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Finally Trish Stratus has found the words to explain her decision not to renew her contract with WWE. What it finally came down to: the need to grow and do some new things.

The diva points out that if you combine her years in WWE with her years in the fitness modeling industry, she has been working and on the road for almost a decade. She has done her growing up years while constantly travelling, a big part of it on tour with the WWE superstars.

Trish says that she wants to take time and enjoy the fruits of her labor. She’ll enjoy having some “me time”. It will be fun to have barbecues at home and go watch the hockey games of her nephew.

The decision to retire wasn’t easy to make. Having spent so much time with them, the WWE superstars have become a part of the diva. In fact it is they, and the fans, that the diva says she will miss the most.

When interviewed, the other divas have expressed surprise, shock and sadness that she is leaving. Ashley Massaro and Candice Michelle state that Trish Stratus was their mentor, helping them get started and showing them all the tricks and the real work of being a diva. Trish was in fact Ashley’s first tag team partner when she was in RAW.

Mickie James whose WWE career began as Trish’s number one fan says that she is shocked and sad to see her idol go. Melina says she hoped Trish would stay longer so that they could have worked together more. In the end though all the divas respect Trish for choosing to retire while she’s at the highpoint of her career.

So everything is set for her final match. On September 17, 2006 she wil face Lita in the ring for one more chance to be the WWE Women’s Champion. As Trish puts it:

“No matter where my final match took place, it would always be special…but if this were a fairy tale, the writer couldn’t come up with a better scenario. My family, my friends…I couldn’t ask for a more perfect scenario. To survive and prosper in this industry, all the sacrifices, you have to have the support of the people closest to you, and to go out in front of the people who always supported me is fitting for the moment.”

“Our careers (Trish and Lita) have paralleled since we came in…going out, there wouldn’t be another ass I’d like to whoop as much as I’d like to whoop her ass at Unforgiven. She and I in the ring standing face to face just tells the story, and so much more will unfold at Unforgiven. It would be my honor to go out by whooping her ass one more time.”

(excerpt taken from the article written by Louie Dee at WWE.com)