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* HarsherInHindsight: The angle where Wrestling/VinceMcMahon had an affair with her and demeaned her onscreen is cast in a whole new light after allegations emerged in 2024 that he did something along these lines only way worse in real life to a young woman he hired.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon:
** WWE had spent the Attitude Era putting the title on pretty women with no real wrestling ability, so it came as no surprise when they put it on Trish in late 2001 (after she had concluded her first year in the company). However the surprise was that Trish worked hard to properly improve and produce good matches. The idea of a model-turned-wrestler soon enough became standard, given WWE's hiring practices, but Trish turning from valet to wrestler on screen was a huge idea at the time. Likewise she was also involved in matches and feuds that were actually getting time. The matches she had with Jazz, Molly Holly, Victoria and Lita inspired some of the women who would later work for promotions like SHIMMER, and while those matches often pale in comparison to SHIMMER cards from an athletic standpoint, they proved American crowds ''did'' want to see women actually wrestle.
** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Combined, that's at least ''sixteen'' Championship reigns split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
** Cewsh Reviews even notes her accomplishments when they [[https://cewshreviews.com/2016/03/21/cewsh-reviews-wrestlemania-xix/ watched Wrestlemania XIX back]]:
--> "I still think that people may not remember clearly just how great Trish was in her role as the figurehead of this division. The fans are way into everything she does, she never misses a beat on anything, and she is giving 100% effort on everything she does. You can tell that she’s not as natural as the other two in the ring, but that just further serves to sell her as the underdog babyface that you can’t help but root for."
** WWE had spent the Attitude Era putting the title on pretty women with no real wrestling ability, so it came as no surprise when they put it on Trish in late 2001 (after she had concluded her first year in the company). However the surprise was that Trish worked hard to properly improve and produce good matches. The idea of a model-turned-wrestler soon enough became standard, given WWE's hiring practices, but Trish turning from valet to wrestler on screen was a huge idea at the time. Likewise she was also involved in matches and feuds that were actually getting time. The matches she had with Jazz, Molly Holly, Victoria and Lita inspired some of the women who would later work for promotions like SHIMMER, and while those matches often pale in comparison to SHIMMER cards from an athletic standpoint, they proved American crowds ''did'' want to see women actually wrestle.
** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Combined, that's at least ''sixteen'' Championship reigns split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
** Cewsh Reviews even notes her accomplishments when they [[https://cewshreviews.com/2016/03/21/cewsh-reviews-wrestlemania-xix/ watched Wrestlemania XIX back]]:
--> "I still think that people may not remember clearly just how great Trish was in her role as the figurehead of this division. The fans are way into everything she does, she never misses a beat on anything, and she is giving 100% effort on everything she does. You can tell that she’s not as natural as the other two in the ring, but that just further serves to sell her as the underdog babyface that you can’t help but root for."
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** WWE had spent the Attitude Era putting the title on pretty women with no real wrestling ability, so it came as no surprise when they put it on Trish in late 2001 (after she had concluded her first year in the company). However the surprise was that Trish worked hard to properly improve and produce good matches. The idea of a model-turned-wrestler soon enough became standard, given WWE's hiring practices, but Trish turning from valet to wrestler on screen was a huge idea at the time. Likewise she was also involved in matches and feuds that were actually getting time. The matches she had with Jazz, Molly Holly, Victoria and Lita inspired some of the women who would later work for promotions like SHIMMER, and while those matches often pale in comparison to SHIMMER cards from an athletic standpoint, they proved American crowds ''did'' want to see women actually wrestle.
** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Combined, that's at least ''sixteen'' Championship reigns split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
** Cewsh Reviews even notes her accomplishments when they [[https://cewshreviews.com/2016/03/21/cewsh-reviews-wrestlemania-xix/ watched Wrestlemania XIX back]]:
--> "I still think that people may not remember clearly just how great Trish was in her role as the figurehead of this division. The fans are way into everything she does, she never misses a beat on anything, and she is giving 100% effort on everything she does. You can tell that she’s not as natural as the other two in the ring, but that just further serves to sell her as the underdog babyface that you can’t help but root for."
