The female wrestling legend was found dead a few days ago at the age of 46 and now will have her brain studied.
What more, the study will be conducted by none other than doctor Bennet Omalu. Dr. Omalu is the Nigerian/American doctor famous for discovering compelling evidence of CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy in many athletes and then forcing the NFL to acknowledge it as a problem.
He was made even more popular when the movie, Concussion starring Will Smith portraying Dr. Omalu was released.
Manager Anthony Anzaldo told the News that Chyna was at work on a documentary titled The Reconstruction of Chyna when she died. Anzaldo also told the paper that attorneys involved with a possible lawsuit against the WWE had contacted the pioneering wrestler well in advance of her death to see if she was interested in being a part of the action. After she died, they got in touch with Anzaldo again:
“When she died, they called me again and asked, ‘Can we have her brain,'” Anzaldo told The News. “My hope is that we can do it. I’m in the process of getting the permission to speak on behalf of family to tell the coroner it’s okay to release it.”
Anzaldo was the one who said Dr. Omalu would be involved in studying the wrestler’s brain. The office of Dr. Omalu has as of now yet to confirm it.