Trish Stratus

She has two sisters, Christie and Melissa. The next Women's Champion was Trish Stratus. Stratus' mother, Alice is a teacher of Polish descent and her father, John is a real estate agent of Greek descent. She successfully defended the title until she left the promotion later that year following a contract dispute later that year, vacating the title in the process. Her motto is, "Preparedness meets opportunity.". Chyna's only reign as WWE Women's Champion came after she defeated Ivory at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1, 2001. Stratus' trademarked catchphrase is "Stratusfaction Guaranteed", with "True Stratusfaction" being the feeling of constantly being challenged and subsequently meeting those challenges. She lost the title to Guerrero on RAW is WAR in a triple threat match with Kurt Angle on September 5, 2000.

In a March 15, 2005 interview with Byte This! (an online talk show), she was quoted as saying;. Her third and final reign began on August 27, 2000 when she pinned Trish Stratus in an intergender tag team match pitting her and Eddie Guerrero against Stratus and defending champion Val Venis on August 27 at SummerSlam 2000. Stratus has repeatedly declined to pose nude for Playboy. The title was held jointly between Chyna and Chris Jericho after an unresolved match on RAW is WAR on January 3, 2000 until Jericho regained complete claim of the title in a triple threat match between Chyna, Jericho, and Hardcore Holly on January 23 at the 2000 Royal Rumble. Stratus has also recorded a song called "I Just Want You", as part of the WWE-produced compilation album, WWE Originals. Her second Intercontinental Championship reign was disputed. Stratus has appeared on Mad TV twice and various comedy shows in Canada including Royal Canadian Air Farce and performing on stage at Second City. Her first reign ended when she lost to Chris Jericho at Armageddon 1999 on December 12.

She was then introduced to Trish's date, Jack, which did not set well with James. Chyna first won the Intercontinental Championship on October 17, 1999 when she defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match at No Mercy 1999. After the match, Mickie confronted Trish backstage, and again confessed her "love" towards Stratus. Before joining the World Wrestling Federation, Laurer held the International Wrestling Federation Women's Championship. This time, the outcome was different, as Ashley was victorious. Joanie Laurer is the only woman to have held the WWE Intercontinental Championship (which she held three times), the first woman to hold a WWE Championship besides the WWE Women's Championship (Various women held the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship at brief times), and the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament. Just like on that night, Trish was the special guest referee. In late 2005, Laurer signed to star in a new Sci-Fi Channel movie entitled Illegal Aliens, and made appearances at several Hollywood events.

The following week on RAW, Mickie faced Ashley in a rematch from the Royal Rumble. She also claimed that her relationship with Waltman was completely over. James gave Ashley a Mick Kick and left the ring happy while a shocked Trish tended to Ashley. Several months later, Laurer returned to television for the The Surreal Life reunion, where she claimed to be drug-free, and appeared to be in much better physical shape than in her previous public appearance. When Trish pulled Ashley off James. ^[3]. Mickie was very upset and started to leave the ring before running back and nailing Ashley with a spear, causing a catfight. In a rare move for Stern, he called the show to an abrupt end and, off air, told Laurer that he feared for her well being and that she needed to seek professional help.

As Trish tried to set the record straight, Ashley hit the ring and told Mickie that Trish thinks she is a psycho. In the middle of the show, at the urging of Stern, Laurer rose and stripped to her underwear in front of her brother. Balloons and confetti filled the arena and the Spirit Squad gave Trish a special cheer. During one show, Laurer appeared along with her brother in an attempt to smooth out her relationship with Waltman, who spoke with Stern, Laurer, and her brother via telephone. The next night on RAW, James held a celebration of her idol, Trish. It became clear in 2005 after appearances on the Howard Stern Show that Laurer had severe substance abuse problems. Trish reluctantly counted to 3. Several months later, in January 2005, Laurer was arrested at the Playboy Mansion for assaulting Waltman and spent six days in jail.

