TORRIE: I went to a house show with a couple of friends, and met Kevin Nash, and he called me a couple of days later and asked if I was interested in doing a shoot.

MIKE: So you were just at a house show in the audience, or were you backstage.

TORRIE: I was backstage.

MIKE: You have an interesting e-mail address, are you really a fitness freak?

TORRIE: I'm a fitness freak [laughs] I used to compete in fitness competitions.

MIKE: Where did the affinity for training come from?

TORRIE: Actually, I've been a fitness fanatic since I was in High School, and basically, I started admiring the fitness women in magazines and I wanted to look like them … and I started working out, training for a fitness competition, and just kept doing better and better in the competitions … and I got more involved in it.

MIKE: So you were always in shape?

TORRIE: Yeah, I always worked out.

MIKE: I think I read that you're parents are divorced, right?

TORRIE: Uh huh.

MIKE: Do you still keep in touch with your father?

TORRIE: Yeah.

MIKE: You mentioned at one time you lost a lot of weight …

TORRIE: Yeah, I was into fashion modeling as a teenager and got really really thin, and harmed my health, but I got over it, thank god.

MIKE: Are we talking about anorexia here, or something less than that?

TORRIE: Close to anorexia.

MIKE: How did you overcome that?

TORRIE: I knew it was not something that I could lead for the rest of my life, and I started admiring fitness women's bodies which are much more shapelier and a lot more sexy, I think, and that got me out of it. I started lifting weights -

MIKE: How often do you exercise?

TORRIE: About six days a week.

MIKE: What do you usually do?

TORRIE: Right now I'm training for a marathon, so I run 5 or 6 miles three times per week, and then on the other days I do cardio and lift weights.

MIKE: What about your diet?

TORRIE: I eat fairly good all the time.

MIKE: Do you think sometimes you take this fitness thing to an extreme?

TORRIE: No.

MIKE: No?

TORRIE: Some people might say so, but I don't think so.

MIKE: What are your measurements?

TORRIE: 36-25-36

MIKE: And you're all natural, right?

TORRIE: Of course [laughs]

MIKE: [laughs] So you ever just chill and pig out?

TORRIE: Heck yeah I do.

MIKE: Ok. What are your thoughts on the role of women in wrestling? Does it bother you at all that in general women are only used as eye candy?

TORRIE: Well, it definitely works. Eye candy is needed in the sport. No, it doesn't really bother me, as long as … with WWF I disagree with the connotations of a lot of their stuff, but for the most part, I think it's great.

MIKE: Do you watch other wrestling shows?

TORRIE: I watch the WWF sometimes.

MIKE: You mentioned that you were at a house show, so are you a wrestling fan?

TORRIE: Actually, that was the first show I had ever watched.

MIKE: Really?

TORRIE: Yeah. I was never a wrestling fan. Of course, now I am.

MIKE: You've talked about your situation when you were younger, admiring fashion models, and stuff like that, do you consider yourself a role model for young girls? Or do you want to be a role model?

TORRIE: I do want to be. I do consider myself a role model, because a lot of girls go through body distortions … they try to be so thin, and I'm here to prove that you don't have to be.

MIKE: I'm sure you have your limits as to what you will or won't do, were you ever presented with a storyline that you thought crossed the line? What's over the line for you?

TORRIE: Being nude [laughs]. I trust Vince and Ed, and I don't think TNT is going to let things go as far as the WWF. I don't think I have anything to worry about. I had to go out in lingerie a couple of days ago, and that basically covers more than a swimming suit does, so I really don't have any big deal with anything, it's just a show.

MIKE: So you've met with Vince and Ed?

TORRIE: Uh huh.

MIKE: What are your thoughts on them?

TORRIE: I think they're awesome. They're both really cool, and brilliant.

MIKE: Can you give us a preview of what we might be seeing of you in the future?

TORRIE: They don't even let me know, until we're getting close.

MIKE: What was it like kissing Ric Flair?

TORRIE: [laughs] He's a big wet kisser.

MIKE: [laughs] Were you aware of Rena Mero's situation in the WWF?

TORRIE: You mean the lawsuit?

MIKE: Yeah. What are your thoughts on that?

TORRIE: I don't really know, so I don't have any thoughts on that.

