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Trish Stratus was the biggest attraction of the women's division of WWE during her prime, and she is also considered one of the biggest reasons behind the ultimate success of the women, not only in WWE but in the whole wrestling world. WWE introduced her to the WWE audience back in 2000, and during her early career, she mostly worked as a valet.
She did, however, work in the ring occasionally, and she came into discussion after her involvement in the McMahon family drama storyline that was built for WrestleMania X-Seven. From 2001, she started working regularly in the ring, and she won her first women's title at the Survivor Series of the same year.
Trish Stratus remembers getting Playboy opportunity
Trish Stratus became the biggest attraction of the women's division of WWE by the early Ruthless Aggression Era, along with Lita, and she is still considered one of the legends in the world of wrestling. She won the women's title seven times times, but unfortunately, in 2006, she decided to retire from in ring action. Barshi keeps on returning to action sporadically.
During the prime of Trish Stratus, her popularity even flourished outside of WWE as she was offered to pose for the famous adult magazine Playboy. But ultimately, she refused to work for it. She recently remembered how Vince McMahon reacted to her getting the opportunity. Speaking on the “Pod Meets World” podcast, she revealed the following;
Vince McMahon desperately wanted her to accept the Playboy opportunity
“It’s just not for me. I’m like a tomboy. Even though I’m known as a s** symbol, I suppose—I’ve heard that—it’s not me. It’s my character, you know? But I mean, I pull it off if I need to. But yeah, no, it was not even an option. I was like, ‘Oh, that is just not me.’ Even when I had to do the pillow fights—and I actually didn’t have a pillow fight one—but I had to do lingerie stuff. It just wasn’t me. It felt very put on.”
“Even one time, they had these annual magazines called the Divas magazines. It was like Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, where we’d go down to some exotic location and shoot that. Well, I don’t know if it was budget cuts or whatever it was—or maybe, like you said, the horny writers or storylines—but suddenly, instead of the annual bikini issue, they wanted a lingerie issue.
Trish Stratus stopped working regularly in the ring back in 2006
"And I was like, “Oh…” I didn’t want to do it. It felt so silly to me. So I made this whole look—it was like sports lingerie. I did the socks and made it athletic-sexy, you know what I mean, I made it me.”
“I just—I don’t know—the sexy thing didn’t come natural. So when Playboy came calling, I was like, ‘Absolutely not interested.’ Vince [McMahon], oh my God, hounded me like crazy. He’s like, ‘It’s a great opportunity.’ And I was shown, also during that time, ‘But look at the opportunity—if you turn this down, we’re going to give your opportunities to her.’ And I was like, ‘No, I still don’t want to do it. Thank you.’” said Trish Stratus.
