Back in the Attitude Era, when I started to watch pro wrestling regularly, one of the interesting things back then was how women were used. They weren't just valets and participating in bikini contests. And they weren't just wrestling each other, either. They would sometimes get physical with the men.

There were many examples of this back in the WWF. Chyna is the most famous of them. She was one of my vipendwa back in the day. She was the first woman to win the Intercontinental Championship. She was the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble. And she had other historic firsts. She dished...