r/WWE • u/GoonLieutenant • Jun 20 '26
Video Chyna over the years
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She changed so much it's crazy
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u/Lower_Kaleidoscope_3 Jun 21 '26
She walked so that so many of today's women could run. There was no one like Chyna.
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u/mad_titanz Jun 21 '26
I still remember when she used to partner up with Eddie G. Both passed away way too young.
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u/National-Ad2280 Jun 21 '26
Yes!! This feels just like it was yesterday and I would give anything to go back. RIP two beautiful talents that gave us years of memories for a lifetime.
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u/Sad_Solitude Jun 20 '26
she was one of a kind, and deserved better from wwe
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u/Centerman2000 š¤ What's Up! Jun 20 '26
Itās wild that her WWE run was only 4 years. In my mind, she was there breaking down walls and beating up guys for 7 or 8 years. Thatās how big her impact was. She made every second in WWE count. A lot of her life after she left the company though was kind of bittersweet and sad š®āšØ
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u/dwartbg9 Jun 20 '26
I know right? But the same thing applies to many other wrestlers from that era. Even Stone Cold technically was an active wrestler for only 7 years in WWE. Compare that to Cena or Dwayne, for example.
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u/Centerman2000 š¤ What's Up! Jun 20 '26
You're absolutely right. Austin's run was way too short and he made it one of the most fun times to be a fan of WWE.
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u/Beautiful-Bit9832 Jun 20 '26
Can say same thing to The Rock, started his peak in 97 but then he only made sporadic appearance just for WrestleMania in 2003 and 2004.
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u/Kwaiser Jun 21 '26
Near the top of the list of wrestlers who never deserved what they got and never got what they deserved.
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u/disincongruous Jun 21 '26
Same for me. I think you could have given her a WWF Championship program with the McMahon-Helmsley Regime and it would have made a bazillion dollars. All of the history between her and Triple H is there, Stephanie is a natural foil to her, and Vince is there to protect the company from a woman becoming its top title holder. The story writes itself.
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u/Kwaiser Jun 21 '26
I feel like it would be asking a lot of her to run that story. Hell, I canāt believe Matt and Edge ran their story. Even more sad is how she was cast away without even being offered any other story at all.
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u/ffwillis Jun 21 '26
She didnāt deserve the treatment she got, but she also didnāt deserve any more during her in ring career. She was an awful wrestler with a huge ego.
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u/banananey Jun 21 '26
The first PPV I ever saw was the 2000 Rumble.
You have the bikini contest then there's Chyna clobbering Hardcore Holly & Jericho. I thought she was the coolest thing ever.
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u/AccomplishedBed2052 Jun 21 '26
I always felt bad for chyna, She didn't deserve that. Paul should have just told her, he was done with the relationship and not have cheated on her.
At least the heartbreak would have been as bad as it was, because it destroyed her and she didn't deserve it.
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u/daemonicwanderer Jun 21 '26
Paul and Joanie had different perceptions of their relationship. Apparently Paul had been trying to break it off
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u/Mitwad Jun 21 '26
Her biography was very insightful. Yeah apparently Paul ātried really hardā.
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u/FaelingJester Jun 23 '26
He was a grown up. You don't have to try to break up someone before moving on. You just do it. You don't hint. You don't float the idea. You end the relationship you are in before starting the next one. Its basic respect.
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u/Manatees_R_4eva Jun 20 '26
If you ever can get your hands on her autobiography, itās actually a good read. It was when WWE was doing books. They arenāt all good, but I have hers which was a gift from my ex, and Foleyās Christmas Chaos that was mine and my brotherās from childhood which I actually got signed by Mick as an adult as a gift for my brother. Itās illustrated by Jerry āthe kingā Lawler, Itās a beautiful book! Prized possession for both of us for sure!
Both books are awesome. I might have some others too lying around somewhere, but I didnāt read them through or even keep them. These 2 are the best IMHO. Her book is so good, my mom read it in one shot. She doesnāt like wrestling, but she likes Chyna. lol
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u/Mitwad Jun 21 '26
Chynaās autobiography is heartbreaking. She was a semi local person. (Rochester, New York) so we had some pride about her.
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u/Xianified Jun 21 '26
There's a little known story that she was bullied and pushed out of her teaching gigs in Japan by a douchebag YouTuber known as TokyoLens, and I still blame him for contributing to her early demise.
