Patricia Anne Stratigeas, better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and yoga instructor.
63 Facts About Trish Stratus
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Trish Stratus is currently signed with WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand.
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In 2011, Trish Stratus was a trainer for WWE Tough Enough.
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Trish Stratus was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Trish Stratus had another match against Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam 2019.
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In 2023, Trish Stratus wrestled in a six-woman tag team match at WrestleMania 39, in which she, Lita and Becky Lynch won.
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Trish Stratus has hosted several award and television shows and formerly owned a yoga studio.
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Since 2022, Trish Stratus has been a judge on Canada's Got Talent.
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Trish Stratus enrolled at York University, where she studied biology and kinesiology and played soccer and field hockey.
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Trish Stratus was working as a receptionist at a local gym when she was approached by the publisher of MuscleMag International to do a test shoot for the magazine.
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Trish Stratus later appeared on the cover of the May 1998 issue and was signed to a two-year contract.
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Trish Stratus appeared on stage to scout Test and Prince Albert.
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Trish Stratus began managing then-heel, Val Venis to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, but their partnership ended at SummerSlam after Venis lost the title.
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Trish Stratus finished the year competing unsuccessfully for the WWF Women's Championship numerous times, and separating from Test and Albert when the team disbanded.
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Vince stood over Trish Stratus and he told her she was a "toy" with which he had "grown tired of playing with".
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The storyline came to an end at WrestleMania X-Seven, when Trish Stratus slapped Vince during his match against his son Shane, turning face in the process.
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Trish Stratus teamed up with Lita against then-heels, Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson at InVasion.
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Trish Stratus was next involved in a feud with Jazz over the Women's Championship, where she retained the championship at the Royal Rumble, but dropped the championship to Jazz two weeks later on the February 4,2002 episode of Raw.
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Trish Stratus then attempted to regain the title for several months, including competing in a triple threat match at WrestleMania X8 against Lita and Jazz in her hometown of Toronto, but failed to win the match.
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Trish Stratus landed a hard metal trash can shot to Jazz's head, which badly weakened her and allowed Trish Stratus to win easily.
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At WrestleMania XIX, Trish Stratus ended her feud with Victoria by defeating her and Jazz to capture her fourth Women's Championship, only to lose the title to Jazz at the following pay-per-view, Backlash.
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Trish Stratus claimed her reasons for siding with Christian were that he was a "real man", and Jericho was a "love sick puppy".
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Trish Stratus recaptured the title for the sixth time a month later at New Year's Revolution, after Lita suffered a legitimate knee injury during the match.
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Trish Stratus was originally booked to lose the championship back to Lita at WrestleMania 21, but due to Lita's injury, she wasn't cleared to wrestle.
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Trish Stratus was challenged by Hemme, who later revealed she was being trained by Lita, for a championship match at WrestleMania 21, where Trish Stratus successfully retained her championship.
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The next week, after losing a tag team match, Trish Stratus was chased around the arena by Lita's storyline husband, Kane, narrowly escaping.
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The week after, Trish Stratus almost got chokeslammed again onto the stage, but Viscera saved her.
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In May 2005, Trish Stratus was sidelined with the Women's Championship after suffering a herniated disc, with the storyline explanation that Viscera had injured her at Backlash after she insulted him for losing to Kane.
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Trish Stratus returned to Raw on September 12,2005 as a face by siding with Ashley Massaro against Vince's Devils.
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Trish Stratus would go on to lose the match, thus finally ending their nine-month long storyline.
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Trish Stratus's victory earned her her seventh and final Women's Championship, the most in WWE history, retiring as the champion.
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Trish Stratus wrestled on the December 22,2008 episode of Raw, when she and John Cena defeated Santino Marella and her former on-screen protege Beth Phoenix in a mixed tag team match.
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On September 14,2009, Trish Stratus served as the guest hostess of Raw, and participated in a six-person tag team match, teaming with Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry to defeat Phoenix, Chris Jericho, and Big Show.
