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Trish Stratus, even at her peak, was never something out of All Japan Women, circa 1994. She was a decent worker, although Victoria (now Tara in TNA) and Molly "Nora Greenwald" Holly (two performers she often feuded with in 2002-2004) were superior to her in the in-ring department. She was over, but never had the connection with fans that, say, Sunny or Lita did in their primes (indeed, after Trish’s brief in-ring return this year, she just disappeared. Fans didn’t seem to notice or care.) She was never a huge ratings draw like Sable (who in 1999, believe it or not, was actually pulling in bigger ratings than Steve Austin.) In short, Trish was a decent all-rounder, but never excelled in any area (although her heel promos were occasionally very good.) but still WWE brass has placed her on a lofty pedestal. She was brought into be a trainer for Tough Enough. She’s likely to go into the Hall of Fame next year. Announcers and fellow wrestlers will often lavish praise on her and refer to her as a legend. Why, all the adoration? Well Trish is the only tangible proof management have that they can take a model and turned her into a good performer. It likely justifies their whole attitude to the women’s division: why bother hiring actual female wrestlers (who usually don’t have the looks), when you could just get models in and train them to be good wrestlers? Accordingly, they’ve tried to replicate the Trish experiment since. Even if, as I have noted, the original was probably a bit over-rated anyway. But, nonetheless, they’ve still tried. And, needless to say, most of the results have been a dismal failure. So, let’s have a look at five of the most blatant failures:

5.Ashley Massaro

What She Had Going For Her: She was a rock chick! She was totally different from all the other blond models! Well, okay, she really wasn’t. But the glimmer of personality she showed during the second Diva Search contest allowed her to win and gain the $250,000 contract. Also, Kevin Dunn and Vince McMahon liked her. A lot. This was mainly why she got the WWE spot on the CBS show Survivor, when the company was asked by the show to submit a contestant, even though most thought she would be a disaster and it would be ample opportunity to push an up and coming male star (indeed, Ashley lasted about 1 week and a half before getting kicked off).

What Went Wrong: Ashley was an atrocious wrestler. Like, unbelievably bad. Sloppy, un-coordinated, injury-prone...frankly, Manami Toyota would have dug up her grave to roll in if she ever saw one of Massaro’s matches. Jenna Morasca even thought Ashley was a crappy women's wrestler and could have put more of an effort in. Massaro also battled personal issues (reportedly, getting sent him from a Raw taping, due to being in "bad shape", which in wrestling usually means only one thing); she also shrunk dramatically in size, prompting worries about her possibly having an eating disorder. No, it’s never a good sign when we can clearly see your rib cages in pictures. Then there was the small matter of Rolling Stone Magazine outing her as a high-priced escort in their May 2008 issue after an FBI sting operation. Ashley took to her MySpace, vociferously denying the reports and claiming she was contacting her lawyer to demand a retraction. The Rolling Stone writer, Michelle Grigoriadis, stood by the claims that Massaro had worked as a $50,000 a night for a Los Angeles Escort Agency (and denied the theory that Massaro had been mixed up with a Las Vegas model of the same name.) The magazine never issued an apology or retraction, and nothing was ever heard about Ashley and her legal action again (quite similar to the time Dave Batista dramatically announced he was taking legal action against Sports Illustrated for linking him with steroid use, and then never made another peep about it again). She was released some time afterwards. Although it probably had less to do with the Rolling Stone story, and more with the fact that management had had it with her.

Where Is She Now: She was apparently in talks to do a reality show with VH1 (isn’t everyone?) The pitch of the show is that unknown MMA fighters would fight in gruelling matches to win the privilege of dating the supposedly stunning Ashley (for some reason, this concept conjured up the memory in my mind of GSP after he won the interim Welterweight title: “No, No, I don’t want this!”)

4.Christy Hemme

What She Had Going for Her: She was the winner of the first Diva Search and a management favourite for some time- they liked her look and her willingness to learn. Indeed, Christy was enthusiastic and worked very hard to get better in the ring. Indeed her first few performances were, for someone with limited training, very good indeed.

What Went Wrong: No-one is quite sure, actually. She was demoted to OVW in late 2005 (in a move that was speculated to have been an encouragement by WWE for her to quit on her own; although, instead, she relished the opportunity to get better) She was officially released from WWE in December of that year for what were apparently “budget reasons” (which makes sense: she was making quite a lot of money to not do that much, after all). Although Hemme strongly denied this and said she was more than willing to take a paycut. There were also some bizarre rumours about her and HHH (which were shot down by most reporters; after all, Christy looks way too much like a woman for HHH to be interested.) So, what was the deal? Later, Hemme writing in November 2008, claimed she had quit: “My departure from WWE was on my own terms because I stuck to my guns on my morals and values as a human being. I knew in my gut that it would be the end, but I also knew that carrying guilt for knowingly doing something against what I believed wasn't worth getting ahead. Leaving broke my heart... but doing the right thing is something I will always be proud of." Hmmm.