** WWE had spent the Attitude Era putting the title on pretty women with no real wrestling ability, so it came as no surprise when they put it on Trish in late 2001 (after she had concluded her first year in the company). However the surprise was that Trish worked hard to properly improve and produce good matches. The idea of a model-turned-wrestler soon enough became standard, given WWE's hiring practices, but Trish turning from valet to wrestler on screen was a huge idea at the time. Likewise she was also involved in matches and feuds that were actually getting time. The matches she had with Jazz, Molly Holly, Victoria and Lita inspired some of the women who would later work for promotions like SHIMMER, and while those matches often pale in comparison to SHIMMER cards from an athletic standpoint, they proved American crowds ''did'' want to see women actually wrestle.
** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Combined, that's at least ''sixteen'' Championship reigns split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
** Cewsh Reviews even notes her accomplishments when they [[https://cewshreviews.com/2016/03/21/cewsh-reviews-wrestlemania-xix/ watched Wrestlemania XIX back]]:
--> "I still think that people may not remember clearly just how great Trish was in her role as the figurehead of this division. The fans are way into everything she does, she never misses a beat on anything, and she is giving 100% effort on everything she does. You can tell that she’s not as natural as the other two in the ring, but that just further serves to sell her as the underdog babyface that you can’t help but root for."
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Not entirely unintentional, but despite Mickie James saving an injured Trish and an overmatched Ashley from Victoria on her Raw debut, Stratus remained unimpressed with James for quite a bit of time. Even after they started to get along, Trish did not seem particularly grateful for Mickie helping her out against MNM or eliminating herself to ensure Victoria did not win the title in a battle royal. When Mickie earned herself a title shot, Trish was also the less friendly of the two during the defense. The long term plan was to turn one of the women heel and have the feud but "creative" couldn't settle on who it would be, so the idea was to leave hints for both of them (Mickie's fandom being a "[[Music/{{Eminem}} Stan]]"-like obsession vs. Trish being unappreciative and seeing Mickie as beneath her) until they could come to a decision. Thing is, Mickie didn't do anything wrong until she started getting jealous of Ashley, not long before her full on turn, whereas Trish had been dropping hints since ''day two'' of the angle. If there had been a more even portrayal throughout the angle, the crowd might not have completely turned on Trish at [=WrestleMania=]. Probably also not helped by it being something of a RecycledScript of a storyline between Sable and Tori — which had the fan as the face and the champ as the heel.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Not entirely unintentional, but despite Mickie James saving an injured Trish and an overmatched Ashley from Victoria on her Raw debut, Stratus remained unimpressed with James for quite a bit of time. Even after they started to get along, Trish did not seem particularly grateful for Mickie helping her out against MNM or eliminating herself to ensure Victoria did not win the title in a battle royal. When Mickie earned herself a title shot, Trish was also the less friendly of the two during the defense. The long term plan was to turn one of the women heel and have the feud but "creative" couldn't settle on who it would be, so the idea was to leave hints for both of them (Mickie's fandom being a "[[Music/{{Eminem}} Stan]]"-like obsession vs. Trish being unappreciative and seeing Mickie as beneath her) until they could come to a decision. Thing is, Mickie didn't do anything wrong until she started getting jealous of Ashley, not long before her full on turn, whereas Trish had been dropping hints since ''day two'' of the angle. If there had been a more even portrayal throughout the angle, the crowd might not have completely turned on Trish at [=WrestleMania=]. Probably also not helped by it being something of a RecycledScript of a storyline between Sable and Tori — which had the fan as the face and the champ as the heel.
