10 Times Wrestling GENUINELY Tried To Be Progressive

10. Chyna Wins The Intercontinental Title

When Triple H glibly responded to Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast query about Chyna's future Hall Of Fame trajectory with mumbled concerns about her porn career, he inadvertently kickstarted an overdue movement for her place among the elite.

He ought to have done it years ago, and sent her a percentage of all his future earnings too.

The footage exists on a WWE Network currently funding the building of his mansion's seventh annex if proof's needed - Chyna got Triple H over. Their relationship was mutually beneficial for sure, but 'The Ninth Wonder Of The World' was a vital component in making the crowd at long last give a tiny toss about Hunter Hearst Helmsley.

Their on-screen bond positioned them on equal footing enough to at one point both be considered contenders to Stone Cold Steve Austin's WWE Championship at SummerSlam 1999, but he'd politic her downwards to an Intercontinental Title compromise that summer.

Her matches with Jeff Jarrett and Chris Jericho were an acquired taste, but her constant improvement was obvious, and her placement in the midcard never remotely questioned by her adoring audience.

It's a drum WWE are probably frustrated they can't beat more, but Chyna's rise before her controversial fall was inadvertently one of their finest ever tales of female empowerment.