WOMEN’S wrestling legend Ivory is to be conducted in the WWE Hall of Fame.
A former champion, real name Lisa Moretti, will join a host of famous names on April 6 during WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans.
She will join other WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018 inductees Bubba Ray, D-Won Dudley and Goldberg among others.
Speaking to espnW.com, the 56-year-old said: “It means that it’s the full circle in your career. in your wrestling chapter.
“It’s great bragging rights for your family that have seen you go through the eras and I also feel like it’s an awesome tribute to the women in wrestling as a whole.”
Ivory’s career took off back in 1986 when she was one of the original members of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
She eventually made her debut in wrestling in 1999 where she accompanied The Godfather.
Ivory would then make her first televised in-ring debut when she teamed up with D’Lo Brown to take on Jeff Jarrett and Debra.
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Her rivalry with Debra would continue and in the summer of 1999 she would beat her to win the Women’s Championship.
Three Women’s Titles later, she continued to wrestle through until 2005 but started taking other roles in the company.
She served as a trainer on season three of WWE Tough Enough and hosted several WWE TV programmes before leaving in 2009.
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