As fans are well aware by now, Chyna left WWE after a financial disagreement. Right before she parted ways with WWE, Chyna had told Jim Ross she wanted a $1 million per year deal. This also came during a time when Chyna was adjusting to seeing Triple H romantically involved with Stephanie McMahon.
While speaking on his Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross talked about how much Chyna valued herself. Ross then recalled how Chyna demanded a $1 million per year deal and Vince McMahon rejected the offer, opting to let her go instead.
“She wanted a million dollars guarantee because she felt like she was worth more being a female, being more unique, than Stone Cold, some of the other guys. There was only a handful of guys making a million dollars per year.
I said, ‘Vince, if I can’t get a decent number, we may have to pass on it. He said, ‘Well, that’s your call.’ I couldn’t give her a million dollars a year. Could she have earned over a million dollars per year? She probably did a couple of times, if I remember correctly, but that guarantee was just too big.”
Jim Ross on Grillin Jr
Chyna will forever be remembered as a trailblazer for women’s wrestling in WWE, and her contributions will never be forgotten.
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