Retirement is usually a pretty nebulous concept in Wrestling, especially when there’s not a serious injury involved. Trish Stratus, for example, initially retired in 2006, vacating the Women’s Championship immediately after winning it from Lita. She’s returned both to WWE and to the ring several times since, however. In 2008 she teamed with John Cena in a mixed tag match against Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix. In 2009, she was in a six-person tag match. She came back again and did some stuff in 2011, including a WrestleMania tag match that also involved Snooki from Jersey Shore. After that she did stay out of the ring for a solid few years, until she returned last year to team up with Lita against Mickie James and Alicia Fox at WWE Evolution. There was some talk of Lita and Trish both sticking around, but that didn’t happen. She’s back now, however, and facing Charlotte Flair this Sunday at SummerSlam.
On Twitter this week, Trish Stratus made it quite clear in an offhanded way that she considers Sunday’s match to be her last. She even put “FINAL” in all caps so nobody misses it.
That’s a wrap on media day #1! First flight out of Detroit then hopped right into media talking about taking on @MsCharlotteWWE in my FINAL match this Sunday … now on my way home to my littles!!! #SummerSlam @ETCanada @globalnewsto @CherylHickeyETC pic.twitter.com/21e9ZSfXF3
— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) August 7, 2019
Of course, you never know, as I was saying before. There are fans who would like to see her face Alexa Bliss (her originally announced opponent for Evolution) or Becky Lynch. A match with Trish might even lure back Sasha Banks, if anything can at this point. But until and unless WWE makes her a really good offer down the road, it looks like Trish is done with wrestling as far as she’s concerned.
