We all have someone we idolized that helped inspire us to follow or hope to follow our dreams, and Trish Stratus was an icon for many during her run in WWE.
Alexa Bliss was one that Trish inspired and she was slated to face her idol at the all women’s pay-per-view Evolution.
But, as it tends to happen at times, plans went awry.
Canceled match
While this would’ve been a great match in general, things weren’t meant to be as Alexa suffered a pair of concussions prior to the match and that lead to it being canceled.
She talked about this in an interview with FoxSports. Special thanks to @awrestlinghistorian (https://www.instagram.com/awrestlinghistorian/) for the transcript.
“I watched Trish growing up. I loved Trish. Everything that I did in NXT, I tried to emulate Trish kind of like her attitude so it was like getting a match with your WWE hero. I was so excited. That’s amazing. This is going to happen. Then it got turned into a tag match, which was even cooler because then I was going to be in the ring with Trish and Lita with Mickie James as my partner. What’s better than having a match with Trish? Having a match with Trish and Lita.
“Unfortunately, I was dealing with concussions and I had to do a live event. WWE wanted me to get back in the ring and move around a little bit before Evolution so I was booked on the live events, and during a live event, I ended up getting re-concussed again. Yeah, it sucked. I remember being in the trainer’s room after. They said, ‘Yeah, you’re concussed again and that means no Evolution.’
“It was heartbreaking because they said, ‘Take the impact test. There’s a chance you might get cleared right before Evolution. We’ll have you in the ring the day before to see how you’re feeling,’ and I ended up having really bad vertigo from the concussions. I couldn’t do anything, and I found out literally as I was flying…that I wasn’t going to be cleared. And it sucked, but it was a lot of fun being part of that moment though and being able to watch it as a fan.
“I would love to have the Evolution match that I didn’t get to have. I would love to tag team with Mickie James against Trish and Lita. I think that’s one of the matches that I wish I had. I don’t know if it’s really an option, but…if I could go back in time, I wish I could have that match.” – Alexa Bliss, FoxSports interview June 23, 2020.
There’s always hope Alexa will have one or both of her dream matches, and we’d be better off for it as well.
There’s been talk of an Evolution 2 that was postponed last year, so if the WWE decides to hold it in the near future we could see a dream match after all. Better late than never, right?
What’s a dream match you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below.
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