Joanie Laurer

Born: 1969-12-27

Joan Marie Laurer was a former American professional wrestler, actress, bodybuilder and pornographic film actress who was under contract to Vivid Entertainment. Chyna first rose to prominence upon debuting in the professional wrestling promotion WWE in 1997, where she performed under the ring name Chyna and was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World" (André the Giant was already billed as the eighth). A member of the stable D-Generation X, she held the WWE Intercontinental Championship (the first female wrestler to do so) and WWE Women's Championship, and was the first female wrestler to participate in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring events. Since leaving the WWE in 2001, Chyna had wrestled sporadically, most notably with New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2002 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2011. Laurer had a strained relationship with her family. She last saw her mother at the age of sixteen, and she claimed that her father never got over her decision not to join the FBI. She also alleged that her father took out several student loans in her name and without her knowledge, leaving her with $40,000 in debt. On an episode of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2008, Laurer claimed to have a bad relationship with all of her family members, including her siblings. In September 2010, Laurer was hospitalized after overdosing on sleeping medication. As of February 2015, Laurer had reestablished a good relationship with her mother; her father died in May 2014. Laurer taught English in Japan. On February 9, 2015, during a WWE Network podcast with Steve Austin, Triple H mentioned that Chyna deserved to be in the WWE Hall of Fame but that problems with children Googling her prohibited it. After being in contact with Vince Russo she claimed in an interview that Triple H had hit her, which he later called a false statement. Death On April 20, 2016, Laurer was found dead at her home in Redondo Beach, California. She had been taking medication for anxiety and sleep deprivation. An official statement was posted to her Twitter account, saying "It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero ... She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her."


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Released: 1998-08-30

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WWE Survivor Series 2000

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Released: 2000-11-19

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Released: 1997-03-23

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Released: 1997-08-02

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Released: 1998-03-29

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WWE Capital Carnage

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Released: 1998-12-06

From London, England it's WWE Capital Carnage. Ken Shamrock defends the WWE Intercontinental...

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WWF Fully Loaded 2000

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Released: 2000-07-23

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WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

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Released: 2019-04-06

The class of 2019 takes their rightful place in the Hall of Fame, during Wrestlemania 35...

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Released: 2000-09-24

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WWE No Mercy 2000

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Released: 2000-10-22

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WWE King of the Ring 1999

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Released: 1999-06-27

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WWE No Way Out 2000

as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 2000-02-27

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Released: 2001-01-21

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WWE Royal Rumble 1999

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Released: 1999-01-25

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as Chyna (Ringside)
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WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

as Chyna
Released: 1997-07-06

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Released: 1999-07-25

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as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 2000-06-25

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as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-05-16

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Released: 1997-09-20

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as Chyna
Released: 1999-09-26

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Released: 2000-04-21

Set in San Diego, the movie follows the desperate acts of Bill Templer head of a covert defense...

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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

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Released: 1998-04-25

The temperature is rising as Kane faces The Undertaker in the first ever Inferno Match. Dude...

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WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

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Released: 1998-10-18

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WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

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Released: 1998-05-31

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WWE King of the Ring 1997

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Released: 1997-06-08

1997 WWE King of The Ring Tournament Semi-Final Matches put Ahmed Johnson against Triple H and...

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WWE Rebellion 1999

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Released: 1999-10-02

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Released: 1999-02-14

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WWE Judgment Day 2001

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Released: 2001-05-20

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WWE Over the Edge

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Released: 1999-05-23

Stone Cold Steve Austin defends the WWE Championship against The Undertaker with Shane & Vince...

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WWE No Mercy 1999

as Chyna
Released: 1999-10-17

WWE Champion Triple H battles Stone Cold Steve Austin in an Anything Goes Match with the WWE...

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WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 1997-05-11

A Cold Day In Hell features Hunter Hearst-Helmsley vs. Flash Funk, The Rock vs. Mankind and The...

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WWE Insurrextion 2000

as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 2000-05-06

Insurrextion (2000) took place on May 6, 2000 at the Earls Court in London, England. The main...

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Hunter: Back in Force

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Released: 2003-04-12

Lieutenent Rick Hunter, now of San Diego Police Department, along with his 'new' partner...

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WWF: Divas in Hedonism

as Herself
Released: 2001-07-21

The women of the World Wrestling Federation travel to the Bahamas for a photo shoot, and the WWF...

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WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999

as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 1999-05-16

No Mercy was a pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation exclusively for the...

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WWE Armageddon 1999

as Chyna
Released: 1999-12-12

In the last PPV of 1999 Triple H battles owner Mr. McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match. The Rock...

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Biography: D-Generation X

as Herself (archive footage)
Released: 2022-08-14

The faction known as D-Generation X and its impact on the '90s; although they could be...

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TKO

as uncredited
Released: 2007-07-10

In the city where image is everything, the criminal underworld holds a fight tournament where...

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WWF: The Rock - The People's Champ

as Herself
Released: 2000-04-25

You're gonna see The Rock go through 'em all... The Undertaker with all his little rinky-dink...

