WWE Hall Of Famer 'Sunny' Arrested In Keansburg Thursday Night

KEANSBURG, NJ — A woman who was known as the first WWF "Diva" in the 1990s was arrested Thursday night in Keansburg, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office.

Tamara Lynn Sytch, more commonly known by her ring name “Sunny,” was arrested Thursday night and charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of terroristic threats.

Keansburg Police say she raised a pair of scissors in the air towards a man and threatened to kill him. Police say the man was known to her as her intimate partner. The affidavit of her arrest says she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time.

The man was not injured in the incident.

Sytch was taken to the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold.

According to her Wikipedia entry, Sytch was the first woman to appear as a celebrity in the world of professional wrestling, back in the '90s when it was called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Sytch, under her stage name Sunny, was a professional wrestling manager, former ring announcer and also worked in adult entertainment.

According to her Wikipedia page, she is originally from Matawan. She has multiple prior DUI arrests in Pennsylvania.

Sytch was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.

Sign up for Patch emails: https://patch.com/subscribe and don't miss important local news. Contact this Patch reporter: Carly.baldwin@patch.com