If Chyna had gone to WCW instead of the E coming out of Killer Kowalski's school, how great would she have been? Chyna will always be "What if?" How much of this was Joanie Laurer, and how much of this was Trips/Shawn Michaels political maneuvering? Would Laurer really have beaten Jeff Jarrett if Jarrett was not given a fortune by VKM to lay down? Sure, she leaves a legacy of girls who became wrestlers because of her. However, we can make that same argument with Madusa, Bull Nakano and several others. Remember, at the time Laurer left Kowalski's school, it was WCW that had the bigger stars in Women's wrestling on their roster. When she got frozen out of the WWF, she had a cup of coffee with NJPW. Why did she not join All Japan Women's? GAEA? JWP? Even an outfit like jdStar? Maybe it was money? Or, maybe she was what she really was: a freak show attraction who would have been exposed by a Nagayo or a Toyota. Her stints in the Adult industry hurts her legacy even more. She is now teaching English in Japan, still ranting on Stephanie and Trips, not realizing that she dodged a bullet on Trips.
Madison Eagles ranks with Chyna in all the right ways: Size, strength and power. She is also a better wrestler who has fought Cheerleader Melissa, Del Rey, MsChif, and a young girl named Tenille Tayla, better known as Emma, someone many of us considers one of the better Divas on the roster. Madison Eagles not only wrestles, but she trains and develops the future in her own Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance in Australia. Nobody will ever accuse Eagles of being a freak show.
There are those that will vote for Chyna because she was in the big company, on the biggest stage, and on the biggest screens. However, those people miss the bigger picture. Chyna did little to advance the cause of Women's wrestling. Eagles does it on a daily basis. Chyna fought few women in her time in WWF. Eagles has wrestled both men and women, and some of the best women wrestlers in the world. And, she did this while being in the Indies, and not in TNA or the E. In this fight, I see Eagles and Chyna in a decent fight. But, when it comes to wrestling, we will see the freak show come to an abrupt end. If you care about Women's wrestling, if you believe that great women's wrestling can happen without the poisoned apple that is the WWE Divas Division, then you know where to place your vote: Madison Eagles will get mine. I hope she gets yours as well.