Terri Runnels
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Runnels in 2009
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| Birth name | Terri Lynne Boatright |
| Born |
October 5, 1966 Live Oak, Florida |
| Residence | Gainesville, Florida |
| Spouse(s) | Dustin Rhodes (m. 1993; div. 1999) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Alexandra York Marlena Terri Runnels Terri |
| Billed height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) |
| Billed weight | 100 lb (45 kg) |
| Billed from | Palatka, Florida |
| Debut | 1990 |
| Retired | 2004 |
Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels (born October 5, 1966) is a retired professional wrestling manager, television host, and occasional professional wrestler. Runnels began her professional wrestling career in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Miss Alexandra York, manager of The York Foundation. She later joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she worked for eight years.
In the early years of her career with the WWF, she managed her (then) real-life husband Dustin Runnels (known on-screen as Goldust) and was a member of the Pretty Mean Sisters alliance. She also managed both The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian following the Terri Invitational Tournament in 1999. Subsequently, she had an on-screen rivalry with The Kat, managed The Radicalz stable, and worked as a host and interviewer. During her time with the WWF/E, she briefly held the Hardcore Championship, her only championship during her career. After leaving the wrestling business, Runnels became involved in philanthropic work.
Runnels was originally a make-up artist for CNN from 1985 to 1991, where she worked on Larry King's make-up. On the weekends, she did makeup for the wrestlers of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). When the company was purchased by Ted Turner in 1988 and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW), she moved to Atlanta and continued doing make-up for some of the wrestlers.Booker Ole Anderson eventually asked her to become part of the roster as a manager. 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. The York character was created over a lunch with Tony Schiavone, one of WCW's announcers. She worked at WCW for two years.
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