Before the match, Mickie told Trish, " I love you." James won with a powerbomb as Ashley mounted over her on the turnbuckle. On one episode of the show, an enraged Sean Waltman showed up outside the Surreal Life house, threatening Laurer and demanding to see her. Trish was the special referee in Ashley's match with James at the Royal Rumble on January 29 in Miami at the American Airlines Arena. In 2004, Laurer appeared in the fourth season of the VH1 show The Surreal Life along with Da Brat, Jane Wiedlin, Christopher Knight, Verne Troyer, Marcus Schenkenberg (who she was rumoured to be dating), and Adrianne Curry. Trish confronted Mickie on the outside, leaving Ashley in the hands of Victoria, who pinned her after delivering the Widow's Peak. In the end, she did not get the part. The following week, when Mickie was apologizing to Ashley for what she did while they were preparing for their match, Mickie slapped Trish's rear, to which she implied was "just for luck." The trio ended up losing to "Vince's Devils" when Mickie attacked Ashley after she was knocked into her. Internet rumors claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger personally endorsed Laurer.

The night after on RAW, Ashley defeated Trish by DQ in a match for the Women's Title when James interfered and backstage Ashley told Trish that Mickie was a psycho. In 2003, Laurer auditioned for the role of the female Terminator in Terminator 3. Mickie proceeded to make Trish uncomfortable by saying that it felt like silk when their skin came into contact. In 2003, in what many saw as an attempt to try and salvage her career after parting ways with the WWE/WWF, Laurer appeared on a Celebrity Boxing special, in which she lost a legitimate fight to Joey Buttafuoco. Mickie came in excited, with Trish asking her if she knew that she lost the match. Laurer has made numerous guest appearances on television series, including Third Rock From The Sun, Pacific Blue, Relic Hunter, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Fear Factor. Afterward, she had a brief stare down with Lita (many believe this is a glimpse into the future) before answering questions on WWE Instant Access. However, she later claimed that she had received no royalties.

Stratus retained her title by defeating Mickie James with the Chick Kick at New Year's Revolution on January 8, 2006. In a press release, Laurer announced that in a pre-emptive strike she had taken full rights to the footage and would receive a percentage from sales. Mickie finally gave Trish her towel back, but not before complimenting her on her "nice breasts.". An anal sex scene between Laurer and Waltman revealed severe acne on Laurer's buttocks, which many bodybuilders who viewed the tape pointed out as a telltale sign of steroid abuse. She took her towel and wouldn't give it back until Trish heard her out. ^{[1] [2]} Using Laurer's height of five feet, ten inches (or 1.778 meters) as a base reference, it can be determined that her clitoris is roughly 2.5 inches (or 6.35 centimeters) in length. Frustrated that Trish wasn’t returning her calls, Mickie found Trish in the shower. Eager for a repeat success, the company that released Paris Hilton's celebrity sex tape obtained the footage, edited it, and released it under the name 1 Night in China. The video became an internet phenomenon, due largely in part to a scene in the film in which Waltman performs cunnilingus on Laurer, causing the camera to focus on Laurer's unusually large clitoris, which also appeared to have a fully formed glans.

Mickie James was in another compromising situation with the Women’s Champion the next week. In 2004, it was revealed that Laurer and Waltman made a sex tape during a vacation to China earlier that year. The suprised Stratus, in disbelief, ran from the situation, stressing out James. They were engaged for a period in 2003, then broke up, then became engaged again, a pattern which continued for the next two years. On the December 26, 2005 episode of RAW, Mickie James shared an "intimate" kiss with Stratus under a mistletoe. Since 2003, Laurer has carried on a love-hate relationship with wrestler Sean Waltman (X-Pac / Syxx-Pac). At the 2005 Survivor Series on November 27, Stratus, with the interference of Mickie James, defeated Melina to retain her title. Later in the book, Laurer revealed that the structural integrity of the Chyna 2000 prototypes was relatively weak, and that one of them ruptured during a wrestling match, necessitating surgery.

Melina then kicked Stratus in the head, knocking her and the chair over. Laurer's custom implants became the model for the Chyna 2000s, a model of breast implant marketed to large framed women and female body builders. Melina then challenged Stratus to a match for the Women's Championship the following Sunday at the 2005 Survivor Series, which Stratus agreed to. In her autobiography, If Only They Knew, Laurer revealed that her breast implants were custom made after she complained to her plastic surgeon that their largest implants didn't suit her frame in the way she desired. When they had Stratus bound and tied to a chair, they revealed themselves to be Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro of MNM, acting on the instructions of Melina. In 2002, following her departure from WWF/WWE, Laurer also appeared in a softcore porn video produced and distributed by Playboy, entitled "Joanie Laurer: Nude Wrestling Superstar". On the November 21 episode of RAW, Stratus was abducted by two masked men and carried to an undisclosed part of the arena. Laurer has modeled nude, notably for Playboy; the issue which featured a pictorial of her was one of the ten best selling issues in the magazine's history.

