Thursday 21 April 2016

R.I.P Chyna - Wrestling legend - The "Ninth Wonder of the World"

Sorry to hear the wrestling legend Chyna (Joan Laurer) was found dead at home aged 45 from a 'possible overdose', she was only the greatest female wrestler of all time. She was not one of these bikini wrestlers you find in the WWE today she would have rip their heads off and turned them inside out.

I remember back in the nineties when my boys were wrestling mad and it was all about the Undertaker, British Bulldog, and the Hitman but it was Chyna for me in a truly lusting way. The woman was built like a brick wall but curvier. She was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World" and was hired as an enforcer/bodyguard for Triple H. The male wrestlers were hesitant at first to fight her full on in the ring because they didn’t want to be seen over power on screen by a female.

She had victories over several prominent male wrestlers in the then WWF including world champions Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Jeff Jarrett. Chyna was the thirtieth entrant in the Royal Rumble, becoming the first woman ever to enter the contest and in her time in the WWF became Intercontinental Champion twice and Women's Champion once.

She left the WWF after a rumoured three way love triangle with her real-life boyfriend Triple H who had an affair with WWF owners Vince McMahon’s daughter Stephanie the major factor in her dismissal it was believed.

Chyna when on to wrestle in Japan and much later with TNA back in America and making a number of appearances on American TV shows along with films and posed for Playboy. She made a sex tape with fellow wrestler Sean Waltman and they both decided to find a distributer their homemade video. Upon the release of the video, she continued with a career in porn. The sex tape was rebranded ‘1 Night in China’, award winning at the AVNs as Best Selling Title of the Year.

Over the years she as battle her demons with alcohol and drugs.

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