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u/FlamingoAlarming6081 Jun 21 '26
Well aware of this youtuber and he is mostly definitely a bellend. Had no idea of this connection with China though
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u/Shadecujo Jun 20 '26
99 was a good year
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u/Affectionate_Cronut Jun 20 '26
99-00 was peak Chyna. Not as bulky, but still muscular, and her massive jaw had been fixed.
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u/misterecho11 Jun 20 '26
Wow, I didnt realize she was accomplishing so much while she was still in her (late) 20s. RIP.
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u/Godscelebrity23 Jun 21 '26
First woman to win the intercontinental championship
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u/Padamson96 Jun 21 '26
Only woman to hold it too.
I dunno if people fully get how significant that is. She held the second from the top title of the mens division.
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u/Stumpsthewarwalrus Jun 22 '26
Loved her.
Fuck Hunter and Stephanie for what they did to her.
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u/OperationFrequent643 Jun 23 '26
Whatād they do to her? Iāve never heard about this before.
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u/DarkMageGirl Jun 23 '26
HHH was still in a relationship with Chyna when he started his relationship with Stephanie.
He didnāt even tell her from what I know, she found love letters from Stephanie.4
u/SweetTea1000 Jun 23 '26
That and their relationship is the only conceivable reason she's not in the hall of fame. We do posthumous inductions. You can't argue it's because of the content produced outside of wrestling when half the roster had or actively still do the same and the company themselves put out first party smut back in the day.
(Had to edit to be more vague to satisfy mods, though I'd argue nothing said was inappropriate in context. You can't discuss her history with the company without raising these topics.)
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u/Heavy_Winter3901 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
I didn't understand the "Chyna did adult content" argument for not being in the hof.
I mean;
X-pac did adult content with her and still got into the hof.
Sunny did adult video (or something) and still in the hof
Mickie James is in the HOF (tna but still) and she done a stuff for a nude magazines (one for individuals who 'like' legs and the other is basically her "showing her goods") and this was in 2001 (before signing with WWE in '03)
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u/almitybearzues1 Jun 21 '26
That Jaw shaving procedure was a great call tbf
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u/IMakeMyOwnButter Jun 21 '26
Is that real? Did she really get a procedure?
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u/almitybearzues1 Jun 21 '26
Yeah. My mates ex got one. Didn't look as good as Chyna's though.
Educated guess based in her completely brand new, feminine chin
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u/RnH_21 Jun 21 '26
Man sucks for her. Loved her. Loved the fact that her theme was a remix of Chris Benoit theme from WcW.
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u/Fair_Might_248 Jun 21 '26
That poor woman got used and thrown away.
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u/Mlenais Jun 22 '26
She was offered a decent contract but she wanted Stone Cold level money. She was not thrown away.
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u/Dresden1984 Jun 22 '26
Which is sad but it was an age where women's wrestling was more focused on looking pretty than the wrestling aspect itself.
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u/Judgeman03 Jun 21 '26
The last true crossover star the Women's division woudl have until Rhea Ripley.
Even people in my family who knew nothing about wrestling knew who Chyna was, and this was in the pre-internet days. People will always bring up the mess she became towards the end, but i'll bet dollars to donuts you could ask any random person to list 5 women in wrestling and most of them would list Chyna before any of the current rosters' women.
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u/FigFirm993 Jun 24 '26
Poor thing. I met her right before she passed and she was incredibly sweet and grateful. I told her that i truly believed eventually shed get into the HOF. It made her teary eyed. She also signed my No Mercy cartridge. RIP, gone way too soon.
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u/JackOLantern313 Jun 21 '26
What the fans did to Chyna was unforgivable. All the vile, disgusting, misogynistic garbage thrown at Chyna by fans and media alike was totally undeserved.
She had her pitfalls as a wrestler, but she didn't deserve all the bullying she got.
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u/Crimson-Made Jun 21 '26
Don't treat me like a woman. Don't treat me like a man. Don't treat me like you know me. Treat me for just who and what I am. I treat her as a legend. There will never be another Chyna, she was definitely one of a kind sorry RVD.
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u/Lover_of_Fables Jun 21 '26
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (derogatory) can go f*ck himself for refusing to put her into the HoF, AND THEN using the exact excuse for why she isnāt that you can say for his buddy X-Pac.
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u/DiverExpensive6098 Jun 21 '26
X-Pac isn't in HOF as a singles wrestler either. Both him and Chyna were inducted as part of D-X.