Melina eliminated Stratus to win the bout. Laurer has however said in recent interviews that she would like to return to WWE but this remains to be seen at present. Trish Stratus met Melina in the ring for the first time on November 14 in a mixed brand diva battle royal. She also made several appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling, and in celebrity boxing tournaments. Stratus successfully defended the Women's Title in a "Fulfill Your Fantasy" Diva battle royal at Taboo Tuesday 2005. She has sung and wrestled at a Ultimate Pro Wrestling event, and was scheduled to appear on a talk show hosted by Jonny Fairplay on a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view, but did not appear, supposedly due to a dispute over travel costs. A week later, Trish Stratus' "number one fan" Mickie James made her debut, saving Stratus and Ashley from an attack from Victoria. Laurer's in-ring career since then has been very limited.

At WWE Homecoming, the duo defeated Wilson, Candice, and Victoria in a Bra and Panties Match. She left the company on November 30, 2001, several months after negotiations had broken down and she had been taken off television. On September 18 at Unforgiven 2005, Stratus and Ashley defeated Victoria and Wilson in a tag team match. It was also rumored that the relationship between Triple H, her former boyfriend, and Stephanie McMahon, with whom he had an affair then left Laurer for, was a factor in her departure. On September 12, 2005, Stratus returned to RAW and turned face once again by joining forces with Ashley Massaro against Torrie Wilson, Candice Michelle and Victoria. However, during her contract renegotiations, Laurer was unhappy with the pay she was offered and the fact that she was expected to compete principally in the women's division rather than against men. She berated him after the match and he gave her a bear hug and followed up with a big splash. Laurer was an extremely dominant champion, defeating challengers Lita and Trish Stratus with little problem.

Storyline wise, she was attacked by Viscera after he failed to take out Lita's "husband" Kane. The highly publicised return of Laurer from the "injury" culminated in her winning the Women's Championship from Ivory at WrestleMania X-Seven in a squash match. In May 2005, Stratus was removed from competition, due to a herniated disc. In order to sell the injury, color commentator Jerry Lawler left the commentators' booth and entered the ring to check on Laurer's condition, something he had not done since the in-ring accident in 1999 that killed Owen Hart. Stratus successfully defended her title at WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005 against 2004 RAW Diva Search winner Christy Hemme. This culminated in an angle at the 2001 Royal Rumble where Laurer appeared to re-injure her neck while performing a handspring back elbow. Stratus quickly took advantage of the situation, nailing Lita with a Chick Kick to the head to win her record sixth Women's Championship. Laurer returned a few weeks later and began a feud with Ivory over the WWF Women's Championship.

Lita tore her ACL when she connected with a Lou Thesz press off the ring apron, onto the arena floor. Laurer was announced as injured after a vicious double team piledriver at the hands of Ivory and Val Venis. On January 9, 2005 at New Year's Revolution in Puerto Rico, Lita defended her title against Stratus. At the same time, Laurer's appearance in Playboy attracted the unwanted attention of Right to Censor, a strait-laced group of wrestlers who lampooned the Parents Television Council. She warned the eventual DS winner that she would be hazing them as part of an "initiation party" next week on Raw. They split in the autumn of 2000 after Eddie was found cavorting in the shower with two of The Godfather's "hos", Mandy and Victoria. The feud began when Jonathon Coachman was about to announce the winner of the first Diva Search Contest, and Trish Stratus's music hit and she came out wearing a short blue dress. Guerrero and Laurer became very popular during the summer of 2000, with Guerrero dubbing her his "Mamacita".

One notable feud in her 2004 title run was with Christy Hemme. In 2000, Laurer briefly teamed with Chris Jericho before becoming the on-screen girlfriend of Eddie Guerrero. Stratus would continue to hold the title for the next six months, fending off all challenges and even tying the record for the fastest match in wrestling history, pinning Nidia in just three seconds on the July 5, 2004 edition of RAW. Laurer would go on to hold the title two more times. This win was historic for Stratus, as she became the first-ever five time WWE Women's Champion. If he had not appeared, the WWF would have been criticised for false advertising, and the lineage of the title would have been broken). Lita appeared to have victory at hand following a DDT to Gail Kim, but Stratus moved in for the kill, rolling up Lita from behind for the win and the title. She claims that Jarrett demanded (and received) $250,000 from Vince McMahon in order to lose the title cleanly to a woman (his contract had expired on October 16, and he was therefore not contractually obligated to appear on the pay-per-view.

