I brought this corset to our seamstress Julie, who used to make Chyna’s outfits. The match was booked last minute and I didn’t expect it. “The day of No Mercy 2007, I didn’t have a great costume made. Phoenix would also pay tribute to the legacy of Chyna during the 2007 No Mercy pay-per-view, the event in which Beth would win her first Women’s Championship: Posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019, Chyna is widely credited as one of the most influential female performers in sports entertainment history.įollowing in the footsteps of her idol, Beth Phoenix would become the second female ever to enter the men’s Royal Rumble, in 2010. China would compete with male wrestlers for the vast majority of her career, becoming the first female wrestler to hold the Intercontinental Championship and enter the Royal Rumble match. Debuting as a bodyguard for DX, her dominating strength and physical stature was unlike any other female character at the time. So in my own mind, in my own journey of how I’m going to make it to WWE, I said, ‘I got to start with the wrestling team.’”Ĭhyna became a household name as part of D-Generation X and the ‘Attitude Era’ in the 90’s. Anytime Chyna had a feature anywhere, I was scooping up fitness magazines to unlock those secrets of ‘how did she get that strength? How did she get that body?’ I want to be like that. It was just a lightbulb for me, and I was inspired like hell by Chyna. She had that star power alongside all the men. I’d seen female bodybuilders before, but Chyna was more than that. When Chyna came on the scene, I was just enamoured. It was a point in my life where I realised body image was going to be a challenge for me and I had to find a way to learn to accept myself for who I was.įemale representation was sparse in wrestling in the 80s and 90s. There was a point where the school counsellor and my parents had to intervene and end up helping me get counsel through that time period. I was really obsessed and focusing on my weight. “I felt that pressure to fit in and to fit a stereotype and fit a mould, so I started unhealthily trying to lose weight. When discussing her journey to acceptance that would ultimately lead to the WWE, Beth pointed at another trailblazing Superstar who changed the course of pro wrestling for women, Chyna: Receiving a chase with purchase is not guaranteed. Vinyl figure is approximately 10 cm tall.Ĭhase variants are shipped at random. Or there's a 1 in 6 chance you may find Pop! Beth Phoenix in her 2022 Royal Rumble studded, black and white, leather gear.
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