MIKE: Would you ever pose for Playboy?

TORRIE: No.

MIKE: Is that a moral issue for you? Or is it that you're shy?

TORRIE: It's just something I feel, to be a role model for people, for girls, I don't really need to do that. I don't see it pushing my career as far as acting goes.

MIKE: Are you happy with this wrestling thing? Do you see it as a launch pad to perhaps bigger and better things?

TORRIE: I wouldn't say bigger and better things. I'm having an awesome time in wrestling. I'm not looking too far into the future, but I would like to do movies and stuff as well.

MIKE: Do you have anything in the works right now?

TORRIE: Nope, just doing the wrestling stuff.

MIKE: You tried fashion modeling right? You didn't like it?

TORRIE: No. You're never thin enough. It's ridiculous.

MIKE: You seem to be athletic, would you ever consider getting in the wrestling ring?

TORRIE: I've been asked to, and I'm considering it. I don't really want to wrestle in any matches, but I will take bumps and give a few.

MIKE: Have you had any training at all?

TORRIE: Not yet.

MIKE: When you first made your WCW appearance, were you signed to a contract at the time or was that a per appearance deal?

TORRIE: Per appearance. Actually, when I first started, I figured it was only going to be a 2-day shoot thing, and that was it. And then they kept calling me.

MIKE: What was the original plan? Just to show up with David Flair for a little while?

TORRIE: Yeah, that was the original plan - to seduce him and make him betray his dad, and I think that was basically going to be it.

MIKE: And then shortly after that, you weren't really involved in any of the storylines. What was going on there? A little break?

TORRIE: I guess you could call it that. I was still per appearance, and I think they were having a lot of creative differences with my agent.

MIKE: Did you have any contacts with any other promotions at that time?

TORRIE: At that time? No.

MIKE: So, you've never have talks with … maybe going elsewhere … would you ever go to the WWF? MIKE: But you have a contract with WCW now, right?

TORRIE: No, not right now. It's actually in the works right now. TORRIE: Yeah, it is.

MIKE: That's strange.

TORRIE: Well my agent is pretty hard ass. They're working it out right now.

MIKE: I would think that one of the other promotions would try to snap you up or something.

TORRIE: Well, actually they hate my agent, so I can't see that happening [laughs].

MIKE: How many years do you think you have left in wrestling?

TORRIE: Well, I'm young -

MIKE: How old are you?

TORRIE: 24.

MIKE: Whoa, you're even younger than I.

TORRIE: I'll do it as long as I'm still having fun.

MIKE: OK, and are you single?

TORRIE: Yes.

MIKE: Explain THAT?

TORRIE: [laughs] Well, I have a boyfriend.

MIKE: So you're not really single?

TORRIE: No, but I'm not married.

MIKE: What kind of guy is he? Who's the lucky bastard?

TORRIE: My boyfriend is a financial analyst. Nothing to do with wrestling, besides the fact that he loves it.

MIKE: And that's the kind of guy you're into?

TORRIE: Well I've been into … [laughs] … yeah, I guess.

MIKE: What's your relationship with Kevin Nash like? You know there were rumors on the net that you guys were a bit more than friends?

TORRIE: Right.

MIKE: That's not true?

TORRIE: It's not true. His wife even believes that it's still true. She doesn't believe that nothing happened.

MIKE: He's getting divorced right?

TORRIE: Yeah, he already did.

MIKE: And his wife believed the internet stories?

TORRIE: Yes!

MIKE: How did they get to her?

TORRIE: I have no idea. Evidently, she hates me, and she thinks it's true, but it's not.

MIKE: OK. Not that we would blame him.

TORRIE: [laughs].

MIKE: Now you mentioned before that you're an internet junkie.

TORRIE: Yeah, I am.

MIKE: You're not out there scanning wrestling sites are you?

TORRIE: I do like to scan wrestling sites. I do like to see what shitty things people say about me.

MIKE: What are some of your favorites?

TORRIE: There was this one site, I don't even remember what it was, my webmaster is a huge wrestling fan, so he actually e-mailed me and lets me know … he scans more sites than I do, and lets me know what people are saying … and there was this one site, this lady named Galatea or something … she trashes me all the time.