At Bad Blood on June 13, 2004, the Women's Championship was defended by Victoria, in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match. She defeated Jarrett for the title in his last WWF match on October 17, 1999 at No Mercy, in the process becoming the first and only woman to win the Intercontinental Championship. As the Jericho/Christian feud reached its conclusion, Stratus refocused herself on the Women's Championship. In late 1999, Laurer became a face again, allying with The Kat and feuding with Jeff Jarrett over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The Stratus/Christian union would continue for several more months, and even saw the addition of a "problem solver" to their mix, the hulking Tyson Tomko. The duo became part of The Corporation, and later Shane McMahon's Corporate Ministry, harassing rebels such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, X-Pac and The Rock. She also revealed to the fans how much she "likes it rough." She ended the promo by proclaiming to Jericho and to the world, "You can't get no...Stratusfaction.". She was a thorn in the side of Triple H until he too joined McMahon's stable at WrestleMania XV.

The following night on RAW, after the two squashed Spike Dudley in an unprovoked attack, Stratus revealed on how she had never forgiven Jericho for the Canadian dollar bet, how her feelings of sadness and hurt ate away at her for months as she plotted her ultimate revenge. The day after the 1999 Royal Rumble, Laurer turned heel by betraying Triple H and aligning herself with his enemy Vince McMahon. Before they departed, Christian grabbed Stratus's hair, pulled her to his lips, and passionately kissed his new girlfriend. Her original role was as Chyna, the laconic bodyguard of D-Generation X, often getting physically involved in Triple H's matches. Christian and Stratus walked away holding hands, mocking their former friend who sat in the ring looking on with an expression of disbelief. Struck by her appearance, they helped her get into the WWF. Stratus suddenly reared back and throttled Jericho with a vicious haymaker, which Christian followed with the Un-Prettier. Her career reached new heights when she met World Wrestling Federation employees Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) and Shawn Michaels in a bar in 1997.

As Jericho tried to hold Stratus back, though, the fans witnessed the turn of Stratus. She debuted in 1995 and worked for various independent promotions as Just Joanie and Joanie Lee. After the match, Stratus appeared to be all apologies, but as she and Jericho argued in the ring, Christian came running back down the aisle, to seemingly get his hands on Stratus in a violent and hateful manner once again. Joanie Laurer trained at Wladek "Killer" Kowalski's wrestling school in Salem, Massachusetts, where she briefly dated Perry "Saturn" Satullo. Her elbow jabbed Jericho's temple, and Christian scored a roll up pin for the three count. . Jericho made the save, but when he leaned down to assist his fallen friend, Stratus thrust forth an elbow, apparently believing that it was Christian. A former bodybuilder, she is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2001, where she was known as Chyna and nicknamed "The Ninth Wonder of the World" (with the eighth wonder being André the Giant).

Christian, apparently disgusted by Stratus's presence, pulled her violently into the ring and attempted to attack her. Joanie Marie Laurer (born December 27, 1969 in Rochester, New York) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. Stratus surged toward the ring late in the match, appearing to be firmly in Jericho's corner. Joanie Laurer at ObsessedWithWrestling.com. Unbeknown to the fans in attendance, it was only just getting warmed up. Joanie Laurer at Gerweck.net. It appeared this long and intense storyline would reach its conclusion on this night. Chyna: If They Only Knew, Harper Collins, New York, 2001 ISBN 0007127650.

A match was soon signed for WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, in Madison Square Garden, pitting Chris Jericho against his former best friend, Christian. The Last Guy on Earth (2006) (post production). Stratus was taken out of action for several weeks with injuries, and Christian gloated over his actions. Illegal Aliens (2006). In the ring, however, Christian instead plowed Stratus down with a clothesline, and locked her in Jericho's submission hold, the Walls of Jericho. Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2005). In the dressing room prior to the contest, Christian (feigning friendship with Stratus) promised her he would lay down and allow her to pin him. 1 Night in China (2004).

It looked like everything became crystal clear on the February 23, 2004 RAW, when Christian was booked to face Stratus in a one-on-one match by RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff. Hunter: Back in Force (2003). To the face of Jericho, he was very accepting of his feelings for Stratus...but to Stratus's face, Christian seemed to be courting her affections. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002). Meanwhile, Christian appeared to be harboring jealousy, accusing Stratus of driving a wedge into his partnership with Jericho and labeling her "Yoko Ono." But soon, Christian also appeared to have something of a change of heart, albeit a very condescending one. Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000). At first, Stratus was unwilling to show Jericho any forgiveness, but appeared to accept his apologies enough to at least accept him as a friend. Kneeling low blow (from behind).

