WWE: 11 Attitude Era Women Who Should Be In The Hall Of Fame

Credit: WWE.com

Chyna

Chyna’s lack of induction into the Hall of Fame is an incredibly sore topic for me. It’s nuts to think about all the ways she changed the game for the women who would come after her and the things she accomplished, regardless of her gender, while managing to set the spotlight directly on the World Wrestling Federation in the late ‘90s.

Chyna was the first and only woman to ever win the Intercontinental Championship. She was also the first woman to ever compete in the men’s Royal Rumble match, and the only woman to challenge for the WWE Championship. She was so unique you can’t even say she was a trendsetter because there was never anyone remotely like her to follow, and there never will be.

Chyna will never happen again.

Her image is iconic. Everyone knew who Chyna was, even if they weren’t a wrestling fan. She was the biggest star in D-Generation X, the biggest star in every single rivalry she ever had, and the biggest star of the Attitude era. And yes, I’m including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and The Rock.

In fact, to me and I’m sure many others, Chyna might just be the biggest and most influential professional wrestler of all time.

The very least WWE can do for this magnificent legend is to offer her a spot in the Hall of Fame; the other inductees would be lucky to sit alongside her.

The Attitude era was an incredibly financially lucrative time for WWE and definitely the most popular time in the history of the business. It’s a testament to the will and drive of women in pro wrestling that so many of them managed to build careers worthy of the Hall of Fame during a time when women were so often mistreated and misrepresented by the company.

All of these women (and more!) from the Attitude era deserve a seat alongside the many, many other wrestling greats in the WWE Hall of Fame.