Stratigeas made her debut as a heel on the March 19, 2000 episode of "Sunday Night Heat" under the ring name Trish Stratus. She appeared on stage to scout Test and Prince Albert. The next night on "Raw Is War", Test and Albert joined forces as the tag team T & A and Stratus began her first role in the company as their valet. It was during her stint managing T & A that Stratus took her first major bump in the ring, by being driven through a table by the Dudley Boyz at Backlash, after she had been taunting Bubba Ray Dudley for several weeks. In June, she was on the receiving end of a stink face from Rikishi on "Raw".