Trish Stratus Turned Down Lesbian Angle with Torrie Wilson

That’s very stratusfying. Over the years, Trish Stratus has become known as one of the all time great female wrestlers and one of the best ever of what’s considered the Divas Era. The time frame was often personified by higher levels of sexuality with various stories often being entirely centered on the women’s looks with the wrestling taking a huge backseat. That was almost the case again in what would have been a rather big moment.

According to Stratus in an appearance on the “Ross Report” podcast, Stratus told a story about a proposed lesbian scene/storyline which would have seen her kiss Torrie Wilson. Stratus wasn’t pleased because it wasn’t something her character would have done. Here’s the full story (transcript courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com):

“There was one moment that I wasn’t happy about. It didn’t air. Like, something for SmackDown, they wanted me and Tori to do a kiss and I was like, ‘I can honestly say that famous line, ‘my character would not do that’. It just didn’t feel like it fit for me. And so, I suggested another way and their way of saying, ‘your way wasn’t that great’ [was] it didn’t air and I think Stacy [Keibler] doing the same spot.

“They said, ‘we’ll do it with someone else then’ was kind of how I got out of that one. But I was pretty vocal about saying, ‘I just don’t feel comfortable with that way. Can we try it this way?’ My way didn’t quite achieve the same affect on TV. So, but yeah, it was important to me to protective over my character and I feel that’s why the integrity of Trish Stratus stayed intact pretty much my entire career, especially after the big turn at WrestleMania 17.”

As popular as this likely would have been, I’m glad Stratus turned it down. If there’s one thing the Divas Revolution has shown, it’s that the women can be more successful than ever before when they turn down the sexuality and just wrestle. Stratus kissing Wilson would have been remembered but that doesn’t mean it would have been best in the long term.

Source: Ross Report Episode 153