WWE.com caught up with Trish Stratus following her comeback last night at the Elimination Chamber pay per view. Speaking on her return and why she felt the need to tangle with Lay-Cool, Trish said: Lay-Cool irks me a bit. They’ve been running their mouths off, so I thought I’d show them who’s “tough enough.” [laughs] … Read more
Lots of notables coming out of tonight’s Elimination Chamber pay per view:
Trish Stratus took to her Twitter page to post a few messages about her comeback tonight.
Following her first appearance when she was announced as a trainer on Tough Enough, Trish wrote: “Wow good to be back in front of a live ppv crowd & the @wweuniverse! What did u think of my new catchphase?”
Legendary former WWE Diva and first ever Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient, Trish Stratus made a surprise return to WWE tonight at Elimination Chamber. Trish was announced as a trainer on the upcoming season of Tough Enough along with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Booker T. The show is currently being filmed and will air … Read more
Lay-Cool meet Trish Stratus! Despite having no advertised Divas match, WWE certainly delivered an explosive night for Diva fans at Elimination Chamber tonight. After Vickie Guerrero entered the ring pleading with Teddy Long to rehire her boyfriend Dolph Ziggler, Teddy instead rehired Kelly Kelly who had been fired by Vickie a couple of weeks ago … Read more
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy smashes other boy over the head to defend girl’s honor. Okay, so it’s hardly the stuff of fairytales, but wrestling couples have made us laugh, have made us cry and they’ve also made us scream ‘WTF?’ at the screen. This Valentine’s Day, we pay homage to some of our favorite on-screen wrestling couples! And as always, we encourage to share yours in the comments too!
LITA AND MATT HARDY
It started off as the sweetest couple since Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth but ended up as a Jerry Springer-esque ‘rope opera’ when all was said and done. After being rescued from her the abusive Essa Rios by the Hardy Boys, Lita joined forces with them and became one third of one of the most popular group in WWE history — Team Xtreme. Team Xtreme were like the rockstars of WWE and Lita was idolized by young girls everywhere. From their own magazine to their own DVD, Matt, Jeff and Lita were the ultimate babyfaces. Romance soon blossomed between Lita and Matt, both on and off screen. However, that all changed when Dean Malenko sets his sights on the flame haired Diva. After months of being pursued by Malenko, Lita wrestled him in a match and won with the help of Matt Hardy. After the match, Matt, caught up in the moment, kissed Lita. At first, she was shocked, but she chased him up the ramp and returned the favor. The Team Xtreme fandom exploded! After a brief break-up between Matt and Jeff, Lita was caught in the middle but eventually, the trio reunited. In 2002, however, things came to a halt as Lita suffered a broken neck and was out of action for over a year. Upon her return to the ring, Matt Hardy had returned to Raw after a stint on SmackDown and was reunited with Lita. Or not. Hardy turned on his beau branding her ‘selfish’ and cost her a steel cage match against Victoria. The duo eventually got back together, feuding with Kane. The Big Red Monster trapped her into marriage and even pregnancy. Womp womp. Though apart off screen, Lita and Matt’s real life relationship soon found itself projected on WWE television in a nasty turn…
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy smashes other boy over the head to defend girl’s honor. Okay, so it’s hardly the stuff of fairytales, but wrestling couples have made us laugh, have made us cry and they’ve also made us scream ‘WTF?’ at the screen. This Valentine’s Day, we pay homage to some of our favorite on-screen wrestling couples! And as always, we encourage to share yours in the comments too!
MISS ELIZABETH & ‘MACHO MAN’ RANDY SAVAGE
If there was ever a professional wrestling couple that personified the motto ‘overcoming the odds’ it would be the diabolical and charismatic Randy Savage and his beautiful long-time manager/partner, the stoic and regal, Miss Elizabeth. Their relationship was far from easy. Savage constantly overshadowed Elizabeth and sometimes, he wasn’t the best person to be around. The two endured several obstacles including George “The Animal” Steele’s obsession with Elizabeth, her slightly innocent flirtation with Hulk Hogan, and at one point, Savage even sent Elizabeth packing in favor of “Sensational” Sherri Martel. But in the end, love would eventually triumph. After losing a retirement match at WrestleMania VII to the Ultimate Warrior, Savage was attacked by Sherri for the fact he lost. Miss Elizabeth came out of her seat from ringside and got physical, pulling Sherri off her man, and reuniting wrestling’s most beloved couple. The reunion would culminate in the greatest wrestling wedding of all time, “The Match Made in Heaven” at SummerSlam 1991. Despite having their wedding go off without a hitch, the reception was ultimately ruined thanks to a gift containing a live snake courtesy of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts. Perhaps it was an omen. Because after the wedding, Savage and Elizabeth were never really the same. An angle with Ric Flair followed and eventually, Elizabeth left the then-WWF. Little did we know that the real-life relationship between the two had come to an end as well. Savage issued a statement that WWF Magazine printed saying the he and Elizabeth were no longer involved in each other’s lives and the book officially closed on the storybook romance of wrestling’s most semi-heroic, flamboyant, sorta-villian and the beautiful, shy, and soft-spoken girl next door.
