Joanie LaurerJoanie Marie Laurer (born December 27, 1969 in Rochester, New York) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. A former bodybuilder, she is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2001, where she was known as Chyna and nicknamed "The Ninth Wonder of the World" (with the eighth wonder being André the Giant). Wrestling careerJoanie Laurer trained at Wladek "Killer" Kowalski's wrestling school in Salem, Massachusetts, where she briefly dated Perry "Saturn" Satullo. She debuted in 1995 and worked for various independent promotions as Just Joanie and Joanie Lee. Her career reached new heights when she met World Wrestling Federation employees Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) and Shawn Michaels in a bar in 1997. Struck by her appearance, they helped her get into the WWF. Her original role was as Chyna, the laconic bodyguard of D-Generation X, often getting physically involved in Triple H's matches. The day after the 1999 Royal Rumble, Laurer turned heel by betraying Triple H and aligning herself with his enemy Vince McMahon. She was a thorn in the side of Triple H until he too joined McMahon's stable at WrestleMania XV. The duo became part of The Corporation, and later Shane McMahon's Corporate Ministry, harassing rebels such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, X-Pac and The Rock. In late 1999, Laurer became a face again, allying with The Kat and feuding with Jeff Jarrett over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. She defeated Jarrett for the title in his last WWF match on October 17, 1999 at No Mercy, in the process becoming the first and only woman to win the Intercontinental Championship. She claims that Jarrett demanded (and received) $250,000 from Vince McMahon in order to lose the title cleanly to a woman (his contract had expired on October 16, and he was therefore not contractually obligated to appear on the pay-per-view. If he had not appeared, the WWF would have been criticised for false advertising, and the lineage of the title would have been broken). Laurer would go on to hold the title two more times. In 2000, Laurer briefly teamed with Chris Jericho before becoming the on-screen girlfriend of Eddie Guerrero. Guerrero and Laurer became very popular during the summer of 2000, with Guerrero dubbing her his "Mamacita". They split in the autumn of 2000 after Eddie was found cavorting in the shower with two of The Godfather's "hos", Mandy and Victoria. At the same time, Laurer's appearance in Playboy attracted the unwanted attention of Right to Censor, a strait-laced group of wrestlers who lampooned the Parents Television Council. Laurer was announced as injured after a vicious double team piledriver at the hands of Ivory and Val Venis. Laurer returned a few weeks later and began a feud with Ivory over the WWF Women's Championship. This culminated in an angle at the 2001 Royal Rumble where Laurer appeared to re-injure her neck while performing a handspring back elbow. In order to sell the injury, color commentator Jerry Lawler left the commentators' booth and entered the ring to check on Laurer's condition, something he had not done since the in-ring accident in 1999 that killed Owen Hart. The highly publicised return of Laurer from the "injury" culminated in her winning the Women's Championship from Ivory at WrestleMania X-Seven in a squash match. Laurer was an extremely dominant champion, defeating challengers Lita and Trish Stratus with little problem. However, during her contract renegotiations, Laurer was unhappy with the pay she was offered and the fact that she was expected to compete principally in the women's division rather than against men. It was also rumored that the relationship between Triple H, her former boyfriend, and Stephanie McMahon, with whom he had an affair then left Laurer for, was a factor in her departure. She left the company on November 30, 2001, several months after negotiations had broken down and she had been taken off television. Laurer's in-ring career since then has been very limited. She has sung and wrestled at a Ultimate Pro Wrestling event, and was scheduled to appear on a talk show hosted by Jonny Fairplay on a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view, but did not appear, supposedly due to a dispute over travel costs. She also made several appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling, and in celebrity boxing tournaments. Laurer has however said in recent interviews that she would like to return to WWE but this remains to be seen at present. Finishing and signature moves
