10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Stephanie McMahon
2. Triple H Allegedly Cheated On Chyna With Her And Helped Ruin Chyna's Life
If you want a name of a woman that should probably be in WWE's Hall of Fame, but likely never will be then the name Chyna should come to mind. That's because she was the ex-girlfriend of Triple H that was dating him at a time when he was romantically linked to Stephanie in a storyline and he also cheated on Chyna with Stephanie. In a 2011 interview, Chyna talked about how she found out about Hunter and Stephanie dating in 2001 when Chyna was still in WWE and was dating Hunter for several years by that point.
"This was my love, this was my career. I need to know because I didn't want to lose my career. He just kept saying, 'It wasn't, wasn't wasn't,' but his attitude had changed. I actually did the snoop. I found a love letter from Stephanie McMahon that had been dated from the previous year so I knew that there was a year affair going on. Within five minutes I called Vince McMahon and he was basically like, 'Okay, well, the jig is up.'"
Chyna also spoke about how she tried to talk to Stephanie and Vince McMahon about it.
She took me into the room, we talked, and she goes, "Well, I love him. He's my man. I'm sorry if you feel that way" and I shut her up. I said, "Shut up. Call your dad in here because I'm going to choke you out." "If you really feel that way, take control of yourself," then Vince came in and said, "Let's do a new contract. I know this is tough for you but it's going to be okay." Then I went home and I got a fax saying they didn't need me anymore.
Here's how Stephanie explained it when she was on Howard Stern's show in 2002.
"He was in love with her at the time. I thought she was beautiful. By the time I came around, things weren't so good as I understand it. There's much more detail. At the time we started our on-screen storyline, we hit it off. I was dating somebody else at the time too who thought I had the hots for Triple H, but I didn't know it. We have to rehearse, we're live, and have such a passion for the business. It just worked."
You never hear Chyna's name uttered on WWE TV anymore. Part of it may be because she moved on to a career in porn and was an alcoholic that made a fool of herself publicly many times (not to mention the sex tape with X-Pac), but it's probably because Hunter and Stephanie don't want her name mentioned ever. If you watch Triple H's "Thy Kingdom Come" DVD from last year, they really don't even hit on the fact that Hunter was dating with Chyna when he got from Stephanie. It's like Chyna didn't exist. She's the female Chris Benoit and she didn't even murder anyone. She just happened to date a wrestler that the boss' daughter stole away.
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