Joanie Laurer, better known at Chyna, was a premier WWF lady wrestler in the late 1990s. She leveraged her fame into a couple of Playboy photo spreads.
When Playboy stopped calling, she made a sex tape with fellow faded wrestler Sean Waltman, aka X-Pac, and sold it to a porn company. It was released commercially in 2004 under the title 1 Night in China (a joke on the notorious 1 Night in Paris).
So what's next for the quasi-celeb who desperately wants to stay famous? Reality TV! She appeared on season four of The Surreal Life on VH1 in 2005, then the spinoff The Surreal Life: Fame Games in 2007. (Vern Troyer was a castmate on both shows, and Ron Jeremy was on the latter show.)
VH1 launched Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in spring 2008. Chyna entered the on-air rehab clinic to cope with her alcoholism. (Her clinicmates included Mary Carey, Jaimee Foxworth and Jessica Sierra.)
Wikipedia: The Surreal Life
Wikipedia: The Surreal Life: Fame Games
Wikipedia: Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Daze Reader: Chyna (Joanie Laurer) Sex Tape
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