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Ivory was born Lisa Moretti November 29, 1970 in the small community of Torrance, California just south of Los Angles. Her house was located on a street named Amapola in the old part of Torrance. Her friends and family always told her that she was destined to be some kind of performer, but Lisa never thought much of it. After all she was already set to follow in her mother's footsteps working for Revlon and determined to pursue a degree in Public Relations at the University of Southern California. According to Ivory, her true destiny eventually chased her down and grabbed her by the pants.
The energetic beauty was barely out of college when a friend introduced her to the world of G.L.O.W. - Gorgrous Ladies Of Wrestling in 1986. Her long road to superstardom began under the name of Tina Ferrari in the all women promotion. Among dozens of athletes, aspiring actresses and centerfold pin ups was Moretti, who quickly captured the attention of producers. Those who were chosen to shoot the pilot episode were trained by longtime wrestling veteran Mondo Guerrero. Lisa selected the name Tina Ferrari. During her training with P.O.W.W., top female competitors such as Luna Vachon, Wendi Richter, Bambi and Heidi Lee Morgan were brought in. Before long G.L.O.W. was in it's last days and Lisa made the decision to devote all her time to P.O.W.W. As a result of her time in G.L.O.W. Moretti found herself finacially fighting a stigma among her new peers. To support herself finacially Moretti took a succession of other jobs, including for Revlon and performing stunts at Universal Studios, while maintaining close ties throughtout the industry.
Lisa debuted as Ivory on February 13,1999 as one of the Godfather's Hos after receiving a call from Titan Towers. Following her performance Lisa received a second call and this time was offered a contract. Ivory helped to train many of the divas, including Victoria. She was also a trainer in Tough Enough two and three. Ivory won her first Women's Title September 16,1999 afterdefreating Tori in the first ever women's hardcore match. She was involved in a second women's hardcore match at Unforgiven 1999 wrestling Luna. In her alustries career in the WWE Ivory has just over 100 televised matches and is the oldest active diva.
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