Terri Runnels Terri Ann Boatwright Runnels ( October 5 , 1966 ) is a former American professional wrestling manager . She is best known for her eight - year career with World Wrestling Entertainment , and as the former wife of Dustin Runnels better known as Goldust . Career . 1980s - mid 1990s . Runnels was originally a make - up artist for CNN , and worked in the same studios in which episodes of WCW were taped . When WCW was purchased by Ted Turner in 1988 , booker Ole Anderson invited her to become part of the roster . Terri debuted in 1990 as Miss Alexandra York , an accountant who led the WCW faction known as the York Foundation . The York Foundation was a consortium of wrestlers with finance themed gimmick s , including Terrance Taylor , Richard Morton , Thomas Rich , and Michael Wallstreet . Terri carried a laptop ( actually a Tandy 100 computer , which at that time had been obsolete for about six years ) to ringside with which she purportedly calculated the means ( and time ) necessary for her clients to win matches . World Wrestling Federation . 1996 - 1999 . Terri debuted in the World Wrestling Federation at the Royal Rumble as Marlena , the cigar - smoking manager and wife of her real - life husband Dustin Runnels , then packaged as the eccentric , cross - dressing , bisexual wrestler Goldust . Terri managed Goldust until on November 3 , 1997 he revealed his new valet , Luna Vachon . Terri disappeared from TV , re - emerging in 1998 as the manager of Val Venis . Venis fired her and ended their relationship when Terri announced that she was pregnant . In November 1998 , the jilted Terri formed the stable " Pretty Mean Sisters " ( P . M . S . ) with Jacqueline and Ryan Shamrock , both of whom also had reason to resent men . In a subsequent storyline , D ' Lo Brown accidentally knocked Terri from the ring apron to the floor during a match , and she claimed to have suffered a miscarriage . This was later found to be untrue , as was the entire pregnancy , but in the meantime Terri used the incident to exert control over D ' Lo , who became a virtual servant to P . M . S . The stable eventually grew to encompass Meat , a male wrestler who the ladies constantly abused . P . M . S . gradually drifted apart , and the stable finally split in August 1999 . In late 1999 , Terri arranged the " Terri Invitational Tournament " between Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz ( then known as The New Brood ) , with the winner receiving her managerial services and the sum of $ 100 , 000 . The Hardy Boyz won the Tournament , which culminated in a Ladder Match at No Mercy ( with the prize money suspended above the ring in a briefcase ) , and Terri spent the next few months as their manager until she was injured when Bubba Ray Dudley powerbombed her through a table on January 24 , 2000 . Terri returned on February 27 and cost the Hardy Boyz a match , complaining that they had not visited her while hospitalized . She then became the manager of Edge and Christian , but cost them numerous matches , including a bout for the World Tag Team Championships . After she cost Christian a match on an episode of " SmackDown ! " , Edge and Christian dispensed with her services . After Terri mocked the departing tag team with her signature " she - devil " taunt , Edge noticing the gesture on the Titantron , turned around and speared her . 2000 - 2001 . Terri then began a feud with The Kat because she was jealous of the latter ' s TV exposure . At " WrestleMania 2000 " , Terri ( accompanied by The Fabulous Moolah ) defeated The Kat ( with Mae Young ) in a Catfight . Val Venis was the Special Guest Referee , but was distracted when Mae kissed him in response to Val making out with both Terri and The Kat . This allowed Moolah to pull The Kat out of the ring , and when Val saw her out of the ring , he declaired Terri the winner . Post - match , The Kat attacked Terri by stripping her black pants off to expose her thong . The next week on " RAW " , Terri invited The Kat to a beauty salon . However , Terri spiked The Kat ' s drink and dyed and cut her hair while she was unconscious . The feud would continue to an Arm Wrestling Match at " Insurrextion 2000 " . Carter was victorious , but after the match , Terri pulled The Kat ' s top off , exposing her breasts . Instead of being disgusted or embarrassed , Carter allowed the crowd to see her breasts . In June 2000 , Terri formed an alliance with Dean Malenko , and on June 6 on " RAW " , Malenko faced Jerry Lawler ( representing The Kat ) in a " Over the Top , Off with the Top " Match . Though Malenko lost , Terri was covered up by Steven Richards before she could strip topless . The feud resurfaced in a ' Thong Stink Face ' match at " SummerSlam " , where The Kat won the match by delivering a stinkface to Terri . In mid - 2000 , Terri became the onscreen girlfriend and manager of Perry Saturn and joined the Radicalz . The partnership lasted until Saturn , concussed by a double powerbomb delivered by The Acolytes , opted to continue seeing " Moppy " ( a mop he believed was alive ) when Terri told him to get rid of the mop or she would leave him . Terri then became the manager of wrestler Raven and joined the The Alliance in order to enact revenge upon Saturn , a goal she achieved when Raven stole the mop and fed it into a wood chipper . In late - 2001 , Terri replaced Trish Stratus as the host of the WWE recap program " Excess " after Stratus became a full - time wrestler . She briefly feuded with Stratus , resulting in a wet T - shirt contest between the two on " RAW " , which was interrupted by Jazz . Runnels held the role until the program was cancelled and she then became a backstage interviewer . She wrestled the occasional match and has brief feuds with Molly Holly and Stacy Keibler . Terri defeated Keibler in the first ever Lingerie Pillow Fight . On May 27 , 2002 she briefly held the perpetually contested Hardcore Title when she pinned a dazed Steven Richards , though he immediately pinned her to regain the title . She also began an onscreen romance with Kane which was abandoned when Kane turn ed heel in June 2003 . Terri declined to train as a full - time wrestler , preferring to act as a manager if possible . Post - WWF . On April 3 , 2004 , Terri was granted a release from her WWE contract . She has since made a number of appearances on the independent circuit . On June 5 , she acted as guest ring announcer for Harley Race ' s World League Wrestling promotion , and prevented Johnny Gold from interfering in the main event . She resumed a managerial role on July 10 , leading Brian Costello to a victory over The Barbarian at IAW : Clash at the Cove 6 . On January 18 , 2005 she managed the Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey ) in a Steel Cage match , which they lost to the Fantastics ( Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton ) in the Southern Championship Wrestling promotion . In March 2005 Terri stated in an interview that " " I am through with wrestling . " " In May 2006 , Terri stated in a news article that she had started a program called " Soccertots " , a franchised program that uses fun activities to develop physical and mental skills . Personal life . Before entering the world of wrestling , Terri ran the make - up department at CNN and dated her accountant Derek Kuipers . From there , she dated Brian Pillman in 1990 while they were both in WCW . She was born Terri Ann Boatwright , but took the name of first husband Virgil Runnels III , with whom she has a daughter , Dakota , who was born on February 14 , 1994 . The couple divorced several years later , but retain an amicable relationship . She was briefly married again in April 2002 to Life Coach David Essel in a beach wedding where WWF legend Big Boss Man gave her away , but she divorced her new husband soon after . She turned down offers to pose for " Playboy " in the 1990s , citing the potential effects on her daughter . Terri appeared on the show " The Weakest Link " in 2002 .