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00:01The night wonder of the world, China!
00:09Trailblazer, groundbreaker, pioneer.
00:12That's right, the world's most dangerous woman.
00:16No single woman changed the world of WWE quite like China.
00:21She's no ordinary woman, I can tell you that.
00:23I think she's bionic!
00:25China broke down countless barriers in sports entertainment.
00:28Najwyższego wioski, jak moi.
00:42To jest wciąż wierzycie.
00:45Dobra, co ma nie wierzycie.
00:46Poczekamy się wierzycie na najwyższym wiosku.
00:50Nie ma!
00:52Oh my god, what the hell are you doing?
00:57Absolutely unbelievable!
00:58Welcome, baby, I'm in this field.
01:06Welcome, everyone, to WWE's Greatest Moments.
01:09I'm Michael Cole, and on this edition,
01:11we're looking back at the groundbreaking career
01:13of the revolutionary China.
01:16And there she is, the awesome China!
01:18Look at his shoulder, he's a delts.
01:20She is no doubt the first lady of sports entertainment.
01:23We all know in professional wrestling lore,
01:26Andre the Giant is fittedly known
01:28as the eighth wonder of the world.
01:30But in the late 1990s, a ninth wonder appeared
01:33and quickly rose to superstardom in WWE.
01:37Here's the reason why China's called
01:39the ninth wonder of the world.
01:41She has done so many things,
01:43first, as far as her gender is concerned.
01:45With a unique look and a wealth of Amazonian strength.
01:48I have incredible genetics,
01:51and I have the availability to gain muscle mass very quickly.
01:54China's meteoric rise in WWE
01:56all started 1997's In Your House Final Four
02:00with one truly implausible debut.
02:14I got to say, when you look back at it,
02:17the choice to bring in China the way that she was brought in
02:21is fascinating and brilliant.
02:34I remember the first night
02:37when she came out of the crowd.
02:44When she interacted with my character, Marlena,
02:49it was just two very, very different entities.
02:54It was unbelievable.
02:56Security taking that lady away.
02:59China, there was never anything like her.
03:02That lady got a little overzealous, to say the least.
03:05Almost all of the women in the business prior to
03:08were seen as, like, just this eye candy.
03:11She changed that mold for all of them.
03:14The door in jail!
03:16From the first second you see her on camera,
03:21she arrived.
03:25Heading into SummerSlam 1999,
03:28WWE champion Stone Cold Steve Austin
03:30was left without an opponent.
03:32That's the biggest bunch of BS I ever heard in my life.
03:35A triple threat match was set for Monday Night Raw
03:38to determine the number one contender.
03:40It's gonna be Triple H.
03:42It's gonna be The Undertaker.
03:45And the third and final opponent is China.
03:51For the first time ever,
03:52a woman would have the opportunity
03:54to become next in line
03:55for the richest prize in sports entertainment.
03:58You want a piece of me?
03:59Come on and get you some.
04:03First person.
04:05You're in a pinball submission.
04:06You'll be the number one contender.
04:07She was beautiful and so secure.
04:10Such a strength.
04:11She embodied all of that when she went out there.
04:14The Undertaker, come on, yeah.
04:15And then win China.
04:16If she could face the guys,
04:18it's a bit of a novelty.
04:19She was not.
04:21Oh!
04:23China just now Triple H!
04:24She was such a game changer.
04:27She could get in the ring
04:28and make it spectacular.
04:30She wants to be the number one contender!
04:32The Undertaker doesn't care.
04:34Oh, one, one hand.
04:36And the Undertaker with a chokeslam.
04:39She could go out there,
04:40night in, night out,
04:42and bust her ass.
04:44China knocked down!
04:45Now's enough to go to the top front
04:46by the Undertaker!
04:48She did fight the guys.
04:49She did beat some of the biggest names
04:52in this business
04:52as she shows the world
04:54that that can be done.
04:56No, no, no!
04:56Jimbo!
04:57China!
04:58China wins it!
05:00What?
05:00I was in awe that she was in that match.
05:03I damn sure didn't know
05:04she was going to win that match.
