Chyna and Triple H were romantically involved
in the early phase of their careers
In an interview in February with former WWE
creative writer Vince Russo, Joan Laurer aka
Chyna claimed that Levesque assaulted her
during an argument where she confronted him
with her suspicions that he was having an affair
with Stephanie McMahon. Chyna said she knew
that something "wasn't right" and searched the
residence they shared for proof of her
suspicions.
Her suspicions came true when she discovered
a love note from Stephanie in his briefcase that
was dated a year earlier. The former WWE Diva
said she loved 'Hunter' and didn't know that he
was having an affair with Stephanie for a year.
She said she was forced to leave the
relationship "due to the incident that happened.
She said she could have dealt with 'Hunter' and
Stephanie being together "because you can't
stop love," but didn't like being made to feel as
if she was crazy. She said 'Hunter' didn't beat
her and abuse her, but there was an incident.
She also said that things could have been
different had Hunter and Stephanie been honest
with her, instead it led to “too much chaos”
On her November 2001 departure from WWE on
Opie with Jim Norton talk radio show on Sirius
Radio and XM Radio, Chyna said she received a
fax message from WWE one day informing her
that her services were no longer needed. She
said the last thing Vince McMahon said to her
was that "blood is thicker than water" and that
he would stay in touch with her.
Chyna also alleged that she was not given a
reason on why her contract was not renewed by
the WWE.
"So I think Hunter's plan was to get me to leave
the relationship first and then that way he can
start dating Stephanie and like everything would
be cool. So I would ask Hunter time and time
again, I figured it was better just to address the
problem and ask him honestly and I would have
to believe his answer, so we got into a heated
argument, we were not getting along,
I told him 'I know something's going on. Don't
tell me something's not going on.' He swiped
my hand, I swiped his hand, he hit me. I went
back like Jerry Springer and then I was like OK
that's the deal breaker for me, the relationship
is now over, so now I have to leave. After that, I
know that he was crying and I know that he felt
bad that he hit me, and my first initial reaction
was to get up, and like I don't know,
I was just in shock and it felt like a Jerry
Springer moment, it was very surreal, and I just
couldn't believe that he hit me. But he knows
that like I don't stand for physical violence,
albeit we'll get to that after with Sean
[Waltman], so I knew at that point I had to
leave, but I needed some sort of closure so
when he was gone I started looking all over the
house, and I looked into his, long story short, I
looked into his briefcase and I found a love
letter from Stephanie that had [been] dated a
year back, so the whole time they were doing
the storyline basically they were together."
Paul “Triple H” Levesque issued a statement
Wednesday night responding to former
diva’s claim that he struck her when the two
dated.Through Joe Villa, WWE Publicity
Manager, Levesque said:
"The false statements and reckless allegations
Joan Laurer (aka Chyna) continues to make
about a physical dispute are a complete
fabrication. As I've said in the past, while Joan
has had significant struggles in life, this does
not justify making such claims."