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Trish Stratus Speaks Out on Sex Appeal in Women's MMA

Fighters.com recently had the opportunity to speak to a woman who knows a thing or two about being a female in a profession dominated by men, none other than perhaps the most famous WWE Diva in all time and an icon in the world of professional wrestling, Trish Stratus.

A former fitness model, seven-time WWE Women’s champion, actress, and martial arts practitioner herself, Stratus definitely took note of the Rousey-Tate rivalry even she wasn’t able to catch the broadcast.

“I did not watch (Tate-Rousey) but I’ve been very keen on Strikeforce. That fight did catch my attention and those girls are hot. That is going to be the key to people sticking around and watching because there’s no doubt about it that sex sells,” Stratus said. “I hate to say it but you have to use whatever can bring you to the dance. With me, I started as a fitness model and made my transition into wrestling and I dealt with the same thing. People would say that I was just the hot chick but that is what caught their attention.”

Stratus debuted in the WWE in 2000 as a valet for the tag team known as T and A with heavyweight superstars known as Test and Prince Albert. Fans viewed her as eye candy for the first twelve months of her career before they witnessed her incredible ability in the ring following a series of great matches and her first title win in 2001.

“Once I had their attention I was able to showcase my talents and as long as you can back up your looks with your talent, as both (Tate/Rousey) have proven, that is the key. The fact that these women went out there and proved themselves is awesome,” Stratus glowed proudly of her fellow female athletes.

“We had the same thing in wrestling where we’d have the crowd chanting “puppies” but once we brought it and delivered some solid action in the ring those chants stopped and fans began chanting for us and what we were doing in the ring,” Stratus continued. “WWE Productions noticed that and ended up giving us more time and more devotion to our storylines and character development.”

Obviously professional wrestling and MMA are two different entities but there are similarities between the two in terms of drawing an audience. When Stratus was on the top of her game in the WWE, women’s wrestling was often the highlight of many WWE cards.

Female fighters such as Rousey and Tate could absolutely follow a similar route in MMA. With Rousey’s marketing ability and niche for creating pre-fight hype, we may very well see more female fights in the main event on many cards in the near future.

WWE’s Trish Stratus Speaks Out on Sex Appeal in Women’s MMA

[Sniggles]

[0mega1]

I remember Trish being hotter... her face is kind of beat.

[FCK]

A former fitness model, seven-time WWE Women’s champion, actress, and martial arts practitioner herself

Lol, seven time WWE champ.

She must be a blow job queen to get written into the script as a champion 7 times.

[KevoOnTheRadio]

Originally Posted by FCK

Lol, seven time WWE champ.

She must be a blow job queen to get written into the script as a champion 7 times.

Well that's kind of fucked up.

[CRisCO]

Originally Posted by FCK

Lol, seven time WWE champ.

She must be a blow job queen to get written into the script as a champion 7 times.

she "pretended" to be vince's girlfriend

[FCK]

Sorry, didn't you know WWE is scripted? Its not real dude.

Trish comparing WWE for women and MMA for women is totally fucked up. The women in the WWE are only there to serve as eye candy, most of the time introduced as somebodies bit on the side, hardly empowering proud roles. Trish says herself that she needed to get there attention before she could showcase her talents. Women's MMA shouldn't be like that at all.

Considering women's MMA is dealing with two super toned sweaty women possibly wrestling on top of each other, women have to work harder than anyone to show there skills through "perv view" from the mostly male MMA fan base.

I mean will we be talking about Gina Carrano in a years time in MMA? Seems unlikely, unless she takes her clothes off in some upcoming film she'll choose over MMA.

[CRisCO]

Womenz MMA could go away tomorrow and I wouldn't give a shit.

That's what Trish is talking about. Men don't care about your athletic ability until you give them a reason too.(most anyway)

[KevoOnTheRadio]

Originally Posted by FCK

Sorry, didn't you know WWE is scripted? Its not real dude.

Holy shit is it? Thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by FCK

Considering women's MMA is dealing with two super toned sweaty women possibly wrestling on top of each other, women have to work harder than anyone to show there skills through "perv view" from the mostly male MMA fan base.

So how is this comment helping?

Originally Posted by FCK

She must be a blow job queen to get written into the script as a champion 7 times.

[Thamob]

[QUOTE=0mega1;911878]I remember Trish being hotter... her face is kind of beat.[/QUOTE
Sure you can say that but I bet if she knocked on your door asking you'd say yes and tell the anybody who would listen after.