Trish Stratus recently appeared as a guest on After The Bell with Corey Graves for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling and WWE.
During the discussion, the WWE Hall of Fame legend spoke about what led to her comeback in WWE.
“Did I know I was going to go back to wrestling," Stratus began. "No, but let’s keep in-ring shape, let’s keep in condition, let’s keep on top of the product and watch it closely in case there is a moment and if the opportunity presents itself. I took a keen interest in Becky Lynch last summer when they did a live event in Toronto and we got into an exchange of words. People were interested, and I thought, ‘that’s interesting in how interested they are in this.’"
Stratus continued, "I did a post right before Wrestlemania saying, ‘It’s so cool,’ Lita and Becky are lying, ‘they march to their own beat.’ I saw a lot of me in Becky. I see the drive, the passion, and, unequivocally, will not accept anything less than excellence. That is what I did. I see it in her. I admired and I loved that, but then being with her. They say don’t meet your heroes, not that she was my hero, I should be her hero. I was like, ‘Cool, okay cool.’ It was just too much and she was very patronizing on that end. That end note of, we didn’t win that match, for whatever reason, and she was like, ‘It’s okay, we’ll get them next time.’ It felt like the right moment to deliver a message.”
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to Jeremy Lambert for transcribing the above quotes.
