10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Feb 15)

2. Why Vince McMahon Was Hesitant On Ivory

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Ivory was almost dismissed immediately by Vince McMahon despite the fact he'd never seen her work, cut a promo or even met the woman.

On his 'Something To Wrestle With' show, Bruce Prichard remembered meeting with one of the women from the old GLOW promotion and her "sugar daddy" in the mid-90s. Said daddy wanted to know how much it'd cost for McMahon's WWF to make his girl the new Women's Champion. Vince turned him down flat and said that wasn't how they did business.

Years later, Ivory's name was brought up as a recommendation, and McMahon was horrified to hear she'd been part of GLOW. It wasn't until Prichard chimed in, said she could actually work and wasn't the lady they'd met before that Vince agreed to get her in for a tryout.

In other words, Ivory was almost ignored for something she had nothing to do with.

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