WWE Veteran Reveals They Hated Working With Chyna
Chyna wore several hats as a talent on the WWE roster during her four-year stint.
Not only was she a founding member of D Generation-X, but was also the company’s first female enforcer. She also became the first female superstar to compete in the Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring tournament.
She is the first and only woman in the promotion to hold the Intercontinental Championship.
Chyna became an instant attraction since making her television debut at In Your House 13: Final Four, where she attacked Marlena (Terri Runnels) during Triple H’s match against Goldust.
She became a massive fan favorite in 1999 during her feud with Jeff Jarrett. She later went on to feud with Chris Jericho before starting a popular storyline with Eddie Guerrero.
Often called the Ninth Wonder of the World, she quit the promotion in late 2001 after being kept off TV for several months.
She subsequently joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, followed by Total Nonstop Action, where she wrestled in her final match in 2011.
Perry Saturn Hated Wrestling With Chyna In WWE
Perry Saturn joined WWE in 2001 as part of The Radicalz faction, alongside Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Dean Malenko.
Before that, the quartet was a regular on World Championship Wrestling, winning multiple titles on the promotion.
Appearing on the Two Man Power Trip podcast, the 59-year-old spoke about his in-ring time with Chyna, real name Joanie Laurer, and all the issues he faced while at it.
WWE had us work with Joanie a lot, and she was awesome, man—a very good girl. There’s no way she was kicking anybody’s ass, though. I hated working with her because they would constantly have her do stuff she wasn’t strong enough to do.
Michael Hayes always wanted her to powerbomb me, and every time she’d put me on my head. Every time. She just wasn’t strong enough to do it. Dean or Eddie would do spots where they’d run into her, she’d give Eddie a clothesline, and she’d almost fall over because she wasn’t strong enough.
Saturn sympathized with Laurer, claiming that WWE put her in difficult situations she could not back out from. In doing so, he compared her to David Arquette’s stint in WCW.
They put her in a bad position, but in her mind, she thought that’s where she should be. That sucked too. We shouldn’t have had matches against her. David Arquette shouldn’t have gone either. Both situations were kind of messed up.
She was a Kowalski graduate—I’d known her a long time. She was a great woman, a great girl. I hated working with her because I knew I was going to end up landing on my head. And God forbid—because I’m stiff anyway—I knew I’d get heat for hitting her some kind of way. [H/T: Ringside News]