The legendary legacy of Trish Stratus will see her always celebrated as an all-time great wrestler. Stratus joined WWE during the Attitude Era after using her fitness modeling background to enter the new field. WWE witnessed Trish delivering great performances to become a major star and hold a reputation still respected today.
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Stratus was able to come back in 2023 for a major feud with Becky Lynch to show that her star power still holds up today. However, many interesting tidbits about Trish from outside of the ring or her kayfabe career have come out to provide more details. The following things about Stratus’ age, height, relationship status and beyond will be showcased about the legend.
10 Trish Is 48 Years Old
Still Performed Strong At Older Age
- Proved Age Is Just A Number In 2023 Return
- Trish Had Less Wear & Tear From Retiring At Young
- Trail Blazing To Help Open Chances For Future Female Veteran Returns
Society advancing with technology and other things progressing allows wrestlers to have later comeback matches than previous eras. Trish Stratus is currently 48 years old after hitting that age on December 18, 1975 at the end of 2023 after her big WWE comeback year.
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The rivalry between Stratus and Becky Lynch showed Trish could still perform at the highest level while nearing the age of 50. Trish has talked about being open to another return, so age is just a number when looking at her giving more to the industry.
9 Patricia Stratigias Is Her Real Name
Wrestling Name Was Similar To Her Actual Name
- Picked A Great Wrestling Name
- Similar To Real Name With Small Changes
- Name Will Always Be Relevant In WWE History
Trish Stratus is a cool name that clearly worked perfectly in the wrestling industry both long and short term. However, it is not technically the real name of Stratus when looking into her history in other fields before WWE.
Patricia Stratigias is the real name of Trish that sees the first name shortened and the last name using the Strat half. WWE realized that a performer name change was required for Stratus to get over in WWE while making the move to a new industry.
8 Fitness Modeling Background Landed WWE Offer
WWE Discovered Trish In Other Field To Offer Contract
- WWE Hired Women With Modeling Backgrounds
- Trish Was Perfect Hire For Attitude Era
- Transitioned From Top Fitness Model To WWE Star
The Attitude Era was the time when women like Sable and Chyna showed the drawing power. WWE hired more women than ever before with new talents like Trish Stratus getting a chance to move into the wrestling world.
Stratus moved up the ranks in fitness modeling by getting picked to do cover shoots for some of the top magazines in the world. The athletic background of Trish in a cosmetic world helped her make the move to WWE with multiple years of relevant experience in other fields.
7 Left Wrestling To Focus On Starting Family
Shocked World With Early Retirement In 2006
- Fans Were Shocked Trish Retired At Peak In 2006
- WWE Gave Trish Feel Good Ending Retiring As Champ
- Trish Wanted To Start Family When Leaving WWE
Few wrestlers retire in as good of a situation as Trish Stratus was in 2006. Stratus was just 31 years old when she chose to leave on top at Unforgiven 2006. A feud between Trish and Lita culminated with Stratus winning and retiring as Women’s Champion.
Trish made the call to retire at her peak while still a top star due to the desire to start a family. WWE ensured that Stratus was in a top spot as a wrestler, but she knew that leaving WWE was necessary for other goal of having children to start a family.
6 Joined Reality Show After WWE
Had New Jobs Lined Up For Life After WWE
- Armed & Famous Reality Show Was First Job Post WWE
- Show Had High Expectations From Networks During Reality Boom
- Networks Felt Ratings Were Disappointing To End After One Season
Trish Stratus had enough star power from her WWE career to end up in many interesting roles afterwards. The reality show Armed & Famous featured celebrities attempting to learn how to be police officers on the job.
La Toya Jackson, Erik Estrada, Jack Osbourne and Wee Man joined Stratus as the members of the original cast. Unfortunately, the show didn’t become a hit as those involved hoped for. Trish was in the only season of the series before it was dropped completely.
5 Currently, A Judge At Canada's Got Talent
Still Gets Impressive Jobs Without WWE’s Help
- Impressive Reality Show Hired Trish As Judge
- Trish Did This While Working For WWE In 2023
- Likely Will Remain Huge Part Of Her Career
Many fans viewed Trish Stratus’ WWE return as her time getting back into the spotlight, but she has lined up her other jobs. Canada’s Got Talent is the Canadian version of the popular American series of the same name.
Stratus has been a judge on the popular reality shows this past year with names like Howie Mandell, Lily Singh and Kardinal Offishall. The popularity of Trish in Canada makes it clear that she can easily get jobs out of the wrestling spotlight with this as a great example.
4 Ran Successful Yoga Studio
Another Passion Found Trish Success Outside Of Wrestling
- Yoga Helped Keep Trish In Wrestling Shape
- Opened Canadian Yoga Studio After WWE
- Won Multiple Awards For Impressive Yoga Studio
The popularity of yoga growing in the 2000s gave Trish Stratus a chance to utilize her experience with that side of fitness. Stratus opened her own yoga studio in 2008 in Canada just a few years after her retirement from WWE.
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Various business awards showed how great of a job Trish did with her studio growing in size and name value. "Canada's largest eco-friendly yoga studio" was a great tag that gave Stratus’ business more attention for being run effectively from the ground up.
3 Lita Became Best Friend Beyond Wrestling
Team Bestie Is Not Just A Wrestling Gimmick
- Rivals Became Close Friends In WWE
- Lita Retired Shortly After Trish For Happiness
- Remains Closer Than Ever Years Since Leaving Wrestling
The rivalry between Trish Stratus and Lita led to them developing a lifelong bond outside of the ring. WWE made Lita and Trish the two faces of the women’s division in the 2000s when both became major top stars.
However, Stratus’ early retirement led to Lita doing the same after she felt too unhappy playing a heel using real-life triggers. Both women retiring just led to them growing closer throughout the years and having a true best friend relationship in and out of the squared circle.
2 Married To Childhood Sweetheart
Trish Stayed With The Same Partner Before & After Wrestling
- Dating Partner Since High School Years
- Waited Until WWE Retirement For Marriage
- Raised Two Children With Same Partner Happy Today
Trish Stratus was an international sex symbol during her time in WWE, but she kept her name out of dating headlines. WWE respected that Stratus dated outside of the industry and had a long relationship with her childhood sweetheart Ron Fisico.
The couple decided to tie the knot in 2006 after Trish left WWE and felt she could start taking steps in the other areas of life. Stratus is still happy with her partner all these years later after the couple gave birth to two children.
1 Her Height Is 5'4'' Tall
Average Wrestling Height For Her Immense Talent
- Proved That Being Taller Didn't Help
- Biggest Star With Average Height
- Trish Was Billed By Real Height
The height of wrestlers will always be compared since they are listed from the in-ring introductions. Trish Stratus has an average height in and out of the ring at 5’4’’ tall. However, no one would have viewed Trish as average or less at anything since she stood tall with her star presence.
Other women from the time like Lita, Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler were typically taller than Stratus. This added to Trish’s underdog story as a babyface fighting taller wrestlers. Stratus’ height worked to her advantage enough to have an all-time great successful career.
