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Joanie Laurer, better known to wrestling fans as Chyna has just passed away. Laurer joined WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation or WWF for short) in 1997 as the female bodyguard of Triple H, and was a part of the popular wrestling Stable D-Generation-X (or DX for short). In 1999, she broke the gender barrier in WWE when she became the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match, the King of the Ring tournament and one of the company's male wrestling title, the WWE Intercontinental championship. She became the first woman to win the Intercontinental Championship at No Mercy 1999 when she defeated Jeff Jarrett for the belt in a "Good Housekeeping Match". She then went on to win the WWE Women's title at WrestleMania 17 in 2001 by beating Ivory for that title, she later vacated the belt later that year and left WWE also by the year's end. She joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, a wrestling promotion based in Japan in 2002. During her time in the WWE, she earned the nickname "The 9th Wonder of the World" due to her large muscular build for a woman.
She spent her post WWE years on Reality TV, the porn industry and last competed in the wrestling ring in 2011 in a mixed tag match at Total Non-stop Action Wrestling's May 2011 PPV event Sacrifice in which she teamed with Kurt Angle to wrestle Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett (ex-wife of Kurt Angle and current wife of Jeff Jarrett) where she and Angle won the match.
She appeared on The Surreal Life and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew where she was in rehab for her drug addiction.
She also had a history of being an Alcoholic and a Drug Addict. and rocky relationships with Wrestlers Paul Levesque aka Triple H who she dated from 1997-2001, and a fellow wrestler who she worked the in the WWE Sean "X-Pac" Waltman who she dated from 2003 to 2005 where she was engaged with him twice and was arrested for Domestic Assault in 2005 for assaulting Waltman.
She did had a career in Bodybuilding before she became a wrestler and a porn actress after her wrestling career ended in which her porn career started wit the release of the sex tape she and her then boyfriend Waltman filmed in 2004 called "One Night in Chyna" and it's sequel a year later "Another Night in Chyna" and then became a professional porn star in 2011 after signing a deal with Porn company Vivid in which she filmed 4 films with the company.
Her private life was filled with mental and physical, strained relationships with friends and her family, and her personal demons.
She was found dead in her Los Angeles, CA home Wednesday night at the age of 45 from a possible drug overdose (possibly a suicide as well) as prescription bottles were found in her home when they found her dead.
As a Wrestling fans, my heart breaks for her and her family and i had a felling she would die at a very young age. RIP Chyna, you did left a huge impact
Joanie Laurer, better known to wrestling fans as Chyna has just passed away. Laurer joined WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation or WWF for short) in 1997 as the female bodyguard of Triple H, and was a part of the popular wrestling Stable D-Generation-X (or DX for short). In 1999, she broke the gender barrier in WWE when she became the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match, the King of the Ring tournament and one of the company's male wrestling title, the WWE Intercontinental championship. She became the first woman to win the Intercontinental Championship at No Mercy 1999 when she defeated Jeff Jarrett for the belt in a "Good Housekeeping Match". She then went on to win the WWE Women's title at WrestleMania 17 in 2001 by beating Ivory for that title, she later vacated the belt later that year and left WWE also by the year's end. She joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, a wrestling promotion based in Japan in 2002. During her time in the WWE, she earned the nickname "The 9th Wonder of the World" due to her large muscular build for a woman.
She spent her post WWE years on Reality TV, the porn industry and last competed in the wrestling ring in 2011 in a mixed tag match at Total Non-stop Action Wrestling's May 2011 PPV event Sacrifice in which she teamed with Kurt Angle to wrestle Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett (ex-wife of Kurt Angle and current wife of Jeff Jarrett) where she and Angle won the match.
She appeared on The Surreal Life and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew where she was in rehab for her drug addiction.
She also had a history of being an Alcoholic and a Drug Addict. and rocky relationships with Wrestlers Paul Levesque aka Triple H who she dated from 1997-2001, and a fellow wrestler who she worked the in the WWE Sean "X-Pac" Waltman who she dated from 2003 to 2005 where she was engaged with him twice and was arrested for Domestic Assault in 2005 for assaulting Waltman.
She did had a career in Bodybuilding before she became a wrestler and a porn actress after her wrestling career ended in which her porn career started wit the release of the sex tape she and her then boyfriend Waltman filmed in 2004 called "One Night in Chyna" and it's sequel a year later "Another Night in Chyna" and then became a professional porn star in 2011 after signing a deal with Porn company Vivid in which she filmed 4 films with the company.
Her private life was filled with mental and physical, strained relationships with friends and her family, and her personal demons.
She was found dead in her Los Angeles, CA home Wednesday night at the age of 45 from a possible drug overdose (possibly a suicide as well) as prescription bottles were found in her home when they found her dead.
As a Wrestling fans, my heart breaks for her and her family and i had a felling she would die at a very young age. RIP Chyna, you did left a huge impact