Modeling and acting careerLaurer has modeled nude, notably for Playboy; the issue which featured a pictorial of her was one of the ten best selling issues in the magazine's history. In 2002, following her departure from WWF/WWE, Laurer also appeared in a softcore porn video produced and distributed by Playboy, entitled "Joanie Laurer: Nude Wrestling Superstar". In her autobiography, If Only They Knew, Laurer revealed that her breast implants were custom made after she complained to her plastic surgeon that their largest implants didn't suit her frame in the way she desired. Laurer's custom implants became the model for the Chyna 2000s, a model of breast implant marketed to large framed women and female body builders. Later in the book, Laurer revealed that the structural integrity of the Chyna 2000 prototypes was relatively weak, and that one of them ruptured during a wrestling match, necessitating surgery. Since 2003, Laurer has carried on a love-hate relationship with wrestler Sean Waltman (X-Pac / Syxx-Pac). They were engaged for a period in 2003, then broke up, then became engaged again, a pattern which continued for the next two years. In 2004, it was revealed that Laurer and Waltman made a sex tape during a vacation to China earlier that year. Eager for a repeat success, the company that released Paris Hilton's celebrity sex tape obtained the footage, edited it, and released it under the name 1 Night in China. The video became an internet phenomenon, due largely in part to a scene in the film in which Waltman performs cunnilingus on Laurer, causing the camera to focus on Laurer's unusually large clitoris, which also appeared to have a fully formed glans. [1] [2] Using Laurer's height of five feet, ten inches (or 1.778 meters) as a base reference, it can be determined that her clitoris is roughly 2.5 inches (or 6.35 centimeters) in length. An anal sex scene between Laurer and Waltman revealed severe acne on Laurer's buttocks, which many bodybuilders who viewed the tape pointed out as a telltale sign of steroid abuse. In a press release, Laurer announced that in a pre-emptive strike she had taken full rights to the footage and would receive a percentage from sales. However, she later claimed that she had received no royalties. Laurer has made numerous guest appearances on television series, including Third Rock From The Sun, Pacific Blue, Relic Hunter, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Fear Factor. In 2003, in what many saw as an attempt to try and salvage her career after parting ways with the WWE/WWF, Laurer appeared on a Celebrity Boxing special, in which she lost a legitimate fight to Joey Buttafuoco. In 2003, Laurer auditioned for the role of the female Terminator in Terminator 3. Internet rumors claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger personally endorsed Laurer. In the end, she did not get the part. In 2004, Laurer appeared in the fourth season of the VH1 show The Surreal Life along with Da Brat, Jane Wiedlin, Christopher Knight, Verne Troyer, Marcus Schenkenberg (who she was rumoured to be dating), and Adrianne Curry. On one episode of the show, an enraged Sean Waltman showed up outside the Surreal Life house, threatening Laurer and demanding to see her. Several months later, in January 2005, Laurer was arrested at the Playboy Mansion for assaulting Waltman and spent six days in jail. It became clear in 2005 after appearances on the Howard Stern Show that Laurer had severe substance abuse problems. During one show, Laurer appeared along with her brother in an attempt to smooth out her relationship with Waltman, who spoke with Stern, Laurer, and her brother via telephone. In the middle of the show, at the urging of Stern, Laurer rose and stripped to her underwear in front of her brother. In a rare move for Stern, he called the show to an abrupt end and, off air, told Laurer that he feared for her well being and that she needed to seek professional help. [3] Several months later, Laurer returned to television for the The Surreal Life reunion, where she claimed to be drug-free, and appeared to be in much better physical shape than in her previous public appearance. She also claimed that her relationship with Waltman was completely over. In late 2005, Laurer signed to star in a new Sci-Fi Channel movie entitled Illegal Aliens, and made appearances at several Hollywood events. Movies
Championships and accomplishmentsJoanie Laurer is the only woman to have held the WWE Intercontinental Championship (which she held three times), the first woman to hold a WWE Championship besides the WWE Women's Championship (Various women held the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship at brief times), and the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament. Before joining the World Wrestling Federation, Laurer held the International Wrestling Federation Women's Championship. Chyna first won the Intercontinental Championship on October 17, 1999 when she defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match at No Mercy 1999. Her first reign ended when she lost to Chris Jericho at Armageddon 1999 on December 12. Her second Intercontinental Championship reign was disputed. The title was held jointly between Chyna and Chris Jericho after an unresolved match on RAW is WAR on January 3, 2000 until Jericho regained complete claim of the title in a triple threat match between Chyna, Jericho, and Hardcore Holly on January 23 at the 2000 Royal Rumble. Her third and final reign began on August 27, 2000 when she pinned Trish Stratus in an intergender tag team match pitting her and Eddie Guerrero against Stratus and defending champion Val Venis on August 27 at SummerSlam 2000. She lost the title to Guerrero on RAW is WAR in a triple threat match with Kurt Angle on September 5, 2000. Chyna's only reign as WWE Women's Champion came after she defeated Ivory at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1, 2001. She successfully defended the title until she left the promotion later that year following a contract dispute later that year, vacating the title in the process. The next Women's Champion was Trish Stratus. Books
