Trish Stratus put on an impressive performance, even after she overcame some obstacles heading into the match.
During her appearance on Busted Open Radio, Trish Stratus revealed she worked WrestleMania 39 with a partially torn hamstring. Stratus was talking about her mindset heading into this match, noting how she always feels like she has to prove herself each time she comes back.
“I sat back and I was in awe of watching all of them work. I love going back — I remember when I went back for the Royal Rumble and I was watching people work. I’m getting goosebumps thinking about it because it’s really interesting to see how the brain works, how people put things together,” Trish explained. “It was impressive to me, I was in awe on the apron watching the match unfold. And then for me, I just do what I do. I always want to do better than the last time. So I do think people forgot, and maybe I did too. Every time I go out there, I’m like, ‘Can I still do this? I don’t know…’”
Trish then shared that she was dealing with an injury leading into the match, which also meant she didn’t train as much as she normally would.
“And I had a few obstacles, like I had a partially torn hamstring, by the way. Nobody knew about that. But it was like, ‘WrestleMania, let’s just go.’ I didn’t train as much, I’m usually in there the minute I find out there’s a match, I’m in there like every day [after] I put my kids to bed, I’m in the ring until midnight, this is what I do. And this time I had this injury, so I was a little unsure going in,” Stratus explained. “But man, there’s something about feeling at home. Apparently it’s like riding a bike, like as you guys know, you get back in there and your body is like, ‘I got this. Just do your thing.’ I’ve kept my health and fitness up so that plays into it as well.
“My body — I know that I am good in those moments and I work well under pressure. I knew, I always feel like I have to prove myself every time I go out there, so that was a big driving force for me that evening,” she noted, “was to go out and prove that I still belong in this match, that I belong with these other talented women and that I still belong here, period.”
Trish Stratus, Becky Lynch and Lita defeated Damage CTRL at WrestleMania 39. More recently, she teamed with Becky Lynch on the April 10 episode of RAW before she turned on Lynch.
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