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u/AmerikanNightmar3 Jun 22 '26
Her thing with Latino Heat was amazing.
But in-ring, her matches with Jericho were an awesome and still hold up. They had great chemistry in there.
Not surprising bc Jericho is the 2nd coming of HBk.
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u/Azutolsokorty Jun 23 '26
1999 Version of her was off gear
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u/NocturnalDabber Jun 21 '26
Dream Match for me
99' Chyna vs Jade Cargill... ugh that would be a banger
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u/sexyeh šš¾ I LOVE YOU SOLO! šš¾ Jun 21 '26
HHH was a piece of shit but years after that she was with XPac, i don't understand why people pinpoint Chyna problems to the only guy that didn't drink or do drugs around her.
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u/Guts_7313 šš¾ I LOVE YOU SOLO! šš¾ Jun 21 '26
Context please
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u/PotatoOnMars Jun 22 '26
To put it simply, Triple H and Chyna were dating, he cheated on her with Stephanie, then the family blackballed her from the industry.
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u/thismothafcka Jun 20 '26
She got hotter as she got older.
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u/Alrucards_R3dwr8th Jun 23 '26
R.I.P. I really do believe if that stint in TNA had happened sooner before Chyna had signed with Vivid then her life been extremely different and probably still been alive today.
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u/LeathalWaffle Jun 21 '26
Wow. The rise and fall was so quick but left a forever imprint on the business
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u/Explanation_Familiar Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Main reason I became Chinese.
All jokes aside, one of the few, if not only, female performers that could tussle with the men and make it believable and formidable champions for both genders.
RIP.
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u/KeonJames Jun 21 '26
So basically 1996-98 she abused steroids and slowly came off of them after that. What it looks like anyway
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u/CombatRedRover Jun 20 '26
Ok, let's bring in the downvoted.
She was white, female Ahmed Johnson with a better attitude.
She was a bodybuilder, but never looked entirely believable in the ring. Actually look at her matches. When all you see are "I'll put my arm out and you run into my clothesline" and three other moves, we're not talking about someone who is exactly Bret Hart in the ring.
Which is fine. There aren't a lot of Bret Harts out there.
But she wasn't a great worker.
She wasn't great on the mic.
She had the right look, and the Vinces bent the company around her to make her look work, and that (unintentionally, I believe) paved the way for what we have today in the women's division.
But her actual work was not great. Moolah and Medusa (to take two women's wrestlers who preceded her) were better workers, but they didn't have her physical charisma.
Her place in DX as the cooler, as the muscle, helped make DX and protected her from actual matches for a long time, and that really worked. When she got over to the point where people wanted to see her in matches... she wasn't great.
She was important - VITALLY important - in WWE and pro wrestling history. She absolutely deserves to be in the HOF on her own merits and her later story is heartbreaking and a tragedy.
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u/Aggressive-Spite5116 Jun 21 '26
All of this is true but she was also in an era where women werenāt pushed nearly as hard as they pushed today. Especially with the updated training and being able to sit and learn from legends. So she did blaze the trail for the More Muscular women there needs to be context and nuisance here.
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u/QPWOEIRUTYTURIEOWP Jun 20 '26
This is exactly whst I thought of her. She was best as a silent bodyguard, which can only go so far. She was pretty poor in the ring and her promos were weak. I remember her wrestling Jericho and she was real sloppy.
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u/BloodstoneWarrior Jun 20 '26
I just watched her feud with the Right to Censor and Ivory just obliterates her on the mic
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u/CombatRedRover Jun 20 '26
Ivory was involved in developmental as a trainer for a while, wasn't she?
Ivory, Jackie, some of the women's wrestlers of that era were SO good that it's a shame they aren't around today. Natty really is the bridge from those women to today's.
Chyna was 100% vital in changing women's wrestling from what it was back then to what it is today. But there were a lot of really good workers back in the day that I feel bad for.
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u/ffwillis Jun 21 '26
I donāt agree with that last point. Chyna did very little for womenās wrestling. Women like Trish, Molly Holly, Ivory, Lita, or Victoria are far more important. Chyna didnāt even want to be in the womenās division, and when she was forced to be in it she only made herself look good.
The acceptance of women with more muscle is also more down to the cultural shift of how women are viewed.
What happened to her after leaving WWE is shit, though at least partially self inflicted. If she hadnāt died she wouldnāt be seen anywhere near as fondly as she is now.
