WOMEN'S WRESTLER PROFILES

[Chyna Gallery] [Degeneration-X Gallery] [The Corporation Gallery]	Wrestler/Valet: Chyna Real Name: Joanie Marie Laurer Legally changed to "Chyna" Birthday: December 27, 1969 Hometown: Londonderry, New Hampshire Marital Status: Used to date Perry Saturn Used to date Triple H Was engaged to Sean Waltman Height & Weight: 5'10" & 180 lbs. Trained by: Killer Kowalski Debut: 1996 Previous Names: "9th Wonder of the World" Finishing Move: The Pedigree The Powerbomb Favorite Moves: Double Handspring Back Elbow Smash Stiff Forearm. The DDT Press Slam Cheap Low Blow Sleeping jawbreaker Notable Fueds: The Corporation D-Generation X Steve Austin Mark Henry Jeff Jarrett Chris Jericho Eddie Guerrero Lita Ivory
IWF (International Wrestling Federation) Women's title defeating Violet Flame (September 28, 1996); WWF (World Wrestling Federation) Intercontinental title defeating Jeff Jarrett (October 17, 1999); WWF (World Wrestling Federation) Womens title defeating "Right To Censor" Ivory (April 1, 2001);
In The Beginning: Joanie Laurer left home at age 16 and went to Spain under a United Nations scholarship.. 1987: Joanie Laurer graduated from high school in Spain.. 1992: Joanie Laurer graduated from the University of Tampa with a double major in Spanish Literature.. Joanie Laurer joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to Costa Rica to teach literacy.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~After college, Joanie Laurer began entering fitness competitions.. September 14, 1996: Joanie Laurer competed in the New York City regional of the Fitness America Pageant.. Getting into the Business: September 28, 1996: Joanie Lee defeated Violet Flame for the IWF (International Wrestling Federation) Women's title.. 1996: Joanie Laurer was named the PGWA (Professional Girls Wrestling Association) rookie of the year.. World Wrestling Federation: February 1997 - RAW: Joanie Laurer debuted in the WWF attacking Marlena (Terri) from her seat in the front row! February 1997: It was soon apparent that Laurer (not given a name yet) was working for Hunter Heurst Helmsley.. ~~~Joanie Laurer was given the name "Chyna" and she became the beefy valet/bodyguard of Hunter Hearst Helmsley.. Chyna & Triple H joined forces with Shawn Michaels & Rick Rude to form a faction known as Degeneration X.. February 1998 - No Way Out: Steve Austin gave Chyna one of his patented Stone Cold Stunner.. World Wrestling Federation - Chyna & Mark Henry: Chyna got involved in a love angle when "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry developed a crush on her.. Chyna brought her friend "Sammi" in for a threesome with Mark Henry, who freaked out when he discovered Sammi was a MAN! World Wrestling Federation - The Corporation: January 11, 1999 RAW: Chyna won a "Corporate Royal Rumble". January 1999 - Royal Rumble: Chyna turned on Triple H, joining Mr. McMahon's Corporation in the process.. February 1, 1999 RAW: Triple H defeated Kane in a steel cage match with help from X-Pac.. ~~~Atfer the match; Chyna warned Triple H that she had a Valinetines Day gift at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. February 13, 1999 RAW: X-Pac defeated Kane by DQ when Chyna interfered untill Triple H made the save.. ~~~Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated "Big Red Machine" Kane by DQ when Chyna interfered. ~~~Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated defeated Chyna by DQ when Big Bossman interfered. February 1999 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Chyna & Kane defeated Triple H & X-Pac.. February 15, 1999 RAW: Kane & Shane McMahon w/Chyna defeated Triple H & X-Pac.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Since Shane McMahon pinned X-Pac he won the WWF European Title. February 22, 1999 RAW: X-Pac w/Triple H defeated Chyna w/Shane McMahon (after the match Triple H pedigreed Chyna). March 1, 1999 RAW: Kane w/Chyna defeated Steve Austin by DQ (As stipulated Kane & Chyna get to stay with the Corporation). March 28, 1999 - Wrestlemania 15: Kane defeated Triple H by DQ (Chyna turned on Kane and rejoined HHH & DX).. ~~~In a major swerve later that night, Triple H & Chyna both turned on DX and joined The Corporation!!.. Sept-Oct 1999: Chyna continued to support Triple H as a heel, but feuded with Jeff Jarrett as a babyface.. World Wrestling Federation - The Good Girl: September 2, 1999 - Smackdown!: Chyna defeated Billy Gunn to secure a shot at the Intercontinental Title.. September 26, 1999 - Unforgiven: Jeff Jarrett w/Miss Kitty defeated Chyna by DQ to retain the Intercontinental title.. October 11, 1999 - RAW: Steve Austin & Jim Ross vs. Triple H & Chyna ended in a No