#7: Trish Stratus vs Victoria, Chicago Street Fight, Monday Night Raw,
Trish’s most well-known rivalry may have been with Lita, but it could be argued that her matches with Victoria were her best. There was a contrast in styles and appearance that made their matches so compelling. At this time, Trish was a plucky underdog face, and Victoria was this ultra-strong, mentally unstable “Jezebel”, who also was the champ at the time. These women had a wide assortment of matches; singles, tag, hardcore, triple threat, and on this night in Chicago, Victoria and Trish showed out.
The opening included Trish being dragged and choked by a kendo stick by Victoria, we saw one of the first matrix moves from Trish, trash lids to the head, and a violent Stevie Richards-aided shove to the barricade from an attempted Stratusfaction that gave Victoria the win. After the match, we saw a returning Jazz (these seem to be a recurring theme for Trish) come in a destroy her with a violent kick to the face and sealing the deal with the Bitch Clamp.
