TERRI RUNNELS TALKS ABOUT BEING AGAINST THE P.M.S. GIMMICK AND REVEALS THE ORIGINAL NAME SHE WANTED FOR THE GROUP
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
The 123rd edition of JG’s Radio Free Insanity is on the air and available right now at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com (Flash and MP3 download) This week’s show features the one and only Miss Terri Runnels.
Terri initially joined ClubWWI.com last week for a 45 minute shoot that featured a special appearance from her daughter, Dakota. With Terri and Dakota on the show this year, they join Daddy Dustin Rhodes (who appeared last year) to complete the family set, so to speak. Just like Dustin, this shoot speaks from the heart and features thoughts from both about the industry.
Dakota speaks about: fans, whether she’d get into wrestling one day, her current interests, her mom’s wrestling gimmicks, and more!
On ClubWWI.com, Terri speaks about a ton of subjects too including:
Her Contest: Make The World Write
www.MakeTheWorldWrite.com
Winning Her House…and $100,000
The Goal of the Contest
Wrestlers Doing Charity Work
Helping Others
Scotty 2 Hotty
Her Own Obsession With Computers
How It Stems From The “Alexandra York” In Her
Going From CNN Makeup Artist To WCW Manager
The Countdown Gimmick
The Days of Before Kayfabe Was Broken
Being a Woman in a Man’s World
Missy Hyatt and Nancy Benoit
Not Wanting To Wrestle
The Decision To Return As Marlena
Where She Was When She Thought of The Gimmick
Sunny and Sherri Martel
WWF’s Response When She First Picked It
How She Learned She’d Be Doing It
The Inspiration For The Name “Marlena”
The Reason For the Cigar Smoking
The Hiatus Between Alexandra York and Marlena
Dakota
Fans Asking About Her
www.DakotaRunnels.com
Good Fans
Creepy Fans
The Internet
Her Myspace Page
Respecting Boundaries
The Pillman XXX Files
Brian Pillman’s Final Night
Details of That Night
Brian’s Attitude At The Time
Her Regret Over That Night
Learning of Brian’s Death
The Surreal Night
The Original Ending To the Pillman vs. Dustin Rhodes Angle
Where It Was Supposed To Go
What WWE Had To Do To Make Up For It
Working Heel vs. Working Babyface
The P.M.S. Gimmick
The Original Name She Wanted For It
Being Against The P.M.S. Name
Meat
The Other Initials She Had a Problem With
Playing a Role in the Birth of TLC
The Hardys and Edge and Christian
Joining TNA
What Vince McMahon Would Say That Made Her Want To Vomit
…and More!
Aside from Terri, over 120 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dawn Marie, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
James then hypes tomorrow’s big uncut ClubWWI.com shoot interview. It’s nearly one hour with a star who hasn’t spoken out…in OVER FIVE YEARS! You don’t want to miss this one as our guest will definitely shoot straight.
With that, we listen to clips from Terri’s 45 Minute ClubWWI.com shoot.
James Guttman welcomes Terri Runnels to the show and asks her to talk about what she’s doing right now. Runnels mentions her newest venture – a contest. Terri wanted to sell her house but was aware of how bad the housing market was. She had heard of a woman who held a writing contest, but it was about her pets. Runnels wanted to go a different route so her contest – Make The World Write – is about how you can make the world a better place. People write in and the winner will not only get Terri’s home, but $100,000. She’s put together a panel of judges who will pass along the finalists to her for choosing. You can get more information on the contest at: MakeTheWorldWrite.com
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In progress, Terri is discussing how she explained to a young Dakota about the characters she or Dustin played. She then mentions a gimmick that was against – at least when it came to the name.
“I fought Vince so hard on the whole P.M.S. thing. I was like, ‘Vince. Please!’ I said that just grosses me out. I think it’s horrible. He’s like, ‘No. I love it. I love it.’ I’m like, ‘Let’s do POP or,” you know, I even forget what the acronym was for POP. Um. I’ll have to think about it now. I came up with several different like things. One of the things with pop is, remember how like Batman would be in that cartoon where they would go “Bam! Wham!” My thing was and I know it’s gonna drive me crazy because I can’t remember what my acronym was for P.O.P. I’ll have to come up with that.”
Terri pauses as Dakota, in the background, says something.
“Dakota’s over here going, “Princesses of The Press.” No. What’d you say? She said Princess of Priss.”
Runnels then explains the presentation of P.O.P. and how the entrance would play out. In the end, it was all just an idea.
“Vince said no and we went with P.M.S.”
Aside from Terri, over 120 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dawn Marie, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
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TERRI RUNNELS REVEALS THE ENDING TO THE UNFINISHED BRIAN PILLMAN-DUSTIN RHODES STORYLINE
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
Last year, ClubWWI.com welcomed Dustin Rhodes for an extended shoot interview. Now, we welcome the rest of the family. Former WWE Diva Terri Runnels joined the site along with her daughter, Dakota, in a rare and special appearance!
Terri’s 45 minute shoot interview with James Guttman had a lot of ground to cover. From her early days as CNN makeup artist turned WCW manager Alexandra York to her time as Marlena to the “Horny Little She Devil,” Runnels has been of the most beloved and recognizable women in wrestling. In her ClubWWI.com shoot, you can hear her talk about a ton of subjects including: The Original Name She Wanted For P.M.S., Brian Pillman’s Last Night, Dakota’s Thoughts On Whether She’d Want To Be In The Wrestling Business, The Inspiration For “Marlena,” How She’s Still Has Some “Alexandra York” In Her, TNA Possibilities, The Terri Invitational Tournament, What Made Her Want To Vomit Backstage, How You Can Win Her House, and More
(For more info on how you can win Terri’s House AND $100,000, check out: www.MakeTheWorldWrite.com)
Also, as mentioned, fans may remember the many WWE video packages featuring Terri and Dustin along with their young daughter Dakota. Now, in an exclusive, hear from Dakota as she talks to James about her current interests, fans, her mom’s wrestling gimmicks, whether she’ll ever get into wrestling, and more.
One subject that James Guttman asked Terri about was the Brian Pillman-Dustin Rhodes “XXX Files” feud. The storyline was that Dustin lost her to Brian for 30 days. The angle was set to end at Bad Blood, where they would renew their wedding vows to chagrin of Pillman. Unfortunately, Brian tragically died before the finish could happen. Terri discusses Pillman’s final night, regrets she has over it, learning he had passed away, working with him, and more. However, she also talks about the original ending for the storyline.
“The way that angle would have finished, Dustin and I would have had the renewal of our vows. I had a wedding dress that my designer had made for me. We were going to be in the ring. The preacher doing a renewal of our vows. At the time he would say, is there anyone here who has reason that these two people should not be married, let them speak now or forever hold their peace. And that would have been…Brian was going to come down and say, you know, me. I was going to actually, there was gonna be juice and lots of blood. I was gonna throw myself on top of Brian and say, Dustin, during those 30 days, I fell in love with Brian. I can’t help myself, so, you know, I have to leave you and Dakota and go with Brian. The visual of that, I thought, would have been so amazing with this wedding dress, all the color all over it. And me leaving my husband and child to be with Brian.”
She goes on to tell James about the way WWE changed gears for that angle and where they ended up going with it. It’s just one of a ton of topics you can hear right now on ClubWWI.com and just one of over 120 guests available as soon as you sign up!
For less than $5 a month, ClubWWI.com brings you countless stars including: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D’Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Dawn Marie, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred “Shockmaster” Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi “Juice” Guerrera, Nora “Molly Holly” Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.