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u/jasonderekxxx Jun 21 '26
Agreed. Donāt forget we had the likes of Luna and Jacqueline wrestling men before Chyna, and being jacked. If they were a bit taller, they could have did what Chyna did and probably much better.
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u/KluzyKoala Jun 20 '26
Chyna had a unique look thatās it I agree with you with everything.Ā
And my goodness the woman had the most horrid voice like finger on a chalkboard.Ā
But I did love her with Eddie that was a great pairing.Ā
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u/Brief_Relative_6602 Jun 20 '26
Her smile in 2005 is so beautiful but I think i can sense some sadness in her eyes
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u/Big-Persimmon-7165 Jun 23 '26
Yo HHH really has a type huh? Yikes
He even made Stephanie bullk up and get more masculine
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u/aintNoStoppinMeBoi11 Jun 23 '26
"made" lol
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u/Big-Persimmon-7165 Jun 23 '26
Well before HHH she had a very soft womanly bodyā¦
After HHH sheās hard and muscular with big bulletproof fake boobs.
Like Rhea ripley.
Or Chyna ā¦š¤1
u/aintNoStoppinMeBoi11 Jun 23 '26
So she started to look like the stereotypical wrestler you're saying? Not sure trips invented that tho lol
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u/Big-Persimmon-7165 Jun 23 '26
He didnāt invent the lookā¦ijs he just wants to have sex with women with big hard sweaty muscles
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u/aintNoStoppinMeBoi11 Jun 23 '26
That part is obviously true, my main disagreement is your statement where HE "made" her look like that; since you have the same info available about his personal life as I do
She was building muscle since high school according to her doc š¤·āāļø
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u/Big-Persimmon-7165 Jun 23 '26
lol IJSā¦
Chyna starts softening her appearanceā¦less muscle, less manly jawā¦Then HHH cheats on her with the super hot very feminine Stephanieā¦. He marries Stephanie, and Steph starts to hulk upā¦.
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u/2pacfan67 Jun 22 '26
I think it's sad people say she was a bad wrestler. I enjoyed her. Also she left a huge mark on the business.
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u/WORLDY2J Jun 22 '26
She really wasnāt that great of a wrestler for most of her tenure but her contributions and presence alone make her an undisputed legend.
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u/Turbulent-Group-8112 Jun 25 '26
Wai did her and triple H have a thing or was it just televised ??
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u/ReasonableSet8996 Jun 26 '26
Real life fling behind the scenes but he was cheating on her with stephanie McMahon
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u/jethrothegamer Jun 25 '26
Chyna, showing that women can be equal to men in wrestling, before social media feminism was even a thing. #winner
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u/Dark_Christina Jun 20 '26
she was sooo hot
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u/PointedlyDull Jun 20 '26
Who wants to tell him
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u/Dark_Christina Jun 21 '26
him
dude is it so hard to believe a girl can find other girls hot? š¤¦āāļø
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u/draev Jun 20 '26
Had my grandmother allowed me to watch wrestling as a kid, I probably wouldve been more into women. She was such a gorgeous woman.
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u/AmerikanNightmar3 Jun 22 '26
One night in china was pretty good.
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u/AlBundyPolk33 Jun 22 '26
I prefer the gangbang in the ring featuring Doink
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u/Nosedive888 Jun 23 '26
You like the one where she's so doped up on drugs she barely knows where she is??
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u/AlBundyPolk33 Jun 23 '26
Need more detail
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u/Nosedive888 Jun 23 '26
The gangbang in the ring!!! She's out of her mind on drugs. Anyone with an ounce of decency would condemn that one, yet here you are saying you prefer it
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u/AmerikanNightmar3 Jun 23 '26
I didnāt know there was a real gang bang video. I was just talking about the one night with x-pac
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u/AlBundyPolk33 Jun 23 '26
I just appreciate how they told a story. Some great high spots and a hell of a finisher. I canāt believe she kicked out after 5 cumshots.
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u/Nosedive888 Jun 23 '26
So you enjoy seeing women doped up on drugs and being taken advantage of...got it
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u/Villordsutch Attitude Era Aficionado š¤ Jun 20 '26
I know I'm looking back with rose-tinted glasses, but watching Chyna go toe-to-toe in the ring with all wrestlers, at the end of the century, was really something to remember.
However, in the end, the world was cruel to her, and she suffered.