National Post: Wrestling Diva Trish Stratus Puts Moves on the Bad Guys
Trish Stratus, the former World Wrestling Entertainment women's champion, jumped at the chance to become a police officer. In the reality show Armed and Famous, the Richmond Hill resident patrolled the streets of Muncie, Ind., alongside new recruits La Toya Jackson, Erik Estrada and Wee Man, of Jackass fame. Although she never got to body slam a perp, she's glad to hear she's been nominated for Toronto's sexiest person. Dave McGinn spoke to her about being a police officer.
Q What did you like most about the police training?
I love new challenges. I love conquering something new. That was my first appeal about doing it.
Q Did you ever have a moment where you were putting the cuffs on someone and he's giving you hell and then he's like, "Hey, you're Trish Stratus!"?
Oh, every single time. The funny part is, it was almost like they wouldn't admit that they knew who I was until they were cuffed and in the back ofmy car and I was taking them to jail.
They were like, "I can't believe I got booked by Trish Stratus." Or they would say, "So can I get your autograph still?"
Q Did Erik Estrada ever try to put the moves on you?
I think at first I was like, "I think he might try to put some moves on me." I got that impression of a sort of Rico Suave approach. But I think what happens with me, and this is probably how I make it in a man's world like wrestling, is I kind of just end up being one of the boys.
Q Who do you think makes a more badass cop, you or La Toya Jackson?
Me, by far.
Q Was it funny to watch Wee Man try to bust people?
It really took people a while to come around to taking him seriously because he's the Jackass guy. I think he really set out to prove a lot of people wrong, and when he went out there he really meant business.
Q How did the cops on the force respond to you guys?
It took them a while to fully come around. There were the people who were on board initially, who were the chief and the sergeant, because they agreed to do it. And our partners, who agreed to be our partners. But we had to prove ourselves to each of our partners.
Q What was the most exciting call you went on?
The whole time I kept saying "Man, I dare someone to run from me." Sure enough, my last call on patrol, we pull up to a domestic dispute, we pull up on a girl, she's crying, and from the side of the house we see a guy with a hammer start running. We ended up chasing the guy about three blocks. I was like, "Freeze, police!" and he froze. I was like, "darnnit." I was waiting to use some of my wrestling moves on him.
Q Did you know that you were recently nominated as Toronto's sexiest person in the National Post?
Cool. How do you vote? I have to get my family on it.
Q Not to trade in stereotypes, but did you develop a taste for doughnuts when you were a cop?
I always had the taste for doughnuts. I had the advantage going in, being a Canadian. The funny thing is, the cops had a real big thing about eating the doughnut in uniform. I was like, "Why?" and they said because of that stereotype. They're really serious about it. But I was like, "It's midnight and there's no other food, so I?m having a doughnut."
source: national post
Q What did you like most about the police training?
I love new challenges. I love conquering something new. That was my first appeal about doing it.
Q Did you ever have a moment where you were putting the cuffs on someone and he's giving you hell and then he's like, "Hey, you're Trish Stratus!"?
Oh, every single time. The funny part is, it was almost like they wouldn't admit that they knew who I was until they were cuffed and in the back ofmy car and I was taking them to jail.
They were like, "I can't believe I got booked by Trish Stratus." Or they would say, "So can I get your autograph still?"
Q Did Erik Estrada ever try to put the moves on you?
I think at first I was like, "I think he might try to put some moves on me." I got that impression of a sort of Rico Suave approach. But I think what happens with me, and this is probably how I make it in a man's world like wrestling, is I kind of just end up being one of the boys.
Q Who do you think makes a more badass cop, you or La Toya Jackson?
Me, by far.
Q Was it funny to watch Wee Man try to bust people?
It really took people a while to come around to taking him seriously because he's the Jackass guy. I think he really set out to prove a lot of people wrong, and when he went out there he really meant business.
Q How did the cops on the force respond to you guys?
It took them a while to fully come around. There were the people who were on board initially, who were the chief and the sergeant, because they agreed to do it. And our partners, who agreed to be our partners. But we had to prove ourselves to each of our partners.
Q What was the most exciting call you went on?
The whole time I kept saying "Man, I dare someone to run from me." Sure enough, my last call on patrol, we pull up to a domestic dispute, we pull up on a girl, she's crying, and from the side of the house we see a guy with a hammer start running. We ended up chasing the guy about three blocks. I was like, "Freeze, police!" and he froze. I was like, "darnnit." I was waiting to use some of my wrestling moves on him.
Q Did you know that you were recently nominated as Toronto's sexiest person in the National Post?
Cool. How do you vote? I have to get my family on it.
Q Not to trade in stereotypes, but did you develop a taste for doughnuts when you were a cop?
I always had the taste for doughnuts. I had the advantage going in, being a Canadian. The funny thing is, the cops had a real big thing about eating the doughnut in uniform. I was like, "Why?" and they said because of that stereotype. They're really serious about it. But I was like, "It's midnight and there's no other food, so I?m having a doughnut."
source: national post
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