Trish Stratus and Lita did a great job as rivals, producing the best rivalry in the women's division. But their friendship is even more iconic, so let's look at what occurred during Trish ad Lita's friendship.
Seven-time champion and diva of the decade, Trish is genuinely one of a kind. Lita is the multiple-time women's champion who made the WWE universe fall in love with her extreme ways and turned Rated R and made us love to hate her. Both these women are legends in their own right, but when they came together, they became something more.
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The feud between Trish and Lita was so good that it didn't matter who was the heel and who was the face because they delivered every time regardless. When was their rivalry at its best? Or were they actually at their best as friends in Team Bestie? Time to look at the friendship behind the legendary careers of Trish and Lita.
10 Bra and Panties
Trish Stratus and Lita had one of the greatest rivalries of all time. However, they were also great friends on and off the screen. They actually tagged in the first-ever bra and panties tag team match against Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler during the Invasion pay-per-view.
Lita and Trish did a Howard Stern interview together promoting the match. You could tell they weren't ecstatic about the stipulation, but Trish said they would do those types of matches and use them as an opportunity to execute exciting spots. Lita and Trish won the bra and panties match.
9 Mixed Match Main Event
Trish and Lita actually main evented before their singles match on Raw. They were in the main event of Raw against each other with The Rock and Triple H. The Rock and Lita teamed together, and Triple H and Trish teamed together. The Rock and Lita were ultimately victorious, but this match gave Trish and Lita a bite at the main event. This match headlined the 7/30/2000 episode of Raw Is War during a time when WWE was at its peak.
Trish and Lita remember the match fondly, and they feel like it was huge for their characters. Also, they point out that they were in a legit tag match and the psychology of intergender wrestling made the match better. They feel like the WWE's current brand of mixed matches is stupid because it's like two separate matches, and it sucks the fun out of the match.
8 Parallel Careers
Trish and Lita came into the WWE around the same time, and they were both about the same age. They communicated early on and bonded on being the new girls. Even though they met up at the same point, they had different trajectories. Lita came from wrestling in Mexico, and Trish came from modeling. They describe themselves as each other's yin and yang. They really were the perfect contrast from their background to their looks and attitude. They were each able to play both babyface and heel, which worked every time because they had such great chemistry.
7 Team Bestie Returns
In 2018 WWE had an all-women pay-per-view called Evolution, and the card didn't just have current women on it but women from the past as well. Lita and Trish returned as Team Bestie to face Alicia Fox and Mickie James. Lita and Trish won their match at WWE's first-ever and only female-exclusive PPV Evolution.
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Not only were they just as good as they always were as a tag team in the ring, but they also revealed their friendship was still just as strong outside the ring. According to Trish and Lita, they hang out even more now that they are retired.
6 Friends In The End
Before Trish was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, she posted a poll on her site about who should induct her. Lita won by a landslide, and Trish stated that she agreed with the fans. However, Stephanie McMahon ended up inducting Trish instead.
WWE makes the final choice, and Stephanie ended up doing it despite Lita being what the fans wanted and what Trish wanted. However, a year later, when Lita was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Lita selected Trish to induct her.
5 Backstage Brawls
Trish and Lita have a long, storied history and a lot to be proud of in their career. Curiously, one of the things they are most proud of is their backstage brawls. Trish and Lita said they always got compliments on their backstage brawls from guys because they just went for it. They also point out that there isn't much give to concrete floors, trash cans, and garage doors. Trish and Lita ranked their backstage brawl on SmackDown in 2002 as one of their best moments. Before their triple threat Women's Title match at WrestleMania 18, Stratus and Lita were already going to war backstage.
4 Perfect Ending
Trish Stratus had one of the best retirement matches ever. She faced Lita in her retirement match at Unforgiven 2006. This match is one of the best not only because it was great from work-rate perspective but also because of the meaning behind it. Trish chose Lita for her last match, and Trish beat Lita for the title in her retirement match. Trish got to go out against her best friend, and she actually got to win the title in her retirement match, which is rare.
3 Off Script
When the real-life cheating scandal between Matt Hardy and Lita got out, it affected Litas' character. She was supposed to be a babyface, but the crowd hated her, and they were really cruel to her. So cruel that it caused Trish, who was a heel, to go off script and try to defend Lita. She told the crowd not to call Lita a slut and threatened to leave. Trish tried her best to defend Lita without breaking kayfabe by trying to get heat on herself, but the segment was doomed.
After Trish tried to make peace with Lita, Lita refused to accept Trish's apology and sent Kane after Trish, which made Lita look like a jerk. Trish was unharmed, though, because Viscera came in and saved her. Also, it's not hard to see why WWE fans felt comfortable chanting distasteful words at Lita when you see the next part of the segment is Viscera using his massive size to intimidate and threaten Trish into agreeing to sexual favors. If that wasn't bad enough, he forcefully kisses Trish and is cheered as a babyface.
2 Trust
Lita and Trish trust each other. When they first came in, they both took one look at each other and were intimidated. Trish saw Lita, who knew how to wrestle and was really good, and she thought she'd never get on TV. Lita saw Trish, a beautiful blonde model, and she thought she'd never get on TV.
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However, they were able to trust each other over the years, which made them The Rock and Austin of the women's division. Lita and Trish attribute their success to their trust in each other. They both knew that they wouldn't take liberties with each other, and they never had to worry about the other trying to make them look bad. That trust allowed them to experiment and push the needle and make history.
1 Family
Often times when you are on a team or in a company, at one point or another, they will say we are a family. However, Trish and Lita haven't just talked the talk, they have walked the walk. Trish actually appointed Lita as the godmother to her son Maximus. Trish even brought her son around Lita when he was younger to get them acquainted. Lita flew out to Toronto to take part in Maximus' confirmation. As time moves on and things change, it's nice to see the friendship between Team Bestie didn't.
