Trish Stratus Patricia Anne Stratigias ( December 18 , 1975 ) , better known as Trish Stratus , is a Canadian actress and television personality currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment . She is also a former fitness model and semi - retired professional wrestler . After beginning her career as a fitness model , Stratus began working for the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . Early in her career , she was involved in sexually themed storylines , such as managing the team T & A and an affair with Vince McMahon . As Stratus spent more time in the ring , her wrestling skills and popularity strengthened . Because of this , she was a one - time WWE Hardcore Champion , three - time " WWE Babe of the Year " and was proclaimed " Diva of the Decade " . After nearly seven years in the business , Stratus retired from professional wrestling at WWE Unforgiven on September 17 , 2006 after winning her seventh WWE Women ' s Championship . Aside from professional wrestling , Stratus appeared on a number of magazine covers and has been involved in charity work . She has also hosted several award and television shows , including " Stratusphere " in 2008 . Fitness modelling . Stratigias grew up in Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada where she attended Bayview Secondary School . She enrolled at York University , where she studied biology and kinesiology and played soccer and field hockey . Due to a faculty strike in 1997 , she was forced to change her plans . She 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 . She later appeared on the cover of the May 1998 issue and was signed to a two year contract . For the next six months , she worked on her body and appeared on numerous magazine covers . During this time , she joined Big Daddy Donnie & Jeff Marek as the third host of " Live Audio Wrestling " on Toronto Sports Radio , The FAN 590 . Stratigias had been a fan of wrestling since childhood and her modeling work caught the attention of the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . In November 1999 she was signed to a multi - year contract with the company , who sent her to Sully ' s Gym where she was trained by Ron Hutchinson Career History . T & A and relationship with Vince McMahon ( 2000 – 2001 ) . Stratigias made her debut as a villainess on the March 19 , 2000 episode of Sunday Night Heat , under the ring name Trish Stratus . She appeared on stage to scout WWF Superstars , in particular Test and Prince Albert . The next night on Raw Stratus began her first role in the company , managing Test and Albert in the tag team T & A . It was during her stint managing T & A that Stratus took her first major bump in the ring , being driven through a table by the Dudley Boyz at Backlash after she had been taunting Bubba Ray Dudley for several weeks . She also began managing Val Venis to win the Intercontinental Championship but their partnership ended at SummerSlam after Venis lost the title . Stratus made her in - ring debut on the June 20 taping of SmackDown ! , winning a tag team match with T & A against the Hardy Boyz and Lita . A storyline feud between Stratus and Lita developed after the match with Stratus attacking Lita on episodes of Raw and SmackDown ! , leading to an Indian Strap match on the July 24 edition of Raw which Stratus won with help from Stephanie McMahon . She finished the year competing unsuccessfully for the WWF Women ' s Championship numerous times , and leaving Test and Albert when the team disbanded . In early 2001 , Stratus became involved in an angle with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon , during a time when Vince ' s wife Linda was kayfabe institutionalized following a demand Vince had made for a divorce during an episode of SmackDown ! on December 7 , 2000 . Vince and Stratus ' relationship increasingly angered the boss ' daughter , Stephanie McMahon . At No Way Out on February 25 , Stratus and Stephanie squared off , with Stephanie scoring the victory after a run - in by William Regal . In the midst of a tag team match that pitted Vince and Stratus against Regal and Stephanie the next night on Raw , Stratus was the victim of a set - up by Vince , Stephanie and Regal . Regal executed his finisher , the Regal Cutter , on Stratus and Stephanie then dumped sewage over Stratus ' body . Vince stood over Stratus , and he told her she was a toy with which he had grown tired of playing and the it was over . The angle continued the next week on Raw with Vince forcing Stratus to strip down to her lingerie in the ring and bark like a dog . The storyline came to an end at WrestleMania X - Seven when Stratus slapped Vince during his match against his son Shane , becoming a fan favorite in the process . Women ' s Champion ( 2001 – 2003 ) . Stratus then began wrestling full - time . She won a Bra and Panties tag team match with Lita against Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson at InVasion . After suffering an ankle injury in the summer , however , she was sidelined for three months . As she rehabilitated , she kept herself visible by co - hosting Excess on TNN . After returning in autumn , Stratus appeared at Survivor Series , where she won the WWF Women ' s Championship for the first time in a six - pack challenge . Stratus was next involved in a feud with Jazz over the Women ' s Championship , where she was booked to retain the title at the Royal Rumble but being booked to lose the belt to Jazz two weeks later on the February 4 , 2002 edition of Raw . Stratus then went after the title for several months , even competing in a Triple Threat match at WrestleMania X8 against Lita and Jazz in her hometown of Toronto , Canada but failed to win the match . While chasing after the Women ' s title , Stratus won the WWE Hardcore Championship on May 6 , pinning Crash Holly after Bubba Ray Dudley hit him over the head with a trash can . She , however , lost the title to Steven Richards soon afterward due to the stipulation that the belt was defended 24 / 7 as long as there was a referee present . One week later , she regained the Women ' s Title in a tag team match with Bubba Ray Dudley . During this time , Stratus began wrestling solely on the Raw brand after being drafted in the WWF Brand Extension . Stratus ' second reign as champion came to an end on June 23 when she was defeated at King of the Ring by Molly Holly . The two Divas continued their storyline feud for the next three months . After a failed attempt to win the title in July , Stratus won back the championship at Unforgiven . While feuding with Holly , Stratus was also involved in an angle with new Diva Victoria who held a storyline grudge against Stratus , claiming she was betrayed by Stratus when they worked as fitness models . The two competed in several title matches , with Stratus retaining until Survivor Series where Victoria won the belt in a Hardcore match . On March 17 , 2003 , Victoria and Steven Richards defeated Jazz and Stratus in tag team competition . After the match , Jeff Hardy saved Stratus from an attack by both Victoria and Richards . In the following weeks , Stratus and Hardy were shown talking backstage and fighting as tag team partners . The storyline , however , was dropped when Hardy was released from WWE . At WrestleMania XIX , Stratus defeated Victoria and Jazz to capture her fourth Women ' s Championship only to lose the title to Jazz at the following pay - per - view , Backlash . In the following months , Stratus was placed into an alliance with Gail Kim . It was short - lived , though , as Kim turned heel on Stratus and teamed with Molly Holly , putting the women in a storyline feud . The duo defeated Stratus and several tag team partners until Stratus began to partner with a returning Lita . The team defeated Kim and Holly in several matches , including a match at Unforgiven . Teaming and feuding with Lita ( 2003 – 2005 ) . Stratus began a romance with Chris Jericho during the November 10 edition of Raw when she agreed to go on a date with him . Subsequently , they participated in an intergender tag team match as partners on December 1 . After the match , Stratus overheard Jericho talking to Christian , who was involved in an on - screen romance with Lita at the time , about who could sleep with their respective woman first . One week later , Stratus and Lita confronted the men about their actions , leading to a feud between the two men and women which resulted in a " Battle of the Sexes " match at Armageddon , which the women lost . A rematch the next night ended in a no contest . Her relationship with Jericho continued into the next year with a new angle of Jericho developing feelings for Stratus . During a match at WrestleMania XX , however , Stratus turned heel by betraying Jericho and siding with Christian . The duo feuded with Jericho for several months and competed in a handicap match at Backlash . The team of Stratus and Christian were joined by " problem solver " Tyson Tomko the next night on Raw . Stratus was booked to win the WWE Women ' s Championship for a fifth time at Bad Blood on June 13 . She defended the title until she suffered a legitimate broken hand in July that caused her to be out of action for approximately a month . Upon her return , she continued to defend the title against numerous challengers before losing the championship to Lita on December 6 when both women wrestled in the main event of Raw for the championship , in which Lita delivered a finishing low blow to Stratus ' groin . Stratus recaptured the Women ' s Championship a month later at New Year ' s Revolution after Lita suffered a legitimate injury during a rematch . A new angle was then developed between Stratus and 2004 Raw Diva Search winner Christy Hemme ; with Stratus expressing jealousy of Hemme ' s Playboy magazine exposure . During the unveiling of Christy ' s Playboy magazine cover , the evil Stratus attacked Hemme and spray painted the word " slut " across her back . Stratus was challenged by Hemme , who later revealed she was being trained by Lita , for a title match at WrestleMania 21 and was successful in retaining the title . Stratus ' s biggest fan and retirement ( 2005 – 2006 ) . In May 2005 , Stratus was sidelined with the Women ' s Championship after suffering a groin injury , with the explanation that Viscera had injured her at Backlash after she berated him for losing to Lita ' s ( at the time / now ex - husband ) husband Kane . She returned to Raw in September , once again portraying her face persona by siding with Ashley Massaro against Vince ' s Devils . The feud also involved the debuting Diva Mickie James who introduced herself as Stratus ' biggest fan . On the Eddie Guerrero Tribute Show , Stratus took part in an interpromotional Diva battle royal that was won by SmackDown ! Diva Melina . The next week , MNM kidnapped Stratus , tightly tying up her body and gagging her mouth so that she couldn ' t speak while Melina challenged the captive Stratus to a match for the Women ' s Championship , before using her powerful legs to kick Trish in the head while Mercury and Nitro held her . This would leave Trish laid out prone on the floor , still tightly tied up after being dominated by the trio . The two fought at Survivor Series , with Stratus defeating Melina after interference from Mickie James . Stratus and James continued teaming together in late 2005 while James ' character became increasingly obsessed with Stratus . On the December 26 episode of Raw , the storyline between Stratus and James developed into a lesbian when James initiated an intimate kiss with Stratus under a sprig of mistletoe , causing a surprised Stratus to flee the locker room . The odd relationship between Stratus and James continued into 2006 , with the two Divas competing against each other in a