Trish Stratus didnt hold back when reflecting on a particular moment during WWEs Diva era and it turns out she had a lot to say about Christy Hemmes Playboy cover.
While speaking to Inside The Ropes, the WWE Hall of Famer opened up about her real feelings seeing Hemme a newcomer to WWE at the time branded as a champion on the cover of Playboy, despite never holding an actual wrestling title.
The backstage reaction was tense, with Trish revealing that the womens locker room didnt exactly celebrate the moment in private. On the outside, it was all smiles, but behind the scenes? Not so much. Stratus recalled how the tension led to a sly on-air jab that only her fellow wrestlers were meant to catch.
That frustration came to a boiling point when Trish got her mic time on WWE TV. She used the moment to take what she called a wink at the locker room.
She made it clear that this wasnt a throwaway line or a joke it was her way of reclaiming what champion actually meant.
Stratus remarks didnt come from a place of personal attack, but from her frustration with the eras mixed messaging. To her, the word champion meant more than a magazine spread it meant work, training, and holding the actual gold.
Trish might have said it with a southern drawl, but the message couldnt have been clearer: dont throw the word champion around unless its earned in the ring.
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