Just sat and watch this together, no, we, you don't think I know.
Yeah. [MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
How great is it before the festivities begin, and you just see this empty arena,
and you know the epicness that will occur in this ring, I know I haven't even seen
the whole like was set up to here, the setup is gonna be like it's always best.
It's so exciting, It's like he just knows, like this is, this is it, so grandiose.
Yes and the fact that for the first time ever, the women are the main event.
It's just gonna be epic.
I remember like for us knowing that we had a WrestleMania spot knowing what we came
in with all that backstory is everything.
I mean, my god.
>> Victoria trying to [INAUDIBLE] Trish's back [APPLAUSE]
>> Hey, hey, hey who the hell is that,
my gosh is he, he knows how to throw a right hand.
and a thrust kick in and [INAUDIBLE] Victoria to the floor,
Trish is so confused to who this lady is, is we are.
>> Actually I remember when you first came in,
I just knew that there was like that we're bringing this new girl in and
she's a fantastic worker and he doesn't know how to program like Okay.
>> Yeah. And they told me about your Alexa
screening.
I looked you up I'm like, Okay.
>> Acrobatic body, Talking about popular.
Alexis Laree.
>> This little spit fire has captured the hearts and
the imagination of all the OVW fans.
[MUSIC]
I plan to show WWE exactly what I made of, it is funny because I had come backstage
several times it was an OVW for a long time and I'm terrified you know like I
was just terrified because no not because you are terrifying.
I think of the whole experience, aren't scary because I was supposed to debut
a couple of times prior to that and they just pulled it, pulled it.
And I was like, so then I get there and
they said they were going to go with this idea with this character.
And I was like.
And that it was with you.
And I'm like, My God, I had only been shook your hand to hand.
Cause you were already in your stuff, you know,
a couple of times backstage of like, so nice.
[INAUDIBLE] I knew like immediately I was like, wow.
One I have to freaking deliver.
Because at the time there was like one woman's spot.
You were the top girl.
[NOISE] What an ovation, and rightfully so.
50,000 fans cheering a beautiful blonde from Toronto.
In my book, the greatest Women's Champion in WWE history.
>> I have to nail this because if I do nail this, then it's gonna automatically
elevate me because I'm getting put in a run with the top one of those.
>> Here's the ball run with >> Either run with, 100% or drop it.
Yep.
Hi.
Hi, my God, I'm Mickie James I'm RAW's newest diva,
>> Mickie James.
Why do I know that name?
Mickie James?
>> Yeah, I'm like your biggest fan.
I mean, I've written you like a gazillion times.
I don't. I know you don't have time to
write me back.
It's okay. You're very busy.
I mean you're the Women's Champion, I mean, you know.
It's super nice to meet you.
I mean, I idolize you.
I love you Trish.
I want to be just like you.
I'm RAW's newest diva.
I can almost do that, you almost, [LAUGH] I'm your biggest fan.
>> I love you so much.
Yeah. And it was so true,
because I do love her so much.
>> We're gonna have ourselves a Halloween costume contest.
That's Mickie James, doesn't look like Mickie James at all.
You look like Trish Stratus.
>> I am, I mean, come on was who else I wanna be, it was like so
far when they people they were still proper television like they really were
watching every week like, yeah, what's gonna happen with this?
I took so many twists and turns like my God, I never do that.
Crazy.
Look up.
Do you know what that is?
It's mistletoe?
>> You know what that means?
>> Right?
>> It was you and myself and whoever was in there, Jack, Jack, Jack my boyfriend.
Yeah, where's Jack now?
I'm not Jack in the box now >> does he?
That's ironic, isn't it?
>> Yeah.
>> Hey Trish, Trish I have
something for you >> Really?
For me?
Wow
[MUSIC]
Trish, I love you. [MUSIC]
The greatest women's champion ever,
Trish Stratus, it's a party!
[MUSIC]
Trish got to be overwhelmed with this.
>> They wanted me to give it to you.