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The next Women's Champion was Trish Stratus. Her third and final reign began on August 27, 2000 when she pinned Trish Stratus in an intergender tag team match pitting her and Eddie Guerrero against Stratus and defending champion Val Venis on August 27 at SummerSlam 2000. Weight classes:. The title was held jointly between Chyna and Chris Jericho after an unresolved match on RAW is WAR on January 3, 2000 until Jericho regained complete claim of the title in a triple threat match between Chyna, Jericho, and Hardcore Holly on January 23 at the 2000 Royal Rumble. UFC rules, as approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission - July 23, 2001. Her second Intercontinental Championship reign was disputed. (As found on ufc.tv). Her first reign ended when she lost to Chris Jericho at Armageddon 1999 on December 12. The UFC nearly doubled its fanbase because of this free TV exposure. Chyna first won the Intercontinental Championship on October 17, 1999 when she defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match at No Mercy 1999. A second series launched in August of the same year, and a third series has been announced and is currently in production. Before joining the World Wrestling Federation, Laurer held the International Wrestling Federation Women's Championship. In 2005, the UFC launched its own reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, in which MMA practitioners who had not yet appeared in the UFC would reside and train together in two teams, and fight one another in matches where the loser would be eliminated and eventually one fighter from each of two weight classes would be awarded a contract. Joanie Laurer is the only woman to have held the WWE Intercontinental Championship (which she held three times), the first woman to hold a WWE Championship besides the WWE Women's Championship (Various women held the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship at brief times), and the first woman to compete in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament. The ring announcer for UFC championship fights is Bruce Buffer, brother of the famous boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer. In late 2005, Laurer signed to star in a new Sci-Fi Channel movie entitled Illegal Aliens, and made appearances at several Hollywood events. In the United States, championship fights are usually held in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, much like in boxing. She also claimed that her relationship with Waltman was completely over. Spike TV also airs UFC Unleashed, which replays recorded matches from past cards. Several months later, Laurer returned to television for the The Surreal Life reunion, where she claimed to be drug-free, and appeared to be in much better physical shape than in her previous public appearance. Today, Ultimate Fighting Championship events have become popular in places like Japan, Brazil, Canada, and the United States, where live fights are often seen on television's Pay Per View system as well as occasionally on Spike TV. [3]. Through this event the term MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) was coined. In a rare move for Stern, he called the show to an abrupt end and, off air, told Laurer that he feared for her well being and that she needed to seek professional help. Five minute rounds, Referee stoppages, weight classes and limitations on permissible striking areas gradually found the UFC being rebranded as a sport rather than a violent circus attraction. In the middle of the show, at the urging of Stern, Laurer rose and stripped to her underwear in front of her brother. To survive, the UFC redesigned its rules to remove the less palatable elements of fights, while still retaining the core elements of striking and grappling. During one show, Laurer appeared along with her brother in an attempt to smooth out her relationship with Waltman, who spoke with Stern, Laurer, and her brother via telephone. The brutal nature of the burgeoning sport quickly drew the attention of the authorities and UFC events were banned in almost all American states. It became clear in 2005 after appearances on the Howard Stern Show that Laurer had severe substance abuse problems. How the rules were enforced: should a competition rule be violated, the competitor who broke the rule was fined $1000. Several months later, in January 2005, Laurer was arrested at the Playboy Mansion for assaulting Waltman and spent six days in jail. Although not strictly true, the UFC did operate with a limited set of rules; techniques such as hair pulling, headbutts and groin strikes were frowned upon, but allowed. On one episode of the show, an enraged Sean Waltman showed up outside the Surreal Life house, threatening Laurer and demanding to see her. "There are no rules!" said the famous tagline. In 2004, Laurer appeared in the fourth season of the VH1 show The Surreal Life along with Da Brat, Jane Wiedlin, Christopher Knight, Verne Troyer, Marcus Schenkenberg (who she was rumoured to be dating), and Adrianne Curry. This was very much in line with the way the UFC was being marketed at the time. In the end, she did not get the part. These factors combined led to a trend of