Chyna, If They Only KnewJoanie Laurer, Michael Angeli, Chyna
Gebundene Ausgabe
The name list compiled by the W W F creative department included Teeva Gweeve, Phalan, Sheera, Venus, and Tigress. Teeva Gweeve? ! What is that all about? Sounds like the name of a female pig in a cartoon. Phalan? Sheera? Why didn't they just come out and call me Butch Woman? In the end, of course, they settled on the name Chyna-The 9th Wonder of the World-and not-so-little Joanie Laurer took a giant stride on her way to being the biggest, baddest, silicone-enhanced butt-buster in wrestling history. Brutally candid - and, those of a tender disposition should note, not shy of employing the sort of language that they just don't like to encourage on The Tweenies - Chyna bares all in a non-stop expose of what it really took to be the first woman to hold the W W F Intercontinental Belt. It's a classic, sometimes harrowing story of one woman's battle to define her own identity in the face of overbearing, manipulative parents and a world which has firm ideas about how 'little girls' should look and behave. Chyna lifts the lid off the W W F, taking no prisoners in her assessments of the biggest names - including The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin - the backstage bust-ups and what happens when things go wrong for real in the ring. A genuinely funny, perceptive account of the game by one of its defining performers, lavishly illustrated with dozens of never-seen-before private photos and all-out action shots of the woman at work - < I> If Only They Knew is simply a must-read for W W F fans. -< I> Alex Hankin
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