We’re taking liberties here, because technically, these two worked a combined total of eight matches during the “Divas” era but, no matter what you call it, any stretch of women’s wrestling since the beginning of time would be hard-pressed to match the influence that Lita and Trish Stratus had on the business. Ask just about any woman wrestling at present about their influences and 999 out of 1,000 will reference one or both of these legendary competitors. Both now WWE Hall of Famers, Trish and Lita were the first females to main event an episode of “WWE Raw” in 2004, and oh, did they ever deliver. While Lita would prevail in the match, it was far from the end of the feud, which continued through Stratus’ (then-)retirement match in 2006 at Unforgiven in her hometown of Toronto.

The “besties” began competing against one another while still refining their skills alongside male allies; the most notable being T&A for Trish and of course, The Hardy Boyz for Lita, and ultimately involving her in some legendary group encounters against The Dudley Boyz and Edge & Christian. The pair would come together at Invasion in 2001, defending the honor of WWE in the only way it knew how back then, in a Bra and Panties match (which, for some reason, had Mick Foley serve as special guest referee), warding off the challenge of former WCW valet/pseudo-wrestlers Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson (who would soon prove formidable in their own right, given an actual chance to showcase their in-ring talent). 

While they’d have to endure the pre-Women’s Evolution nonsense, either directly or with a view from afar during their respective time away from the ring, each would return for the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble in 2018, and team up again at the original Evolution later that year, defeating Alicia Fox and Mickie James. While Lita has only seen the ring a handful of times since, Stratus enjoyed a lengthy run as recently as 2023 and even challenged Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at Evolution 2025.