Sadly, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, who has had well documented personal problems throughout her turbulent life, appears to be in worse shape than ever. After WWE unsurprisingly passed on her overtures to return to the company she was once the Ninth Wonder Of The World in, Chyna has gone full steam ahead with an ill advised new career in porn. I can't think of a worse business to be in for someone so mentally fragile to begin who so clearly has serious substance abuse issues; this career change wasn't going to help clean her act up. And that has proven to be the case.
Over the last few days Chyna has been on a bender that even Scott Hall would struggle to match. She passed out three times before being hospitalised at the 2012 Exxxotica Expo where she was promoting her latest nasty video for Vivid Entertainment, a spoof of the Avengers where she plays She-Hulk. On Thursday night, she was kicked out of the porn convention's kick-off party for passing out while naked in a swimming pool. The next morning, Chyna collapsed at the convention itself and had to be carried back to her hotel room, as she was in no condition to stand up straight without help, yet alone perform her duties. On Saturday, she collapsed again in the lobby of the convention centre and thankfully this time she was sent to the local hospital to recover where she couldn't get her hands on any intoxicating substances.
Clearly, Chyna needs rehab again. Hopefully WWE will treat her like all their other former wrestlers and offer her the help she needs, and Chyna graciously accepts. But unfortunately there is no guarantee of that, given the prickly relationship she has with the McMahon family. Chyna may not be willing to take a handout from someone in Vince McMahon that she thinks soon kicked her to the kerb after finding out that his daughter Stephanie McMahon was having an affair with her then boyfriend Triple H. At this point, like the aforementioned Hall, she may be beyond help, sad as that may be to say.