

In 2021, WWE named Stratus as the greatest female superstar of all time. The following year she became the first woman to receive the Lou Thesz Award from the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. She had her final match against Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam 2019.

In 2018, she returned to WWE, participating in the 2018 Women's Royal Rumble and later competing at the all-female Evolution event in October of that year. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2011, Stratus was a trainer for WWE Tough Enough. After nearly seven years in the business, Stratus retired from professional wrestling on a full-time basis at WWE Unforgiven on September 17, 2006, after winning her record-setting seventh WWE Women's Championship.įollowing her full-time performing, she would make occasional appearances and wrestle sporadically in WWE.

Because of this, she was made a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time " WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed " Diva of the Decade". As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her perceived wrestling skills strengthened and her popularity increased. Early in her career, she was mostly involved in sexually themed storylines, such as managing the team T & A (Test & Albert, while doubling as a slang expression abbreviated from "Tits and Ass"), and a kayfabe affair with Vince McMahon's Mr. Īfter beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratigeas began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Often regarded as one of the greatest women's performers, she was also one of the most popular female superstars in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE). Patricia Anne Stratigias ( / ˈ s t r æ t ɪ dʒ i ə s/ born December 18, 1975) better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian fitness master, fitness model and professional wrestler.