Where is She Now: Earning a huge pay check in TNA to do something that only mildly resembles ring announcing.

3.Kelly Kelly

What She Had Going for Her: Signed at 19 when Johnny Ace spotted her photo in a bikini magazine (prior to that the only wrestling match she had seen was Andre vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania III) Kelly was probably far too young when she got called up in 2006, but she is, nonetheless, an enthusiastic performer and well-liked backstage (It’s been noted that Randy Orton got a ton of heat for his criticisms towards her in his infamous interview with Arizona's Real Rock Radio Interview, because of her popularity in the locker room). She worked hard to get better in the ring and was given the divas championship after she won a title match in the fan voting for the interactive edition of Monday Night Raw. She even cried when she won her title(presumably because she was happy, not because she was distressed at being burdened with the ugly thing.) Also, she can count Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn among her biggest supporters backstage.

What Went Wrong: She’s deathly afraid of the ring ropes, for a start. She’s also had some absolutely atrocious matches (Notably with Brie Bella at Money in the Bank) as champion. Also, in recent times, she’s become far more well-known for her turbulent love life than she has for any of her in-ring contributions. In the past, she’s been romantically linked with Dolph Ziggler, Andrew “Test” Martin, Chris Jericho and Batista (who admitted that, shockingly, he found the girl was dating “immature”, apparently not realizing that’s what happens when you date someone young enough to be your daughter.) It was all this that apparently inspired Orton’s harsh remarks last month.

Where Is She Now: Still hiding in fear from the ring ropes, I assume. Also: shooting Randy Orton evil glares if she spots him backstage at a taping.

More after the cut.

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2. Candice Michelle

What She Had Going for Her: Former fetish model Candice worked hard to improve her in-ring skills after joining WWE in 2004. Eventually, her hard work paid off and WWE rewarded her with the title at the notorious WWE Vengeance in 2007. Oh, and Vince liked her. A lot.

What Went Wrong: While she improved a lot as a wrestler, she still wasn’t that great. She was never particularly over either. Of course what really killed her career was broken collarbone in a late 2007 match with Beth Phoenix, an injury she was never able to fully recover from. She also committed the ultimate diva infraction of Not Being In Totally Perfect Shape and was released soon afterwards. After her release, she put up an incredibly gracious goodbye note on her official WWE blog, thanking the McMahon family and everyone else at WWE for everything they had done for her. It was rather coldly yanked from the site an hour later.

Where Is She Now: She got married to a doctor and had a daughter called Aki-Anne (almost as bad as a NXT name, isn’t it?). She can occasionally be found on the convention circuit, but appears to have moved on from wrestling for the most part.

1. Melina

What She Had Going For Her: Upon her debut, former beauty queen and Tough Enough contestant Melina Perez gained notice for her wrestling talent, presence and mic skills. Indeed, many predicted that she, along with her on and off screen boyfriend John Morrison, would become a major star in wrestling. Also, Mick Foley was a big fan. And Batista. And Bret Hart (who, in something he will probably never live down, once called her the "best wrestler in the world".)

What Went Wrong: Where to start? She was a heat-magnet for a start: shortly after her debut, she got sent to wrestler’s court in Australia for being rude to the other women and hitting on the wrong people (in their infamous shoot, Paul London and Brian Kendrick noted that she cried the entire time, and they thought the whole thing was awkward, needless and a complete waste of time) She apparently got into a catfight with Sharmell at one point, too. Melina’s erratic behaviour eventually got her and Morrison sent over to Raw. Later, she was kicked out of the locker room by Lita for her attitude. She was often compared to Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, who was also known for being a handful backstage during her run. She also allegedly got Brooke Adams fired for daring to wear furry boots, like she did (for her part, Brooke denied the story on Twitter, but acknowledged Melina was extremely difficult to be around in WWE, calling Melina a "rude, fake b****.")

More recently, Melina convinced herself that Trish Stratus had “stolen” her spot at Wrestlemania and instructed Morrison (who really does need to grow a pair) to give Trish the cold shoulder, bringing down an avalanche of heat on herself and Morrison. She also suffered a fair amount of injuries, including a torn ACL in early 2010, which seem to have affected her wrestling too: She has went from being a decent women’s wrestler to being as bad as the rest of the models turned wrestlers. Even if Ariane from Tough Enough claimed she had a five star classic with Alicia on Superstars once. And, worse still for any diva, years on the road and bad plastic surgery have also taken their toll on her looks: Melina has went from being a pretty girl to looking a bit like Michael Jackson. In such a cosmetic business (even the always- thin Maria Kanellis once claimed she had been dragged into WWE offices and told to lose weight) this likely doesn’t bode well for her future in WWE.

