WWE icon and Playboy cover girl Torrie Wilson stuns fans with ageless appearance ahead of 50th birthday
And although she officially retired from the squared circle in 2008, Wilson proved that she's still one of the most beautiful women in the business when she made a surprise appearance at the WWE Evolution PPV on Sunday.
While she didn't get back in the ring, the blonde beauty, who turns 50 this month, was spotted by fans sitting ringside at the all-female event.
The former two-time Playboy covergirl proved that she's just as stunning as ever as she waved and smiled at fans from the front row.
The wrestling trailblazer even showed her support for the current generation of female grapplers by wearing a Rhea Ripley T-shirt.
Viewers were blown away after seeing the bombshell back on screen, with one commenting, 'Everyone says Sofia Vergara hasn't aged, have you seen Torrie Wilson?!'
Another wrote, 'One of the hottest women to ever walk into the WWE. Good to see her back.'
A third gushed, 'Still gorgeous as always, one of my first wrestling crushes too!'
'Still so pretty,' said another, while one added, 'She's just timeless.'
Speaking to the WWE commentators before Evolution aired, Wilson confessed that she'd been riddled with 'stress and anxiety' during her tenure at the company.
She also said that she was 'emotional' seeing how far women's wrestling has evolved since her heyday.
'It's really cool to see how far we've come,' she said.
Wilson started out in wrestling in WCW, before joining to WWE in 2001 after the company bought out both WCW and ECW.
During her time at WWE, Wilson become one of wrestling's biggest sex symbols and covered FHM magazine, as well as Playboy magazine twice.
For her second Playboy cover, Wilson teamed up with fellow WWE vixen Sable, who she was in a memorable on-screen feud with.
Wrestling fans will also remember Wilson's iconic feud with Dawn Marie, which involved her real-life father Al playing himself on the show.
She also made several appearances on Project Runway and was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Wilson was officially inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2019.
She wasn't the only former WWE diva to return for a the Evolution PPV on Sunday.
Former Women's champions Jacqueline, Molly Holly, Ivory, Melina, and Medusa were all front row.
Seven-time champion Trish Stratus also returned at age 49 for a match against current WWE Women's champion Tiffany Stratton, which she lost.
Much like with Wilson, wrestling fans have also been blown away by how stunning Stratus still looks.
'Trish Stratus STILL HAS IT she just gets better with age INCREDIBLE,' gushed one fan.
Another wrote, 'I got to see Trish wrestle again. My girl looks good from that face card to them in ring skills. Trish Stratus you will ALWAYS be famous.'
The Canadian beauty worked as a fitness model before becoming a professional wrestler.
She's also an avid yoga enthusiast and has used it to sculpt her sensational physique.
Trish made her WWE wrestling debut in 2000 as the manager of the tag team T&A.
She won the Women's Championship belt for the first time at Survivor Series in 2001, and went on to hold the title a record-breaking seven times.
Trish first retired in 2006 after beating former best friend Lita in her final match in WWE in her hometown of Toronto to become the Women's Champion for a seventh time.
She used the sharpshooter move to win the bout - with Lita tapping out in the middle of the ring to give Stratus victory - a move synonymous with WWE legend and Canada's own Bret Hart.
Back in May, '90s sex symbol and wrestling icon Sable resurfaced after years in hiding with a brand new look.
Sable (real name Rena Lesnar) was at one time the biggest female star in professional wrestling.
Despite her immense fame and popularity, the three-time Playboy covergirl quit the wrestling business for good in 2004 and completely vanished from the spotlight.
In 2006, she married her third husband, WWE and UFC legend Brock Lesnar, and relocated to a secluded farm in Canada to be a fulltime wife and mother to their two children.
However, Rena, now 57, resurfaced in May alongside Brock at a private country music party.
The former WWF Women's Champion looked unrecognizable during the outing for one significant reason.
Her signature long blonde hair was no more, with Rena now rocking honey brown tresses instead.
Wrestling fans were blown away by how beautiful and elegant she still looked despite spending decades away from the squared circle.
'Omg Sable looks AMAZING. Need her in the WWE Hall of Fame immediately please,' gushed one.
'She looks better today than she did 20+ years ago,' wrote another.
'Still fine as hell,' wrote a third, while another fan exclaimed, 'She's still absolutely beautiful.'
'Kids, the woman on the right made a helluva lot of money and actually got more ratings than your faves today ever did, back in her day,' lectured one wrestling fan.
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