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Trish Stratus (born Patricia Anne
Stratigias) on December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill,
Ontario), is a former Canadian fitness model and
semi-retired professional wrestler. Formerly working for
World Wrestling Entertainment, Stratus retired from WWE
on September 17, 2006 after winning her seventh WWE
Women's Championship.
Stratus is the first in WWF/E history to have held the
WWE Women's Championship seven times, three more than
the four reigns of Lita and the four recognized title
reigns of The Fabulous Moolah. She is also one of only
four women to have held the WWE Hardcore Championship.
As a fitness model, Stratus has been featured on the
cover of many major health and fitness magazines such as
Musclemag, Flare, and Total Women's Fitness. She also
released a calendar series called "Dream Team"
with fellow model, Stacey Lynn. As a sports entertainer,
she was proclaimed the "Diva of the Decade" on
the WWE RAW X Anniversary Show. She was voted "WWE
Babe of the Year" three times between 2001 and
2003.
Wrestling career: Stratus caught the attention of
the WWF while co-hosting a Canadian professional
wrestling talk show called Live Audio Wrestling with
"Big Daddy" Donnie Abreu and
"Gentleman" Jeff Marek. WWF agents told
Stratus that if she felt she had more to offer than her
looks alone, she should start training for a wrestling
career. Soon afterward, Stratigias began training at the
gym of Ron Hutchinson, the same facility where
Superstars like Edge and Christian had also trained for
the ring. The WWF again had contacted her in late-1999,
and this time, Stratigias was ready to start her career
as a pro wrestler under the stage name, Trish Stratus,
having been a fan since her childhood and idolizing Hulk
Hogan.
2000: Her first WWF appearance took place on the
March 19, 2000 episode of Sunday Night HEAT. Stratus
appeared on the runway, scouting certain WWF Superstars,
in particular Test and Prince Albert. Not long after,
Stratus began her first role in the company, managing
Test and Albert in the tag team T & A. It was during
her stint managing T and A when Stratus had her first
taste of punishment in the ring, being driven through a
table by The Dudley Boyz. She had been taunting The
Dudley Boyz for weeks, in particular Bubba Ray Dudley
who was notorious for his fondness for putting females
through tables such as Terri Runnels and Mae Young.
More and more, Stratus found herself getting physically
involved in the action, taking her bumps from Superstars
like The Big Show and Chyna, and even suffering a
stinkface from Rikishi. It was not long before Stratus
began competing in actual matches, one of the earliest
examples being a six-person tag team match at Fully
Loaded on July 23, as Stratus teamed with T & A to
face The Hardy Boyz and Lita. Although Stratus and her
team lost the bout, she was not about to leave that
night without making her mark, and proceeded to whip
Lita with a leather strap before exiting the ring.
Stratus later managed Val Venis to win the
Intercontinental Championship, but seemed to be
outgrowing managing, as she had bigger aspirations on
her mind. These aspirations included challenging for the
WWF Women's Championship on a number of occasions
against Lita and Ivory, although none of these attempts
proved successful. T&A disbanded by the end of 2000,
with Trish briefly managing Albert solely. However, that
role was soon scrapped in favor of her becoming involved
with the McMahons.
2001: In early 2001, Stratus became involved in a
storyline with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, during a time
when Vince's wife Linda was
"institutionalized" following a demand Vince
had made for a divorce during a live show in Madison
Square Garden in December 2000. Vince and Stratus's
relationship increasingly angered the boss's daughter,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and at No Way Out on February
25, Stratus and Stephanie squared off, with "The
Billion-Dollar Princess" scoring a tainted win via
the interference of William Regal. This match is
considered to be one of the best of Trish's early
wrestling career, as this was the first time she had
displayed any form of capability in the ring. It was
also a highly anticipated match, as the rivalry between
the two ladies had been going on for quite some time. In
the midst of a tag team match that pitted Vince and
Stratus against Regal and Stephanie, Stratus found
herself the victim of a grand set-up by Vince, Stephanie
and Regal. Regal executed the Regal Cutter on Stratus,
and Stephanie then dumped sewage over Stratus's body.
Vince stood over Stratus, and he told her she was a toy
that he had grown tired of playing with.
The following week on RAW, Stratus actually gave Vince
an apology for the disruption she felt she had caused in
his life. Vince then humiliated her further, forcing
Stratus to strip down to her bra and thong, get on all
fours, and bark like a dog. It ended up being part of a
plan Stratus had set into motion to embarrass Vince, and
at WrestleMania X-Seven a month later, it all became
clear. During a Street Fight between Vince and his son,
then-World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
"owner" Shane McMahon, Stratus rolled out a
seemingly catatonic Linda McMahon in a wheelchair to the
ring. When the action was taken to the floor, Stratus
walked up to Vince and slapped his mouth before chasing
Stephanie from ringside. Shortly thereafter, Linda stood
up out of her wheelchair and kicked Vince in the groin,
enabling Shane to gain control of the match and
eventually pin his father.
