The rumor is that the reason for the 25-Diva Battle Royal at WrestleMania was from the big reaction Trish Stratus received when they were in Toronto for Raw last December. Being ones to take advantage of big reactions, the WWE figured Wrestlemania would make a great place to bring back a number of their WWE Divas. Supposedly, Trish declined when she learned of WWE creative’s plan to have Santina Marella win the match, but that is not confirmed.

And worse still, Trish Stratus, Amy “Lita” Dumas and Wendi Richter — three of the bigger names they wanted to bring back — all declined.

Why? Read on.

In Richter’s case, the common theory is her age. She didn’t want to be put in a position to be embarrassed body wise by being compared to the women of today. Richter is 47 years old and understandably looks different than how she used to look during her prime in the mid-1980s.

Amy Dumas was busy with an appearance at Booker T’s charity fan fest event that took place in Houston during WrestleMania weekend.

Stratus’s reason seems to be one of image. It’s believed that some people were upset during negotiations as there were some negative things said about the seven-time Women’s Champion amongst management during WrestleMania weekend over her not being there.

Shame though. Legends of the Industry are always welcome at Wrestlemania, and it only would have made the weekend even better, regardless of who won.

The latest rumormill spinning is that Trish Stratus will be not only making an appearance at WrestleMania 25, but participating as well. WWE Diva Natalya had this to say on her WWE.com Universe blog: “I am very curious what will happen this year at Mania for the Divas. Like Trish, I will be keeping my eye on the Glamazon, too … Both of these women inspire me to exceed all of my own expectation and personal limits.”

And A few days later, she posted this as well:

“There is no doubt that facing Trish would be nothing short of amazing,” Natalya wrote. “Two Canadian women, fighting for everything we believe in, as true athletes would.”

She also talks about Beth Phoenix, writing: “I am very curious what will happen this year at Mania for the Divas. Like Trish, I will be keeping my eye on the Glamazon, too…and knowing that the best is yet to come. She makes me want to get hungry and forget my manners! Both of these women inspire me to exceed all of my own expectation and personal limits.”

Natalya also shares her thoughts on being moved from SmackDown to ECW as the valet of Tyson Kidd. The WWE Diva is excited to be with Kidd.

“Tyson Kidd is my best and closest friend from the Dungeon,” Natalya wrote. “He has known my family for almost eighteen years, which is hard to believe. It’s inspiring to watch someone’s dreams come true; especially when you have watched them fight so hard for something since they were a little kid.”

For those of you interested, you can read her blog in its entirety at the following link.

Would you travel to the ends of the world with Trish Stratus? The Travel Channel is certainly betting you will. The Winnipeg Sun has the lucky opportunity to conduct an interview with former WWE Women’s champ Trish Stratus where she discusses her upcoming travel show The Stratusphere on the Travel Channel. The series will debut in Canada Monday on the Travel & Escape channel before coming to the U.S.

Stratus noted that she traveled the world with WWE, but rarely saw more than airports and hotels. “Initially we set out to do an adventure-activity show, and the fact I was willing to do all these cool things, that was the first idea,” Stratus said. “But then it kind of evolved into something slightly different, because once we got to these places, we realized these activities mean something really special in these cultures. So I was pleased to make it a deeper show. ”

Trish hopes the show will inspire people to travel. “I also hope it encourages people to realize there’s a great big beautiful world out there, so get out and explore it if you can. It always amazes me to go from one place to another and see how completely different they are.”

If you manage to catch the show, we’re looking for any feedback you might have. Send your thoughts our way by email to news (at) wrestlingdeals.com.

WWE has put together a list of what could become one of the more hotly debated topics for the next few weeks. No, it has nothing to do with our Presidential Election, it has to do with who has had the best finishing moves of all the WWE’s (and formerly WWF’s) long and colorful history.
Time is not limited to just the recent past as legends like The Macho Man Randy Savage and Rob Van Dam, all the way up to the beautiful Diva Trish Stratus and Legend killer Randy Orton.

They’ve limited the list to the Top 25. Who made the cut? Hit the jump to find out.

In case you don’t feel like paging through 26 pages to see the full list, we’ve compiled the full list below. But for the full link clicking fun, head on over to WWE’s website.

WWE’s Top 25 Best Finishing Moves of All Time
25 – Randy Orton – Rko
24 – Iron Sheir – Camel Clutch
23 – Matt Hardy – Twist Of Fate
22 – Bob Backlund – Crossface Chicken Wing
21 – Macho Man Randy Savage – Macho Man Elbow Drop
20 – John Cena – Fu
19 – Perry Saturn & John Kronus – Total Elimination
18 – Trish Stratus – Stratusfaction
17 – Billy Kidman – Shooting Star Press
16 – Million Dollar Man – Ted Dibiase – Million Dollar Dream
15 – Rick Rude – Rude Awakening
14 – Rob Van Dam – Van Terminator
13 – Razor Ramon – Razor’s Edge
12 – Eddie Guerrero – Frog Splash
11 – Jeffy Hardy – Swanton Bomb
10 – Mankind A.K.A Mick Foley – Mandible Claw
09 – Tazz – Tazzmission
08 – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – Rock Bottom
07 – Hbk – Sweet Chin Music
06 – Mr Perfect – Perfect Plex
05 – Triple H – Pedigree
04 – The Nature Boy Ric Flair – Figure Four Leglock
03 – Bret “The Hitman” Hart – Sharpshooter
02 – The Undertaker – Tombstone
01 – Stone Cold Steve Austin – Stone Cold Stunner

So did your favorite wrestler make the cut? Who was left off?

WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James has started her own blog on her WWE Fan Nation account. She started off by answering a few frequently asked questions regarding Trish Stratus and John Cena.

On Trish she said, “It was and honor to start in a major program with Trish Stratus. We are still wonderful friends and she taught me a lot about the world of WWE.”

As for John Cena, she said, “Now lastly many of you all want to now what exactly is going on between John and myself. Like I said before a true lady doesn’t kiss and tell. But what I will tell you is this. The truth is we have really become great friends. He is truly an amazing man. Like no one I have ever known and I am grateful to have him in my life. When you step into this crazy world you soon find that the genuine people are few and far between. He is Real… I adore him for that…”

She goes on to say that she doesn’t have a MySpace page nor a Facebook page, as there are apparently a lot of people pretending to be her on those sites. Mickie also wants people to keep things clean on her page. “I think its important that we all remember that there are many little eyes and ears that see hear and imitate everything we do. We must all be aware of that and keep it in mind. You are free to express yourself however you want but just please keep your language and remarks clean on the board. Also I wanted to reserve my email for serious questions in order to restart the ASK MICKIE advice column. So if your just writing to say hi than just do so on the board. It just makes it easier for me… Thank you..”

While unconfirmed, according to the most recent issue of Power Slam magazine from the UK, former WWE Diva and beauty Trish Stratus has reportedly had her breast implants taken out.

If it’s true, Trish Stratus is following the lead of quite a few other women removing their breast implants after leaving the world of professional wrestling behind including WWE Legends like Chyna, Debra “Madusa” Miceli, Kimberly Page and Nidia Guenard.

We promise to do our best to keep on top of Trish Stratus’s rack.

Vaughan Today had the opportunity to interview former WWE Diva Trish Stratus recently.

Trish’s new Yoga studio, called Stratusphere, opened this week and its buzz is undeniable. “The response has been fantastic. I just want to spread the word about yoga.”

A back injury forced Trish to leave WWE wrestling back in 2005. And after growing frustrated with the slow pace of traditional physical therapy, the former WWE women’s champion decided to try yoga’s special healing powers. “As soon as I started doing the yoga, I could feel that I was getting better. I could just feel a difference. No back pain since. Knock on wood. Nothing has come back.”

Not only is Trish the actual owner of the new yoga studio, but she is also currently working on her Ashtanga yoga instructor certification so she can be hands on with the students. Trish says “I’m sure I’ll be here quite a lot. The only thing taking me away is my new travel show — I may be out in Dubai or Bali. I was paragliding in the Himalayas last week.” The travel show (also called Stratusphere) debuts on Discovery HD and the Travel Channel this summer.

Nothing Like a Flexible Blonde right?

Former WWE Diva and current TV personality Trish Stratus has established her very own yoga studio, appropriately dubbed “Stratusphere”. There will be an open house held today, located in The Village at Vaughan Mills, 255 Bass Pro Mills Drive.

Stratus tells her fans, “I practise every day and I got my (teaching) certification, but I’m not going to be teaching right away, because we have some senior teachers who really are fabulous,” Stratus said. “I’m kind of selfish because I still want to be in the back, just learning from these people. But after a while I’ll put in some ‘Stratusfaction’ classes here and there.”

Stratus has also been keeping busy filming a new travel TV series — also called Stratusphere strangely — that will air on the Travel channel and Discovery HD late this summer.

“I’m travelling all over the world, kicking ass,” Stratus says with a laugh. “Well, that’s kind of a loose definition. But it’s a perfect fit.”

WWE Diva Torrie Wilson hinted her in-ring career is likely to be over in her Myspace.com blog:

“My health is doing ok as far as back problems. I must say there are days that I wake up and ask myself why the heck I put my body through what I did the last few years but it’s all worth it. I can never trade all of the awesome experiences that I have had in the WWE and of course all of the great lifelong friends that I have made along the way. I have been told by 2 back surgeons that I should never set foot in a wrestling ring again if I want to be moving around in a few years on my own. Pretty depressing if you ask me….I don’t even have some awesome memory of what my last match even was or who it was with. Hopefully it was with Victoria and I beat her! (-: I guess everything happens for a reason for sure.”

Wilson, who actually did attend Wrestlemania XXIV, is working on a clothing line and will still doing WWE-related public appearances. This includes heading to Japan the week of 4/17 to promote the company.

Just in case any of you are intersted, Last Week, WWE Diva Trish Stratus was the fourth(4th) most searched for woman on the internet. The only people ahead of her were Paris Hilton, Ashley Alexandra Dupre and Pamela Anderson. In general, Trish was the eight (8th) most searched for term, just above WWE at ninth(9th).
Congrats super sexy Trish Stratus. Maybe her talents are finally getting noticed?