Soon, it became obvious that Jericho was feeling an enormous amount of guilt for initiating the Canadian dollar bet. Handspring back elbow. In what now can be viewed as a harbinger of things to come, Stratus seemed to take a lot more pleasure in beating down Jericho than Jericho had in facing her in a match. Gorilla press slam. Apparently, Jericho was starting to develop true feelings for Stratus, and was having a difficult time going through with the match before him. Sleeper slam. While Christian seemed to take pride in beating down his female opponents, Jericho seemed to want no part of it. DDT.

The following week, Stratus and Lita confronted and assaulted Jericho and Christian in front of a nationwide viewing audience on RAW, leading to a "battle of the sexes" tag team match held at Armageddon on December 14, 2003. Pedigree (double underhook facebuster). Stratus, who was to present Jericho with a handmade Canadian hockey jersey as a gift, heard every word and every laugh from outside the dressing room, and it brought her to tears. Jackknife Powerbomb (release powerbomb). On the December 1, 2003 RAW, Jericho and Christian were overheard in the locker room mocking Stratus' and Lita's affections, and revealed a bet the two of them had with one another (for one Canadian dollar) to see which man could sleep with their chosen Diva first. As it turned out, they were anything but.

To many fans, neither courtship looked to be on the up and up. At the same time, Jericho's friend and tag team partner Christian was courting Stratus' close friend Lita. Stratus and Jericho appeared smitten with each other. One which apparently showed warmth, caring, and compassion.

Soon, however, Stratus started to slowly warm up to Jericho, seeing a side of him that many fans and fellow competitors did not see very often. Even Stratus seemed dumbfounded initially. One night on RAW, as Stratus was being attacked by Victoria and Steven Richards, Jericho inexplicably rushed the ring and warded off the attackers. October 2003 would mark the beginning of what would be Stratus' most emotional WWE saga; the triangle between Stratus, Chris Jericho, and Christian.

Thanks to an assist from the returning Lita, however, it would be Stratus who gained the last laugh. Soon, Molly approached Kim with the idea of forever ending Stratus's wrestling career, and for a time, it seemed as though it would happen. Kim helped Stratus to her feet before viciously clotheslining her to the mat. Two weeks later, the now former Champion Kim, who lost the title to Molly Holly the previous week, appeared to be saving Stratus from a two-on-one assault by Molly and Victoria.

A miscommunication between Stratus and Kim during a tag team match on RAW (in which Stratus misfired a Chick kick and accidentally nailed her partner) left Kim embittered. Stratus was engaged in a heated feud with newcomer Gail Kim, who won the Women's Championship on her first televised WWE match, by winning a battle royal. Despite losing the Championship back to Jazz the following month, Stratus stayed in the hunt for the fifth Women's Championship. At WrestleMania XIX on March 30, 2003, Stratus won her fourth WWE Women's Championship, in a triple threat match against two of her greatest rivals, the psychotic Victoria and Jazz.

Trish improved a lot in 2002 she got in the ring all most every couple days being that she was defending the title on both SmackDown! and RAW. Stratus also became WWE's most popular Diva, gracing the cover of WWE Divas 2002 swimsuit magazine (an alternate cover with Lita), and also winning the Woman of the Year achievement award as voted by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. She even managed to win the Hardcore Championship from Crash Holly, on May 6, 2002, before losing it the same night to Steven Richards. Stratus would go on to show significant improvement between the ropes, winning the Championship on two more occasions in 2002, from Jazz and Molly Holly, respectively.

Stratus had won her first WWE Women's Championship. 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. Her return came at the Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, in a six-pack challenge for the vacant WWE Women's Championship, with Stratus facing off with Lita, Mighty Molly, Jacqueline, Ivory, and former ECW mainstay Jazz. By the time she returned to the ring, she was better prepared for in-ring combat than she had ever been before.

Finlay's schoolings served Stratus well. She received extensive ring training from Dave Finlay, a former WCW Television Champion. When she was not doing the show, Stratus continued training and rehabilitation, preparing herself for her comeback in the ring. As she rehabbed, Stratus kept herself visible by co-hosting Excess on TNN.