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: The period in 2005 after Lita suddenly got injured and cut their feud short, which also coincided with Molly Holly requesting her release and left Victoria as the only wrestling woman on Raw. Trish ended up feuding with Christy Hemme of all people for ''[=WrestleMania=] 21'' which, although decent material for a storyline, produced a lacklustre match. Trish would then just have aimless storylines with Kane and Viscera that would amount to nothing with her injury (and then the title would just be inactive due to lack of competition on TV). Her return as a face once again, helping Ashley Massaro feud with Vince's Devils, and eventually debuting Mickie James got things back on track.
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* FandomRivalry: With Lita fans understandably, given that they were both the top female stars of the Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra. The debate is of course over which one was better in the ring[[note]]Lita had a year on the indies and ECW before she was signed, while Trish was trained exclusively on the road in WWE. Both won their first titles with about a year of experience[[/note]]. Not to mention both retired within months of each other and got the polar opposite of send-offs; Trish a beautiful one and Lita a disrespectful one, greatly annoying her fans. This rivalry ignores that the two are best friends in real life, and many fans love them both for what they did for women's wrestling.
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** With Lita fans understandably, given that they were both the top female stars of the Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra. The debate is of course over which one was better in the ring[[note]]Lita had a year on the indies and ECW before she was signed, while Trish was trained exclusively on the road in WWE. Both won their first titles with about a year of experience[[/note]]. Not to mention both retired within months of each other and got the polar opposite of send-offs; Trish a beautiful one and Lita a disrespectful one, greatly annoying her fans. This rivalry ignores that the two are best friends in real life, and many fans love them both for what they did for women'swrestling.wrestling.
** With Molly Holly fans to a lesser extent, due to how often they were rivals in kayfabe. Hardcore fans tended to blame Trish for being the one to start the 'Molly has a huge ass' thing.
** With Lita fans understandably, given that they were both the top female stars of the Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra. The debate is of course over which one was better in the ring[[note]]Lita had a year on the indies and ECW before she was signed, while Trish was trained exclusively on the road in WWE. Both won their first titles with about a year of experience[[/note]]. Not to mention both retired within months of each other and got the polar opposite of send-offs; Trish a beautiful one and Lita a disrespectful one, greatly annoying her fans. This rivalry ignores that the two are best friends in real life, and many fans love them both for what they did for women's
** With Molly Holly fans to a lesser extent, due to how often they were rivals in kayfabe. Hardcore fans tended to blame Trish for being the one to start the 'Molly has a huge ass' thing.
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* MisBlamed: Trish got a lot of heat from smarks when Molly Holly opened up about how she wanted to leave WWE over how the repeated jokes about her weight got to her, as she was the first person in kayfabe to say it. This ignored that Molly said that the joke was Stephanie [=McMahon=]'s idea, she initially thought the jokes were ActuallyPrettyFunny and it was actually Jerry Lawler's repeated commentary about her weight that really soured her on the whole thing.
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* ShockingMoments: Her heel turn on Chris Jericho at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XX'' was shocking because she was WWE's biggest babyface in the women's division, and the storyline seemed to point to her and Jericho becoming a proper on-screen couple. Indeed, that was the original plan, and Vince only changed his idea at the last minute.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: On her 2004 heel turn, when the crowd began chanting "slut!" at her, she reminded them that Chris Jericho was the one who had originally made a bet to sleep with her.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: On her 2004 heel turn, when the crowd began chanting "slut!" at her, she reminded them that Chris Jericho was the one who had originally made a bet to sleep with her.
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Mandy Rose did a pretty good job as NXT Women's Champion for a while there before her seeming early retirement.
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** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Only Mandy Rose has yet to win a Championship while the remaining five have a combined ''fifteen'' Championships split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
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** Six of the current generation of women's wrestlers (Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose) all cite her as inspiration for what motivated them to become wrestlers. Only Mandy Rose has yet to win a Combined, that's at least ''sixteen'' Championship while the remaining five have a combined ''fifteen'' Championships reigns split between Raw, Smackdown and NXT. While it may not be as noticeably nowadays with the quality of Women's matches in WWE, it cannot be stated enough the impact Trish had on the industry.
