The legendary career of Trish Stratus is most remembered for her successful results in the ring as a groundbreaking wrestler, but she also thrived as a manager. WWE initially expected Stratus to be a manager for most of her career due to not having any experience in wrestling before signing. The Attitude Era also allowed most women to get away with little in-ring work.
Stratus wanted to prove herself as a wrestler, but that didn’t take away from her time managing others. Quite a few wrestlers benefited from having Trish in their corner as a highly popular performer from early in her career. Find out which talents stood out for better or worse with Trish in their corner.
10 Tyson Tomko
The WWE run of Tyson Tomko saw him primarily working with Trish Stratus and Christian. Tomko was introduced as the "Problem Solver" for Christian often trying to give him an advantage in his matches at ringside.
The heel turn of Trish aligning with Christian saw them working together as well. Stratus appeared for Tomko's matches and vice versa when Christian suffered an injury forcing him to miss time. WWE eventually gave up on Tomko as a potential long-term player and released him.
9 Val Venis
WWE paired Trish Stratus and Val Venis together for a short time in 2000 when they had mutual enemies. Venis was feuding with Eddie Guerrero over the Intercontinental Championship when Trish had issues with Chyna.
Stratus became Val’s manager for a short time and the duo even teamed up together. The run was not successful as Eddie and Chyna won all the important matches leading to Trish and Venis splitting up.
8 Mickie James
The storyline between Trish Stratus and Mickie James featured James debuting as a stalker fan of Stratus. Things were fine at first with Trish being honored by having someone look up to her with such a passionate approach.
The two wrestlers would accompany each other to the ring for their matches during the short run teaming up. James eventually betrayed Stratus to end their time together and enter a feud that provided more positive results.
7 Albert
Trish Stratus debuted as a manager looking for wrestlers to represent in 2000. Albert was treading water at the time after his short-term team with Droz ended. The big man needed something new and was paired with Stratus.
WWE treated the T&A tag team as a relevant act and Albert definitely benefited from having some structure in his career. The run didn’t last too long as Albert eventually broke out on his own winning the Intercontinental Championship.
6 Test
The star power of Test was once viewed as noteworthy for WWE believing he could be a main eventer. Test struggled immensely after falling out of the Stephanie McMahon romance storyline and getting replaced by Triple H.
Trish Stratus picked Test as her first wrestler along with Albert right behind him as the guys she wanted to represent. Test looked good in the T&A tag team run before moving forward on his own aligning with Shane McMahon.
5 Jeff Hardy
WWE teased a romantic storyline between Trish Stratus and Jeff Hardy in 2001. Matt Hardy was dating Lita, so the idea of having the other Hardy brother unite with the other popular diva made sense on paper.
Trish managed Jeff on a few occasions along with a couple of tag matches together. WWE even had them kiss in a backstage segment, but the storyline was eventually dropped. The angle was mostly done for Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler to get involved as rivals for Stratus and Lita.
4 Carlito
The end of Trish Stratus’s WWE run saw her getting into a storyline with Carlito. Both wrestlers were faces when a romantic angle was teased following their backstage segments. Stratus managed Carlito for a couple of matches to show their bond growing.
However, Trish's desire was to retire and start her own projects outside of wrestling. Stratus retired as the Carlito angle was just starting to build momentum. Carlito tried to continue the same angle with Torrie Wilson as his new love interest, but it just didn’t work out.
3 Lita
Trish Stratus and Lita will always have their careers bonded together due to their feud and tag work. Most fans remember the iconic performers as rivals competing numerous times on the highest level.
However, the duo often teamed up when both played face characters at the same time. Trish and Lita became allies during the Invasion storyline when feuding with Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler. Lita and Stratus managed each other on a few occasions to create a friendship on-screen and behind the scenes.
2 Christian
One of the most memorable moments of Trish Stratus’ career came at WrestleMania 20 when turning heel. Trish betrayed Chris Jericho to become the new love interest as Christian. Both Stratus and Christian benefited from the angle adding to their importance on the show.
This started the best heel run of Trish’s career starting off with her managing Christian against Jericho. An injury to Christian allowed Stratus to dominate the women’s division as the best female heel in many years.
1 Kurt Angle
The business relationship between Kurt Angle and Trish Stratus was only meant for one big match, but they accomplished short-term success together. Stratus was feuding with Stephanie McMahon who remained loyal to her husband Triple H over her friend Angle.
The segments between Angle and Trish were comical to provide entertainment value, but they were also a real threat together. Even though Angle was the WWE Champion, he was proving he belonged in the main event scene. Stratus found the same opportunity to showcase her overall star power playing a manager in one of the most important WWE matches of the year.