She was a believable contender for a title.
And there came a time when the evolution of Chyna
had to happen.
Who's the heel?
COMMENTATOR 1: Jeff Jarrett isn't
scheduled to come out here.
COMMENTATOR 2: Well, Jeff Jarrett's
scheduled to beat Chyna.
Double J stepped up to the plate.
My name is Jeff Jarrett, and I'm a man's man.
My side of the fence, the way I was handling the females
and the women was they have their place, barefoot
and pregnant in the kitchen.
Oh, Jeff Jarrett took that ball and ran with it.
He's like, oh, you want me to be a jerk?
Watch this.
Women are only good for three things.
Cooking, cleaning, and making babies.
Oh, it was excellent.
All these antiquated stereotypes-- like,
this is trash.
COMMENTATOR 1: This is absolutely
degrading to these ladies.
COMMENTATOR 2: Come on, now.
Somebody get-- oh, come on now.
WOMAN: It's supposed to make you mad.
You need a good villain to push all those buttons,
and it made Chyna the hero.
COMMENTATOR 1: Oh, boy.
COMMENTATOR 2: It's Chyna.
It's Chyna. COMMENTATOR 1: Oh.
COMMENTATOR 2: Chyna.
That was a frying pan.
Jarrett is out cold, and Chyna's wearing his shorts.
What took it to another level was I was the reigning
intercontinental champion.
You're going to see who's wearing the pants,
and then you're going to see who's going to be wearing
your intercontinental title.
There was nothing like the build up
to that intercontinental title match.
You're going to get your rematch all right,
but it's going to be the Good Housekeeping way.
And we just knew that he was going to get what he deserved,
and he did.
[music playing]
COMMENTATOR 1: A first ever Good Housekeeping matchup, King.
MAN: This was going to be history making.
[pa announcement]
There was an excitement, but I could see there was nerves.
I think she was having some doubts.
Am I going to be able to live up to these expectations?
COMMENTATOR 1: Oh, be gentle.
COMMENTATOR 2: What is that?
Oh, my goodness.
He's been crowned with a seat from the throne.
Johnny kind of took up the torch for all of womanhood
in that moment.
They literally hit each other with everything,
including the kitchen sink.
[shouting]
And I just remember the plethora of weapons
being used in very unique ways.
COMMENTATOR 2: She's got the--
oh!
[shouting]
MAN: You know, somehow the word had gotten out to the fans
that it was his last match in the WWE.
So naturally, everybody's expecting, well,
Jeff's going to lose.
Chyna is going to become the first
female intercontinental champion,
but then comes the swerve.
Boom, he hits Chyna with the belt.
And to everybody's shock and amazement, one, two, three.
Jeff wins.
COMMENTATOR 1: I knew it.
[pa announcement]
MAN: The place, you could have heard a pin drop.
The crowd was shocked.
How dare that dastardly Double J do that to us?
Hey, wait a minute.
You can't take the intercontinental championship
and win the match.
MAN: The referees determined that, wait a minute,
that championship belt is not a household item.
The match should continue.
And in the meantime, Chyna grabs Jeff's guitar.
[shouting] COMMENTATOR 1: Oh, man.
Chyna with a--
COMMENTATOR 2: That's not a household item, is it?
COMMENTATOR 1: It certainly is. I guess it is.
I don't know. We have a kill.
COMMENTATOR 2: No! [bell rings]
COMMENTATOR 1: Chyna has made history.
Chyna, the first woman to become the intercontinental champion!
MAN: I mean, Chyna's standing there
with that intercontinental championship.
She's holding it high above her head,
and I could tell that she knew that she was part of history.
WOMAN: I remember standing straight up,
and truly the first thought that came to my mind was,
times they are a-changin'.
I can only think that, you know, from her story
and how many mountains she had to climb to get to that point,
and how many times she was told no,
or you're not the right fit.
Of course you're not the right fit.
You weren't meant to be the right fit.
You were meant to be bigger than that.
You're a star.
As the years have gone on and you
hear the little girls who are now adults say,
yeah, I watched Chyna on TV--
she gave me hope, because there she was, a woman
succeeding in a man's world.
Right now, I'm the reigning intercontinental champion.
[cheering]
That belt means that she's the number
two athlete in our industry.
We don't have an intercontinental championship
for women.
She said, yeah, yeah?
Well, you do now, because I'm taking it.
What I really think people want to see
is a woman like me kicking some guys' asses.
[cheering]
Yeah.