10 Wrestlers Who Actually WON On The Way Out

1. Trish Stratus

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Not many people in the professional wrestling business get to retire as a champion. Even fewer get to win a coveted championship in their last match before said retirement. All good and true, but then again not many people in the world are like Trish Stratus.

Yes, Trish has returned for various matches in the last few years, but post-retirement matches in the wrestling world are ten-a-penny. In 2006, Trish announced ahead of time that she was going to be retiring from the industry altogether, yet still, she submitted Lita in the centre of the ring at Unforgiven '06 to win the WWE Women's Championship. That sort of treatment isn't reserved for many in this wacky industry.

What's more, Trish was given the victory in her hometown (Toronto, Canada), using the national submission move in the process. For a company that has excelled in humiliating hometown talents and burying those on their way out, Trish stood tall above that. It is only right that Stratus stood tall on her final night as a full-time competitor in WWE.

That 2013 Hall of Fame induction was just about as inevitable as inductions get.

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