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Trantasia

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Released: 2007-10-30

Las Vegas promoters planning a review starring Jahna Steele invited transsexuals to participate...

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WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

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Released: 1998-07-26

Fully Loaded features a huge tag team main event when Stone Cold Steve Austin & The Undertaker...

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TNA Sacrifice 2011

as Chyna
Released: 2011-05-15

Features Sting vs. Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, plus Kurt Angle and...

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Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked

as Herself
Released: 1999-11-19

Mick Foley, who has wrestled as "Cactus Jack," "Mankind" and "Dude Love," discusses family life...

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Best Of Raw • Volume Six

as uncredited
Released: 1997-07-01

Featuring matches from May & June 1997! • Stone Cold Steve vs. Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart •...

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WWE Mayhem in Manchester

as Chyna (Ringside)
Released: 1998-04-03

WWF Mayhem in Manchester was a United Kingdom-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event...

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WWE Rebellion 2000

as Chyna
Released: 2000-12-02

Rebellion (2000) took place on December 2, 2000 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. ...

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Out in the Ring

as Chyna
Released: 2022-06-03

A look at the lives of LGBTQ professional wrestlers past and present, and the history of LGBTQ...

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Come Get Some: The Women of the WWF

as Chyna
Released: 1999-06-22

The hottest women in the World Wrestling Federation : Sable, Tori, Jacqueline, Chyna, Debra,...

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WWF: D-Generation X

as Chyna
Released: 1998-08-18

Crotch-chopping, brash, obnoxious, naked, rule-breaking, icon, muscular, beautiful,...

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YouShoot: Chyna

as Herself
Released: 2011-11-02

She has been a magnet for controversy since bursting onto the wrestling scene. Chyna knows how...

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Nothing Better Than Parody 5

as (archive footage)
Released: 2023-02-14

There's Nothing Better than watching your favorite adult stars dress up as your favorite...

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Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody

as She-Hulk
Released: 2012-05-14

After the extraordinary success of Spider-Man XXX, award-winning director Axel Braun and world...

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Superheroes 2

as uncredited
Released: 2023-08-08

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Nothing Better Than Parody 7

as uncredited
Released: 2024-02-13

There's Nothing Better than watching your favorite adult stars dress up as your favorite...

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She-Hulk XXX: An Axel Braun Parody

as She-Hulk
Released: 2013-02-02

Chyna is She-Hulk! She's hot, she's mean, and. . . she's green! Undisputed porn parody king Axel...

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1 Night in China

as Herself
Released: 2004-12-13

Pro-wrestlers Joanie Laurer and Sean Waltman engage in a roleplaying sex romp during a vacation...

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Chyna Is Queen of the Ring

as Herself
Released: 2012-09-17

Chyna takes on the biggest names of pro-wrestling in a gang-bang Battle Royale Match. It's...

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Another Night in China

as Herself
Released: 2009-03-01

China is back and boy-oh-boy is she horny! This time China really gets down and dirty as she...

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Backdoor to Chyna

as uncredited
Released: 2011-07-01

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WWE Raw

as Chyna (archive footage)
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWE Raw

as Chyna
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Mary Jo Ponder
First aired: 1996-09-27

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3rd Rock from the Sun

as Janice
First aired: 1996-01-09

The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the...

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AVN Awards

as Self
First aired: 1984-01-01

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Relic Hunter

as Natasha Tripova
First aired: 1999-09-25

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WWE Heat

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-08-02

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WWE Heat

as Chyna
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling...

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Pacific Blue

as Tonya Sweet
First aired: 1996-03-02

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WWE SmackDown

as Chyna
First aired: 1999-04-29

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every...

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The Tyra Banks Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-12

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Best Week Ever

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-23

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Self
First aired: 1998-08-05

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom,...

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Fear Factor

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-06-11

Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and...

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as uncredited
First aired: 2021-04-18

The stories behind some of the most memorable WWE Superstars of all time.

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-23

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WWE Tough Enough

as Chyna
First aired: 2001-06-21

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Celebrity Deathmatch

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-05-14

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The Surreal Life

as Self
First aired: 2003-01-09

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime...

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Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

as Self
First aired: 2008-01-10

Dr. Drew Pinsky uses his years of experience in the mental health and addiction treatment field...

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The Huntress

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-07-26

The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers...

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Tracker

as Rhee (as Joanie Laurer)
First aired: 2001-10-15

Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy...

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Gary & Mike

as Self (voice)
First aired: 2001-01-12

Gary & Mike is a television show that aired on UPN in 2001 and Adult Swim on 2002. The show was...

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WWE This Is Awesome

as Chyna (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-07-29

Celebrating WWE's awesome history; reliving the moments that made fans go, "This is awesome!"

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MADtv

as Self
First aired: 1995-10-14

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WWE Heat

as Chyna
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling...

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Vice Versa

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2020-03-10

Independent, immersive, and provocative documentary specials giving voice to radical and...

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The Surreal Life: Fame Games

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-01-08

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