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02/06/04 Internet Rumor

Joanie Laurer, formerly known as "Chyna" in WWE, will soon be making her presence felt in NWA-TNA. Laurer, who last worked for WWE in 2001, had been trying her hand in Hollywood as an actress. However, her only film appearance was considered a flop, and Laurer turned her attention to music.

Laurer also had been engaged to fellow former D-X member Sean "X-Pac" Waltman in November 2002, but the two had a less than amicable breakup as profiled on the television show "Celebrity Justice".

Laurer recently adopted a variation of her popular wrestling personna, "Chynna Doll" in the hopes that it would bring more name recognition, as people might remember her more with the "Chyna' variation as her new name.

In any event, "Chynna Doll" is set to make her NWA-TNA debut on February 18th. It's being rumored that she will work a program with Jonny Fairplay, possibly acting as a personal bodyguard to protect him from the rash of recent beatings he has undergone at the hands of TNA wrestlers. [ProWrestling.com]

02/17/04 Internet News

NWATNA.com has announced that Joanie Laurer will not be appearing on Wednesday night’s PPV as had been previously announced. Last week it was reported that Laurer would debut as a guest on the Playing Fair With Jonny Show, hosted by Jonny Fairplay. On the website’s ad for Wednesday’s PPV, it said, "Due to unforeseen circumstances, Joanie Laurer will not be appearing on the PPV".

02/27/04 Internet Rumor

Joanie Laurer, formerly known in WWE as 'Chyna', was supposed to debut in NWA-TNA in a segment with Jonny Fairplay. It was announced that due to unforseen circumstances, she would not be appearing as scheduled. According to reliable sources within NWA-TNA, it has been stated that part of the reason that Joanie Lauer did not appear at NWA:TNA this past week was that she wanted a first class airline ticket to the show and NWA:TNA refused to give her one because she had previously agreed to fly coach.

Due to her change in attitude, people who had been high on bringing in the former WWE Superstar quickly changed their minds and soured on using her in future plans. It was even said that "Laurer wasn't worth the trouble and likely wouldn't be a drawing point". Even during his "promo" on Joanie Laurer, Jonny Fairplay was actually telling the truth when he stated she made huge demands to be brought in, and it was the truth.

Most people think Laurer was in no position to be making these type of demands since he had been out of the North American wrestling eye for almost 3 years. She should have been happy that TNA was at least willing to go out on a limb for her. At this time, NWA-TNA has no plans to ask her back. [Daniel Bradshaw, ProWrestling.com]

03/05/04 Internet Rumor

Joanie Laurer and her band "The Chynna Dolls" will be making their debut at the Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood Friday night at 8:00pm. [Jared Strunk, WrestlingWire.net]

WebMaster's Note: Not sure if this is for real or not. I haven't heard anything about Joanie having a band, let alone be good enough to appear at the Roxy!

03/12/04 Internet News

OWOW visitor 'Chynafan101' was kind enough to send me this info: "Joanie Laurer really did appear at the Roxy. She was on at 10:00 and performed with the band. She sounded fairly good and looked good too." Thanks for the info.

03/19/04 Internet News

My girlfriend and I just got back from seeing Chyna's band perform at the El Rey theater here in Los Angeles. The music itself was god-awful, and by the third song, the audience had dwindled from 40 people to 15 (keeping in mind, the capacity of the El Rey is around 1000). Some of the high points of the show were an R&B number in which she wailed about "having a man who was screwing my boss' daughter," her prowling around onstage, placating to the cameras, the two of us singing the chorus of "I love rock and roll" into her microphone, mere inches away from her glittery, booze-drenched breasts, and finally, a DX crotch chop to close out the show.

A greasy-haired, 80's rock looking guy was running from audience to stage and back with a handheld video camera capturing the whole experience. Can you guess who this might have been...? None other than the legendary X-Pac, whom we'd thought had recently been the recipient of a restraining order from Chyna. After the show, we spoke briefly to Chyna. She was very pleasant, grateful for our attendance, until I asked who she liked on Sunday for WrestleMania, to which she simply shook her head, and mumbled something about not being interested.

On our way out, we cornered X-Pac on his way out of the men's room (after he'd been in there for a good 10 minutes... you figure it out) and asked him the same question regarding WM. Like his apparent girlfriend, he was not interested in discussing WWE business. We asked him if he was still working, and after a brief pause, he looked away, and muttered something about being in semi-retirement. We then asked him what he was doing in general, to which he replied, "Supporting my lady, and it's hard work!"

They were both pleasant and friendly, but appeared damaged, and anything to do with wrestling was definitely taboo. Still, we had a marvelous time, and I can't think of a better way to kick off our WrestleMania weekend! [ProWrestling.com reader Donal Finn, owow visitor chynaholic2111]

06/11/04 Internet News

Joanie Laurer aka Chyna aka Chynna Doll is set to release a new song called "China Girl"! She's used a demo CD for promotional uses and has rapped this song (which is a remix of the 1970's version of China Girl by David Bowie) at many concert including a concert at Barfly.

