Joanie "Chyna" Laurer attempted suicide?

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Late last night, TMZ.com reported that former World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] Diva and frequent Howard Stern radio show guest, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer [pictured above], was rushed to a hospital over the weekend after attending a party where it is believed she mixed a heavy dose of prescription pills with alcohol.

According to the report, Laurer was rushed to a Burbank hospital at about 5.am. Saturday morning after being found passed out with cuts on her arm, leading many to believe the cuts indicated an attempted suicide. In addition, TMZ reported that her blood alcohol content was so high, the doctors felt they wouldn't be able to do a psychiatric examination.

Early Monday morning, Jeff Bauer of Mad Dad Promotions and assistant director of the Lovechild video shoot, released a statement with Laurer's side of the story and stated that upon finishing the video shoot for Lovechild's new single, Laurer and a couple of friends, including himself, had a few drinks to celebrate her birthday and the end of a great shoot.

Bauer went on to state that a newly prescribed medication Laurer was taking had a very adverse effect combined with the alcohol and that she blacked out and fell into her mirrored closet doors, receiving minor cuts on her arms and legs. Bauer admitted that when Laurer fell, it was scary and things looked worse than it was as Laurer only spent half the day Saturday at St. Joseph's emergency hospital and was released by the doctors without being admitted to the hospital. Bauer finished by stating that Laurer is doing fine and is a little embarrassed about forgetting she was on new medication.

I would love to believe Bauer but I am a bit skeptical due to Laurer's past problems with substance abuse and her recent appearance on VH1 Celebrity Rehab where she stated that she doesn't consider herself an addict.

However, I will give Bauer credit for automatically coming out with their side of the story immediately after TMZ released their report rather than waiting days or weeks to make a statement.

It still saddens me to think that just a few years ago, Laurer was just as big and as popular as Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock with both fans and non-fans of professional wrestling during the wrestling "BOOM" period and to see how far she has fallen really stings.

I honestly hope Bauer's statement was what really happened and I do hope Laurer continues to get her life straightened out because it would devastate me to read one day that she just became another statistic for professional wrestling deaths.