There she was—boxed, blonde, and beaming—like she’d just been shrink-wrapped by Mattel and unleashed on the squared circle. Tiffany Stratton didn’t just walk into WrestleMania 41. She materialized—three times over—in what might be the most jaw-droppingly synthetic spectacle WWE has ever pulled off.
Stratton’s entrance wasn’t just inspired by Barbie, it was Barbie, weaponized. Three life-size boxes lined the stage, each one containing a version of the WWE Women’s Champion, poised like a glamazon doll in different attire. Two were illusions. One was real. The crowd didn’t know which until she stepped out of the middle like a Malibu Messiah, ready to suplex your childhood fantasies.
So how’d they do it? Not with mirrors, smoke, or tired pyro. This time, WWE called in Proto, the AI hologram juggernaut currently redefining what it means to appear somewhere. It’s the first time the sports-entertainment giant has used Proto’s bleeding-edge tech, and it paid off in spades.
Proto’s founder and chairman David Nussbaum—who sounds like a guy that grew up trading Atomic Leg Drops with his couch cushions—was giddy about the moment.
“I’ve followed WWE for decades, so to actually have Proto at WrestleMania is like some insane dream,” he told WrestleZone. “One of my favorite things is seeing all the inventive things people come up to do with our hologram and AI tools — the WWE creatives have really raised the bar tonight — and Tiffany Stratton 100% sold it!”
He’s not wrong. Stratton did sell it. The woman has the pageantry of a diva from another dimension. She struts like she’s walking the Paris runways and hits like she’s breaking out of a toy chest armed with a vengeance kink. The Barbie thing? It’s a gimmick, sure. But it’s also a Trojan horse. Beneath the gloss, Stratton is a cold operator—a wrestler who understands that domination, in this business, starts with spectacle.
WWE’s been playing with AR and VR for a while now, but the Proto collab feels like a turning point. Holograms aren’t gimmicks anymore—they’re gear. Tools in the arsenal of a new kind of superstar. Stratton’s entrance wasn’t just tech-forward; it was future-forward. A neon pink sign that the WWE Universe is shifting into something weirder, flashier, and yes, smarter.
This was sports entertainment as high artifice. And if Tiffany Stratton’s Barbie box is any indication, the next evolution of wrestling isn’t a punch or a promo—it’s an illusion. A beautiful, weaponized illusion.
And she made it look easy.
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Last modified: April 22, 2025
