8 People You Won't Believe ALMOST Became A Wrestling Champion
4. Chyna
The wrestling world has changed enough over the last decade that an entry on a list such as this wouldn't be half the bombshell it once was, but Chyna's consideration for winning the WWE Championship in 1999 had jaws on floors at the time.
'The Ninth Wonder Of The World' was an established hard nut and had already made history by entering the Royal Rumble and King Of The Ring earlier that year, but ahead of eventual Intercontinental and Women's Championship reigns, she was very briefly set to tussle with Stone Cold Steve Austin in the main event of SummerSlam 1999.
It was to be the night 'The Rattlesnake' lost the title ahead of an uneven Autumn/Winter period as he nursed, but hindsight has shown that she might have stood a better chance than partner Triple H of actually winning the thing - in that he had absolutely none at all.
WWE even gave the match graphic a week to breathe before settling on a Triple Threat headliner Austin didn't think the time, place or person felt right and ultimately surrendered the gold to Mankind who dropped it to 'The Game' one night later.