(The name change from WWF to WWE occurred in May 2002.) And then Waltman told her how much her late daughter deserved her place in the WWE’s Hall of Fame - LaQue’s daughter having been the Ninth Wonder of the World, the late Joan Laurer, who rose to fame in what was then called the WWF 20 years ago as Chyna and was entering WWE’s Hall of Fame as a member of D-Generation X, as the lone female in the ranks of the baddest boys in the WWF’s Attitude Era.
Potylo took a picture of them together, with LaQue holding Waltman’s tiny, one-eyed emotional-support dog, Lulu. She wasn’t quite sure who Billy Corgan was even after Potylo explained that the Smashing Pumpkins are musicians and not a tag team. She never really tracked pro wrestling and to this day she has never gone to a show. With few exceptions Potlyo had to prompt her she didn’t recognize the faces and many of the names only sounded kind of familiar. Soon after she came into possession of the ring, famous wrestlers - some bygone stars, others on the card for Wrestlemania 35 - came over one-by-one to introduce themselves to LaQue. No fretting about a speech to make, just a private moment for someone who jealously guards her privacy. LaQue wouldn’t be called up to the ring during the broadcast to follow but would watch the show from the stands instead. When they were brought to the plush Qatar Airways Club, where champagne was being served, a WWE official presented LaQue with a standard jeweller’s box holding a Hall of Fame ring. Robby Roadsteamer, was smiling like a lottery winner and snapping photos like a tourist. LaQue was a bundle of nerves while Potylo, a.k.a. Rob Potylo looked like a musician or a comic, and he is in fact both, with his own regular show at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Likewise the rubberneckers behind the velvet ropes tried to make the thin, long-haired guy in his forties who accompanied LaQue. Those who had waited by the VIP entrance to watch the stars of WWE enter the Barclays Center wondered precisely who she was. She is not for the big city, not even a little bit, and certainly not for the red carpet, but that’s precisely where she found herself on a Saturday night in April. She leads a quiet, conservative life in retirement, tending to innocent, oft-mistreated animals and to her husband, who is disabled. and even further from her comfort zone, which centres around a Methodist church and rescue dogs. Jan LaQue was a long way from Henderson, N.C.
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