title match at New Year ' s Revolution , where Stratus emerged victorious . Despite the defeat , James continued to be enamored of Stratus which made her feel uncomfortable . On March 6 , 2006 , Stratus confronted James , telling her that she needed space . The duo briefly reconciled on the March 18 Saturday Night ' s Main Event , teaming together to defeat Candice Michelle and Victoria . James , however , turned on Stratus after the match and began to attack her . A match at WrestleMania 22 saw Stratus lose the Women ' s Championship to James . During a rematch at Backlash , Stratus suffered a legitimate dislocated shoulder after taking a bump to the outside of the ring . While she was rehabilitating for six weeks , she continued to appear on - screen . Stratus returned to the ring on June 26 and started a romantic angle with Carlito after he saved her from a double team attack by Melina and Johnny Nitro . They competed as a team and won a mixed tag team match against Melina and Nitro at Saturday Night ' s Main Event on July 15 . As a couple , Stratus and Carlito briefly feuded with WWE Champion Edge and Lita after the pair interrupted Stratus ' title match with Mickie James . The two couples competed in several tag team matches , with Stratus and Carlito jobbing to Edge and Lita each time . In late August , Lita stated that Stratus would retire following Unforgiven , which was later confirmed by Stratus . At the pay - per - view on September 17 , in her hometown of Toronto , Stratus defeated Lita with fellow Canadian Bret Hart ' s signature submission maneuver , the Sharpshooter , to win her seventh Women ' s Championship and retire as champion . Part time appearances ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Stratus made a special appearance on December 10 , 2007 during Raw ' s 15th Anniversary special along with Lita , interrupting Jillian Hall as she sang by attacking her and then celebrating with Lita . Stratus made another special appearance on the May 5 , 2008 episode of " Raw " , as the event took place from her hometown , Toronto , Ontario , Canada . She took part in a backstage segment involving Ron Simmons and Trevor Murdoch . Stratus wrestled her first match in over two years on the December 22 , 2008 episode of " Raw " . She and John Cena defeated Santino Marella and his former on - screen protégé Beth Phoenix in a mixed tag team match . Stratus also served as the guest hostess of the September 14 , 2009 edition " Raw " in her home town of Toronto . After a confrontation backstage with Phoenix and former character beau Chris Jericho , she participated in what would be a six - person tag team match with MVP and Mark Henry to defeat Phoenix , Jericho , and The Big Show . Return to World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2011 – 2012 ) . Trish made a surprise appearance at the 2011 Elimination Chamber pay per view to announce that she will be a trainer on the new WWE Tough Enough . At the same event she stopped LayCool ' s attack on the recently re - hired Kelly Kelly . Trish wrestled her first match since 2009 on the March 14 , 2011 edition of " Raw " against Vickie Guerrero in a losing effort , due to interference from LayCool and Dolph Ziggler . After the match , John Morrison and " Raw " guest star of the night Nicole " Snooki " Polizzi ( from the MTV series Jersey Shore ) came to the aid of Trish . Vickie then challenged Trish , Morrison and Snooki to a match at WrestleMania XXVII against the team of LayCool and Ziggler , to which Snooki agreed on behalf of Trish and Morrison . On the March 21 episode of Raw , Trish teamed with John Morrison to take on Laycool , Vickie Guerrero & Dolph ziggler in a losing effort . At WrestleMania XXVII Trish , Snooki & Morrison defeated laycool & Ziggler . The night after Wrestlemania , Stratus & Morrison teamed up again to once again defeat Ziggler & Vickie . She appeared on the June 6 episode of Raw in a backstage segment with fellow Tough Enough trainer Booker T before being interrupted by Jack Swagger . She appeared on the September 16 episode of SmackDown in a backstage segment with Edge and Christian . On July 23 , 2012 she appeared on Raw ' s 1000 episode in a backstage segment with DX . WWE Hall of Famer ( 2013 - present ) . On the January 28 , 2013 episode of Raw , Stratus was announced as a WWE Hall of Fame inductee as part of the 2013 class , making her the youngest Hall of Fame inductee ever . Stephanie McMahon was chosen by Stratus to induct her into the Hall of Fame . At the Hall of Fame induction ceremony , Stratus revealed she was pregnant and was delivering some " stratusfaction " in 9 months . Personal life . Stratigias is of Greek and Polish descent and is the eldest daughter of John and Alice Stratigias . Her sisters are named Christie and Melissa . Stratigias married her high school sweetheart and boyfriend of fourteen years , Ron Fisico , on September 30 , 2006 . Guests in attendance at her wedding included former WWE Divas Lilian Garcia , Lita , Ivory , Molly Holly , Torrie Wilson , Victoria , Maria Kanellis , Ashley Massaro , and Mickie James . Her bridal gown was featured on a cover of " Today ' s Bride " magazine . Shortly after the wedding , Stratus got the call to be a part of " Armed & Famous " , so she filmed the show instead of going on her honeymoon . She has declined to pose nude for " Playboy " , preferring to be remembered for her wrestling career . At the Hall of Fame ceremony in 2013 , Stratigias announced that her and her husband , Ron , were expecting a baby in September 2013 . Stratigias has also been involved with numerous charities such as Ronald McDonald House , Dreams Take Flight and the Special Olympics . On March 29 , 2008 , she participated in the Island Triathlon Series as part of a celebrity relay team to help raise money for Dignitas International . Quotes . On her WWE career : On her time on " Armed & Famous : "