Terri Runnels Reveals The Pitch That Vince McMahon Shot Down For Her And Goldust At RAW 25

On a recent episode of her podcast: Cigars, Scars, and Superstars, Terri Runnels shared some backstage stories from RAW 25. We have previously covered her talking about being disappointed with the way that the returning female stars were used during the episode.

She also revealed a pitch that was shot down by Vince McMahon for her and Goldust on the episode.

Here is what she said about the pitch (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes):

“We were all told to meet at the stage for a rehearsal. I had kind of had a bit of a heads up, and I hope I am not spoiling anything when I say this but Dustin [Rhodes] had said to Vince [McMahon] that since she is going to be here anyways I would like for her to walk me to the ring. I loved that idea, and Vince said to him, ‘No because she is going to have her own spotlight.’ I asked him what that meant about me having my own spotlight? Would I be going out to the ring with him and there’s going to be a spotlight on me? He said that he doesn’t know but that I was going to have my own spotlight. So I get there and they call all the girls and we get to the stage and they literally said that we are going to call you out in this order and this is the mark you are going to stand on; you are going to wave and walk back. We all kind of dropped our jaws and said that you have to be kidding me! We were looking out to having my spotlight [as Marlena] and I even emailed Vince McMahon and told him that I am bringing my gold dresses just in case you change your mind”

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She continued:

“Dustin Rhodes said to me later on that he doesn’t know what it means but it does mean that you are not going to come out with me. I sent the email just hoping that Vince would change his mind, so that was disappointing. It was not that I wanted to be alone where I say to everyone, ‘Hey, look at me. I am a diva extraordinaire, I need my own spotlight’ No. It just felt like we were misused, which is the best way for me to explain it. I felt that there was a better way for us to be used, but don’t ask me because I didn’t really think it out. I just felt like you have a lot of talent and we were just in there waving. Fans want that. They want to see Marlena and Goldust. That was a really cool gimmick the way we used to be. I believe the young fans who don’t have any memory of Goldust and Marlena, I think that they would grab a hold of it as before. I don’t believe it would be that cutting-edge stuff that we did before; it was PG-13.”

Could have been some fun nostalgia.