Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels was born on October 5,1966 and is an American retired professional wrestling manager, television host, part-time professional wrestler.
28 Facts About Terri Runnels
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Terri Runnels later joined the World Wrestling Federation, later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment, where she worked for eight years as Marlena and under her real name.
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Terri Runnels was originally a make-up artist for CNN from 1985 to 1991, where she worked on Larry King's make-up.
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Terri Runnels debuted in 1990 as Alexandra York, a laptop-carrying accountant who led an alliance known as the York Foundation, a group of wrestlers with finance-themed gimmicks.
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Terri Runnels debuted in the World Wrestling Federation at the Royal Rumble in 1996 as Marlena, a character modeled after Marlene Dietrich.
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Terri Runnels debuted as a coolly unconcerned and indifferent television director-like manager, often sitting at ringside in her director's chair.
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The cigar-smoking aspect of the character came about because Terri Runnels enjoyed smoking them in real life.
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Terri Runnels later re-emerged in 1998, under her real name, as the on-screen girlfriend of Val Venis.
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When Terri Runnels claimed to be pregnant with Venis' baby, he dumped her.
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Weeks later, Brown discovered that Terri Runnels had never been pregnant.
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Terri Runnels spent the next few months as their manager, notably getting involved in a Steel Cage match between Jeff Hardy and Al Snow on an episode of RAW.
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Terri Runnels continued interfering in matches until she was injured when Bubba Ray Dudley powerbombed her through a table.
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Terri Runnels then became the manager of Edge and Christian, and the storyline originally called for her to come between the duo, resulting in them becoming singles wrestlers with Runnels managing Christian.
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Terri Runnels began a rivalry with The Kat, and at WrestleMania 2000, Terri Runnels defeated The Kat in a catfight.
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Post-match, The Kat attacked Terri Runnels by stripping her black body suit off to expose her nude colored thong.
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Terri Runnels subsequently became the onscreen girlfriend and manager of Perry Saturn, who was a member of The Radicalz alliance.
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Terri Runnels accompanied Saturn to the ring at Fully Loaded in July 2000, where Saturn defeated Eddie Guerrero for the European Championship.
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In late 2001, Terri Runnels replaced Trish Stratus as the host of the WWF recap program Excess.
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Terri Runnels briefly feuded with Stratus, resulting in a wet T-shirt contest between the two on Raw.
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Terri Runnels became the subject of Kane's affections and they regularly flirted during backstage segments.
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On January 22,2018, in the Raw 25 Years special episode, Terri Runnels was honored as part of a segment involving women considered legends that contributed to the company's success, including Maryse, Kelly Kelly, Lilian Garcia, Michelle McCool, Maria Kanellis and the Hall of Famers Torrie Wilson, the Bella Twins, Jacqueline and Trish Stratus.
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Terri Runnels made her in-game debut at WWF WrestleMania 2000 and appears in WWF No Mercy and WWE Raw 2.
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Terri Runnels was the fourth contestant voted out of the game.
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Terri Runnels grew up as a Southern Baptist, but later became non-denominational.
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Terri Runnels dated Brian Pillman in 1990 while they were both in WCW.
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Terri Runnels began dating former professional wrestler New Jack in 2009.
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On May 29,2019, Terri Runnels was arrested in Hillsborough County, Florida, and charged with felony possession of a firearm after bringing a loaded gun into the Tampa International Airport.
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Terri Runnels was later released on $2,000 bond and posted a video to her Twitter page, explaining her side of the incident.