Trish Stratus, the benchmark performer of professional wrestling has inspired so many names over the years to follow her path to become the flagbearer of the WWE. As a multi-time women’s champion, she’s regarded as one of the all-time greatest WWE Superstars. On the road to success, she had to overcome some genuine obstacles that led to doubts about her success in her beginning days.
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During a sit-down with DS Shin for Ring The Belle, Trish Stratus revealed she was initially hesitant to present herself as a WWE Superstar. The veteran informed the outlet that she initially felt insecure about her role in WWE. Despite traveling with the roster and performing on the shows, she was hesitant to mention herself as a professional wrestler since it was a male-dominated league.
Trish didn’t enter the wrestling business in a traditional way
Then, of course, Trish Stratus didn’t take the traditional path to the world’s biggest wrestling organization. Rather than coming from a wrestling background, she was a former fitness model and hence didn’t have any experience in the so-called indie circuit. So, she took her time to get accustomed to her workplace and become a fully known professional wrestler cum WWE Superstar.
“Even though I’m doing the same road schedule as them, I was working every weekend. I was having matches, but it just felt like [I didn’t belong]. I don’t know, it took me a long time to be like ‘I’m a worker. It’s like, respectful of the business,” Trish Stratus continued.
“[I wondered ] ‘Do I deserve to be called a wrestler?’ I mean , I didn’t come up the traditional way. I didn’t come up in the in the minor leagues or so to speak, indies and stuff.” (quotes courtesy Sescoops)
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Trish Stratus enjoyed a legendary career in the WWE
Trish Stratus made her WWE debut in 2000 during the Attitude Era as the manager for T&A (Test and Albert) and Val Venis. She gradually started competing in matches in early 2001 after getting a prominent storyline with her former boss, Vince McMahon.
Down the road, Trish Stratus not only become a bonafide first-ballot WWE Hall of Famer but last year, she also became the first woman to accept the Lou Thesz Award as part of her induction into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame. Obviously, she had to work as hard as she can to get those accolades at a timespan when women used to get the least opportunities when it came down to wrestling. She ultimately wrapped up her career as a 7-time Women’s champion in 2006.
Since then, she competed in some selected matches whenever WWE called her. The legendary stint included a ‘dream match’ against Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam 2019 in her hometown of Toronto which was touted to be her retirement match but then she returned for another stint in 2023 to feature in a feud against Becky Lynch.
