Wrestlers Chyna (real name: Joanie Laurer) and Triple H (Paul Levesque) were once an item and reportedly dated from 1996 until 2000. Their relationship ended abruptly and bitterly when she learned that he was having an affair with Stephanie McMahon, who would later become his wife.
Anthony Anzaldo, Chyna’s former manager, told Wrestling Inc. that Chyna found a love letter McMahon had written Levesque and angrily confronted him. “When they had that encounter, let’s just say it was loud, and there was issues,” he recalled, explaining that Chyna immediately exited the home they were sharing, not even bothering to take any of her stuff. “She leaves, and the next day, she gets fired not over contract negotiations, nothing.” That led Chyna to corner Stephanie McMahon in her father’s office for an understandably tense meeting. “Didn’t get physical but it was ugly,” Anzaldo recalled.
Wrestling announcer Jim Ross, however, shared a different recollection of Chyna’s WWE exit. As he told B/R Magazine, despite all the drama, Vince McMahon still wanted to keep her in the fold, firmly believing that her beef with his daughter would subside. Ross claimed that WWE offered Chyna $400,000 to renew her contract; however, she demanded $1 million, and wouldn’t budge. “It was an outrageous demand that wasn’t even realistic,” said Ross. Tragically, Chyna died in 2016 at the age of 45.