Right I didn't I don't abuse and be like, screw you, right, you know what you go
ahead now, yeah, you go on with your bad going, be as crazy as you want to be.
>> Good, she does not love you.
[MUSIC]
[INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] They always say that you know,
just listen to the people listen to people, and you'd always It's heard that,
but then Holy crap, we're, we have them and I still get chill bumps.
I still, >> [CROSSTALK] Look at this
>> to this day have, and
I would say if I could just bottle up all that emotion that I was feeling, and
then just give that, >> [CROSSTALK] A dip of it every day.
[LAUGH] >> That's nice
handshake, I can see that,
[INAUDIBLE] the lips [APPLAUSE]
a cheap kick.
>> Mickie James just cheap kick Trish Status head off,
Mickie James is a psycho, and then of course,
after he turned on me, we're on our way to WrestleMania 22.
My new obsession,
is your destruction.
[MUSIC]
[NOISE]
[MUSIC]
Last time we were walking to the ring WrestleMania
together >> Together.
>> Was our WrestleMania 22, Chicago.
>> We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen,
to the global phenomenon known as WrestleMania!
>> You feel so like, I don't [INAUDIBLE] >> Right.
People always ask you about interviews as well.
How does it feel to be part of the greatest storyline of all time and
you are like, [CROSSTALK] I should accept that because it was, and it is like that
specialness of WrestleMania and that is the fact that we could go in there.
And deliver really great.
I like that.
That's different.
There's obviously a women's main event this WrestleMania.
>> Yeah. >> But the time there was one
little spot that was devoted for the women, but it was one of those things
where we were arguably one of the most talked about matches on the card.
Volume.
>> Coming, Happening, in second.
>> Prepare for awesomeness, is the word unbalanced
mean anything or [SOUND] Okay Women's Championship
at WrestleMania at that time was like a huge honor.
And you were a sixth time Women's Champion at that point, correct, correct,
WWE Women's Championship.
Introducing the challenger for Richmond, Virginia.
Mickie James.
Mickey got one word for you lithium, the crowds are so into it.
We've got signage, they got it.
They get it they get the character they get to go along with, aliens excited.
Yeah you know need to be on the Jerry Springer show here in Chicago,
bring up Jerry Springer.
Okay, now the interesting thing to know,
about this big crowd ,pop baby face coming out, this is your baby face champ.
You're very angry as well.
And you're on a mission.
I've had enough of this and I'm laughing,
because what will happen the week before I wonder what did you do?
Thank you.
Remember, something that made me mad.
I'm mad at you.
Right you're well you're kind of irritating because I've been like I
kidnapped Ashley.
I turned on people.
You're like start [CROSSTALK] people, stalking to me,
trying to jump in my shower.
I just trying to give you a towel is being nice.
As was, you were.
You had no towel.
You know?
Yeah, no.
So it's all coming back.
So it was like.
To like remember where we came from >> And I was going to be so
much better champion than you because, I was actually gonna care about my fans.
>> Yeah. >> [CROSSTALK]
>> Alright,
[CROSSTALK] I smack you in the back of the head.
>> You're making, me I'm taking it.
Elbow right in the face.
>> You're pissing off. You can tell this.
>> Yeah.
Strikes, >> but you know,
like it's a blessing to be able to have, you know, listen,
you can go out there and have awesome matches for sure.
Yeah, to have it fueled by this like story of intense rivalry at this point now,
like eight months in or so.
I mean its a blessing, not every superstar have that, I feel that there's a handful
of superstar have that and for [INAUDIBLE] in WrestleMania, yeah and for me,
the character coming in, as someone nobody knew.
And had to have eight months.
To develop my character, and have that switch and to work with you.
Automatically put me at the top, you know what I mean, and just coming in,
[INAUDIBLE] was so grateful.
>> And you delivered.
>> I was so blessed and so gratefully, and you remain on top.
So there you go.
You're like there.