After her situation with the McMahon family ended,
Stratus began focusing on wrestling full-time. On the
April 23 edition of "Raw," Stratus was
backstage promoting the "Divas in Hedonism"
video when she ran into Mr. McMahon. McMahon then placed
her in a match against Ivory in which if she lost, she
would be forced to join the Right to Censor. However,
Stratus displayed some improved in-ring ability,
managing to pin Ivory following a modified bulldog.
Trish was later involved in The Rock & Vince feud
which led to a match pitting Stratus and The Rock
against Vince and Kurt Angle. The most noticeable point
of the match was when The Rock tagged in Trish and she
viciously attacked Vince delivering a Low Blow and
pinning Vince herself.
During the WCW/ECW Invasion storyline, Stratus and Lita
attempted to put their past behind them and began
focusing on taking out alliance girls, Stacy Keibler and
Torrie Wilson. At the InVasion pay-per-view, the two WWF
divas faced off against the WCW Divas in the 1st ever
Bra and Panties Tag Team Match, with Trish & Lita
coming out on top. The following night on Raw, however,
Stratus suffered an injury in her "Paddle on a
Pole" match against Torrie Wilson. She underwent
ankle surgery later in the summer. It would be at least
four months before Stratus would fully heal and be able
to continue her pursuit of wrestling glory. As she
rehabilitated, Stratus kept herself visible by
co-hosting Excess on TNN. When she was not doing the
show, Stratus continued training and rehabilitation,
preparing herself for her comeback in the ring. She
received extensive ring training from Dave Finlay, a
former WCW Television Champion. Finlay's schoolings
served Stratus well; by the time she returned to the
ring, she was better prepared for combat than ever. Her
return came at the Survivor Series on November 18 in a
six-pack challenge for the vacant WWE Women's
Championship. At this event, Stratus faced off with
Lita, Mighty Molly, Jacqueline, Ivory, and former
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) mainstay, Jazz.
Stratus pinned Ivory after unveiling her new
Stratusfaction finisher, a modified bulldog headlock
which saw Stratus apply the headlock, climb the ropes,
and in mid-air, catapult herself backwards to the canvas
with her opponent's head still gripped in her arms. And
with that, Stratus had won her first WWE Women's
Championship.
2002: Trish went on to feud with Jazz for several
months over the Women's Championship, coming to a battle
at the 2002 Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View where, despite an
"injured hand", Trish waled away with the
victory after a bulldog finish brought Jazz down for the
count. Jazz would not be denied however and 2 weeks
later, walked away with the title on an edition of RAW
in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trish would go after the title for
several months after that, even competing in a triple
threat match at WrestleMania X8 against Lita and Jazz in
her hometown of Toronto, Canada. Trish was unsuccessful
that night, however she would get her revenge soon.
Three months later, Stratus won the title back in a
unique tag team match where both the Women's and the
Hardcore title was on the line. It was Stratus and Bubba
Ray Dudley vs. Jazz and Steven Richards, where Stratus
pinned Jazz to capture her second Women's title in her
hometown of Toronto. During her association with Dudley,
Stratus would also have a brief reign as Hardcore
Champion; however, under the 24/7 rules of the title,
she won and lost the title within minutes.
Stratus would then go on to feud with newly heel, Molly
Holly. Molly defeated Trish at the 2002 King of the Ring
for the WWE Women's Championship. The two divas would
carry on feuding for the next 3 months finally ending
with Stratus defeating Holly at WWE Unforgiven 2002 for
the title back.
When Victoria debuted in WWE, Stratus was first on her
mind to try to defeat. After successfully defending her
title against Victoria at No Mercy 2002, Victoria gained
revenge when defeating Stratus at Survivor Series 2002
in a hardcore match.
Stratus won the Hardcore Championship from Crash Holly,
on May 6, before losing it the same night to Stevie
Richards. Stratus also became WWE's most popular Diva,
gracing the cover of WWE Divas 2002 swimsuit magazine
(Lita graced the cover the year before), and also
winning the Woman of the Year achievement award as voted
by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. In
the brand extension between RAW and SmackDown!, Stratus
was drafted to RAW.
2003: Throughout January 2003, Stratus continued
her feud with Victoria. On the January 27th edition of
RAW, Victoria defeated Stratus in a special Chicago
Street Fight. On March 17th, Victoria and Steven
Richards defeated Jazz and Trish in a tag team match.
After the match, Jeff Hardy saved Trish from an attack
by both Victoria and Richards, and he kissed her on the
lips. In the following weeks, Trish and Hardy were shown
talking back stage and fighting as tag-team partners.
