One of Chyna’s most unforgettable moments wasn’t fully realized until after the fact. She would unknowingly leave WWF a champion. After just two official title defense against Ivory, in a WrestleMania rematch, and Molly Holly, and another few matches including a tag match alongside Lita, Chyna would face the Team Xtreme member at Judgment Day 2001. 

With Chyna’s former storyline love interest Eddie Guerrero looking on from the stage of the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, the women faced off in a 6 minute, 30 second match. In the end, Chyna hit Lita with a big powerbomb for the victory and title retention. It would be her final match in WWF and the title would be vacated quietly off-screen with no real explanation. As far as some fans knew, their favorite star retired from the company still a champion. The championship was brought back onto television in November 2001, after Chyna had officially left the company, and six women competed for the gold at Survivor Series that year. Trish Stratus would become the next WWF Women’s Champion.

While the details surrounding Chyna’s WWF departure were murky at the time, and still aren’t 100 percent clear even following her death in 2016, as her sister revealed she was offered a new deal in 2001, Chyna remains one of the most iconic women in professional wrestling history for all she did for the business and all the unforgettable moments she had in her career.