They show clips of Triple H making comments about her porn history and saying how it looks bad on the company or having to explain to his children about Chyna’s actions.Įrik Angra (director) and Anthony Anzaldo (manager) were the ones handling the documentary and you could see there as she slowly starting spiraling. She left WWE and then began the erasure of her. One of her runs included the team up with Eddie Guerrero which happened to me one of my favorite pair ups of all time. The fact that she also went from beating up men to having matches with women disappointed her as she felt it was a step backwards for her. She always wanted to be an inspiration to girls who didn’t quite fit in.Ĭhyna did start dating Triple H, but as he developed a relationship with Stephanie McMahon, she was left in the cold and very hurt. That was when she decided to go to Killer Kowalski’s school to train.
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She wanted to be an actress, but saw wrestling on TV around the time. However, as the documentary was never finished, this is the footage used for Vice Versa.Ĭhyna says the happiest she been was when she was training as Joanie Lee in 1995 with her trainer Killer Kowalski.
This was supposed to be her detailing her way back to America and getting herself together. She, along with her management team was starting a documentary project called The Reconstruction of Chyna. She lived there for 3 years by that time. In the very first scene of the documentary, we see Chyna in Japan. She was put in the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame as a member of DX (being the first woman to be inducted as part of a team).Ĭhyna unfortunately passed away at the young age of 46, in Redondo Beach, California on Apfrom an accidental drug overdose. While she struggled over the years, Chyna was one of the most dominant women of all time in WWE.
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I believe she was the only woman to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling at the time.Ĭhyna was in Playboy twice and did some reality shows such as The Surreal Life and Celebrity Rehab with Dr.
She was one of the founding members of DX (D- Generation X) as the first woman enforcer.Ĭhyna left WWF in 2001, but also made some appearances with TNA and NJPW. Chyna was also the first woman in the Royal Rumble and the first to be in the King of the Ring tournament.Ĭhyna was also the first woman to become the number one contender for the WWF championship. She also held the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice. She was known as the “Ninth Wonder of the World” and held the WWF Women’s Championship once. However, she would get her rise to stardom when she signed with WWF now WWE in 1997.
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Chyna was a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, model and author. The documentary is also available on and the VICE TV app through iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.Joan Marie Laurer aka Chyna was born on Decemin Rochester, New York.
Vice Versa: Chyna premieres on VICE TV Thursday, June 17 at 9 p.m. Unfortunately, Laurer’s brain was already decomposed when she was found, making a definitive CTE diagnosis impossible. Bennet Omalu (famously portrayed by Will Smith in the film Concussion) to determine if she suffered from CTE. Laurer’s story reached a tragic end when she died due to a drug overdose in 2016. But entertainment opportunities didn’t develop and she didn’t experience the same popularity with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Wrestling while struggling with substance abuse. Her 2001 memoir, If Only They Knew, made the New York Times‘ best-seller list.īelieving she could be successful with an acting career and pay-per-view performer, Chyna left WWE in a pay dispute. She also infamously posed nude for Playboy, which led to a stint in adult films after her professional wrestling career fizzled out. Related: “Every story is a puzzle to figure out”: Dark Side of the Ring’s Evan Husney, Jason Eisener discuss Season 3Ĭhyna’s wrestling popularity expanded into pop culture, leading to regular appearances on The Howard Stern Show and guest-starring roles on TV programs including 3rd Rock From the Sun, Fear Factor, and The Surreal Life. Whether or not the narrative reveals more about the business of wrestling or focuses more on the downfall of Joanie Lawler, the person, rather than the persona of Chyna, will be seen when the film premieres on VICE TV Thursday, June 17 at 9 p.m. Yet based on the documentary’s trailer, it appears to fit in comfortably with those stories. Vice Versa: Chyna is not affiliated with the Dark Side series.