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Trish Stratus made a surprise appearance at the 2011 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view to announce that she would be a trainer on the revival of WWE Tough Enough and stopped LayCool from attacking Kelly Kelly.
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On January 22,2018, during the WWE Raw 25 Years anniversary episode, Trish Stratus was amongst a group of women honoured as some of the greatest female superstars in the twenty-five-year history of the show, along with The Bella Twins, Maryse, Kelly Kelly, Lilian Garcia, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Terri Runnels, Maria Kanellis, and Jacqueline.
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Six days later, Trish Stratus was a surprise entrant in the inaugural all-women's Royal Rumble match at the event.
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Trish Stratus entered in the final spot, number 30, and eliminated Nia Jax, Mickie James and Natalya.
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Trish Stratus was amongst the final five women in the match, before being eliminated by Sasha Banks.
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Trish Stratus later appeared at ringside with Rousey during a one-on-one match between Natalya and Alicia Fox.
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Trish Stratus was then seen backstage during the show in a segment with Ronda and Natalya as well as the returning Bella Twins, Nikki and Brie.
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Bliss, along with Mickie James, came to the ring to confront Trish Stratus, challenging her to a tag match at Evolution with herself and James instead.
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Trish Stratus agreed, announcing Lita as her tag partner.
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At SummerSlam, in her hometown of Toronto, the returning Trish Stratus lost to Flair by submission.
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Trish Stratus would appear on every episode of Raw in the build to their match.
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Trish Stratus was frustrated by the two appearing as Lynch's sidekicks and a perceived lack of respect for her impact on the women's division.
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Trish Stratus was drafted to the Raw brand in the fourth round as their seventh pick, the thirteenth of that night overall.
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On May 8,2023, Trish Stratus taunted Lynch who had not been seen since losing the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships, and insulted her infant daughter Roux.
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The match was made official during a contract signing on Raw in the following week, where Trish Stratus claimed sole responsibility for the growth in opportunities for women in WWE.
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Trish Stratus is widely regarded as one of the greatest female superstars of her generation and by some as the greatest female wrestler of all time.
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Trish Stratus is cited as an inspiration for several female wrestlers, such as: Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Carmella, Deonna Purrazzo, Emma, Kelly Kelly, Kia Stevens, Leila Grey, Mandy Rose, Maria Kanellis, Melina Perez, Michelle McCool, Natalya, Rosa Mendes, Santana Garrett, Sasha Banks, Shazza McKenzie, and Taryn Terrell.
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Banks has cited Trish Stratus is the one performer from the past she most wants to wrestle.
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Trish Stratus was just the best, she was beautiful, she was athletic, and she killed it, and inspired me.
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On May 15,2023, Trish Stratus was awarded the key of Niagara Falls by its mayor, Jim Diodati.
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Trish Stratus was given a spot in the series after Paul Heyman had mentioned her name to CBS.
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The contest was similar to the style of America's Next Top Model, with Trish Stratus portraying the "Tyra Banks" role as contact between the contestants and judges.
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In 2009, Trish Stratus became a spokesperson for sports betting website, Sports Interaction.
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In 2020, Trish Stratus made a cameo appearance in a TV Christmas movie for Fox called Christmas in the Rockies.
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Since March 2021, Trish Stratus has appeared as a judge on Canada's Got Talent, along with Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, and Kardinal Offishall.
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Trish Stratus starred in the Canadian independent movie, Bail Enforcers, which marked her acting debut.
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Trish Stratus played a bounty hunter named Jules Taylor, which released on April 19,2011, premiering at ActionFest 2011.
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Trish Stratus co-starred in the 2015 film Gridlocked, as the antagonist Gina.
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In January 2022, Trish Stratus announced that she had been cast in the lead role for an unnamed Christmas movie which would be released at the end of the year.
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On September 19,2022, Trish Stratus revealed on her Instagram page that she drove herself to hospital after suffering pain where she had a successful emergency appendix surgery.