Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Oct 13, 2003 12:58:42 GMT -5
The following are excerpts from the Wrestling Observer's highlights from Xtreme Mayhem's interview with "The Chynna Doll" Joanie Laurer. To read the rest go to www.liveaudiowrestling.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=8660
- She said it was important to have a fanbase behind her, and she admitted that she basically got fired from WWE. She was sad about it, but she kept moving on with her music and film roles, as well as wrestling in Japan. She thanks the wrestlers and the fanbase that have "helped make me one of the top five wrestling stars in the world." She stands up for people who bust their ass 365 days a year and go out there without having WWE's promotional machine. She added that "Vince McMahon can kiss my ass."
- Joanie talked about how she wasn't quite prepared for what it was like to wrestle in Japan, and she thought it would be like WWE. Once she got there, she was taught submission fighting and mixed martial arts. A fan in Japan later sent her a china doll which holds a special place in her heart. She is amazed that she would go to places in Japan and would see her face in magazines and newspaper covers. She said she is grateful to Antonio Inoki and considers him a mentor. Unlike Vince McMahon, she said Inoki is a peacemaker and a visionary who isn't about politics. He is a man of few words and lots of action.
- Joanie talked about her celebrity boxing match with Joey Buttafuoco. She said that she originally said no because she had no desire to fight a 260 lb man in front of millions of people for the heck of it. As it turned out, John Wayne Bobbit couldn't do the fight at the last minute and she agreed to be the replacement the day before the fight. She was taught the day of the fight how to protect herself, and she brought up a McMahon quote "Perception is reality" and how that wasn't that case.
- She said it was important to have a fanbase behind her, and she admitted that she basically got fired from WWE. She was sad about it, but she kept moving on with her music and film roles, as well as wrestling in Japan. She thanks the wrestlers and the fanbase that have "helped make me one of the top five wrestling stars in the world." She stands up for people who bust their ass 365 days a year and go out there without having WWE's promotional machine. She added that "Vince McMahon can kiss my ass."
- Joanie talked about how she wasn't quite prepared for what it was like to wrestle in Japan, and she thought it would be like WWE. Once she got there, she was taught submission fighting and mixed martial arts. A fan in Japan later sent her a china doll which holds a special place in her heart. She is amazed that she would go to places in Japan and would see her face in magazines and newspaper covers. She said she is grateful to Antonio Inoki and considers him a mentor. Unlike Vince McMahon, she said Inoki is a peacemaker and a visionary who isn't about politics. He is a man of few words and lots of action.
- Joanie talked about her celebrity boxing match with Joey Buttafuoco. She said that she originally said no because she had no desire to fight a 260 lb man in front of millions of people for the heck of it. As it turned out, John Wayne Bobbit couldn't do the fight at the last minute and she agreed to be the replacement the day before the fight. She was taught the day of the fight how to protect herself, and she brought up a McMahon quote "Perception is reality" and how that wasn't that case.