10 female WWE Superstars who retired too soon

#8. WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus

Trish Stratus is arguably the greatest female WWE Superstar in history. Despite all her achievements, she also hung up her boots at a young age.

The Diva of the Decade joined Vince McMahon's company in 2000 after working as a fitness model for a few years. Stratus debuted as a valet with no real wrestling experience. However, she developed her wrestling skills in the following years to become one of the best in-ring performers in the company.

The Diva of the Decade spent only six years in WWE, during which she won seven Women's Titles. Stratus retired in 2006 after defeating Lita at Unforgiven to capture her seventh Women's Championship. She was only 31 years old.

In an interview with the Wilde On podcast earlier this year, Stratus revealed why she decided to hang up her boots a decade and a half ago.

"At the time, it was a couple of things that happened. Number one, my contract was coming up (...) that meant I have to think about it for the first time and put some awareness towards my two to five years and think about what I want or need for myself (...) what else did I want to accomplish? What else can I accomplish? (...) then my mom got sick and was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It was just the universe saying, ‘This is your time to talk away and focus on family again.’ If you’re on the road, you can’t be there. I wouldn’t get to her treatments or be there for her. I could not imagine that," she said.

Since her retirement, Stratus has appeared several times on WWE television and competed in several matches. Her final bout came against Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam in 2019. However, she lost to The Queen.

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#7. Former WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres

Eve Torres won the 2007 Diva Search contest to earn a WWE contract. A few months later, she made her main roster debut on SmackDown. Torres spent nearly a year on the Blue Brand before moving to RAW, where she began chasing the Divas Championship.

The 2007 Diva Search winner captured her first title in April 2010 when she defeated Maryse for the Divas Championship on RAW. She held the belt for two months before ultimately losing it to Alicia Fox in a Fatal-Four-Way match. Torres ended up defeating Layla, Michelle McCool, and Natalya to recapture the title in January 2011.

Torres lost the championship once again in April 2011, this time to Brie Bella. She recaptured the title for the final time in her career after defeating Layla at Night of Champions in September 2012. The three-time Divas Champion held the title until January 2013 and ultimately retired from WWE after losing it to Kaitlyn.

When she hung up her boots, Torres was only 29 years old. In an interview with WWE.com a few years ago, she disclosed that she had retired because she wanted to start a family with her then-fiancé and now-husband Rener Gracie.

The former Divas Champion has made a few non-wrestling WWE appearances in the past few years. She is also currently a WWE ambassador.