05:06And when I saw her win it
05:08and how she won it,
05:09I was like,
05:10hell yeah,
05:10that was,
05:11it made perfect sense
05:11and I loved it.
05:13China's the number one contender!
05:17For years,
05:18China had proven
05:19she could hold her own
05:20against the male superstars
05:21of WWE.
05:22But in 2001,
05:24in front of over 68,000 fans
05:26on the grand stage
05:27of WrestleMania 17,
05:29China would look to dominate
05:30the female division
05:32and capture her first
05:33WWE Women's Championship.
05:38A tremendous ovation here
05:40in the Reliant Astrodome
05:41for the ninth wonder
05:43of the world,
05:44China.
05:45The fans enjoyed
05:47seeing her battling men
05:49and now she was
05:51in the women's division.
05:52Look at China!
05:54She has nothing
05:54but title aspirations
05:56in her eyes!
05:58I loved how they started
06:00that match.
06:00It was like so perfect.
06:02She hit her with the title
06:03right away to get heat on her.
06:05And Ivory going to work
06:06on the back of the neck!
06:07Never seen anyone
06:08like China before.
06:10She just seemed
06:11so intimidating
06:12and is kind of like
06:13a Wonder Woman
06:14at that point.
06:16China catching that leg.
06:17One-legged women
06:18don't win too many
06:19butt-kicking contests.
06:20There is something
06:21really fun
06:22about telling a story
06:24with your physicality.
06:26But she can really
06:27kick your ass.
06:29Good grief!
06:30Look at this strength!
06:31Ivory up upstairs
06:33with nowhere to go
06:34but f*** down!
06:36China
06:38enjoying this
06:40and it is over!
06:41And China
06:42was an academic!
06:44There are so many women
06:45that look up to China.
06:47I mean,
06:48she was one of one.
06:49And I think it just
06:50helped the women's division
06:51as a whole.
06:52China
06:53is the WWF
06:54women's champion!
06:55I fought for who I am
06:57and what I am now
06:58the World Wrestling
06:59Federation's
07:00women's champion.
07:01Pretty damn proud of it.
07:04Still to come.
07:06Tonight,
07:07I'm gonna be a queen.
07:09There's China!
07:10Nothing can be finer
07:11on the cover of Playboy!
07:13The tournament to win
07:15the King of the Ring crown
07:16had been an illustrious title
07:17held by men.
07:24A right reserved for men.
07:27The 1997 King of the Ring
07:29Hunter Hearst Hounsley!
07:32That was until
07:33the ninth wonder of the world
07:34looked to shatter
07:35another ceiling.
07:36For the first time ever,
07:38a woman
07:39was set to enter
07:40the King of the Ring tournament.
07:45China,
07:45how does it feel
07:46to be the first woman
07:47to enter the King of the Ring tournament?
07:49Well, you know,
07:50when I was a little girl,
07:51I only wanted
07:52to be a princess.
07:54But now I'm all grown up
07:55and tonight,
07:56I'm gonna be a queen.
07:58Road dog,
07:59you got big brass balls
08:01to step in the ring with me.
08:03I faced her
08:04in the first round
08:06of the King of the Ring tournament.
08:07I knew
08:08that she had the goods
08:09to do what we needed to do
08:11and we had a great match.
08:13Oh, yeah!
08:14First shot!
08:16She didn't take
08:17a back seat to anybody
08:18and she was just as big
08:19in that time frame
08:21as all of us.
08:24If she got in the ring,
08:25she might
08:25whoop road dog's ass
08:27for a minute
08:27and people didn't question it.
08:33She had hit me
08:34with several low blows before.
08:36Oh, you can see
08:36what's coming here.
08:38Oh, that shot
08:39and she hurt her arm.
08:42That was the infamous
08:43I came prepared.
08:45She hit me
08:45with a low blow
08:46from behind.
08:47I pulled out
08:47the metal cup.
08:49He had a competitive match.
08:59She could have beat me.
09:00People wouldn't have
09:01batted an eye
09:02because that's
09:03how believable she was.
09:10There's no question
09:11that Chyna was an icon
09:12both in and out
09:13of the ring.
09:14Her appearance
09:15on late night talk shows.
09:17Chyna Fitness
09:18is available right now.