Who’s up for a little Stratusfaction? Legendary former WWE Diva, Trish Stratus has filmed an acceptance speech for Diva Dirt and all of our readers after we chose to honor her last year with the first ever Diva Dirt Legacy Award. Watch it below: A big thanks to Trish and her team (Brian & Sarah … Read more
7-time Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus has been linked to next year’s WWE Hall of Fame, according to the Wrestling Observer. The Observer reports that WrestleMania 28 will likely emanate from Toronto, Canada — Trish’s hometown — thus making her one of the discussed names for the Class of 2012. Of course, Trish’s career with WWE … Read more
We are extremely pleased to unveil for the first time the Diva Dirt Legacy Award in all its glory! This is the gorgeous award that we presented to 7-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus late last year in association with the Female Fight League. We hear it’s sitting pretty in Toronto with Trish’s other multiple … Read more
Last year, we announced the launch of the Diva Dirt Legacy Award, an annual prize that will honor the career achievements and legacies left behind by some of the industry’s finest female talents. Launched in conjunction with the Female Fight League, our first recipient was none other than the multi-talented 7-time Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus.
From her hard work in the ring, to her charm and charisma, her connection with the fans, as well as her shrewd business nature, Trish was — as good ol’ JR used to put it — the quintessential Diva during her seven years with WWE. No female in this industry has able to market themselves quite like Trish, who remains a hot commodity despite retiring nearly five years ago.
While we tip our hats to Trish by honoring her with this award, a few of Trish’s friends and colleagues wanted to join the celebration too!
While tonight’s TLC pay per view may be the first all-Divas tables match, Divas have competed in a tables match before! Trish Stratus and the former Victoria, Tara, competed in an intergender tables match several years ago.
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Tonight’s TLC pay per view will see the first ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match, but it wouldn’t be the first time in history that a WWE Diva has gone through a table, however. Oh no!
During WWE’s boom period, the ‘Attitude Era’, many a Diva found herself in that devastating spot — usually courtesy of Bubba Ray Dudley.
Let us reminisce on some good ole fashioned Diva table spots!
Before she became the 7-time Women’s Champion and built a legacy befitting of our first ever Diva Dirt Legacy Award, Trish was known as something of a harlot while with Test & Albert. She ended up on the wrong side of a certain Bubba Dudley and ended up paying for it.
Diva Dirt has launched its very own award and we’re very excited to honor the all-time Diva great, Trish Stratus as the first ever recipient! Full details below:
Diva-Dirt.com (Diva Dirt) is extremely pleased to announce today the launch of the ‘Diva Dirt Legacy Award’ with multi-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus, set to be honored as the first recipient.
The annual ‘Legacy Award’ will honor the career achievements of select talented and exceptional female professional wrestlers.
“This award is our way of saying ‘thank you’ for the years of entertainment that these women have provided fans across the world,” said Diva Dirt’s Editor-in-Chief, Melanie Rob. “Women’s wrestling may be a niche, but these women work just as hard as male wrestlers and the sacrifices they make for our enjoyment, such as injuries, are real. This is our salute to you.”
The first recipient of the ‘Legacy Award’ is a woman who is synonymous with women’s wrestling. A seven-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus broke barriers for women in the wrestling industry during her tenure with WWE from 2000 through to 2006. Not relying solely on her obvious beauty, Stratus matched her looks with a strong in-ring repertoire, charming wit and personality, as well as a shrewd business sense. Her countless accomplishments include a record-breaking seven reigns as Women’s Champion, being voted WWE’s ‘Babe of the Year’ by the fans three years in a row, and receiving the highly acclaimed ‘Diva of the Decade’ award. Throughout her career, Stratus participated in numerous high-profile matches and storylines, including a Women’s Championship match as the main-event on Raw, as well as multiple WrestleMania matches.
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From a current Hall of Famer to a future one, Trish Stratus has also commented on last night’s Divas action at Survivor Series via her Twitter page. She wrote: Big PPV last nite! Congrats to my girl @natbynature on becoming new Divas Champ–so proud! And welcome back @thebethphoenix…I see some good wrestling on the horizon … Read more
Hall of Famer, Jim Ross is starting a bandwagon that we’re only too happy to jump upon — anyone for Trish & Lita vs Lay-Cool at WrestleMania 27? *Hops aboard* In his latest blog, JR writes: Enjoyed seeing Lita make her cameo on Raw Monday night. She was one of the all time great Divas … Read more
Cue a sigh of envy amongst women everywhere! Former Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus bags another magazine cover, this time showing off her amazingly toned stomach for ‘Inside Fitness Canada’.
