History Wrestling / TrishStratus

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Well, she ''tried.'' WWE once introduced a Trish T-shirt that on the front said "BLOW ME..." and on the back read "...INTO THE [=STRATUSPHERE=]." It was recalled almost immediately after.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She accompanied Wrestling/TheBigShow to the ring on a few occasions. She's five-foot-four, and he's seven feet tall. Also when she was blackmailed into dating the five hundred pound Viscera, Trish was billed at 125(only a fourth of his weight).
* HumiliationConga: First William Regal ran into to ensure she lost a match to Stephanie [=McMahon=]. Then he turned on her during a tag team match, laying her out with a Regal cutter so Stephanie could pour sewage over Trish while Vince said she was a toy that was no fun to play with. Then Vince made her crawl around and bark like a dog in the middle of the ring.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: {{Discussed|Trope}}: In an effort to save herself from Viscera Trish offered to beat Lita's protege and Playboy Playmate Wrestling/ChristyHemme unconscious, then leave her for Viscera to do what he wanted with. But big Vis only had eyes for Trish at the time and convinced her Lita's husband Kane would do far worse to Trish without Viscera's protection.

* MsFanservice: Even later in her career, when she wore more clothing and focused mostly on wrestling Trish was still a constant source of fan service, only stopping short of posing for play boy. She believed that if the fans wanted a sexual image of her she could give it to them while keeping her clothes on.
* MudWrestling: Changing mud to gravy really doesn't change anything. Status did the best she could with it though, Stacy knocking her off the top of the stage before it started.
* NiceHat: During her managerial days and briefly brought back during her wrestling days till Victoria stole it. Lilian Garcia describes them shopping for outfits for Trish to wear for her TV debut - and Trish went for the cowboy hats instantly. She swapped it out for a flat cap in 2003 and dropped them when she turned heel a year later.

** Victoria implied that Trish slept her way to the top of the fitness modelling world and left her behind. Before the Trish[=/=]Linda Miles-Wrestling/MollyHolly[=/=]Jackie Gayda match on the June 24, 2002, ''Raw,'' Molly talked about bringing "dignity back to the WWE Women's title by earning it. And not by being a sleazy tramp who sleeps her way to the top like *some* people."[[note]]Oddly, Trish's only response to this was to accuse Molly of having cheated to win the title and insulting Molly's ass again.[[/note]] And, of course, on the ''Raw'' two weeks after she turned heel on Jericho, on [[TalkShowWithFists "The Highlight Reel"]], he called her a [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=214 "filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal bottom-feeding trashbag ho."]] Given Trish's previous affair angle with Vince [=McMahon=], there really was not much she could say to Molly, nor to Jericho given she was using sex with Christian to taunt him, but Victoria had gotten onto ''Raw'' [[HypocriticalHumor as a Godfather Ho]].

** Besides Lita. Wrestling/{{Ivory}} and Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, whom she got friendlier with as time went on and ended up frequently tagging with. As her "biggest fan", Mickie's rivalry at first was built around getting rid of Trish's protege Ashley, then getting rid of Trish's boyfriend Chad.

* SpiritualSuccessor: NXT's Mandy Rose [[IdenticalStranger looks strikingly similar to early-career Trish]] and like Trish, she's a former fitness model who came into wrestling with no experience. Time will tell if her ring-work can elevate her to this status.

* HelloNurse: Not surprising, given that she's a feminine wrestler who was a model. Likewise at her Hall of Fame induction, the fans booed when she mentioned her husband (at the idea that she was no longer available).

* AlphaBitch: Around 2004 she steadily started to really control the division, and rallied other heel Divas around her - briefly having Jazz, Molly Holly and Gail Kim as something of a GirlPosse. This time did not last too long, as she was sidelined with an injury and was a face again when she returned.

* PutOnABus: Most notable when Viscera literally squashed her. Trish was champion at the time and Lita was also injured, Molly Holly had asked for her release, Jazz, Nidia and Wrestling/GailKim had all been let go and this left Victoria as the only actual wrestler on the roster. This meant that the title was inactive for about five months.

* MedalOfDishonor: She has received only one award from ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'', for Worst Worked Match of the Year for "''that'' Wrestling/JackieGayda match", which was Trish and [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]] vs. Jackie and Wrestling/ChristopherNowinski on the June 7, 2002 ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}''.

* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Essentially Wrestling/{{Sable}} with a work ethic, she was treated much better than the other Divas. She got to start the Molly Holly "big ass" garbage, which was her [[AuthorAvatar speaking the feelings of the writers]]. While it's not known whether or not Trish ever thought of herself this way, her fans [[ConversationalTroping have used]] "she was hot" as a defense against any criticisms of her. Then you have her getting to violate wrestling tradition by retiring as Champion at ''Wrestling/{{Unforgiven|Wrestling}} 2006''.

* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Essentially Wrestling/{{Sable}} with a work ethic, she was treated much better than the other Divas. She got to start the Molly Holly "big ass" garbage, which was her [[AuthorAvatar speaking the feelings of the writers]]. While it's not known whether or not Trish ever thought of herself this way, her fans [[ConversationalTroping have used]] "she was hot" as a defense against any criticisms of her. Then you have her getting to violate wrestling tradition by retiring as Champion at ''Wrestling/{{Unforgiven}} 2006''.

* BigBraToFill: Subverted. Her [[https://articlebio.com/trish-stratus [=36Ds=]]] fell short of matching Wrestling/{{Sable}}'s [["38 Specials"]].