There’s also the strange behaviour: the odd tweets, the strange Youtube videos, her new work-shoot persona (as for whether the angle is any good, let’s put it this way: she’s no CM Punk) and, of course, the skittles. Don’t forget the skittles. You know it’s never a good sign when Michael Cole (who is usually receiving instructions from Vince McMahon) refers to you as a “wackjob” on air (as Cole did last Monday) and it has nothing whatsoever to do with your on screen character.

Where Is She Now: Still munching down skittles and bossing Morrison around, I guess.

What do you think??
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyMon 01 Aug 2011, 7:49 pm

Who wrote this because they sound like a real bitch..

I never thought wwe was trying to make Melina the new Trish so I think her being on the list is just stupid.. Rolling Eyes

The other 4 yes but her hell no.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyMon 01 Aug 2011, 8:27 pm

LMAO I always saw Melina as the next Trish tbh.

Meh looks, meh wrestling skills, but one hell of a mic worker.

But she fell short in the end. Christy Hemme next trish? Nah, but i think her success helped WWE continue with the Model path in the WWE. She was getting great reviews for her matches. I heard her last match with Jillian was pretty good.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyMon 01 Aug 2011, 9:16 pm

I don't think Melina should be on this list. I never got the, "Next Trish" vibe from her. I think Michelle is the one WWE tried to turn into the next Trish. That damn chick was everywhere!
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 1:35 am

^ Yeah McCool would have made more sense [still not right] but then again I don't think she was a failure since she was a great wrestler.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 1:41 am

she was boring, lacked charisma, was a failed attempt for 4 years but YET they NEVER gave up on her......weird.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 2:14 am

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[color=white][b]Who wrote this because they sound like a real bitch..

Agreed. The moron has no idea what made Trish, or Melina for that matter, so good. Of course, if it had been Victoria that was the top star who elevated the popularity of the Division, that writer would be bashing her to hell in this "article" for the same reasons Trish is being bashed. The person conveniently forgets to mention that Victoria/Tara was just a model when they signed her. But, if it had been Vic as the main star, and who's retirement was immediately followed by the Division's decline, you can bet this person would have gone on about Vic's beginnings in modelling.

If the boys, the wrestlers, their peers, think someone is all that, then they're probably all that. Who's in the best position to judge these things? It was the boys who dubbed Trish "The Total Package," not the company's publicity department. WWE never called her that, just wrestlers and writers who picked it up from them. If Trish sucked as much as the haters insist, then how was it that no one else could create classic matches with Lita? Surely, Molly, Victoria, etc, should have been able to produce much better matches with Lita than Trish did, right? The fact that they didn't speaks volumes about Trish's abilities. Molly, herself, called Trish her favorite person to work a match with. But what does Molly know?

I doubt Mick or Bret are embarrassed about the praise they gave Melina. Melina is talented, and always has been. Her behavior just keeps putting her in the doghouse. She's about wasted potential, not lack of talent.

Anyway, yes, there were attempts to create the Next Trish Stratus. They were Mickie James, Beth Phoenix (She even dressed like Trish in her first Raw appearance), Melina, and Michelle McCool. They all got the Trish Push, especially Michelle, all were supposed to be who the Division would be built around. There's a reason the two biggest stars of the Division, the two we identify their era with, Trish and Lita, each put over Mickie in one of the Big Four PPVs (Wrestlemania and Survivor Series, respectively) in 2006. They were passing the torch to their successor like HBK did for Austin at Wrestlemania 14. Mickie was annoited as the Next Trish Stratus, with Melina being built in 2005-06 as her Lita (which worked nicely with the plans for Nitro/Morrison as the Next Edge).

Kelly isn't an attempt to create the next Trish, but completely giving up on it and the Division as a whole. They expected Mickie, Beth, Melina, and Michelle to be the Total Package that would resonate with the fans on the level Trish did. They have no such expectations of Kelly.

The thing is, you can't just create the Next Trish Stratus any more than you can create the Next Stone Cold or the Next Rock or the Next Edge. This shows that it's not just the Divas this gets done to, BTW. They so want Orton to be the Next Stone Cold (complete with JR crowing, after his first Championship win, "The Randy Orton Era has begun!" in imitation of his proclamation at the end of Wrestlemania 14) and Morrison to be the Next Edge. Where have they found success? With the First John Cena and, to a lesser degree, the First C. M. Punk.