It would be at least four months before Stratus would fully heal and be able to continue her pursuit of wrestling glory. Her journey was temporarily cut short in the summer of 2001, however, when Stratus chipped a bone in her ankle and underwent surgery to repair it. After her episode with the McMahon family, Stratus began focusing wrestling in the ring full-time. 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.

When the action was taken to the floor, Stratus walked up to Vince and slapped the taste out of his mouth before chasing Stephanie from ringside. During a Street Fight between Vince and his son, then-WCW "owner" Shane McMahon, Stratus rolled out a seemingly catatonic Linda McMahon in a wheelchair to the ring. Few knew however that this was all part of a master plan Stratus had set into motion to embarrass her antagonist, and at WrestleMania X-Seven a month later, it all became crystal clear. Shockingly, she did.

Vince then said that the apology would only be accepted if she stripped down to her undergarments, got on all fours, and barked like a dog. The following week on RAW, Stratus actually gave Vince an apology for the disruption she felt he had caused in his life. Vince stood over Stratus, and he told her she was a toy that he had grown tired of playing with. Regal executed the Regal Cutter on Stratus, and Stephanie then dumped mud over Stratus's prone body.

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. 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. Vince and Stratus's relationship increasingly angered the boss's daughter, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. 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.

Stratus would go on to manage Val Venis to the Intercontinental Championship, but by that time, Stratus seemed to be outgrowing managing, as she had bigger aspirations on her mind. 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. 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, 2000, as Stratus teamed with T & A to face The Hardy Boyz and Lita. 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 stink face from Rikishi.

However, unlike many Divas before her, it only served to whet Stratus's appetite for in-ring action. It was during her stint managing T & A when Stratus had her first taste of punishment in the ring, being driven through a table by The Dudley Boyz after weeks of taunting the team, in particular Bubba Ray Dudley, notorious for his fondness for putting females through tables. Not long after, Stratus began her first role in the company, managing Test and Albert in the tag team T & A. Stratus appeared on the runway, appearing to scout certain WWF Superstars, in particular Test and Prince Albert.

Her first WWF appearance took place on March 19, 2000 on Sunday Night Heat. Growing up, Stratus idolized Hulk Hogan, and also had siblings and relatives who helped increase her interest in sports entertainment. The WWF again had contacted her in late-1999, and this time, Stratus was ready to start her career in sports entertainment, having been a fan since her childhood. Soon afterward, Stratus began her training at the gym of Ron Hutchinson, the same facility where Superstars like Edge and Christian had also trained for the ring.

This caught the attention of the WWF, whose agents told Stratus that if she felt she had more to her than her looks alone, then she should start training for a wrestling career. At one point, she also co-hosted a Canadian pro wrestling talk show called Live Audio Wrestling. Under the stage name of Trish Stratus, Stratigias quickly risen as one of the most popular models in the fitness industry, having appeared on over twenty fitness magazine covers around the world. After accepting a job at a local gym, Stratigias found herself responding to the urging of her peers there and became a fitness model.

However, York University went on strike during her graduating year, leaving Stratigias with no other choice at that time but to pursue other career options. In 1997, with the World Wrestling Federation experiencing a change in "Attitude" (rougher-edged characters like Stone Cold Steve Austin replacing the clean-cut heroes of yore like Bret Hart), Patricia Anne Stratigias was a student at York University in Toronto, majoring in biology and kinesiology in hopes of reaching her goal of attending medical school. . She was voted "WWE Babe of the Year" three times between 2001 and 2003, but was defeated by Stacy Keibler in the 2004 competition.

As a sports entertainer, she was proclaimed the WWE Diva of the Decade on RAW's 10th Anniversary show. She also released a calendar series called "Dream Team" with fellow model, Stacey Lynn. 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. ^[1].

Stratus is marketed as the first woman in WWE history to have held the WWE Women's Championship six times, two more than the four title reigns of The Fabulous Moolah recognized by WWE. Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), better known by her stage and ring name, Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler and fitness model, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand. 1-time WWE Hardcore Champion. 6-time WWF/E Women's Champion.

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Test. Ashley Massaro. Chris Jericho. Mickie James.

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Back Chops. Standing Dropkick. Leg Drop. Victory roll.

Tilt-a-whirl headscissors. The MaTrish. Spinebuster. Air Canada (Lou Thesz press) accompanied with right hands to the skull of opponent.

StratusFear (handstand frankensteiner). Running headlock bulldog from the corner. Stratusfaction (springboard bulldog). Chick Kick (roundhouse kick).