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. She 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.
She 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. Bubba Ray Dudley
was set on powerbombing Tori through a table, much to
WWF fans delight. On two occasions, Tori hit Bubba 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 Bubba 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, she 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 Yoga school.
