Summary

Trish Stratus says her match with Mickie James at WrestleMania 22 remains the WrestleMania moment that stands above the rest in her WWE career.

Speaking on Michael Fairman's channel, Stratus pointed to the crowd investment in that rivalry and said the match felt like a turning point for how women's wrestling was received on the biggest stage. She also referenced the depth of the story going into the bout, saying that mattered as much to her as the match itself.

WrestleMania 22 still stands out in Trish Stratus' career

Stratus said the WrestleMania 22 meeting with Mickie James remains her top WrestleMania memory because of how fully the audience bought into the feud.

Quote from Trish Stratus

"Oh gosh. It's tough. Okay. I'm going to go Mickie James, WrestleMania 22. That to me is, you know, we like, we like to call us the hashtag longest rivalry in history. Me and Becky might have rivaled that rivalry just because we did have a lot but I'm all about the stories, I want to make sure there's meaning behind it. I want to foreshadow a little. I want to understand what my character's thinking when I go into this. It's just weird, I just feel like it's a little more, we had the fans captivated, and I think WrestleMania 22, with the way the crowd reacted and the way they were so invested in our storyline, I feel like we were like, we got them, and I think they were like, okay, the women can hold a crowd like the men can. I think that was like the moment we kind of had arrived, and not to say like the Jazz and Trish stuff, the Victoria and Trish stuff, this is all stuff that like planted the seeds. Like, okay, the girls are like, they've arrived. But Mickie James and I right there at WrestleMania, if we're talking about WrestleMania moment."

What Mickie James' match means in Trish Stratus' WWE legacy

Trish Stratus' choice reinforces how much WrestleMania 22 still matters to her legacy, because she framed that match with Mickie James as a moment when the division proved it could command the same emotional investment as anything else on the card. That is a bigger statement than simply calling it a personal favorite.

Her mention of Becky Lynch also shows how Stratus connects her most important career programs across eras. In the same interview, she also revisited why her 2023 heel turn worked against Becky Lynch, but for WrestleMania specifically, she still put the Mickie James rivalry at the top.

Sources

Trish Stratus while speaking on the Michael Fairman channel