09:20Are you going to try this?
09:22Yes.
09:24And various
09:25entertainment outlets
09:26solidified her
09:27as a pop culture phenomenon.
09:29The presence of Chyna
09:30was something to behold
09:31and it was only
09:33a matter of time
09:33before she would
09:34grace the cover
09:35of a renowned
09:36men's magazine
09:37in a moment
09:38that would inspire
09:38women everywhere.
09:43King, look here.
09:44Yeah, there's Chyna.
09:45Nothing can be finer
09:46on the cover of Playboy.
09:48Chyna had just been
09:49in Playboy
09:50and was really
09:51in a good stride
09:52of just being
09:53super proud
09:54of who she was
09:55and enveloping
09:57all of her
09:58power and femininity.
10:00I'd worked so many years
10:01on my body
10:02and thought that
10:03I'd been given a gift
10:04that I ran with
10:05and for so many years
10:07people ridiculed me.
10:09I think she was
10:10finding herself
10:11and trying to find
10:12her identity.
10:13I have bought the odds
10:15and for that
10:16I believe that
10:16I'm a pioneer
10:17that that's why
10:18my guys named me
10:19the ninth wonder
10:20of the world.
10:22One of the reasons
10:23why this was so huge
10:24is because
10:24it shows
10:25a very strong
10:26sexy
10:27powerful
10:27millennium woman
10:29and I believe
10:29that's me.
10:30Everything is coming
10:32her way.
10:33When people told me
10:34that I was ugly
10:35and could never
10:36be Playboy material
10:37well I guess
10:39that I had to
10:40prove them wrong.
10:42Oh yeah!
10:43And you did it
10:43that lady!
10:45And we're damn proud
10:46of you!
10:46There's gazillions
10:48of editions
10:49of Playboys
10:49but she was
10:51one of a kind.
10:52I worked my ass
10:53off to get here
10:54and I'm going
10:55to show it
10:56in Playboy magazine.
11:00Still to come.
11:01I can't believe
11:01they're doing this
11:02to China!
11:03There's a close-up!
11:04China close-up!
11:05What is China doing?
11:07I can't believe!
11:09Never before
11:10had a woman
11:11served as an enforcer
11:12for a male superstar.
11:14But that's exactly
11:15what China's role was
11:17alongside Triple H.
11:18But China's
11:19constant interference
11:20would prove
11:21to be too much
11:22for WWE Commissioner
11:24Sergeant Slaughter.
11:25Who in the hell
11:26do you think
11:27you are?
11:28And an unforgiven
11:29in your house
11:30the ninth wonder
11:31of the world
11:31would get a much
11:32more precarious
11:33vantage point
11:34as Triple H
11:35defended his
11:36European Championship
11:37against Owen Hart.
11:41Thanks to Commissioner
11:42Slaughter
11:43she's going to be
11:44locked away
11:44like an animal!
11:46With her being
11:46suspended above the ring
11:48in a cage
11:49you thought that
11:50okay maybe
11:51she's contained.
11:52I can't believe
11:52they're doing this
11:53to China!
11:54She wants to
11:55she can probably
11:55snap that chain!
11:56Knocks down
11:57Owen with a clothesline
11:59and Orton
11:59with the elbow
12:00off the top!
12:01She was presented
12:02as a powerhouse
12:03a wonder of the world
12:04something you've
12:05never seen before.
12:06She is right
12:06where she belongs.
12:07We just hadn't
12:08built a woman
12:09like that
12:09up to that point.
12:10China has built
12:11one of those bars!
12:12Ben the steel bars
12:14just solidified her
12:15as the beast
12:17that she was
12:17being built to be.
12:18The cage is coming down!
12:20Why is the cage
12:21coming down?
12:21Who lowered that cage?
12:23That was Road Dog!
12:24Somebody lowered
12:25the cage.
12:26I didn't get a good
12:27look at them.
12:28It was from the back
12:29of their head
12:29I didn't know
12:30who it was.
12:31China's!
12:32China's being restrained!
12:33The pedigree
12:34is our home!
12:36Wait a minute!
12:40I got in the middle
12:41of it.
12:42Oh come on!
