Lance Storm’s latest commentary is on a topic everyone has been and will be talking about for the next few days: the retirement of Trish Stratus. Some excerpts:
I have a bit of a soft spot when it comes to Trish because I played a small role in her career and progression as a worker, and during our time together in WWE we became friends. I first met Trish when I debuted in WWE with my WCW Invasion run in (she was part of the mixed tag match I ran in on), and we hit it off right away.
Trish had an absolute amazing run in this business. I can’t recall one scandal or incident she was involved in her entire career (a rarity in this business). She started as a Valet, learned to wrestle and became the most dominant female performer in I don’t know how long, perhaps ever. She spearheaded the only real legitimate women’s division in WWE history. I ‘m not slighting all the other women who busted their ass as well during that time period, but it was Trish that the office saw and pushed as the focal point, and it was her and Fit Finlay who pushed the division to the credibility it achieved. The offices faith in Trish enabled the creation of the whole division, which allowed other great women to showcase their talents as well. At one point the depths of the women’s division was amazing, with great workers like, Victoria, Molly Holly, Jazz, and Gayle Kim to name a few. These girls got a chance to shine in part due to Trish’s work ethic, determination and the offices faith in her.
Part of me hopes she comes back at some point because of the fun it would bring both her and the fans, but part of me hopes that she doesn’t. It’s nice to see someone leave their mark on this business and get out with their head held high.
It’s a great read, as always from Storm, and you can see the whole commentary by clicking the above link.
In other news:
– WWE.com has a ton of stories up hyping tonight’s Unforgiven. One talks about Teddy Long being “all smiles” as he arrived, hoping Cena will end up on Smackdown. Another talks about changes made to the Hell in a Cell cage since the last HiaC match. There’s also a piece about tickets being hard to come by and a new feature called 3 Count (no, it has nothing to do with Gregory Helms) with three questions that need to be answered at tonight’s show.
– Former WWE superstar Nathan Jones is in the new Jet Li movie, and you can see a picture of him here.
– Dave Meltzer at WrestlingObserver.com is saying that as of about 4pm ET today, no one backstage had heard confirmation of the rumors going around of a “third member of DX” debuting at tonight’s show, and in fact X-Pac was asleep in Florida as late as this afternoon.
– Former WWE Juniors Division star Super Porky (Brazo de Plata) was in a car accident yesterday, with his Nissan truck turning over and flipping several times. He was hospitalized and is in several condition, according to Meltzer and PWInsider, but it is not yet known whether or not he’ll be at today’s AAA vs. TNA show in Naucalpan.
