To be totally honest, Trish Stratus was never a technically-skilled wrestler, but the blonde bombshell did develop a sound wrestling game throughout her tenure as a pro-wrestler. Her introduction into the WWF/WWE, Stratus was known for being a sex symbol and featured in a plethora of sexually-themed storylines including having a temporary affair with WWE CEO, Vince McMahon and serving as a manager for Test & Albert's tag team duo, T&A, which also was slang for 'Tits & Ass.' Fortunately, Stratus' persona fazed out as her career grew and she became one of the most embraced in-ring performers for her passionate performances. Her Stratusphere top turnbuckle Headscissor takedown and Stratisfaction Springboard Bulldog finishers are proof of her growth as a wrestler.
Prior to making her WWF/WWE debut in March 2000, Stratus born, Patricia Ann Stratigeas, was a fitness model. Trish quickly became the face for the WWE Divas during her initial six-year stint with the WWE. Stratus holds the record for WWE Women's Championship honors with a total of seven times and even held the WWE Hardcore Championship once as well. The record-setting wrestling would go on to retire for the first time in 2006 and periodically return to the WWE from 2007 to 2019 before officially calling it quits. In 2003, Stratus was named Diva of the Decade and in 2013 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
When we think of inventors, the image that comes to mind is usually that of a frazzled scientist toiling away in a lab, not celebrities pulled from the pages of Us Weekly. However, a number of well-known public figures hold patents for various innovations. Some are related to the work that made them famous, while others are offshoots of hobbies or just a single great idea.
Part of guitar wizard Eddie Van Halen's signature sound was his two-handed tapping technique, but letting all ten fingers fly while simultaneously holding up the guitar's neck could get a bit tricky. Van Halen came up with a novel way to get around this problem, though; he invented a support (top) that could flip out of the back of his axe's body to raise and stabilize the fretboard so he could tap out searing songs like "Eruption." While Van Halen was obviously interested in improving his guitar work, the patent application he filed in 1985 notes that the device would work with any stringed instrument. Want to tap out a scorching mandolin solo? Find someone selling Eddie's device.
It’s probably not surprising that James Cameron—who designed a submersible to take him to the deepest known part of the ocean—will often invent technology to make his films if what he needs doesn’t exist. He holds a number of patents, including US Patent No. 4996938, “apparatus for propelling a user in an underwater environment,” that he and his brother, Michael, created to film The Abyss and patented in 1989. The device is basically an underwater dolly equipped with propellers that makes it easy for a camera operator to maneuver in the water—and allowed Cameron to capture the shots he wanted for the 1989 film, part of which was filmed in an abandoned nuclear reactor.
In 1987 Jamie Lee Curtis designed and patented a disposable diaper that included a waterproof pocket that held baby wipes. She hasn't profited from her idea yet, though, since she refuses to license the patent until diaper companies make biodegradable products.
You know him as a rock legend, but Neil Young also loves trains—so much that he owns a stake in a model train manufacturing company and has an extensive collection. He also holds seven patents related to model trains, including Patent No. US5441223, "Model train controller using electromagnetic field between track and ground."