There was a much better article a while back that suggested that, rather than trying to create the Next Trish Stratus, as Trish was lightning in a bottle, not something you can just create, they should think more in terms of Sherri or Medusa. Just build a solid Division with good wrestlers putting on good matches. Victoria's run as face Champion was cut short because her matches weren't getting the crowd reactions that Trish and Lita got. But, what was quiet by 2004 standards was bringing the house down compared to the lack of noise for a Kelly match, now. The crowds did make noise during Vic's feuds with Molly and Gail, just not to the level as when Trish or Lita were involved. They were never called "Bathroom breaks."

They gave up on Mickie, Melina, and Beth because they were just getting Victoria, Molly, and Gail level noise so soon after Trish and Lita retired. But now? They'd love to have that kind of noise.

Um, not that I'm still bitter about how they lost faith in Mickie or anything...
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 2:34 am

I don't say Ashley failed. She was extremely over, and definantly could've gone over as the next Trish stardom wise.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 2:36 am

But STILL a complete fuck up in the ring...they would have better luck with a broom wrestling than Ashley
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 2:39 am

Ashley had potential, but never developed the in ring skills. They pushed her way too soon, making her the next Christy Hemme, and that didn't work out well the first time.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 2:56 am

I don't remember did Ashely ever get sent down to OVW or FCW?

Not that I think it would have helped much but she might have been able to improve a little. :-/
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 3:32 am

Maybe DSW, but she was thrown straight into the week a week after she won the comp, which was rather drastic...

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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 4:07 am

Interesting read and very surprised that Michelles not on the list. Candice was definitely an attempt to create a sex symbol that can wrestle and Melina too. Ashley I think they tried to combine the edginess of Lita with the hotness of Trish. I'm a huge Christy fan and think she was very unique so doesn't really belong on the list.

Kelly yeah I can kinda see although she's not been mega pushed in terms of always being given storylines and multiple title reigns. If Maryse had continued to improve then I could have seen her being the face of the division though she seems to have fallen out of favour a bit. Still one of the most entertaining divas to watch though.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptyTue 02 Aug 2011, 10:44 am

well people forget that Trish herself was meant to be the next Sable but she went further and became a great in ring worker, not just a good one. did the person who wrote that not know that Victoria/Tara was a model when she was hired? or that Lita was a stripper?

i thought Ashley had potential since she wanted to wrestle and she probably could have become better if she had been sent down to OVW straight away to train instead of just being put on TV right away.
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I feel like WWE should just let Trish Stratus be Trish Stratus & stop trying to turn other Divas into what she was.


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No McCool? Hmm...
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well people forget that Trish herself was meant to be the next Sable but she went further and became a great in ring worker, not just a good one. did the person who wrote that not know that Victoria/Tara was a model when she was hired? or that Lita was a stripper?

i thought Ashley had potential since she wanted to wrestle and she probably could have become better if she had been sent down to OVW straight away to train instead of just being put on TV right away.

With Trish and Victoria, the intention from the start was for them to be wrestlers. Trish was what TV Tropes would call a Promoted Fan.

Trish had been a co-host of Live Audio Wrestling, which, of course, had a lot of WWF people on the show. Because of her love for pro wrestling, her good looks, her charisma, and her build...

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...guests from the WWF told her she should actually be doing it instead of on the radio talking about it. And what young wrestling fan wouldn't jump at that idea? Jim Ross signed her on the condition that she learn to wrestle because he thought she'd be good for the Division he was looking to build. That was fine with Trish, because that's what she wanted.

So, it wasn't just that she was pretty and charismatic, but her love for the business and her muscle mass that got her signed. Jim Ross wasn't thinking in terms of the next Sable, but a smaller, prettier, Chyna (who, lest we forget, also got her start in the fitness model world). It was from that world that they also found Lisa Varon, who would be trained and become Victoria. The difference with Trish was she was already a fairly well known name, so they put her on TV while she was training.

You can see the difference between how Trish & Victoria got there and Johnny Ace's method of finding Divas: Flipping through swimsuit and Victoria's Secret catalogs, picking a picture, and calling the model's agent.
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PostSubject: Re: Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus   Top 5 failed attempts by WWE to create the next Trish Stratus EmptySat 06 Aug 2011, 12:46 pm

Melina shouldn't be there at all.

lol @ Eve and Michelle avoiding this list though... I love them both but they aren't exactly internet faves and well any model that gets a push is supposedly the new "Trish" or w/e.

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