Chyna Biography

Little Joanie Laurere was born on December 27th in Rochester, New York. Her childhood days were not particularly memorable for her and her childhood was not a happy one, as her parents divorced when she was a small child which left a deep impact in the life of the young child. She has often described her childhood as very dysfunctional.

As time flew by and Joanie(Chyna) grew up she developed a different body, not like other girls of her age. Even at that time she knew it was a special gift from god and it would some day bring her much success. People around her were not that encouraging and she was often teased and picked on. She was called everything from dyke to lesbian to even a man. But she never let these negative thoughts occupy her mind and instead got inspired to prove herself.

In her High School days Chyna did exceptionally well. She did so well in school that she was send to Spain under a UN scholarship and ended up staying there to finish up high school. After winning the scholarship to the University of Tampa she graduated with a double major in Spanish Literature. During her college years she held many jobs, and tried every thing from selling beepers to belly dancing. During her college years she started working with weights and molding her body. As her body started to developing more and more Chyna realized that this is what she was made for and she can use it as her most useful and powerful weapon.

In 1992, she did a stint in the Peace Corps and at one point wanted to work with the Secret Service to be a "female James Bond" butthat never happened. Chyna is very close to her sister, Kathy and they are the best of friends. Chyna says that she is her best friend in the whole world! China is not specially attached to her parents. They could never work things out so she doesn't see much of them. Chyna finally decided to dig into the world of wrestling after watching a match of wrestling on TV. That was her calling in the world of wrestling.

She then took coaching from Killer. She used to learn along with a few boys who would often discourage her by saying that it wasn't a girl's profession that she was opting. After she left Killer Kowalski's school she wrestled for several promotions including "LadySport/Special Events Promotions" Those men were true, it wasn't a women's world up till then. Chyna changed history by making wrestling a woman's affair. She says she had to travel the whole place looking for offers and would roam wherever the promotions were with her portfolio and get agents to look at it.

After being introduced to now boyfriend Paul Levesque aka Triple H, her aim became more and more strong. So he came up with the idea of using her as a "bodyguard" type person to walk him out to the ring. So he pitched the idea to the owner of the World Wrestling Federation Vince McMahon. He wasn't too impressed with the idea of having a woman around, that too a muscular woman. In any case he agreed to have her as a bodyguard.

But soon Chyna got bored of it and decided to go in for something more adventurous. After kicking Vince McMahon's butt and throwing him over the top rope, she earned her way into the Royal Rumble at the number 30 spot! China broke off with Triple H and went independent. At WrestleMania 99' Triple H was schduled to fight Kane and even though Chyna was in alliance with Kane, the old spark ignited and the two lovers striked Kane.

In one of Chyna best matches she took home the gold and became the first woman Intercontanetal Champion, in fact she was the first woman ever to hold a mans belt! Since thenChyna never had to look back in life.

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