When Trish Stratus opened up Monday Night Raw in front of her hometown crowd, she was interrupted by another multi-time former Women’s Champion!
After Riddle and Rollins opened up Monday Night Raw with a frenetic brawl that spilled out into the crowd, the familiar sounds of Trish Stratus’ theme song filled the Scotiabank Arena in her hometown of Toronto, ON, Canada. The WWE Hall of Famer made her way to the ring and told the crowd that it was good to be home – and that she didn’t just mean in her home city, but also that she feels at home between the ropes of a WWE ring.
Welcome home, @trishstratuscom!#WWERawpic.twitter.com/m8L3S2vyUa
— WWE (@WWE) August 23, 2022
However, the master of Stratisfaction was soon interrupted by former multi-time Women’s Champion Bayley along with Dakota Kai and IYO SKY. At first, the group pretended to be fans of Stratus, but soon turned on the WWE Hall of Famer, with Bayley asking why she was here and IYO (in contrast to what she’d just said earlier) said “I don’t like you!”
Bianca Belair came out to defend Stratus, saying that there would be no Bayley without Trish Stratus. However, the EST of WWE also said that she didn’t need to defend Stratus, because she can defend herself, which led the Hall of Famer to take off her jacket as she said:
“I can go from I am retired to I was retired if you don’t stop running your mouth.”
The confrontation between @trishstratuscom and @itsBayleyWWE the @WWEUniverse has been waiting for!!!#WWERawpic.twitter.com/xuWRXVl54F
— WWE (@WWE) August 23, 2022
Bayley took off her jacket as well, but pointed out that Trish Stratus and Bianca Belair are only two people, while her group has three. However, Stratus and Belair were soon joined in the ring by Asuka and Alexa Bliss, who were set to face Dakota Kai and IYO SKY in the semifinals of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament. Now at a disadvantage, Bayley said that she would let Stratus stay out of action for the night, and that the trio would see Belair, Bliss, and Asuka at Clash at the Castle.
The tag team match started immediately thereafter and say Dakota Kai and IYO Sky victorious over Asuka and Alexa Bliss.
Full results from the August 22nd episode of Monday Night Raw can be found here.