The Hardcore Truth by Bob Holly

Author:Bob Holly
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2013-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

THE ROCK STAR AND THE NINTH WONDER

When Chyna first came to the company in 1997, she poured on the charm — introduced herself, talked to everybody. I thought, “Wow, what a nice person.” She wanted the job really badly. She said she’d sweep floors, put up the ring, do whatever it took just to get a job with the WWF. She was an impressive specimen back then too, close to 200 pounds and absolutely no fat. Damn, why not hire her? What made her interesting was that you don’t usually see women who look like her. How many women do you see day to day who are almost 6 feet and 200 pounds of solid muscle?! Of course she was going to draw interest.

They brought her in as Hunter’s bodyguard and he got over so much more with her in his corner. Nobody really cared about him before Chyna showed up. With her there, he looked like a coward because he was letting a woman — no matter how big she was — stick up for him. It worked and the crowd hated them as a couple.

She was very nice for the longest time — until she started dating Hunter and the WWF started building her and building her. They created a monster.

By the end of ’98, the DX gimmick had taken off and you couldn’t get close to her. The only people she would bother to talk to were the top guys. Anybody from the mid-card down, she wouldn’t have a thing to do with. She would still talk with me a little now and then because I’d been there since she started, but she blew hot and cold. For example, she knew I liked Twix candy bars, so she’d always bring me a Twix and even nicknamed me “Twixy.” Then, other times, she would completely ignore me. She could be either the sweetest person on earth or the biggest bitch on the planet. I didn’t like the way she treated other people, even though she was still decent to me. You don’t mistreat the people who make you what you are, in my opinion. By the time our program rolled around, she wouldn’t even talk to me anymore because I was just a glorified jobber to her. I didn’t want anything to do with her at that point. I wouldn’t even attempt to say “hi” to her backstage because she’d be wearing the sunglasses all the time and acting like she didn’t even hear me.

At airports, when the cameras were on, Chyna was the first one to sign an autograph. As soon as the cameras disappeared, it was a different story. We’d have group flights and the fans would come over to us all, looking for autographs. She and Hunter would refuse to sign anything, while Steve Austin, the biggest wrestling star in the world, signed everything. That tells me that Steve’s grateful to have fans and is giving back. Hunter and Chyna would just sit there with their sunglasses on and ignore everybody.

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