However, the storyline was dropped when Hardy was
released from WWE on April 22, 2003. [4]
At WrestleMania XIX, Trish defeated Victoria and Jazz to
capture her fourth Women's Championship. She lost the
title to Jazz at Backlash 2003 on April 27th. In the
following months, Stratus entered into a feud with Gail
Kim and Molly Holly. The duo defeated Stratus and
several tag team partners until Trish began to partner
with Lita. The team of Stratus and Lita defeated Kim and
Molly Holly in several matches, including one at
Unforgiven 2003.
In November, Chris Jericho began an on-screen romance
with Trish. He asked her out on the November 10th
episode of RAW, and she agreed. Subsequently, they
participated in several intergender tag team matches as
partners. Around the same time, Christian began an
on-screen relationship with Lita. On the December 1st
episode of RAW, Stratus overheard the two men discussing
a bet about who could score with their respective woman
first. One week later, Lita and Trish confronted the men
about their actions. This led to a feud between the two
men versus the two women. On December 14th, Christian
and Jericho defeated Lita and Trish in a "Battle of
the Sexes" match at Armageddon 2003. The next night
on RAW, a rematch of the previous night ended in a no
contest.
2004: On January 12, 2004, Jericho saved Trish
from an attack by Jazz after a match. Two weeks later,
Jericho once again saved Trish using his favour with
Eric Bischoff to pull her out of a scheduled match with
Kane. The duo then had a short feud with Christian,
after he tried for several weeks to keep them apart. On
the February 9th edition of RAW, Christian apologized
for his actions. Two weeks later, Trish was scheduled in
a match against Christian, who agreed to lay down and
let her win, but he double crossed her by winning the
match.
At WrestleMania XX, Christian defeated Chris Jericho
after Stratus turned heel and betrayed Jericho. Fans saw
an extremely evil side of Trish in the following months.
The trio began a feud that would last for several
months. In April at Backlash 2004, Chris Jericho
defeated Christian and Trish in a handicap match. By
May, Stratus and bodyguard Tyson Tomko were still
attacking Jericho.
At Bad Blood 2004 on June 13th, Stratus defeated Women's
Champion Victoria, Gail Kim, and Lita to win her fifth
Women's Championship. She defended her championship
until she suffered a broken hand in July that caused her
to be out of action for approximately a month. In
September, Trish defended her title against the #1
Contender Nidia on RAW and Victoria at Unforgiven 2004.
Also in September, Trish entered into a feud with Stacy
Keibler, which saw Keibler pin Trish on several
occassions. Keibler defeated Molly Holly in a contenders
match on an episode of Raw. However, the following week,
Stratus defeated Keibler with a Chick Kick to the
shoulder. A month later, Stratus entered into a feud
with Lita after repeatedly poking fun at Lita's
(kayfabe) pregnancy. At Survivor Series 2004, Trish
defeated Lita when Lita was disqaulified for attacking
her with a steel chair. The duo continued to feud until
December when Lita beat Trish for the Women's Title on
an episode of RAW.
2005: Stratus defeated Lita to win her sixth
Women's Championship on January 9 at New Year's
Revolution 2005 with Lita tearing her anterior cruciate
ligament in the course of the match, when Stratus failed
to properly catch Lita, when Lita attempted a diving
Thesz Press from the apron to the floor. This resulted
in Lita being put on the shelf for 3 months, and
subsequently Stratus became a six time champion and
would go on to hold the title for an incredible 15
months.
Stratus began a feud with 2004 RAW Diva Search winner
Christy Hemme over jealousy of Hemme's Playboy magazine
exposure. Hemme eventually revealed that she had been
being trained by Lita before hitting Stratus with a
Twist of Fate. Stratus defeated Hemme at WrestleMania 21
with Lita in Hemme's corner. Stratus and the injured
Lita feuded throughout April 2005, with Viscera
wrestling Lita's husband Kane on behalf of Stratus at
Backlash. In May 2005, Stratus was sidelined with a
herniated disc; the storyline explanation for her
shelving was that Viscera had injured her with a big
splash after she berated him for losing to Kane. Stratus
would take a leave of absence with the Women's
Championship.
Stratus returned to WWE television in September, turning
face once again by siding with Ashley Massaro against
Vince's Devils. In the course of the feud, Stratus was
saved from a beating at the hands of Victoria by the
debuting Mickie James, who was quick to introduce
herself as Stratus's "biggest fan". All six
women took part in a "Fulfill Your Fantasy"
Diva battle royal for the Women's Championship at Taboo
Tuesday 2005, with Stratus retaining her title for a
second consecutive year. The match ended when Mickie
James sacrificed herself in order to eliminate Victoria,
leaving Stratus the only woman standing.
