WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett who is a former four times WCW World Heavyweight champion recently talked about professional wrestling Legend Chyna and said she was as important as Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock for her time and contribution towards the WWE Attitude Era.
Chyna was first introduced in WWE back in 1997 as the Bodyguard of Triple H and D Generation X. From her amazing physic and excellent in ring abilities, it was quite clear that she did not come to WWE just to become another sex object like Sable. She was the first and only WWE female star in the history of the promotion who continuously wrestled with men.
Jeff Jarrett Talks Chyna’s Contribution In The Attitude Era
She was also the only woman in WWE history to hold the WWE Intercontinental championship, not ones but two times. She appeared in the Royal Rumble match in 1999 as the first woman wrestler to ever enter the Royal Rumble match. It was reported way earlier that she was scheduled to beat Stone Cold Steve Austin and win the WWE championship. Vince Russo planned a match between the duo at SummerSlam 1999 where she was scheduled to win the title. However the plans was scrapped.
But Chyna is not much mentioned in WWE, neither her contributions are accepted very much. She is indeed one of the biggest names of the Attitude Era and she definitely had the right to stand beside the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Rock the Undertaker Triple H Kane and Mankind. But there are a number of reasons why she was not much mentioned in WWE and her contributions are mostly overlooked. She has not been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame individually yet.
Jeff Jarrett who is a former four times WCW World Heavyweight champion recently spoke to Lucha Libre Online where he talked about professional wrestling Legend Chyna and said she was as important as Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock for her time and contribution towards the WWE Attitude Era. He said;
“Great relationship. You know, later in her career, the fact that she came over [to TNA] and it’s still, in a lot of ways, ironic to me that my last match prior to coming back a couple of years ago was against her. Then her last match in TNA was in a mixed tag match, me and Karen against Kurt and Chyna.”
“As far as a human being, you know, when DX formed, and then they got hotter and hotter and hotter. I was always — and the conversations that I would have with her were — in so many ways, look, Stone Cold identified the Attitude Era, and so did The Rock, and we could go on and on about the identifiable characters.
“When you look for the first time ever there, the look of Chyna, the faction that she was with, she identified the Attitude Era in so many ways, and her persona was really cool. I tried to help her on different things as far as timing and obviously, we got to work together and her having actually a match and all that kind of stuff.
“So I had a great personal relationship with her and she was so easy and coachable to listen to. If you watch that match back, the Good Housekeeping Match [from No Mercy 1999], you know, I had it in my mind, but I had business to take care of and we cover that on My World but you know, she’s just a phenomenal talent in so many ways, but I had a great relationship with her.”
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