Whatever Happened To Trish Stratus?, Torrie’s WWE Departure

Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson discussed during an interview with the Baltimore Sun how her back injury led to her departure from WWE. “It got to a point where, when I had matches I was really, really scared that it would lock up while I was wrestling and I wouldn’t be able to move in front of a crowd. The last straw was when I had a match, I think it was on Smackdown, and I actually went to Vince [McMahon] and Johnny Ace and said, ‘Look, I don’t think I can wrestle. My back’s been hurting me and I’m afraid it’s going to lock up and I’ll look like an idiot out there.’ And so they sent me home and I went to a specialist, who couldn’t find anything at first. And then I was going to a chiropractor for about nine months. I was getting epidural shots. You name it, I tried it. It got to the point where I couldn’t even bend over to pick my dogs up or tie my shoes. I ended up finally meeting this new surgeon who has this new surgery where they go through your side, and they realized that one of my discs was completely collapsed. So no matter what I was doing to try to ease the pain, nothing was going to help it unless I replaced the disc. So that’s eventually what I did in May. It was shortly after that where I was getting so tired of traveling. At that point I had already opened my clothing store. I knew I wasn’t going to be wrestling any more. There was no way I was going to risk hurting myself again knowing how it felt to be so crippled. I just sat back and really thought long and hard and said, “You know what, I don’t think I want to do this anymore.”

The latest issue of Inside Wrestling has a “whatever happened to…” article on Trish Stratus, catching up on what she’s been up to lately. The former WWE Women’s Champion has been quite busy since her departure from World Wrestling Entertainment in 2006. As she says, she is “as always, crazy-busy. I just wish I had more hours in each day!” Stratus said she tries to stay in shape by continuing to participate in triathlons and other sporting events for charity. As a matter of fact, she is a celebrity volunteer for foundations such as the Dignitas International Fund (a global AIDS foundation) and the Special Olympics. “The extracurricular things I while in WWE like Make-A-Wish Foundation were charities I wanted to continue giving back to when I left wrestling,” Stratus said. “I still feel very strongly about doing my best for them since I’ve been so bless.” Trish has also been busy with her fitness, health and yoga studio in North Toronto, “Statusphere.” She began doing yoga to treat an injured lumbar disc and later became a certified yoga instructor. The former WWE Women’s Champion teaches classes in the 5,200 square-foot-studio her husband built for her. Last year, Stratus filmed Stratusphere, which premiered in September on Canada’s Travel and Escape cable channel. She travels globally in search of the most exotic locations and daring physical challenges for each episode, from fire dancing in Fiji to Gilma wrestling in Thailand. “The overall thing I’m doing now is trying to help others whenever I can,” Stratus said. “Maybe entertaining them or hopefully helping people anywhere become healthier and hopefully living longer, more productive, satisfying lives. And in doing so, I’m having a great time. Life couldn’t be better.”

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