[2][3] Growing up in Maple Valley, Washington, she became interested in professional wrestling during the late 1990s and, seeing a commercial for WWE Tough Enough during Monday Night Raw, auditioned for the reality television series.
Originally one of thirteen contestants, she eventually reached the finals with Chris Nowinski, Maven Huffman, Josh Mathews and Nidia Guenard.
[1] After facing Rena Takase, Mika Nishio and MARU in a six-woman tag team match with Bionic J and Cheerleader Melissa on September 12, Matheny returned to the United States.
[8] Inactive during late 2002, she briefly feuded with Cheerleader Melissa in Live Action Wrestling in January 2003.
However, on September 2, 2005, she made a surprise appearance with her boyfriend Brian Kendrick at a show for Full Impact Pro.