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Jimmy asked Tammy about the current crop of Divas in the WWE & how they compare with the prior Divas, such as herself. "I started calling myself ‘the original Diva’ a couple of years ago when they started all the Diva Searches, and one girl on the roster turned into 25 girls. Think of the girls that came before me, and I’m not gonna take anything from them. You had Sherri Martel, Elizabeth, Alundra Blaze, & then all of a sudden I came along, and Vince said ‘Here’s a girl who can take a bump if she had to, she could talk on the microphone.’ I was the first one to do the photo shoots, I was the first one to have a T-Shirt. I was the first girl that could pretty much do whatever they threw at me. I think a Diva is an all-around performer as far as the women are concerned. Now they’re trying to do that with all these girls, but honestly I think there are way too many of them. I was there by myself for a little while until Terri Runnels came in, then Sable came in, and it was only the three of us so whenever we came out, it was something special. Now there’s so many of them, there’s a girl on every segment, sometimes there’s seven girls involved in one segment. I think it’s a little too much, and it’s not a special entity anymore."
Todd Vincent asked Tammy for one male superstar & one female wrestler/diva who she would have loved to worked with during her time in World Wrestling Entertainment. "Female: Trish Stratus. She was the one person who came after me that earned my complete respect. At first, I was like ‘Here’s another girl just trying to get into our business, just like a whole mess of them that was in WCW. She really busted her butt and learned her trade & her history, so I have all the respect in the world for her. Would I want to get in the ring with her? Absolutely not." And the one male performer she would have liked to work with in her career: "I always I would have loved to manage Ric Flair before he retired, but who knows if that’s ever gonna’ happen. I just wanted to walk the down the aisle with ‘The Nature Boy.’ I mean who wouldn’t? But other than that I would have to say Randy Orton. I would to get to ringside & do the whole managing thing with him. Managing is something the WWE does not have anymore, and I think they are losing out."
With Bret Hart making his return to the WWE & the much-rumored Street Fight between himself & Vince McMahon at WrestleMania XXVI, fans & critics alike are embracing this as the end of the line for "The Montreal Screwjob" forever. Tammy was part of the locker room during that time 12 years ago, and she was asked about the return of "The Hitman" to the company. "When I first heard of Bret coming back, I was like, Huh? I was with him in France about a year & a half ago for about three weeks, and he told me even then that he would never in a million years go back. He hated it, hated Vince, this, that, & the other. And I wasn’t just part of the locker room, I was a part of the heat that was going on between the two of them, so I knew how much real heat there was & how much they hated each other. When I heard about the comeback I have to admit, I did turn on RAW, and watched that beginning segment with the two of them and saw the hug. I was a little shocked coming from my perspective & seeing as much as I saw back then. I was watching and thought al ot of that had to be forced, because I knew how much hatred they had for each other back then. But if everyone wants to buried the hatchet…good for them."
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