Although she appeared at Raw 25, Terri Runnels hasn’t been a regular part of WWE since 2004. She first appeared in wrestling as a manager named Alexandra York in WCW, before coming to WWE under the name Marlena, as the manager to Goldust, also known as her real husband at the time, Dustin Rhodes. She was the Marlene Dietrich-inspired glamour queen, opposite his camp Hollywood-obsessed weirdo. Their onscreen partnership ended in 1998, and their marriage ended in 1999. Terri started using her real name in WWE, finding her way through several more storylines and personas before her eventual departure. She is, for example, one of only four women to have held the WWE Hardcore Title, which puts her on a pretty short list of women who’ve held any predominantly male WWE championship.
Unfortunately, Terri’s in the news today not because of something wrestling-related, but because she was arrested this morning. According to PWInsider, she was taken in by police at 7:31AM for possessing a concealed weapon, specifically a Glock 9mm handgun, at the Tampa International Airport. As PWI mentions, this represents a class three felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in potentional fines. As of the most recent updates she remains in jail, on a bond of $2,000.
TMZ has published her mugshot, as well as a photo of the gun she was carrying, in case those are things you’d like to see.
