Chyna
Chyna
was born on December 27th 1970. Her real name is Joanie
Laurer. Her parents, Joe and Tina, divorced when she was
young. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother (Chyna
said) had a new guy every year. In an interview she said that
weight lifting was her way out from that situation. She was basically
raised by her sister Kathy. Chyna's first boyfriend
and weight-trainer was Gerry Blais.
Before she become
a professional wrestler she worked as a belly dancer, pager salesperson,
and she even had a band. In thoose early days she traveled all over
the world.
One night Chyna
was watching TV with her sister Kathy and saw a WWF fight. She decided
to try it. Her first destination was "Killer" Kowalski's
Wrestling School were she graduated as one of the best and do I
have to mention that she was the only girl there. After graduation
she met Triple H and Shawn Michaels who helped her start her WWF
career. She decided to call herself Chyna and the
fans gave her a new nickname - The Ninth Wonder of the World.
She was the first
woman to compete in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring tournament
and she was a first women which hold a men's title in he WWF by
defeating Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental title in 1999.
And one more interesting
fact. She can bench-press up to 325lbs. WOW !
