Trish Stratus pushed through pain and adversity at WWE WrestleMania 39 when she teamed with Becky Lynch and Lita to defeat Damage CTRL earlier this month.
Stratus and Lynch dropped the Women’s Tag Team Titles to Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan on Monday Night Raw last week. After the title change, Stratus turned heel and laid out Lynch with the chick kick.
Dating back to March, There were plans for Stratus to turn her heel and work a program with Lynch through SummerSlam. Stratus explained her attack on this week’s show.
While appearing on today’s episode of Busted Open Radio, the WWE Hall of Famer revealed she had a partially torn hamstring when working the match.
“I had a few obstacles. I had a partially torn hamstring, by the way. Nobody knew about that,” she said. “It was just like, WrestleMania, let’s just go,” she said. “This time, I had this injury, so I was a little unsure going in, but man, there’s something about feeling at home. It’s like riding a bike, as you guys know when we get back in there, your body’s like, ‘I got this just. Just do your thing,’ and it just flows. I’ve kept my health and fitness up, and that always plays into it as well. I am good in those moments, right? I work well under pressure. I always feel like I have to prove myself every time I go out there, so that was like a big driving force for me that evening, was to go out and prove that I belong in this match, that I belong with these other talented women and that I still belong here, period.”
🚨🚨JUST IN🚨🚨:@trishstratuscom reveals to @MickieJames @THETOMMYDREAMER @davidlagreca1 that she had a partially torn hamstring while competing at #WrestleMania
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— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) April 19, 2023
H/T to WrestleZone for the transcription
