Chyna

By Joel Stein Monday, Sept. 20, 1999
    • Chyna, the first woman to be No. 1 contender in the World Wrestling Federation, appears on UPN's WWF Smackdown.

    Q. Are you embarrassed to be on UPN?

    A. Are you kidding? We're going to make that network.

    Q. What can you bench-press?

    A. My biggest has been 365 lbs.

    Q. What do you weigh?

    A. 201.

    Q. Wow. At what age did you decide to get giant fake breasts and wrestle men?

    A. I decided to wrestle men before I decided to get giant breasts. Once I started making the big bucks, I could get out and get some big breasts.

    Q. How much did they cost?

    A. Mine cost $6,000. They're worth it. I look at them like a real estate investment. I could turn around and sell them on eBay for so much more.

    Q. If the rival World Championship Wrestling offered you $5,000 more, would you switch leagues?

    A. The money, unless it was so unbelievable, doesn't play a factor. The WCW couldn't do anything with me. They don't know how to market their talent.

    Q. You were a bartender for a while. Was your specialty drink "Whuppin' Butt"?

    A. I bartended in a hole in the wall in Florida. Besides what I do now, it was the most amount of money I ever made.

    Q. Were you bummed when someone told you the correct spelling of China?

    A. What I was embarrassed about was this ugly stripper that lived down the street from me whose name was also Chyna.

    Q. What kind of town were you living in that's filled with wrestlers and strippers?

    A. Londonderry, New Hampshire.

    Q. You wrestled your boyfriend Triple H. Is this a new form of couples therapy?

    A. No. It was strictly professional.

    Q. Did you beat him?

    A. I think he might have let me beat him.

    Q. That's love, when you let another professional wrestler beat you.