Though she is thankful for Kowalski introducing her to the indie wrestling circuit and supporting a woman breaking into the business, Laurer blames him for being too overprotective of his students to the point of holding them back from their “big break.” It’s basically one large room in a dirty warehouse with a converted boxing ring, mats and a few weights to heft.
Kowalski trained Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Prince Albert and Saturn to name a few, and by the numerous times the WWF has mentioned Laurer’s and Triple H’s affiliation with him, you’d think that Kowalski’s training facility in Salem, Massachusetts, is a high-class gym. Most are abusive or in trouble with the law.įed-up with the direction her life is heading, Laurer signs up with Wladek “Killer” Kowalski’s Institute Of Professional Wrestling hoping it will lead to fame and fortune. The men in her pre-WWF life don’t treat her well. During the moments in-between she is training hard and competing in aerobics and bodybuilding competitions while battling several health scares.
She details her work as a phone sex operator, a cell phone salesperson and a flight attendant. Like most, it was a long road for Laurer to become a WWF superstar. If that doesn’t give you some idea of how shoddy her support system was as a youngster, nothing will. Believe it or not, it is WWF owner Vince McMahon who Laurer refers to as her “StairMaster stepfather.” “Vince McMahon did more for me than my biological father and all three of my marginally legal step-fathers put together,” she writes. She portrays her father as a nomad-like conman and her mother as an extremely unbalanced woman. Born in Rochester, New York, to parents who divorced when she was three, Laurer doesn’t have many nice things to say about her mom and dad. It is one disheartening incident in the somewhat turbulent life she has lived.Īlso unlike the previous WWF wrestling biographies, If They Only Knew is more concerned with telling Laurer’s personal story rather than giving fans any sort of behind the scenes glimpse into the wrestling world. Chyna (real name Joanie Laurer) and writer Michael Angeli aren’t afraid to discuss sensitive circumstances like when Chyna admits to being sexually assaulted at a college party. Some of the explicit material and “colourful” language would make a seasoned sailor blush. Unlike Mick Foley or The Rock’s biographies which were written for a diverse fan base, Chyna’s is not suitable for very young readers. Chyna’s book – If They Only Knew – is not for impressionable readers. Ivory, the incarnation of Betty Crocker herself, spoke the truth on the Raw Is War broadcast last week. For once The Right To Censor, the heel faction sworn to remove all “filth” and “immoral” behavior in the WWF, is right on the money.
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