* ShamefulStrip: She was in perhaps the biggest and infamous one of wrestling in 2001. After Trish Stratus apologized to Vince for some infraction, Vince made her strip, saying "If you're truly sorry, Trish, ..." and ordering her to remove an article of clothing. She was down to her BlackBraAndPanties and was about to take off her bra by the time he stopped.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfits in the ring when she first showed up were very skimpy, due to being an eye candy valet. Around 2002 she was wearing less revealing ring gear in an effort to be taken more seriously. She turned heel at Wrestlemania XX and showed up on the following Raw in a two piece, but still wrestled in her less revealing gear. She outright said that she kept her ring gear more modest to avoid being BestKnownForTheFanservice.

* TooDumbToLive: She came across as this during her earliest WWE appearances. Filming table-related promos filled with sexual innuendo is one thing, but using them to tease Buh Buh Ray Dudley, a man known for smashing people through tables? Needless to say, Wrestling/JimRoss {{Lampshaded}} the fact that she was just begging for trouble.

* SlutShaming: Received it from her rivals for her past relationship with Vince [=McMahon=], [[HypocriticalHumor even then-current member of Vince's Devils]] Wrestling/CandiceMichelle, [[CaptainObvious who was having flings with Vince]]. Received it from Chris Jericho and the fans for dumping him for Christian. Trish also wrote 'Slut' on Christy Hemme's back during their feud because Hemme had posed in Playboy. One of Hemme's counter arguments was to call Trish out on her Hypocrisy, given her past flings.

* CelebrityResemblance:
** Creator/PamelaAnderson. They even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_F9pt7UYag kissed]] at a Canada Walk of Fame event in 2006.
** In WWE's ''Are We There Yet?'' book, she told a story about some young female fans approaching her at an airport and calling her [[Music/BritneySpears "Ms. Spears."]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As one of the trainers on the [[TheRevival revival]] of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough''. She was notably the nicest and

* TookALevelInBadass: From eye candy only to talented wrestler.

** This was how she turned heel on Chris Jericho. After seemingly accidentally causing a distraction that led to Christian beating him, she slapped him in the face and shared a BigDamnKiss with Christian.

* BerserkButton: When Wrestling/{{Elias}} said I don't date a women in their 60's and Trish slapped him.

** Wrestling/Kane simply told her that her "mammary glands" didn't impress him.

* BattleCouple: With Wrestling/JeffHardy against Victoria and Wrestling/StevieRichards. With Wrestling/{{Christian}} against Spike Dudley and Christ Jericho. With Wrestling/CarlitoColon against Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez and [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]]. Then with Carlito against Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Lita.

* SlutShaming: Received it from her rivals for her past relationship with Vince [=McMahon=], [[HypocriticalHumor even then current member of Vince's Devil's Candice Michelle,]] [[CaptainObvious who was having flings with Vince.]] Received it from Christ Jericho and the fans for dumping him for Christian. Trish also wrote 'Slut' on Christy Hemme's back during their feud because Hemme had posed in Playboy. One of Hemme's counter arguments was to call Trish out on her Hypocrisy, given her past flings.

* ThreeMonthRule: Turned heel on Jericho at ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', March 14, 2004. Lita's [[{{Kayfabe}} "pregnancy"]][[note]]Via Wrestling/{{Kane}}'s ScarpiaUltimatum[[/note]] was announced exactly ''three months later,'' on the June 14, 2004 ''Raw.'' While not acknowledging how much time had passed between her turn and this announcement[[note]]Eventually leading to her heel turn after it was revealed that she had cheated on Wrestling/MattHardy in RealLife with [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} Adam "Edge" Copeland]] and the collapse of her career[[/note]], Trish pretty much captured the irony of the situation.
-->"Imagine, and they call ME a slut."

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Describes herself as growing up a tomboy who played a lot of sports - and was working as a receptionist in a gym when she was discovered. This didn't stop her from playing the GirlyGirl to many other Divas' tomboys - Lita, Jazz, Victoria etc.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the ''Tough Enough'' trainers she was by far the nicest and most affable. In contrast to Bill De Mott and Booker T's yelling, Trish would more often calmly motivate the contestants. That being said, she still was the one who got Matt Cross eliminated.

* TheVamp: {{Subverted|trope}}, Trish tried sometimes but was really bad at it, ultimately failing at her goals with every man she set out to seduce, actually [[InvertedTrope she was seduced by Christian]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lita in RealLife. On-screen the two had most notable rivalry between divas this century (a match of theirs even main-evented RAW at one point) -- off-screen the two are the best of friends and Lita was even named the godmother of Trish's son. The WWE finally showed their real life friendship during the fifteenth anniversary episode of RAW. Lita is also Godmother to Trish's son Max.

* ImportantHaircut: Dyed her normally blonde hair brown after leaving WWE. Actually a subversion as it was unintentional. Her hairstylist made her brunette without her asking and she just went with it.

* NiceHat: During her managerial days and briefly brought back during her wrestling days till Victoria stole it. Lilian Garcia describes them shopping for outfits for Trish to wear for her TV debut - and Trish went for the cowboy hats instantly. She swapped it out for a cabbie's hat in 2003 and dropped them when she turned heel a year later.

* [[HesBack She's Back]]: Wrestlemania 27.

* AlphaBitch: Around 2004 she steadily started to really control the division, and rallied other heel Divas around her. This time did not last too long, as she was sidelined with an injury and was a face again when she returned.

* TheMentor: For Diva Search winner Wrestling/AshleyMassaro and the ''Tough Enough'' season five prospects.