She may be four years into retirement, but the Diva legend shows no sign of complacency. We salute you and grumble in envy, Trish.
The issue (Dec/Jan) can be ordered via Trish’s site.
Check out the full cover below:
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To see a video of Trish shooting the cover, follow the cut:
It looks like Diva legend Trish Stratus‘ autograph signing tour has been a big hit! A quick look at Twitter shows that Trish Stratusfied many a fan this past weekend, including DD reader Stephen earlier today. Stephen writes: I wanted to submit a picture of me and Trish from her October 3rd Middletown, NY signing! … Read more
The Stratusphere Tour is officially underway! Trish Stratus kicked off her three-date autograph signing tour yesterday in West Nyack, NY and Diva Dirt reader Kevin dropped by and met with the 7-time Women’s Champion. Check out his picture below. Trish looks beautiful! The Stratusfying one will be signing autographs in Waterford, CT today and Middletown, … Read more
Diva Dirt had the pleasure of being joined by the legendary 7-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus for an exclusive interview as she gears up for ‘The Stratusphere Tour’, which begins next Friday. Trish will be signing autographs and meeting fans for three days in New York and Connecticut from October 1st through October 3rd. … Read more
Seven time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus has announced an autograph signing tour to take place in early October around the New York area. Details below: Sept 2, 2010 – TORONTO /TrishStratus.com/ – Stratus Enterprises, Inc. and K & M All Star Sports announce that they are teaming up to bring Stratusfaction to the East … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus will continue to make the media rounds by appearing on The Late Shift with Jason Agnew tonight in Canada. The show airs from 10pm ET tonight and can be listened to online here. Trish will join the show at 11pm. To send in questions for Trish email [email protected] or … Read more
You can now listen to Trish and Lita’s appearance on Live Audio Wrestling below. The former Divas were on the show last night to unveil their new project. Full details can be found here. [slaudio:http://diva-dirt.com/audio/trishlitalaw.mp3] To listen to the full show, click here.
Former WWE Divas, Trish Stratus and Lita appeared on Live Audio Wrestling just moments ago. Read our recap below:
They are asked what they’re up to. Trish says they’ve been talking for a while about ideas to do together. Amy says they both knew they were retiring and wanted to go out with a bang. They went to many different roadside attractions like Graceland & the Alamo. Would joke and say, “What are they going to do? Fire us?” Traded DVDs with each other, especially Mexican horror films and Mexican wrestling films. Trish says she called Lita and they’re working towards doing a wrestling movie together — an homage to Mexican wrestling films. Opportunity just came up suddenly. Lita says she wants to expose modern wrestling fans to this genre. Host says you get matches in these movies, that they’re like superhero wrestlers vs monsters. Very over the top and campy. Lots of chatter about different Mexican wrestling films. Trish says they will be the wrestling women in the movie. Made mention of a wrestling move done by an actress in Iron Man 2. Lita says the project is in very early stages.
They next take phone calls. Britney wants to wrestle, but has been told she’s too little, even though she’s about Rain’s height. Advice? Trish says things might hurt a little more but she’s not too little.
Email from Stephanie about decline in WWE women’s division, what needs to be changed in WWE to give the remaining women a chance? Lita says do some research instead of modeling. Trish says there needs to be a screening process, solid wrestling background. Make the moment yours to stand out. Look at Daffney, she’s made herself stand out. Lita says you need a boot camp like Funkin’ Dojo to see who really wants it & who doesn’t. Trish feels like the women are using wrestling as a stepping stone to something else, they need to leave if it’s not their passion. Lita thinks there should be a requirement to know wrestling history, do research/homework. Both feel very strongly about knowing wrestling history and having a solid background as a requirement.
A couple of notes on Diva legends, Trish Stratus and Lita to go along with the earlier post today. The pair are said to be working on a project together which they will be discussing tomorrow when they appear on Live Audio Wrestling. That’s right! Trish and Lita back on the airwaves together (albeit radio) … Read more
Holy crap! Anyone else feel like the earth just moved? Because arguably the two biggest icons in Diva history, Trish Stratus and Lita are in the same place, at the same time, as we speak! Trish and Lita were reunited in Toronto today for FanExpo Canada, four years after their final battle in September 2006 … Read more
Take a look at the official poster for Trish Stratus‘ feature film debut, ‘Bail Enforcers’. The 7-time WWE Women’s Champion is front and center on the artwork and looks phenomenal! [nggallery id=”396″] Image Credit: TrishStratus.com Thanks to Frank for the tip off.