12:43No!
12:44No!
12:44No!
12:44Look at this!
12:45What are you doing?
12:46That moment
12:46it was brilliant
12:47it was perfect.
12:48I mean it blew the roof
12:49off the place right?
12:51I knew she could do it!
12:55During DX's
12:56ongoing rivalry
12:57with the nation
12:57of domination
12:58in 1998
12:59China would quickly
13:00catch the eye
13:01of one
13:02Mark Henry
13:03All I want
13:05is from me and you
13:07to go out
13:08on a nice dinner
13:09But what would happen
13:10when the world's
13:11strongest man
13:12and the world's
13:13strongest woman
13:14had an actual
13:15date?
13:16Okay Mark
13:17I'll do it
13:18I don't believe it!
13:20I don't believe it either
13:21Look at Mark!
13:29My favorite moment
13:30is when she
13:31begrudgingly
13:32went out
13:32on a date
13:33with Mark Henry
13:36Just get this
13:37over with Mark
13:38You don't have a good time
13:40I mean
13:40you'll be thanking me
13:41by the end of the night
13:42We get there man
13:44and you know
13:45the dancing starts
13:46and we're having
13:47a good time
13:49Sweet dance moves
13:50That was also
13:52the first time
13:52you really saw
13:53more personality
13:54out of China
13:55To see her
13:56track a little
13:57that tough girl's facade
13:59fans saw
14:00a different layer
14:01of her
14:01Things that I remember
14:03the most
14:04is me trying
14:05to make her laugh
14:05and she just
14:07never broke
14:08Well I'm going to
14:09bottom of my nose
14:10I'll be right back
14:11And these guys
14:12decided to heckle her
14:14and we beat
14:15the hell out
14:15those guys
14:20There was a fear
14:22that went up
14:23backstage
14:24like this is good
14:25this is everything
14:26we love about
14:27sports entertainment
14:29I miss China
14:30She was really
14:31really a talented
14:32woman
14:33and to get
14:34to know her
14:34and go on a date
14:36that ended up
14:37being a disaster
14:38but it's something
14:40that wrestling fans
14:40will remember
14:41forever
14:41and I'll never
14:42forget it either
14:44A dollar ninety-nine
14:45mark
14:46China was undoubtedly
14:51a cornerstone
14:52of the legendary
14:52D-Generation X
14:54and their wild antics
14:55China
14:56show us what
14:57you're bringing
14:57to the barbecue
14:58girl
14:58that is the big
15:00stick
15:01But as the saying
15:02goes
15:02the grass
15:03may be greener
15:03on the other side
15:04and in January
15:061999
15:06China would make
15:07make a career
15:08altering decision
15:12The corporate champion
15:14The Rock
15:14in an I quit match
15:16against Triple H
15:17the only way you win
15:18is when your opponent
15:19says I quit
15:21The corporate team
15:22What the hell
15:23are they doing
15:23out here
15:24Look at this
15:25K&S China
15:26K&S China
15:27China was this
15:30larger than life
15:31superhero
15:32that could fight
15:33anybody
15:34and that could win
15:44China just came
15:46into her own
15:47and you could tell
15:48from the crowd
15:48all they wanted
15:49was more
15:58Truly the first
15:59thought that came
16:00to my mind
16:00was
16:00is this
16:01happening
16:02What the hell
16:03Triple H
16:04can't believe it
16:05China
16:06China
16:07China
16:07has turned
16:08her back
16:08on Triple H
16:10Seeing China
16:11turn on DX
16:12was shocking
16:13but at the same
16:14time was her
16:15kind of breaking
16:16free
16:16China has joined
16:18the corporation
16:19It's one of those
16:21holy moments
16:22and the crowd
16:23doesn't quite know
16:24what to do
16:26I can't believe it
16:28The ninth wonder
16:29of the world
16:30China
16:30has left DX
16:32What a night
16:35Up next
16:36is our final
16:37two moments
16:37in the countdown
16:38There's a reason
16:38why China's called
16:39the ninth wonder
16:40of the world
16:41What will take
16:41the number one spot
16:43She says she's
16:44the most dangerous
16:45woman in the world
16:47Heading into
16:48the 1999 event
16:49the Royal Rumble
16:50had been around
16:51for over a decade
16:51and all previous
16:53300 plus entrants
16:55had been men
16:56Yet China
16:58did the unthinkable
16:59that would redefine
17:00sports entertainment
17:01as we know it
17:05Number 30 on the way
17:11Making WWF history
17:13The ninth wonder
17:14of the world
17:15The first woman ever
17:16to enter
17:17the Royal Rumble match
17:19She walked to the ring
17:20with a purpose
17:21I'm going to go
17:22for the biggest
17:24strongest man
17:25in this ring
17:25and that is Mark Henry
17:26who is a legitimate
17:28Olympian
17:31It is
17:33And Mark Henry now
17:34China taking it
17:35to Mark Henry
17:36I was trying
17:37to be a gentleman
17:38She took my kindness
17:40for a weakness
17:41No!