short, violent fights, although there were notable exceptions (for example, the 'superfight' between Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie in UFC V lasted 36 minutes). Internet rumors claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger personally endorsed Laurer. With no weight classes, fighters could find themselves facing opponents who were significantly larger and taller than themselves. In 2003, Laurer auditioned for the role of the female Terminator in Terminator 3. The first ever UFC premiered in 1993. In 2003, in what many saw as an attempt to try and salvage her career after parting ways with the WWE/WWF, Laurer appeared on a Celebrity Boxing special, in which she lost a legitimate fight to Joey Buttafuoco. In addition, some competitors were given falsified ranks in traditional martial arts in order to legitimise their presence (for example, Kimo Leopoldo was erroneously touted in UFC III as a 'third degree black belt' in taekwondo[2]). Laurer has made numerous guest appearances on television series, including Third Rock From The Sun, Pacific Blue, Relic Hunter, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Fear Factor. Fighters were typically skilled in one discipline only (for example boxing, Judo, Jiu Jitsu) and had little experience in battling against opponents with different skills of their own. However, she later claimed that she had received no royalties. Reportedly no other event matched fighters of different style to prove which was the best (though events like the Vale Tudo No Maracanãzinho, held in Brazil on November 30, 1984, would appear to contradict this claim[1]). In a press release, Laurer announced that in a pre-emptive strike she had taken full rights to the footage and would receive a percentage from sales. Early UFC events were eight- or sixteen-man tournaments conducted by the organisation Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG) in association with WOW Promotions (headed by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie), wherein participants were required to beat three opponents in a single evening to be crowned Ultimate Fighting Champion. An anal sex scene between Laurer and Waltman revealed severe acne on Laurer's buttocks, which many bodybuilders who viewed the tape pointed out as a telltale sign of steroid abuse. . [1] [2] Using Laurer's height of five feet, ten inches (or 1.778 meters) as a base reference, it can be determined that her clitoris is roughly 2.5 inches (or 6.35 centimeters) in length. The UFC is currently owned and operated by Zuffa Entertainment, LLC. Eager for a repeat success, the company that released Paris Hilton's celebrity sex tape obtained the footage, edited it, and released it under the name 1 Night in China. The video became an internet phenomenon, due largely in part to a scene in the film in which Waltman performs cunnilingus on Laurer, causing the camera to focus on Laurer's unusually large clitoris, which also appeared to have a fully formed glans. Fighters in the sport use combinations of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai, karate, and many other martial arts. In 2004, it was revealed that Laurer and Waltman made a sex tape during a vacation to China earlier that year. Ultimate Fighting Championship is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization. They were engaged for a period in 2003, then broke up, then became engaged again, a pattern which continued for the next two years. No contest. Since 2003, Laurer has carried on a love-hate relationship with wrestler Sean Waltman (X-Pac / Syxx-Pac). Forfeit. Later in the book, Laurer revealed that the structural integrity of the Chyna 2000 prototypes was relatively weak, and that one of them ruptured during a wrestling match, necessitating surgery. Disqualification. Laurer's custom implants became the model for the Chyna 2000s, a model of breast implant marketed to large framed women and female body builders. Technical draw. In her autobiography, If Only They Knew, Laurer revealed that her breast implants were custom made after she complained to her plastic surgeon that their largest implants didn't suit her frame in the way she desired. Technical decision. In 2002, following her departure from WWF/WWE, Laurer also appeared in a softcore porn video produced and distributed by Playboy, entitled "Joanie Laurer: Nude Wrestling Superstar". Split draw. Laurer has modeled nude, notably for Playboy; the issue which featured a pictorial of her was one of the ten best selling issues in the magazine's history. Majority draw. Laurer has however said in recent interviews that she would like to return to WWE but this remains to be seen at present. Unanimous draw. She also made several appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling, and in celebrity boxing tournaments. Draw, including:
She left the company on November 30, 2001, several months after negotiations had broken down and she had been taken off television. Unanimous decision. It was also rumored that the relationship between Triple H, her former boyfriend, and Stephanie McMahon, with whom he had an affair then left Laurer for, was a factor in her departure. Decision via the scorecards, including:
