Trish Stratus Wants To See Maxxine Dupri Use Criticism She Has Faced As Fuel To Be Better

Trish Stratus wants the best for Maxxine Dupri.

Clips of Maxxine Dupri at WWE Live Events have surfaced over the past couple of weeks where fans have been very critical of her performances despite her only having under twenty official matches in the WWE to begin with.

In a conversation with SlamWrestling.net, this is what WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus had to say about the young Dupri facing criticism from trolls online and in person.

“I think these keyboard warriors have no idea what we do. I suffered it too. They were like, ‘Oh that (match) was crap.’ Well, you try it. I love that (the women) banded together. Because we all get it, we all go through it, we live it. It affects us, you know? We have feelings. So when people say something mean, it doesn’t feel that great. So it’s great that we can all use the platform of social media to (unite), and let (the critics) know that they can’t just talk s— and get away with it. I love that we can put them in their place,” Stratus said.

“I think that Maxxine is doing amazing. I think she’s being booked perfectly. I see similar parallels to the way I was booked early on. I believe I have this connection with the fans because of how I came up. I didn’t do the traditional upbringing. I didn’t come in trained, I didn’t do the indies or the ‘minor league’ so to speak. I literally learned on the road – I learned as I went, and everyone was along for the journey. They got to see me fall down. But they also got to see me stand up, dust myself off, and try again. I think she’s doing a great job. She’s athletic, she’s got a great look, she’s gorgeous. I think she’s the perfect underdog story. I think it’s going to turn around and people are going to click with her, and she’ll be around a long time. I would (encourage) her to use those negative words as her fuel. I hope she turns it into a fire so that she can go back to them and say ‘Look at what I did now.’ When I was getting criticized, when people were telling me I’d never succeed, my motivation was to become so good that people couldn’t help but notice. That drove me. Hopefully that can be her fuel as well,” Stratus said.

Dupri has stated that she is doing her best and wants to be better in the ring.

h/t from Fightful.

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