17:42Hell have no fury
17:43like a woman scored
17:44China was different
17:46She sets the standard
17:48very high
17:49for women's wrestling
17:50And there goes
17:51Mark Henry
17:52No!
17:53No!
17:53She's been eliminated
17:55by China
17:56How did she do that?
17:58It showed that
17:59women can go out there
17:59and take on a man too
18:01and create something new
18:03for the women's
18:03world of wrestling
18:04I can't believe it
18:06No one's going to be
18:07the next China
18:08She's a legend
18:08And there goes China
18:11The Rattles Day
18:12doesn't give a damn
18:13if you're a man
18:15or a woman
18:16And now we've reached
18:18our number one moment
18:19By 1999
18:20China had dominated
18:22the squared circle
18:22like no woman
18:23had done before
18:24This was much
18:26to the dismay
18:26of Intercontinental Champion
18:27Jeff Jarrett
18:28who had been openly
18:29berating women
18:30You see China
18:31I'm telling you
18:32for the last time
18:33that the place
18:34for a woman
18:34is in the kitchen
18:35barefoot and pregnant
18:36His chauvinistic ways
18:38would ultimately lead
18:39to a first in WWE
18:41A good housekeeping match
18:43for the Intercontinental Championship
18:45on the line
18:46You couldn't stop me
18:47from getting in the ring
18:48with Jeff Jarrett
18:49Because I'm gonna beat you
18:50with every household appliance
18:53known to woman
18:57The Intercontinental title
18:59on the line
19:00in the first single
19:01good housekeeping matchup
19:03When you looked at her
19:05and then looked at Jeff Jarrett
19:06it was ahead of its time
19:07I can't believe it
19:08Very impressive move
19:09by China
19:10To say it was revolutionary
19:11doesn't really
19:12put it into words
19:14accurately
19:15She says she's
19:16She's the most dangerous
19:16woman in the world
19:17They literally hit each other
19:19with everything
19:20including the kitchen sink
19:22It's the kitchen sink
19:23It's the kitchen sink
19:24Oh no
19:26Oh no
19:29Oh no
19:30Oh no
19:30Oh no
19:31Oh man
19:31She hit him
19:32with that guitar so hard
19:34It went blind
19:35There's gonna be
19:36only right here
19:37One
19:38Two
19:39Two
19:41Two
19:41Two
19:41The first woman
19:43to become
19:43the Intercontinental
19:47To go and then win
19:49a belt that was
19:50only held by men
19:51I think it was
19:52groundbreaking
19:53and it was empowering
19:55It was a paradigm shift
19:57of the thinking
19:58of how people
19:59saw women
20:00and women of power
20:01and what women
20:03could do with that power
20:04That night in Cleveland
20:06history was truly made
20:07Time to have
20:09name history
20:11The first woman
20:12to wear Intercontinental
20:14gold
20:17As evidenced by
20:19our numerous accolades
20:20it is abundantly clear
20:21that China is nothing
20:22short of a true
20:23trailblazer
20:24Well that'll do it
20:26for this edition
20:26of WWE's Greatest Moments
20:28We hope you've enjoyed
20:29this trip down memory lane
20:30recapping the incredible
20:31career
20:32of the ninth
20:33wonder of the world
20:34China
20:34as well as the
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