Ivory Reveals That Jacqueline Worked Stiff With Her When She Arrived In WWE

In an interview with The Steve Austin Show (via Wrestling Inc), Ivory spoke about her arrival in WWE and how she had to convince Jacqueline not to work so stiff in their matches. Here are highlights:

On getting her start in WWE: “Jimmy Cornette called me and he was working for [WWE] and he had gotten my [telephone] number from Howard Brody, who worked with all ladies’ shows like AWA or something. And he was good friends with Luna [Vachon] and we go way back, so Howard gave him my number and he said, ‘we’re looking for a girl who could look good in a dress and take a bump.’ And they needed her to show up in Phoenix [Arizona] for one of the [WWE] shows, so I said, ‘sure, I can do that date.'” Ivory contined, “I said, ‘as long as I can bring my Revlon s–t, I can do the show for you. I’ll get on a plane that night because I’ve got to teach the next morning in San Francisco [California].’ ‘Sure.'”

On learning she would be one of Godfather’s hoes: “I learned early on, in the car ride over to the arena, that I was going to be posing as one of The Godfather’s hoes of the ho train. I was like, ‘sure, I can do that part. That ought to be great.’ So when I came to the locker room, the girls informed Steve Lombardi that, ‘the hoes go dress in the bathroom – they don’t come in our locker room.’ And he stood up for me. Actually, Luna stood up for me and said, ‘she’s a worker! She’s not a ho!'”

On working with Jacqueline: “I was kind of her punching bag for about nine months. I started to feel like, ‘man, I don’t even like this anymore. It hurts too much!’ And people started nudging me and the guys would say, ‘you’ve got to put your foot down!’ And I put my foot down by saying, ‘that’s not what wrestling is.’ Nobody wants to pay to see a real chick fight because it’s ugly and it doesn’t sell.”