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After Chyna's death, Chyna's sister Kathy reported the wrestler was offered a new WWF contract in 2001 with a minimum salary of $400,000 per year and the potential for substantially higher income via merchandising and pay-per-view appearances, but she refused to sign a contract for less than a base salary of $1 million per year. [73]
Chyna, born Joanie Laurer, was billed by the WWE as the 'Ninth Wonder of the World' during her wrestling career.
Ashley Marie Massaro [4] (May 26, 1979 – May 16, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, reality television contestant and model. She was best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for her appearance on Survivor: China. Massaro made her debut in WWE after winning the WWE Raw Diva Search in 2005.
The throat cancer eventually returned and Williams's health gradually worsened. His last public appearance was at the K&S Wrestlefest Wrestling Convention on December 12, 2009, in Carteret, New Jersey. On December 29, 2009, Williams died at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver from throat cancer. [43] He was 49 years old.
Sika -- who retired from professional wrestling in 1988 -- was also the father to late pro wrestler Matt Anoa'i, who wrestled under the stage name Rosey. He died in 2017 at the age of 47 due to ...
In that same year, he filed a lawsuit against WWF, Joyal, Patterson, and Phillips; the lawsuit was dismissed a year later. [2] Phillips and WWE would be sued by a third ring boy in 1999; that case was eventually settled a year later. [2] Phillips died in 2012 after two decades away from public life. [2] Cole died by suicide in 2021, at the age ...
The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show. [16] After Scott Hall's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible causes. [17] [18]
Chyna was upset when Guerrero pinned her to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. [54] Then at SummerSlam on August 27, Guerrero and Chyna wrestled an Intergender tag team match against Trish Stratus and Val Venis, who at the time was the reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion. The Intercontinental Championship was on the line in the ...