From February 2023 onward, Trish Stratus started making appearances on WWE Raw programming for a match at Wrestlemania 39. Eventually, she took a heel turn to enjoy a dream feud with Becky Lynch after becoming a permanent member of the Raw roster. The two went back and forth throughout the summer before the storyline finally came to an end in 2023 Payback.
Now that she’d been an active part of the 2023 WWE women’s roster, Trish Stratus has opened up about the current state division. She was over the moon about the current bunch of talents overtaking the achievements of wrestlers from her generation.
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Trish Stratus heaps praise on 2023 WWE women’s roster
During her recent appearance on GAW TV with SoCal Val, Mickie James, and Lisa Marie Varon, Trish Stratus noted that the steel cage match against Becky Lynch was kind of an homage to the stars she wrestled during the Ruthless Aggression Era of the WWE. She is confident about doing the groundwork for the women’s evolution based on which the current roster over-delivered.
“For me, to dip my toes back in the waters of the foundation that we helped create, I guess you could say, right?” said Trish Stratus. “Like I always say this, we definitely built the foundation, they built a freaking skyscraper out of it.
I mean like they’ve done it over and above, like they’re just amazing. The current crop is incredible and it’s been incredible to watch everyone and to enter … like I’m having a chance to get in with Bayley, and to get in there with you know just Iyo Sky, Dakota [Kai]. Everyone has been incredible.” (quotes courtesy Wrestling INC)
Trish Stratus got to wrestle a few current female talents in 2023
While Trish Stratus was primarily back to work in a program against Becky Lynch, appearing regularly on Raw allowed her to wrestle the likes of Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY in tag team matches.
As for Becky Lynch, the two competed in several singles matches before finally culminating things in the highly appreciated match at Payback PLE in early September. After the match, Zoey Star attacked Trish Stratus to write her off TV. Time will tell whether she returns for another run in the WWE but the steel cage match against THE MAN was a perfect moment to pull down the curtain on her legendary career.
