 Runnels was originally a make @-@ up artist for CNN from 1985 to 1991 , where she worked on Larry King 's make @-@ up . On the weekends , she did makeup for the wrestlers of Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) . When the company was purchased by Ted Turner in 1988 and renamed World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , she moved to Atlanta and continued doing make @-@ up for some of the wrestlers . Booker Ole Anderson eventually asked her to become part of the roster as a manager . Runnels debuted in 1990 as Alexandra York , a laptop @-@ carrying accountant who led an alliance known as the York Foundation , a group of wrestlers with finance @-@ themed gimmicks . The York character was created over a lunch with Tony Schiavone , one of WCW 's announcers . She worked at WCW for two years . 