The highly publicised return of Laurer from the "injury" culminated in her winning the Women's Championship from Ivory at WrestleMania X-Seven in a squash match. Physical tap out. In order to sell the injury, color commentator Jerry Lawler left the commentators' booth and entered the ring to check on Laurer's condition, something he had not done since the in-ring accident in 1999 that killed Owen Hart. Submission by:
Laurer was announced as injured after a vicious double team piledriver at the hands of Ivory and Val Venis. Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee. At the same time, Laurer's appearance in Playboy attracted the unwanted attention of Right to Censor, a strait-laced group of wrestlers who lampooned the Parents Television Council. Attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat. They split in the autumn of 2000 after Eddie was found cavorting in the shower with two of The Godfather's "hos", Mandy and Victoria. Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee. Guerrero and Laurer became very popular during the summer of 2000, with Guerrero dubbing her his "Mamacita". Attacking an opponent on or during the break. In 2000, Laurer briefly teamed with Chris Jericho before becoming the on-screen girlfriend of Eddie Guerrero. Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area. Laurer would go on to hold the title two more times. Holding the ropes or the fence. If he had not appeared, the WWF would have been criticised for false advertising, and the lineage of the title would have been broken). Engaging in an unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent. She claims that Jarrett demanded (and received) $250,000 from Vince McMahon in order to lose the title cleanly to a woman (his contract had expired on October 16, and he was therefore not contractually obligated to appear on the pay-per-view. Spitting at an opponent. She defeated Jarrett for the title in his last WWF match on October 17, 1999 at No Mercy, in the process becoming the first and only woman to win the Intercontinental Championship. Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent. In late 1999, Laurer became a face again, allying with The Kat and feuding with Jeff Jarrett over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area. The duo became part of The Corporation, and later Shane McMahon's Corporate Ministry, harassing rebels such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, X-Pac and The Rock. Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. She was a thorn in the side of Triple H until he too joined McMahon's stable at WrestleMania XV. Kicking to the kidney with the heel. The day after the 1999 Royal Rumble, Laurer turned heel by betraying Triple H and aligning herself with his enemy Vince McMahon. Stomping a grounded opponent. Her original role was as Chyna, the laconic bodyguard of D-Generation X, often getting physically involved in Triple H's matches. Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent. Struck by her appearance, they helped her get into the WWF. Kicking the head of a grounded opponent. Her career reached new heights when she met World Wrestling Federation employees Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) and Shawn Michaels in a bar in 1997. Grabbing the clavicle. She debuted in 1995 and worked for various independent promotions as Just Joanie and Joanie Lee. Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh. Joanie Laurer trained at Wladek "Killer" Kowalski's wrestling school in Salem, Massachusetts, where she briefly dated Perry "Saturn" Satullo. Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea. . Striking downward using the point of the elbow. A former bodybuilder, she is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2001, where she was known as Chyna and nicknamed "The Ninth Wonder of the World" (with the eighth wonder being André the Giant). Striking to the spine or the back of the head. Joanie Marie Laurer (born December 27, 1969 in Rochester, New York) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. Small joint manipulation. Joanie Laurer at ObsessedWithWrestling.com. Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent. Joanie Laurer at Gerweck.net. Groin attacks of any kind. Chyna: If They Only Knew, Harper Collins, New York, 2001 ISBN 0007127650. Fish hooking. The Last Guy on Earth (2006) (post production). Hair pulling. Illegal Aliens (2006). Biting. Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy (2005). Eye gouging of any kind. 1 Night in China (2004). Butting with the head. Hunter: Back in Force (2003). A one-minute rest period will occur between each round. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002). Rounds will be five minutes in duration. Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000). All championship bouts shall be five rounds. Kneeling low blow (from behind). All non-championship bouts shall be three rounds. Handspring back elbow. Heavyweight: 205 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg). Gorilla press slam. Light heavyweight: 185 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg). Sleeper slam. Middleweight: 170 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg). DDT. Welterweight: 155 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg). Pedigree (double underhook facebuster). Lightweight: 145 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg). Jackknife Powerbomb (release powerbomb). |