Flashback Friday: Chyna Talks Her Documentary, WWE HOF, Triple H Taking Over From Vince McMahon

The wrestling world was rocked earlier this week with the news that former WWE Intercontinental Champion Chyna, real name Joanie Laurer had passed away. Laurer had a tumultuous relationship with the WWE, which had been highlighted over the past couple of years.

As we mentioned yesterday, the documentary The Reconstruction of Chyna was being produced, and is now being reworked. Chyna spoke to Wrestling Inc. last year about the film.

“We started filming June 9,” Chyna said. “I come back from Tokyo after living this whole different life and teaching. There’s all this other stuff about Chyna 2015 that people aren’t aware of. We’re trying to show how the perception of pop culture and the media can be shown through my own personal experience as I do all these interviews. Here I am 15 years later trying to show all of these things I’m doing. There’s an evolution that perhaps the media perception has not been favorable of. I’m going to change that. In changing that, I’m addressing all of these issues now. Find out why I’m not in the Hall of Fame. See what I’ve been up to for 15 years. Now I’m an executive producer on a documentary, that’s a pretty cool thing. I’ve been teaching corporate English in Tokyo for four years. I’ve been doing yoga. I’m a vegan. My entire lifestyle, on top of what I’ve accomplished in the ring. I want to show that stuff. I think it’s a compelling story I can tell that a lot of people can relate to. Because of the Kickstarter we’re doing, this movie is by the fans, for the fans. None of us are getting paid to do this. It’s a labor of love and …

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