Trish Stratus spoke to IGN about the upcoming series of Tough Enough during a recent visit to the show’s Simi Valley set.
When asked about her current favorite Diva, Trish voted for fellow Canadian, Natalya:
“She’s untapped,” Trish smiled. “Fans are starting to get to know her more and more and I’m just waiting for the day where she goes out there and really can do her thing because I don’t think she’s been given the opportunity to really get out there and show everybody what she’s got.”
With Sunny going into this year’s Hall of Fame, Trish says Chyna should be next:
“I think Chyna should be next in because she did a lot of stuff to bring attention to the women’s division itself and just presented women as a different thing,” Stratus said. “I think fans were conditioned to see women as eye candy for a long, long time and she really broke the mold with that.”
You can read the full piece here.
Thoughts: Natalya was finally given some spotlight last year but that quickly came to an end at the Royal Rumble in January. Like Trish, I think there is certainly a lot more that Nattie can offer in the ring and as a character. What Natalya has more of, in my opinion, than any other Diva is likability. She could be just as popular as Trish, but it all comes down to the opportunities available for Divas today as opposed to in Trish’s heyday.