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* CrackPairing: The [=AO3=] story ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13323258 The Female Shield]]'' ships her with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. Their paths never crossed in WWE.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Her most common {{Het}} pairing on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn is with Wrestling/RandyOrton. Their paths never really crossed in {{Canon}}, and they were only in the same match once. On the September 4, 2006 ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'', Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, Orton and Lita defeated Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and Trish.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Her most common {{Het}} pairing on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn is with Wrestling/RandyOrton. Their paths never really crossed in {{Canon}}, and they were only in the same match once. On the September 4, 2006 ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'', Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Orton and Lita defeated Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and Trish.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Her most common {{Het}} pairing on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn is with Wrestling/RandyOrton. Their paths never really crossed in {{Canon}}, and they were only in the same match once. On the September 4, 2006 ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'', Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, Orton and Lita defeated Wrestling/JohnCena, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and Trish.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice:
** For a time on Website/{{Google}}, "Trish Stratus bra size" would be listed as a suggestion on the bottom of the page when her name was searched. So, yes, not everyone liked her for her ring work.
** She turned down an offer to pose for ''{{Magazine/Playboy}}'' precisely because of this trope.
** For a time on Website/{{Google}}, "Trish Stratus bra size" would be listed as a suggestion on the bottom of the page when her name was searched. So, yes, not everyone liked her for her ring work.
** She turned down an offer to pose for ''{{Magazine/Playboy}}'' precisely because of this trope.
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** She was pretty unpopular when she started. Mostly because after she did start she somehow displayed no charisma and was so bad in the ring that she could botch a catfight. Then there was the infamous "table promo", where she dressed up in various lingerie and writhed on some tables. Then she took a table bump from Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, and told Bubba Ray not to protect her in any way. He also remarked that she earned his respect in the moments before that, when she kissed him passionately in spite of the blood all over his face.
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** She was pretty unpopular Trish wasn't very popular when she started. Mostly because after started - despite being attractive she did start had no charisma, and she somehow displayed no charisma and was so bad in the ring that she could managed to botch a catfight. Then there However, she kept improving bit by bit. There was the infamous "table promo", where she dressed up in various lingerie and writhed on some tables. Then she took a table bump from Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, and told Bubba Ray not to protect her in any way. He also remarked that she earned his respect in the moments before that, when she kissed him passionately in spite of the blood all over his face. Even though it would be roughly half a decade before she became the top face of the WWE Women's Division, she thoroughly demonstrated that she wanted to be there and was willing to put in the work to get better.
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** She was pretty unpopular when she started. [[VocalMinority Partly]] because she was entertaining a sexual harassment lawsuit before she even started, making some fans thinks she was going to go out the same way as Sable and Nicole Bass. Mostly because after she did start she somehow displayed no charisma and was so bad in the ring that she could botch a catfight. Then there was the infamous "table promo", where she dressed up in various lingerie and writhed on some tables. Then she took a table bump from Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, and told Bubba Ray not to protect her in any way. He also remarked that she earned his respect in the moments before that, when she kissed him passionately in spite of the blood all over his face.
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** She was pretty unpopular when she started. [[VocalMinority Partly]] because she was entertaining a sexual harassment lawsuit before she even started, making some fans thinks she was going to go out the same way as Sable and Nicole Bass. Mostly because after she did start she somehow displayed no charisma and was so bad in the ring that she could botch a catfight. Then there was the infamous "table promo", where she dressed up in various lingerie and writhed on some tables. Then she took a table bump from Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, and told Bubba Ray not to protect her in any way. He also remarked that she earned his respect in the moments before that, when she kissed him passionately in spite of the blood all over his face.
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** With Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon. Given that the feud was based around Stephanie disliking Trish having an affair with her father, one sometimes got the impression that Stephanie wanted Trish for herself instead.