On the November 14 Eddie Guerrero tribute show, Stratus
took part in an interpromotional Diva battle royal that
was won by SmackDown! Diva Melina. Following her
victory, Melina challenged Stratus to a match for the
Women's Championship. The two fought one another at the
2005 Survivor Series, with Stratus narrowly defeating
Melina, once again with the assistance of Mickie James.
Stratus and James teamed together throughout late 2005,
with James becoming increasingly obsessive. On the
December 26 episode of RAW, James initiated an
"intimate" kiss with Stratus under a sprig of
mistletoe, causing a surprised Stratus to flee the
locker room.
2006: The unusual partnership between James and
Stratus continued into 2006, with Stratus defeating
James in a Women's Championship bout at New Year's
Revolution 2006. Despite the defeat, James continued to
be enamored of Stratus. Her fixation with Stratus led to
a rivalry between James and Ashley Massaro, who dubbed
the lovelorn James a "psycho". At the same
time, James continued to pursue Stratus, on one occasion
having her (kayfabe) date, Jack, arrested on false
grounds. In early March, Stratus confronted James,
telling her that she needed space. The duo briefly
reconciled on the March 18 Saturday Night's Main Event,
teaming together to defeat Candice Michelle and
Victoria. However, James turned on Stratus after the
match, attacking her with a Chick Kick and the
Stratusfaction. This Storyline was memorably lampooned
by comedian Mario Rosenstock in a Gift Grub sketch on
Today FM which also featured Mick McCarthy and was a
parody of Stan by Eminem in which Mickie jumps of a
cliff at the end. Mickie James said in an interview with
Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1 that she actually liked the
impressions of herself and Trish. James won the Women's
Championship at WrestleMania 22, where Stratus was
heavily booed by the crowd.
Stratus and James engaged in mind games throughout
April, with James dressing like Stratus (complete with
dyed blonde hair) and vice-versa. On the April 17
episode of RAW, Stratus (dressed as James) brought a
tied-up Jack to the ring, telling him that "the
real Trish Stratus" would attempt to save him. A
confused James chased Stratus from the ring, then
attacked Jack for "betraying" her. The rivals
fought one another for the Women's Championship at
Backlash 2006, with Stratus winning by disqualification
after James refused to relinquish a chokehold. In the
course of the match, Stratus (legitimately) dislocated
her right shoulder, which would require six weeks of
rehabilitation. She continued to feud with James by
proxy throughout May, bringing in and working with Beth
Phoenix until Phoenix suffered a broken jaw.
Stratus returned to the ring in late June, where she
started a (kayfabe) relationship with Carlito when he
saved her from a double team attack from Melina and
Johnny Nitro. Their feud continued to Saturday Night's
Main Event, where they were victorious against Nitro and
Melina in a mixed tag team match. Stratus and Carlito
then went on to briefly feud with Edge and Lita, in
which they teamed up against them on several occasions.
In late August, Lita stated that Stratus would retire
following Unforgiven; this was later confirmed by
Stratus. Stratus wrestled her final RAW match on
September 11 in Madison Square Garden, defeating Mickie
James, whom she hugged following the match. At
Unforgiven, in her home town of Toronto, Stratus
defeated Lita by using fellow Canadian Bret Hart's
signature submission maneuver, the Sharpshooter, to win
a record seventh Women's Championship, retiring as
champion. The belt was officially (albeit not on camera)
vacated the next evening on RAW.
After wrestling: Starting in late November 2006
through mid-January 2007, Trish temporarily moved to
Muncie, Indiana for the CBS unscripted show Armed &
Famous. The concept was that Trish was one of five
celebrities who trained as volunteer officers with the
Muncie Police Department. After finishing their
training, the celebrity officers and their real officer
partners were followed around by camera crews on
legitimate police calls. Although the show was scheduled
to broadcast seven episodes starting on January 10,
2007, CBS canceled the series after just four of the
episodes were aired.
After the cancelation of Armed & Famous, Trish was
announced as the host of Second City's Next Comedy
Legend. This contest, endorsed by the Second City comedy
troupe and scheduled to be aired on CBC in eight
episodes starting in July 2007, is a comedy version of
the the worldwide Idol singing competition phenomenon.
However, unlike the various international versions of
Idol, a panel of celebrity judges, instead of counting
viewer votes, will eliminate one performer per week
until the winner is determined.
Personal life: Stratus' parents
are named John and Allison, and she has two younger
sisters: Christie and Melissa.
Trish has repeatedly been asked to pose nude for
Playboy, but has turned every offer down. According to
Stratus, "I've always been a fan of leaving things
to the imagination. Playboy is not really something I'm
interested in. If people want to see a sexy image of me,
I think I can still give it to them (without taking my
clothes off)". Trish is married to Ron Fisco. Her
wedding included many WWE superstars, past and present.
Her gown was featured on a cover of Today's Bride
magazine. |
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