Never mind the “stories” and the “plots” and the “rivalries.” Watch professional wrestling sometime and try not to think, “How do they do that? How does anybody do that?” Men or women, in various degrees of costuming and makeup, with entrance music or catch phrases or not, they don’t call it the WWE — World Wrestling Entertainment — for nothing. A huge draw in the first part of this millennium was Trish Stratus, who, according to Newsweek, gave us all a 19-year career in the ring, racking up an impressive seven women’s championships and, in 2013, was inducted into the WWE’s Hall of Fame, the youngest individual to receive that recognition.

Stratus, born Patricia Anne Stratigeas in Toronto, Canada, started out her career as a fitness model, then segued into the WWE, first as a manager, but within a year was competing in her own right. The usual professional wrestling situations followed — dropped through a table; humiliated in the ring by WWE owner Vince McMahon and his daughter, Stephanie, according to Fansided; “rivalries” with other wrestlers; pairing up with “Snooki” Polizzi of Jersey Shore. In her defense, she also was characterized as “Diva of the Year,” and named Pro Wrestling Illustrated‘s Woman of the Decade (2000-2009).

From manager to competitor in one short year

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