MIKE: [laughs]

TORRIE: I haven't read what she's written lately, but I think it's so funny … she would talk about David Flair's matches …

MIKE: Uh huh.

TORRIE: The whole first paragraph, she would talk about how shitty I was dressed or whatever. I was like - OK - somebody is a little hostile.

MIKE: [jokingly] But you're a big WrestleLine fan right?

TORRIE: Yes.

MIKE: Now you basically grew up on a farm? Is that right?

TORRIE: Well, I grew up in the mountains. Population 2500.

MIKE: Do you think you were always this attractive to men or did you just grow into that body, what happened?

TORRIE: Hmm … that's a hard question.

MIKE: I mean, did you always have a lot of boyfriends growing up?

TORRIE: I always had a boyfriend, but haven't had lots of boyfriends. I haven't ever been single for longer than 3 months.

MIKE: When we see you on TV, a lot of guys my age, I guess you can probably guess what we're thinking right?

TORRIE: Yeah, T&A.

MIKE: You're comfortable with that?

TORRIE: Hell that's what I'm there for. Totally comfortable with that.

MIKE: Are you playing a role, or is there a lot of you in there? MIKE: So you don't think you're close to the Torrie we see on TV?

TORRIE: I think there's a part of me in there, but I'm definitely not as trashy as I come off [laughs].

MIKE: You wouldn't consider yourself a highly sexed person?

TORRIE: I think I'm sexual … but no.

MIKE: Now the talk is either you or Kimberly is going to be the WCW version of Sable, in terms of popularity. Are you friends with her; is there any friction because of competition?

TORRIE: No, she's actually a sweetheart.

MIKE: Are you going to participate in any more competitions while you're working for WCW?

TORRIE: No, I'm done with that.

MIKE: I'm going to toss some names out there, and you tell me the first thing that pops to mind. MIKE: Eric Bischoff.

TORRIE: [long pause] Gone.

MIKE: The Nitro Girls?

TORRIE: Sweet.

MIKE: Sweet? All of them?

TORRIE: Yeah.

MIKE: Are you serious? They're all sweet?

TORRIE: They're nice to me.

MIKE: No competition at all.

TORRIE: I don't have any competition with them. They do something totally different. different with me.

MIKE: Kevin Nash.

TORRIE: Great guy.

MIKE: Yeah. Did you like that skit he · did on Monday?

TORRIE: I thought it was good.

MIKE: Did you really?

TORRIE: [laughs]

MIKE: No, I'm being serious, did you really think that was good?

TORRIE: Ok, well it wasn't quite exactly like Vince McMahon, but ---

MIKE: I thought it was Steven Regal or something. That was bad. Hulk Hogan?

TORRIE: Great guy for advice.

MIKE: You went to Hulk Hogan for advice?

TORRIE: Yes. He has the same agent as I do, and he's been in the business for a long time.

MIKE: This is for advice based on pro wrestling or -

TORRIE: No, professional advice. TORRIE: When I was 15 …

MIKE: You started young.

TORRIE: … with a guy who was four years older than me.

MIKE: Where's that guy, let me call the police.

TORRIE: [laughs] My parents tried to call the police. I dated him for two years though.

MIKE: So what were the circumstances leading up to it? Did you think you were just ready?

TORRIE: No, I don't think I was ready.

MIKE: So you regret it.

TORRIE: Of course. I think everyone probably regrets their first time.

MIKE: Really? TORRIE: Most girls do.

MIKE: Tell all us dreamers out there what Torrie is like in the most intimate of settings. Do you consider yourself conservative? Are you more on the romantic side … or are you a freak?

TORRIE: Well, I'm definitely not conservative. I definitely like romance. I don't think I'm a freak.

MIKE: I guess they're two extremes. You're somewhere in the middle, you're saying.

TORRIE: Somewhere in the middle of being a freak and a romantic.

MIKE: You said you watched Raw, who are some of your favorite performers?

TORRIE: I like Mr. Ass.

MIKE: Ok. Go ahead.

TORRIE: Because I know him. I like … actually there is a guy named Meat who I grew up with … I kind of grew up with, so I like to follow him.

MIKE: So who do you think is talented?

TORRIE: The Rock.