A strong woman with a heart of gold, WWE’s Joanie “Chyna” Laurer was an underrated hero and feminist warrior, and a new documentary is coming out chronicling her last months before she tragically died from a mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs at 45.

Her career was truly groundbreaking.

Chyna allowed cameras into her life just months before she died, following a comeback from years of living out of the country. Now, the footage is being turned into a heartfelt and inspiring documentary about triumph, love, and finding the courage to move on.

“I’m Chyna, I’m a champion,” she says in the first clips of Wrestling With Chyna. “I went from a billion dollar commodity to on the street,” she also said.

An original member of D-Generation X, she partnered with other wrestling stars like Triple H and Shawn Michaels. She posed for Playboy and also was a star in VHI’s The Surreal Life.

The documentary filmmaker, Erik Angra, who also directed the upcoming film Portrait of Harry, said to People magazine that Chyna was “so warm, so loving” and that she was a “Feminist icon.”

“It seemed like she was getting better, but then every once in a while there would be concerning moments,” Erik said. “In the final months, we flew to Miami to visit her father’s grave, we were trying to deal with some of the underlying issues that she was having… She started to drink, and holed up in her apartment and was pretending everything was fine. But the phone calls she was making to me were very worrisome,” he said, adding that he sometimes wishes he intervened more. “Sometimes I feel really guilty.”

Chyna also left a voicemail to Erik, in which she said she was willing to go to rehab. “That voicemail, when I heard it, I was very excited,” Erik told People. “She, for the first time, admitted she had a problem… Sadly, that was the last time anybody heard from her. Her entire life she was searching to feel loved and feminine and beautiful. She was one of the strongest women physically and emotionally in the sports world for the last 20, 30 years.”

He added: “I hope that people can see the signs of people who are going through addiction. They look strong, and they look tough, but celebrities and artists are some of the most sensitive people in the world.”

Wrestling with Chyna will be released, hopefully, this fall.