** {{Wrestling/Lita}} too whenever they were feuding. Trish interrupted Lita's 'wedding' to Kane wearing lingerie, and took to calling her the "Walking Kiss of Death" - which of course set up a segment where Lita kissed her before their main event match.
** With Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon. Given that the feud was based around Stephanie disliking Trish having an affair with her father, one sometimes got the impression that Stephanie wanted Trish for herself instead.
** {{Wrestling/Lita}} too whenever they were feuding. Trish interrupted Lita's 'wedding' to Kane wearing lingerie, and took to calling her the "Walking Kiss of Death" - which of course set up a segment where Lita kissed her before their main event match.
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* NeverLiveItDown: A lot of the time, particularly in the late 2000s/early 2010s, Trish couldn't live down making fun of Molly Holly's ass among some fans on the internet - especially since the angle started to sour Molly on pro wrestling. This ignored that it was Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon who came up with the idea, got Molly's permission beforehand and the latter in fact found it ActuallyPrettyFunny at first - not truly having CreatorBacklash until Jerry Lawler kept making fun of her weight every week as a result.
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** Replacing Alexa Bliss with Alicia Fox for the tag match against Team Bestie at the ''Evolution'' PPV. How come? Because in 2009, when Trish was interviewed about what she thought of the current crop of Divas, she named Alicia Fox as one of her favorites to watch (and Alicia Fox won a #1 contender's match the night Trish hosted Raw).
** {{Wrestling/Melina}} eliminating her from the battle royal on the Eddie Guerrero tribute show, and their subsequent Women's Championship match. Fast forward to 2009, and Melina is now the top face of her generation, and being considered a SpiritualSuccessor to Trish.
** {{Wrestling/Melina}} eliminating her from the battle royal on the Eddie Guerrero tribute show, and their subsequent Women's Championship match. Fast forward to 2009, and Melina is now the top face of her generation, and being considered a SpiritualSuccessor to Trish.
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* NeverLiveItDown: A lot of the time, particularly in the late 2000s/early 2010s, Trish couldn't live down making fun of Molly Holly's ass among some fans on the internet - especially since the angle started to sour Molly on pro wrestling. This ignored that it was Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon who came up with the idea, got Molly's permission beforehand and the latter in fact found it ActuallyPrettyFunny at first - not truly having CreatorBacklash until Jerry Lawler kept making fun of her weight every week as a result.
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* TestosteroneBrigade: In contrast to Lita, who had the JustForFun/OneOfUs and [[The LadEtte Lad-Ette]] image to help win them over, Trish has always had a crop of male fans who both love her as a MsFanservice and respect her for her in-ring achievements.
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* TestosteroneBrigade: In contrast to Lita, who had the JustForFun/OneOfUs and [[The LadEtte [[TheLadEtte Lad-Ette]] image to help win them over, Trish has always had a crop of male fans who both love her as a MsFanservice and respect her for her in-ring achievements.
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* TestosteroneBrigade: In contrast to Lita, who had the JustForFun/OneOfUs and [[The LadEtte Lad-Ette]] image to help win them over, Trish has always had a crop of male fans who both love her as a MsFanservice and respect her for her in-ring achievements.
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* MisaimedFandom: While very rightly controversial nowadays, but the infamous “bark like a dog” segment did give the wrong idea to the crowd that night. The segment was meant to show how petty Vince is and make us sympathize with Trish that night as she was being humiliated. The crowd however just wanted to see Trish take off her clothes, not helped by the crowd popping when Vince yelled “take your bra off!”
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* MisaimedFandom: While very rightly controversial nowadays, but the infamous “bark like a dog” segment did give the wrong idea to the crowd that night. The segment was meant to show how petty Vince is and make us sympathize with Trish that night as she was being humiliated. The crowd however just wanted to see Trish take off her clothes, not helped by the crowd popping when Vince yelled “take your bra off!”
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I'd figured I'd add this since I noticed the crowd cheering that night.
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