Chyna

I find it impossible to discuss women's wrestling without bowing to Chyna first. She did not ask for a women's division to be taken seriously — she simply wrestled the men and beat them, rewriting what audiences believed a female athlete could do. The bodybuilding, the modeling, the acting: all of it extended the same project of self-invention that began in Rochester, New York. Her death in 2016 at just 46 still feels like an unsettled debt, because the industry profited from barriers she broke while largely abandoning her. My take: every main-eventing woman today walks through a door Chyna knocked down alone.

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Name (English)

Chyna

Name (Japanese)

チャイナ

Reading

ちゃいな

Born

December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016

Origin

Rochester, New York, United States

Height

178 cm

Weight

82 kg

Occupation

television actor / film actor / pornographic actor / actor / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

High school

Penfield High School

University

University of Tampa

Debut

1995

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chynajoanlaurer/
• Xhttps://x.com/ChynaJoanLaurer
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%20(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466683

Tags

• New York
• television actor
• film actor
• pornographic actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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