Terri Runnels was one of the returning female stars featured at the RAW 25 special. Alongside several other female stars of the past, Terri was introduced and waved to the crowd during the episode.
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On her Cigars, Scars and Superstars podcast, she expressed that she was disappointed with how her and the other returning female stars were used.
“I was very disappointed [with Raw 25]. I really was. First of all, I was proud to be there and proud to be with my WWE family again; that was wonderful, but pretty much after that, it was kind of like, ‘Wow, really?’ I thought that [two locations] was a great idea because there’s no way that you can fit capacity crowd that would want to see it in that tiny Manhattan Center location. In order to have it at the Manhattan Center you would have to have it at some other place. I heard from friends that were at the Manhattan Center felt that they got jipped because they only had a few matches and it was dead in between.”
Terri says that she understands WWE had a lot on their plate with the show but the Women’s segment was a let-down:
“I think I am disappointed. I don’t feel like I was disrespected, but I just think that they had; this is my guess, but I believe they had a monster of a show to try to do and figure out. This many talents coming into Raw that is normally not there like past legends, and I just think it ended up being a time thing; ‘We don’t know what else to do, let’s just have them come out and wave.’ I don’t know, it was just disappointing because I loved my WWE family and all of that and it was just disappointing. It was a let down.”
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She also says that none of the female stars were angry at the situation. She shared the less-than-ideal conditions that they had while getting ready for the show:
“Nobody was pissed off. It was a ball of fun in our dressing room, but I had to tell you, that was another interesting thing. We were put in a basketball court; we were blocked off with black curtains, and there was another area where male legends were blocked off as well. Next to that they were filming all day the APA vignettes so because of that the overhead lights couldn’t be on. We were trying to be ready in almost pitch black dark. They brought one little light and shun it over but it was still dark over there. We kept asking if we can please get lights and how much longer the vignettes were done and they’re like, if we don’t get them done we have to get them done live so we may not be able to put the lights on at all. I couldn’t see to get in my suitcase; I couldn’t find stuff, it was dark. We did not have a mirror. I asked for a folding mirror; they actually gave me that, but there was no running water to wash our hands close by. That was very interesting.”
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