JIM ROSS: We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen,
live to Toronto, Canada, for the ninth annual extravaganza
known as "Unforgiven."
TRISH STRATUS: My retirement match--
it would be in my hometown.
It would be against Lita, and it would be
for the Women's Championship.
We knew what the crowd was feeling.
It was something that was palpable in the arena.
It couldn't have been written better,
you know, in our hometown, for us
to be able to wrestle together.
--Trish!
Thank you, Trish!
JIM ROSS: Trish Stratus's hometown
here tonight in Toronto.
Fans anxiously await her arrival.
Trish's retirement match, and you're
already grinning and smiling.
What were you going through in--
I was mad because I was just on the cusp, just on the cusp,
of getting into WWE.
And I'm like, Trish is leaving. No!
That was one of my dream matches, somebody
that I wanted to compete against.
ANNOUNCER: Oh, Beth Phoenix!
But at the same time, hey, it takes a lot of self-awareness
to be able to walk away when you are
at the pinnacle of your career.
Trish knew I wanted to leave on top.
[music playing]
SINGER: (SINGING) Whoa, rock and roll.
Whoa, out of control.
LILIAN GARCIA: And introducing the challenger,
Toronto's own Trish Status.
JIM ROSS: What an amazing ovation,
a standing ovation, from over 16,000 fans
for Trish Stratus' last match.
Trish can break the record and become the first ever
seven-time champion.
JERRY LAWLER: That would be a Hollywood type ending.
That would be something--
[bell ringing]
JERRY LAWLER: --that movies are made of.
TRISH STRATUS: It's such a special thing,
creating these moments between two characters that
were so dynamic and so diverse.
JIM ROSS: These two women have had
a love-hate relationship since they
first crossed paths in 2000.
The chemistry that they had was just--
you don't get that all the time.
I want to have a rivalry like that.
JIM ROSS: Whirlybird action there.
We always brought out the best from each other from day one.
We have really strong telepathy while we're punching
each other in the face.
JIM ROSS: Hammering each other.
JERRY LAWLER: Wow!
JIM ROSS: You're in a real precarious position,
and both-- oh my god!
LITA: That night, we got to go out there and remind
ourselves why we do this.
JIM ROSS: This is a slugfest.
JERRY LAWLER: Oh, this is great.
What a match this is!
My final moment was with Lita, and we
got to do our magic up there.
JERRY LAWLER: Oh, wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
JR, look at this!
JIM ROSS: You got to be-- wait a minute here.
JERRY LAWLER: JR! Sharpshooter!
JIM ROSS: Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter!
The crowd's on their feet!
The crowd's going crazy!
The Sharpshooter!
Trish has got the Sharpshooter on the champion!
JERRY LAWLER: Lita desperately trying to get to the ropes
to save herself, but Trish has it locked in!
JIM ROSS: That hold is as Canadian as Canadian gets!
[bell ringing] JIM ROSS: It's over!
It's over!
And Trish wins with a Sharpshooter!
LILIAN GARCIA: Here is your winner by submission
and the new WWE Women's Champion, Trish Stratus!
JIM ROSS: What an ovation, and rightfully so,
in her last match.
TRISH STRATUS: A storybook ending to have my retirement
match against my all-time rival, Lita,
in my hometown of Toronto in front
of my family and friends--
I mean, a dream.
This has been a long journey to get here,
and it's kind of rewarding just to come and be in your hometown
and have that love and to leave as this seven-time champion.
It's a dream come true.
LITA: I was just honored to be Trisha's last match.
Our paths have just paralleled each other's for so long.
And because I did feel satisfied with my accomplishments--
LILIAN GARCIA: Competing in her final match, Lita!
LITA: --I think this chapter, for now--
JERRY LAWLER: Oh!
JIM ROSS: Oh, DDT!
LITA: --has come to an end.
JIM ROSS: She hits the DDT. JERRY LAWLER: Did it!
She did it!
JIM ROSS: And Mickie James beats Lita on Lita's farewell match.
MICKIE JAMES: Trish retired, and then-- you know,
and then Lita followed her.
And then that's the end of an era.
TODD GORDON: Lita, just moments ago, you lost to Mickie James.
A lot of people retire and then eventually come back.
Are you retired for good, or will
we ever see you wrestle again?
You know, I kind of feel like it's
the first day of the rest of my life,
and I don't see it any time soon.
That's all I can say.
PETER ROSENBERG: They were really gone.
But then the women's division completely changes in WWE.
You have this revolution where all
of a sudden, female superstars are treated with the respect
that they deserve.
MICHAEL COLE: For the first time ever,
women will step foot inside Hell in a Cell.
ANNOUNCER: Tonight, we make history--
the first ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
STEPHANIE MCHMAHON: From Lita and Trish making an impact
in a way that women had never done before
to evolve into the women's division
where everyone is a superstar, that is
an incredible accomplishment.
For the very first time, an all-women's Royal Rumble match!