Joanie Laurer trained at Wladek "Killer" Kowalski's wrestling school in Salem, Massachusetts. During this time, she briefly dated Perry "Saturn" Satullo. She debuted in the year 1995 and worked for various independent promotions as Just Joanie and Joanie Lee. Laurer met World Wrestling Federation employees Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a bar in 1997. Struck by her appearance, they helped her get into the WWF. She made her WWF debut on February 16 at In Your House choking Marlena. Her original role in the company was as Chyna, the laconic bodyguard of Triple H and later D-Generation X. She often got physically involved in Triple H's matches during his feuds with Goldust, Mankind, Owen Hart, and The Rock by executing a low-blow (an uppercut to the crotch). At WWF No Way Out of Texas in 1998, she became the first woman to be stunned by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Joanie Laurer left home at age 16, and went to Spain under a scholarship with the United Nations. By 1987, she had graduated high school in Spain. She spent the next five years at the University of Tampa and graduated in 1992 with a degree in Spanish Literature.[2] During college, she also studied French and German and can hold a conversation in either language.[2] She originally wanted to use her knowledge of foreign languages to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforcement Administration.[2] Subsequently, she joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to Costa Rica to teach literacy. After college, Laurer began to regularly enter fitness competitions. In 1996, Laurer competed in the New York City regional of the Fitness America

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