builder
helped set her apart from other competitors, which made
her a huge fan favorite. Years later, she took the grand
prize: on February 23rd 1992 at the Super Ladies Showdown
Pay Per View in Rochester, Minnesota she defeated Lady
X for the LPWA Championship.
After Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA)
went out of business, she had a brief stint in Japan competed
in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. By 1994, she was gone
from wrestling. Years later, she was signed by the World
Wrestling Federation.
Terri Poch began her WWE career as just a face
in the crowd, as far back as September 1998, as there
was a close up of her in the front row focused on a WWF
Women's Championship Match: Sable versus Jacqueline. Another
big cameo appearance was at Survivor Series 98' as Sable
(Rena Mero) defeated Jacqueline to win the Women's Championship.
In January of 1999 her role was revealed, as a crazed
fan obsessed with Sable. On December 28th 1998 she rolled
into the ring to give Sable a rose, she was then removed
from the ring by security. Sable then suffer a vicious
attack from Luna Vachon in which Terri took offense to.
On January 10th 1999, Terri Poch attacked Luna on behalf
of Sable, she then continued to interfere in the Luna/Sable
at the Royal Rumble Pay Per View (01/24/99); Tori knocked
Luna out with a punch which let to Sable picking up the
win.
On the February 15th 1999 edition of Monday Night Raw,
Sable was interviewed in the ring, Terri once again came
to the ring, this time, she introduced herself to WWE
fans as
Tori. Things went sour, for on this night,
the once fan-favorite; Sable turned heel, debuting a new
pre-Madonna persona. Tori was then on the receiving end
of a verbal beating, being called a skank who wants to
be like "Sable" who suggested that she get a life. Weeks
went by and Sable continued to verbally attack Tori, which
then lead to physical abuse. It wouldn't be long before
Tori retaliated, interrupting Sable's Playboy Magazine
cover celebration. A furious Sable then made a wrestling
challenge for WrestleMania 99'. View:
Women's
WrestleMania History. The Raw before Wrestlemania
after an
Ivory
(Lisa Moretti) vs Sable match, Tori attacked Sable,
making a statement that she could hold her own in the
ring.
Because
of interference from Nicole Bass, Tori could not pick
up the win against Sable Wrestlemania. She however continue
to be involved in Women's matches, and later that year
she yet again went head to head with the Women's champ;
this time in the form of her former alliance in Ivory.
Ivory went about attacking fans in the arena, claiming
there was no competition in the WWE, Tori then made her
presence felt. Tori came up short at SummerSlam (08/22/99),
against Ivory, however she took her frustration out on
Ivory some days later as she defeated her in an Evening
Gown Match (08/26/99), in which
Luna
Vachon had to pull her off. The ladies later had other
confrontations, which led up to the first ever WWF
Women's
Hardcore Match (09/06/99), in which Ivory yet again
got the better of her.
Tori then moved away from the Women's division into a
storyline involving Kane (Glen Thomas Jacobs). She played
the role of his girlfriend and became his valet. In the
midst of a feud Kane/X-Pac, Tori turn on Kane and become
a member of DX, rocketing her into superstar-dome. She
become the valet/girlfriend for X-Pac and part of the
DX faction. During her stay with DX, Tori assisted Stephanie
McMahon in capturing the Women's title(03/30/00) after
hitting Jacqueline with a vicious DDT, cheating to pick
up the win. On other occasions, she was successful in
helping Stephanie retain the title including the June
8th 2000 edition of Smackdown after she hit Lita with
her reverse powerbomb.
Because
of interference from Nicole Bass, Tori Road Dogg and X-Pac
of DX, then feuded with the Dudley Boys with Tori being
the central figure in their storyline. Buba Ray Dudley
was set on powerbombing Tori through a table, much to
WWF fans delight. On two occasions, Tori hit Buba Ray
with a crossbody from the top ropes into tables, her huge
size made the spot very believable, and perhaps two of
her highlight moments in the WWF. Just days before a huge
Pay Per View, Tori would injured her shoulder. On, 06/25/00
King Of The Ring PPV in a Handicap Table/Dumpster Match,
Road Dogg, X-Pac and Tori defeated the Dudley Boyz. Despite
the win, the night ended with Buba Ray powerbombing Tori
from the second rope through a table, which would seal
the deal, putting Tori would of action. Tori took the
bump, despite the injury.
After healing from her injury, Tori became one of the
four trainers of MTV's Tough Enough reality show for season
1. She later returned to in-ring action as a masked Ninja
who helped Raven pick up wins in matches. She would then
start a rivalry with Molly Holly, and was later unmasked
as the Ninja on the March 11th 2001 episode of Sunday
Night Heat.
Tori then parted ways with the WWE. She retired from wrestling
and opened a Yaga school.
