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Terri Poch is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for her time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Tori.

Professional wrestling career
Early career (1988–1993) Poch debuted in 1988 as Taylor Made, a valet for Scotty the Body in Portland's Pacific Northwest Wrestling. She joined the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) in 1990 as Terri Power, defeating both Leilani Kai and Judy Martin within her first year with the company. Following Wrestlemania Tori and Ivory went on to defeat Sable and Jacqueline with Tori pinning Jacqueline via a backslide, immediately after Tori challenged Sable but this was cut short by the Ministry of darkness who came to the ring to pursue Sable. Tori feuded with Jacqueline in April and May 1999 scoring several pinfalls over Jacqueline and then began pursuing Ivory's Women's Championship in July. Tori scored a pinfall over Lexie Fyffe prior to her match against Ivory at SummerSlam, Ivory would go on to retain her championship. Tori defeated Ivory the following night in an evening gown match and after this their feud became more and more heated, leading to the first-ever WWF women's Hardcore match on the September 6, 1999 edition of Raw. Ivory retained her title once more in a match which involved Tori having a mirror smashed over her head and being burnt with an iron. On September 26, Tori attempted to gain a measure of retribution by attacking Ivory during a match but instead was pushed into a crate by Ivory. Tori was part of an 8-woman Survivors Series match in 1999 where her team would go on to be the victors. She wrestled Luna, Ivory and Jaqueline in a femme fatale four-way match at the UK pay per view Rebellion in 1999. Tori wrestled The Kat in a thong chocolate pudding match which resulted in a loss on the December 13 episode of Raw. Kane's girlfriend and D-Generation X (1999–2000) Tori returned in November and soon became the on-screen girlfriend of Kane. Although she stopped competing in regular matches, she was a special guest referee for the first women's battle royal which featured Lita, Ivory, Jacqueline, The Kat and Terri Runnels. She helped Stephanie retain her title by attacking Lita and allowing Stephanie to enter the ring and claim victory. She continued to participate in high-profile storylines with the McMahon-Helmsley faction for the next few months. Along with X Pac and the Road Dogg she began feuding with the Dudley Boys, twice putting Bubba Ray Dudley through a table. At the King of the Ring in June, Tori, X-Pac, and Road Dogg participated in a table and dumpster match against the Dudley Boyz that ended with the Dudleyz powerbombing her through a table. Poch was sidelined with a torn labrum on June 24, which Jim Ross described as an unfortunate set-back to her push. She underwent surgery with Dr. James Andrews. On the October 30 edition of Raw, Tori returned in a segment at WWF New York, confronting and slapping X-Pac due to the events at King of the Ring. The Black Ninja (2001) Poch returned in January 2001 as The Black Ninja, a masked villainess in a black bodysuit who helped Raven retain the Hardcore Championship. Raven's Hardcore title feud with Crash Holly, led to a feud between The Ninja and Crash's on-screen cousin Molly Holly. Holly finally unmasked the ninja on the March 11, 2001 episode of Sunday Night HEAT, revealing her to be Tori. Subsequently, Poch's character was removed from television. After working as a trainer on WWF Tough Enough throughout the summer of 2001, Poch was released by the WWF in September 2001. At the time, she made accusations about Scott Levy (Raven), claiming he had verbally abused her. WWF road agent Gerald Brisco and Executive Vice President of Talent Relations Jim Ross claimed, however, that these allegations were not true. She subsequently retired from wrestling to concentrate on her career as a yogini. Two decades later DX was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, however, Poch's name was not mentioned. == Outside of wrestling ==
Outside of wrestling
Before beginning a career in professional wrestling, Poch worked as a bodybuilder and fitness model. Following her release from the WWF, she has been working as a yogini and currently runs a yoga studio in Portland. == Other media ==
Other media
Video games Tori has appeared in four WWE video games. She made her in-game debut at WWF WrestleMania 2000, and appeared in WWF No Mercy, WWF SmackDown! and WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role. Filmography == Championships and accomplishments ==
Championships and accomplishments
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