Trish Stratus is considered to be a pioneer when it comes to the female WWE Superstars in the history of the company. She is a trailblazer who paved the way for the modern generation of female wrestlers. Nowadays, female competitors have achieved the standard of main-eventing Wrestlemania but the scene was totally different back in the day.
The likes of Trish Stratus or Lita and many more contemporary Divas had to bear with their fair share of awful segments in the name of entertaining the audience. One of those incidents is the infamous dog barking segment which took place during the build of Wrestlemania X-7.
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In one of the most controversial storylines, Vince McMahon and Trish Stratus became romantically involved. Then on one episode of Monday Night RAW, Vince McMahon ordered her ladylove to strip down and then bark like a dog in order to humiliate her on live TV and in front of the live fans.
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Trish Stratus had redemption in mind heading into Wrestlemania X-7
While speaking at the For The Love Of Wrestling convention in Liverpool, Trish Stratus talked about that infamous dog barking segment. The legendary name revealed that she was really into the idea pitched by Vince McMahon. She apparently felt amazing after hearing the initials since she felt that a redemption moment will be waiting for her at Wrestlemania X-7.
“Vince pitched the angle to me like this — ‘so we’re going to have this angle where you are barking like a dog and get really humiliated, and basically hit rock bottom.’ And I was like, ‘amazing!’” recalled Trish Stratus.
“Because I knew a couple of weeks later, I would be getting my comeuppance on him and I would be slapping him on the grandest stage of them all, which is Wrestlemania, and turning on him. I was going on to stand up for myself, not needing a man to lean on and fighting for what I needed to fight for.” (quotes courtesy Wrestling INC)
Ultimately at Wrestlemania X-7, Trish Stratus would turn on Vince by slapping him, time and time again. This moment also unleashed the wrestler side of the WWE hall of Famer who would go on to showcase her wrestling skills to the fans for years to follow.
Trish Stratus remained at the forefront of the WWE female roster from 1999 to 2006. She concluded her career as a seven-time women’s world champion, one-time hardcore world champion, and a WWE Hall of Famer.