Contest after a brawl broke out! ~~~Jeff Jarrett & Miss Kitty attacked Chyna and put her in a laundry bin and pushed it off of a ledge with her inside! October 17, 1999 - No Mercy: Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett in a "good housekeeping" match to win the WWF Intercontinental Title! ~~~After this match, Miss Kitty (changing her name to The Kat) became Chyna's valet/slave - a miniature clone of Chyna.. ~~~Chris Jericho defeated Chyna for the IC Title, but they later became teammates through some strange series of events.. World Wrestling Federation - Chyna & Eddie Guerrero: Wrestlemania 2000: Chyna & Too Cool defeated The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero & Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko).. Raw after Wrestlemania: Chyna turned on Jericho, allowing Eddie Guerrero to capture the WWF European title.. August 5, 2000: The Chyna comic book was released.. Summerslam 2000: Chyna & Eddie Guerrero defeated Trish Stratus & Val Venis (Due to special stip, Chyna wins the IC title).. September 21, 2000 - Smackdown!: Eddie Guerrero asked Chyna to marry him, and Chyna accepted!! September 25, 2000: Playboy released the November issue featuring Chyna on the cover and a revealing pictorial.. Chyna caught Eddie Guerrero cheating on her and promptly dumped him, siding with "The One" Billy Gunn.. World Wrestling Federation - If They Only Knew: January 2001: Chyna's best selling book "If They Only Knew" was released in book stores everywhere.. April 1, 2001 - Wrestlemania X-7: Chyna defeated Ivory from the Right To Censor to win the WWF Women's Title.. May 20, 2001 - Judgment Day: Chyna defeated Lita to retain the WWF Women's championship.. June 2001: Joanie Laurer and the World Wrestling Federation hit a roadblock in contract negotiations. November 30, 2001: Joanie Laurer's WWF contract ran out and she vacated the WWF Women's championship.. Life after WWF: Joanie Laurer was fully lisenced to compete in boxing.. Joanie Laurer jumped onto the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster, possibly on a full time basis.. Joanie Laurer signed on to fight Joey Buttafuco in FOX's second Celebrity Boxing show.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joanie Laurer was defeated by Joey Buttafuco on FOX Celebrity Boxing.. NJPW 30th Anniversary show: Joanie Laurer officiated The Steiner Brothers vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kensuke Sasaki in Tokyo.. September 6, 2002 - NJPW: Joanie Laurer & Justin McCully & Shane defeated Masahito Kakihara & Jushin Liger & Yuji Nagata.. September 16, 2002 - NEW JAPAN: Justin McCully & Joanie Laurer defeated Wataru Inoue & Osamu Nishimura.. October 14, 2002 - NJPW: Masahiro Chono defeated Joanie Laurer in a dissappointing match.. October 26, 2002 - NJPW: Kenzo Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Great (Fake) Muta & Joanie Laurer by Countout.. Private Life: November 14, 2002: Joanie Laurer announced on her website that she had become engaged to Sean Waltman.. August 1, 2003: Joanie Laurer allegedly filed a restraning order against Sean Waltman after claiming he assulted her.. NWA: Total Nonstop Action: February 2004: Joanie Laurer signed with TNA to compete under the name "Chyna Doll" and start a program with Jonny Fairplay.. February 17, 2004: TNA announced that Joanie Laurer would not be appearing on the PPV due to "unforeseen circumstances".. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Reports circulated that Chyna was upset and thought TNA was only bringing her in to put Trinity over.. Private Life: March 4, 2004: Joanie Laurer and her band The Chynna Dolls are debuting at the Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd.. July 24, 2004: Joanie Laurer was a judge at the "World's Most Beautiful Transsexual contest" in Las Vegas.. August 2004: Joanie Laurer announced that she has found a distributor to sell a Sex Tape with her and Sean Waltman.. August 2004: Joanie Laurer played at a UPW show in California and get heavily booed and heckled by the ruthless fans.. January 2006: Joanie Laurer & Sean Waltman's sex video dubbed "1 Night in China" was awarded the Top Selling Title of the Year.. ~~~~~~~~~~This "presigeous" award was given at the Adult Video News Awards held in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7th.. November 2007: Joanie Lauer announced on her MySpace page that she has now legally changed her name to Chyna.. December 26, 2008: Joanie Lauer was rushed to the hospital after she presumably mixed a heavy dose of pills with alcohol.. ~~~She was found at a party passed out with cuts on her arms - there was a belief the cuts indicated an attempted suicide.