Yeah. And you said you were just there,
you stabbed yourself as a top to your player.
>> Yeah. >> But even split.
>> That was so great.
That was fun and you know when you start working so much together, you know,
we're at your capabilities we know we can do,
you have the opportunity to change up your approach so many different time, right?
When you've worked together so much.
This was >> That pole, who put that pole there?
Out of nowhere.
>> Well, then we focus on the body part, and
we just start with a leg which is cool.
>> Just as nice, the psychology, the storytelling.
>> Wonderful, such big moves.
>> Textbook leg DDT.
>> We have a very vocal crowd here tonight,
some of them actually cheering for Mickie James.
So I can't hear the [INAUDIBLE] that way, they're, cheering.
>> They're cheering.
It's like, you're cheering for Mickie but, you don't know what they're doing.
>> Yeah. They're like, everyone let's go make it.
>> Well, there's that pocket of people who are cheering.
it's like start.
>> It's cause they want this, they want this, they want your it's your turn.
I guess.
>> Yeah I guess.
>> But it was only because of the amount of time we had developed into it you know.
>> Yeah. >> Look at this focusing on
the leg though.
>> Yeah, I love it, that was cool.
>> That was cool, that was like.
>> And then fit always given us like something new.
My god every single match there was something new for us to do.
he was always, here we go.
I mean to have the crowd turn in the middle.
It's amazing right?
Such a good moment, he was feeling that character.
Yeah, it was such a blessing because he really, you know,
held our hand through the whole, development of the characters and what,
and he was behind it like, he was with us and he understood the importance like when
there was a week we get the TVs and we're gonna throw it away but it didn't.
It didn't make sense with our trajectory, I guess right or
don't give him that much right then yeah,
cuz you're gonna know we're gonna end up over here kind of thing right?
Yeah.
That's amazing.
Yeah. That reaction, and like I said, it's like,
as we're working out there, I don't care what yeys, boos,
[INAUDIBLE] of reaction, [INAUDIBLE] silence gorgeous like a mediocre like,
I don't care I could care I don't want this I don't want this no this is good,
this is, this is, this here I feel like it was like the turning point for
your character you this really like you lost it in your head,
here you go, already, your crazy right now.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Okay?
In the first time, in this match, i just relax for a second and just allow
the people, like, just to be, yeah, you know, Mickie James, pinning combination.
And Trish barely able to kick out,
nope, not today.
[APPLAUSE] I'm actually totally absorbed them.
I'm sorry, I know, you get lost.
I know.
It's like you get lost.
Mickie James, a knockout punch trim to the face.
>> And then there was like that knee kick to where you land?
>> Yes, on my knees.
That was a great, that came out great.
It was so great.
It was fun.
I got a little legs.
[LAUGH] Legs.
>> So there we go.
>> And that was in.
>> That's all she wrote and the rest is history.
[MUSIC]
>> And obviously I'm on cloud nine.
It's my first WrestleMania.
>> Yeah.
>> Just came into this world.
>> Yeah. Like a little babies like a little feet,
we were back there and we got like standing O, from gorilla, and then to walk
through and this is like the biggest thing you walk through and all our colleagues.
>> And we were all our peers, yeah.
>> Yeah and there, we get a standing ovation everyone's clapping and
it was just at that time, especially for the women, they were,
we've never seen women do what you guys just did out there.
>> Right, and reactions from the people that you guys just got out,
>> [CROSSTALK] At WrestleMania,
on a WrestleMania card, >> Yeah
>> So it was, Was amazing and
that was probably like the most I don't know.
>> He just like it was rewarding I think.
>> Yeah because that is your locker room is your family and that's who
you're on the road with and yeah town to town with and you want to respect.
It's all you can hope for is to know that we go out there you leave an impact,
you leave a memory you leave them with moments and
it sticks with them forever and that kind of.
>> Makes us feel like we did something special, right?
[CROSSTALK].
Like in our life.
We could do that.
I love you.
>> I love you too.