Trish Stratus and Becky Lynch appear to be on a collision course after Trish turned on Lynch on the April 10 episode of WWE Raw.
Stratus had just lost the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles for her team in a bout she wasn't originally scheduled for, but wrestled in after she had taken out Lita. Stratus was pinned by Liv Morgan in the bout. After the match Trish attacked Lynch.
Appearing on WWE After The Bell, Trish discussed always being ready for an opportunity and when she took an interest in working with Lynch.
"Did I know I was going to go back to wrestling? No, but let's keep in-ring shape, let's keep in condition, let's keep on top of the product and watch it closely in case there is a moment and if the opportunity presents itself," she said. "I took a keen interest in Becky Lynch last summer when they did a live event in Toronto and we got into an exchange of words. People were interested, and I thought, 'that's interesting in how interested they are in this.' I did a post right before WrestleMania saying, 'It's so cool,' Lita and Becky are lying, 'they march to their own beat.' I saw a lot of me in Becky. I see the drive, the passion, and, unequivocally, will not accept anything less than excellence. That is what I did. I see it in her. I admired and I loved that, but then being with her. They say don't meet your heroes, not that she was my hero, I should be her hero. I was like, 'Cool, okay cool.' It was just too much and she was very patronizing on that end. That end note of, we didn't win that match, for whatever reason, and she was like, 'It's okay, we'll get them next time.' It felt like the right moment to deliver a message."
Becky and Trish got into an exchange at a live event in Toronto in March 2022 where Trish served as the special host and Lynch was still "Big Time Becks."
Stratus had not wrestled since SummerSlam 2019 before returning to the ring at WrestleMania 39.
While making the media rounds during the week, Trish revealed she wrestled at WrestleMania 39 with a partially torn hamstring.
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