Speaking of CDs a new single from Reggie Benjamin is being released featuring Chynna Doll Joanie Laurer on drums and back up vocals. The single is called "Smile" and it's due out July 13,2004. [reggiebenjamin.com newsletter]

07/23/04 Internet News

On July 24,2004 Joanie will be presenting at the 38th Annual Victor Awards airing on FOX Sports Net at 2:00/4:00 PM (CST). Joanie will be a presenter at this show. [Chyna101 - OWOW Visitor]

----- Joanie Laurer aka Chyna will be doing a charity appearance at the "Mortgage Madness" Basketball Tournament to benifit abused children. The event will be held on August 14,2004 in Inglewood, CA [Chyna101 - OWOW Visitor]

07/23/04 Internet News

Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer was a guest on the Howard Stern Radio Show yesterday. She talked about her current career, former WWE problems, Triple H, Sean "X-Pac" Wlatman and lots more. For an in-depth report on the program, her interview, and Sean "X-Pac" Waltman's reply - CLICK HERE.

07/30/04 Internet News

Joanie "Chyna" Laurer will be signing live at the UPW show on Saturday at the Grove in Anaheim. Their set is scheduled for 3:15pm. In addition to that, Laurer will have two pieces of exposure for her band in the August 9th National Enquirer. The article includes a photo of her in a New Japan Pro Wrestling t-shirt pouring drinks at a charity party. The other half of the story is about the attempt to get a distributor to market her sex tape with Sean "X-Pac" Waltman. [Henry Walk, TheWrestleHolics.com]

08/06/04 Internet News

The National Enquirer Online web site ( nationalenquirer.com) ran an article Monday stating that a promoter has opted to find a distributor for the Joanie/Sean sex tape. To read the whole article - CLICK HERE.

09/10/04 Internet News

According to dailyceleb.com Joanie Laurer aka Chynna Doll just finished taping the pilot episode of her NEW reality TV series called, "Private Residence, Holmby Hills, CA". [Visitor ChynaFan101]

11/05/04 Internet News

The VH-1 website is listing Joanie "Chyna" Laurer as appearing on the fourth season of the popular celebrity reality series, "The Surreal Life". [Jared Strunk, WrestlingWire.net]

11/19/04 Internet News

It appears that both Sean Waltman & Chyna have agreed to release their “sex tape” and have signed a deal with the same company that produced Paris Hilton’s infamous tape. The working title of the tape will be “One Night In China.”

The company has actually flown Waltman to China and taped him in front of famous landmarks for the video release, so that it can be depicted as taking place in China. The video company expects a huge amount of publicity to be surrounding the release of this tape. Rather than have the tape circulate around unofficially they decided to work together as a couple and release the tape the proper way. [Rajah.com]

----- Chyna Doll was given an award on Howard Stern for “Worst Singing by a Non-Musical Performer” from when she visited the show earlier this year. [Rajah.com]

12/03/04 Internet News

The following is from HowardStern.com:

Howard saw Chyna Doll's sex tape last night and said it was very disturbing. She and her boyfriend allegedly go to China to make the tape and her boyfriend looks like he had just gotten out of jail. They have sex at first in a very dimly lit area and you can't see anything. Then they have sex again in better lighting and you see way too much. At one point Chyna was dressed in a dominatrix outfit and Howard said she looked like Herman Munster when he dressed up like a rock star. Howard said that Chyna also has ass acne that goes all down her crack. Gary also saw the tape and said he thought it looked like Chyna had some big bruises too. Everyone agreed that there was just nothing sexual about this video. [OWOW.com]

----- Thanks to Keith Lipinski for the following:

On Howard Stern this morning, Gary Del'Abate said he had seen the Chyna-Sean Waltman sex tape and said he'll never be the same. It was said to be sad and graphic, saying it was like watching two guys make up. He said Chyna had shoulders like a linebacker, a big bruise on her leg, and pimples on her butt and her back.

Nobody knew Waltman's name even though his name has been mentioned on the show many times. They joked he looked like a guy in gay porn. [Jared Strunk, WrestlingWire.net]

12/03/04 Internet News

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Red Light District, a leading production company that specializes in hard-core gonzo films and distributors of the hugely popular 1 Night in Paris video featuring the heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, today announced they will distribute the sex video of world renowned wrestler Joanie Laurer, known to millions of fans as Chyna.

1 Night in China, that features Laurer and her boyfriend, professional wrestler Sean Waltman also known as X-PAC, will be available December 13, 2004. The video will be available in domestic, international and online adult video stores with an MSRP of $39.00. Red Light District also included four special scenes that showcase the company’s other successful titles.

The video was something that my boyfriend and I taped for our own personal pleasure, said Joanie Laurer, a former WWF wrestler. However, when an outside party got hold of it, I decided to make a preemptive strike and release the video myself. I’m proud of my performance in the video and feel confident that my fans throughout the world will love it.

Joanie is an international celebrity with a huge fan base and we are very confident that this video will be immensely popular, said David Joseph, president Red Light District. It’s clear that there is symmetry between the fans of professional wrestling and consumers of adult entertainment, and the viewers won’t be disappointed.

1 Night in China was shot on location throughout China while Laurer and Waltman were on an Asian vacation. Laurer, whose cover of Playboy is the best-selling issue in the magazine’s history, also will be staring on the fourth season of VH1’s The Surreal Life, airing January 9, 2005.

For more information, please visit the company website at clubredlight.com. [Larry Jackson, Rajah.com]

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