Trish Stratus-Lita rivalry helped revolutionize women's wrestling in WWE: 'It’s everything we could ask for'

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WWE’s "Attitude Era" was about pushing the envelope on what was allowed and accepted on television to win ratings against competitor World Championship Wrestling.

Through the violence, raw storylines and scantily clad women, two professional wrestlers kicked off a rivalry that set the stage for what women’s wrestling would become on one of the biggest stages of the industry. 

Trish Stratus and Lita joined WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation, around the same time, and their rivalry had a long-lasting impact on what women’s wrestling became. 

Their feud will be chronicled on an episode of "WWE Rivals" on A&E Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Stratus and Lita joined the company within a couple of months of one another.

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Wrestlers Matt and Jeff Hardy of "The Hardy Boyz" pose with Lita, center, at the UPN fall television launch party at Las Palmas Sept. 14, 2000, in Hollywood, Calif. (Steve W. Grayson/Newsmakers)

Stratus, whose real name is Patricia Stratigeas, came from the world of female bodybuilding and made her debut in 2000 as the valet for the tag team Test and Albert. Lita, whose real name is Amy Dumas, had more of a wrestling background working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico and later Extreme Championship Wrestling before joining WWE. 

Lita started with WWE in 1999 as a valet for Essa Rios before teaming up with Matt and Jeff Hardy, the tag-team duo known as the Hardy Boyz.

"She debuted first, and I was there after. But immediately they put us together," Stratus told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "She was with the Hardys, I was with T&A and that