Three months later, Cartier entered ACW and immediately made a big impression defeating ACW veteran Carmella D'Anesto in her third match. Victories over Dixie Monroe and Malaysia put her in the spotlight both inside and outside of ACW. A scheduled match against Dominique LeMonde drew enormous attention from the mass media and she found herself being interviewed by nightly tabloid television shows and appearing on the cover of Apartment Wrestling Weekly magazine. The match, however, was canceled when LeMonde unexpectedly took a leave of absence from the promotion.