Melina Perez, Wrestler, - Biography,
American Wrestler
Ring name(s) Melina, Kyra, Melanie Little
Deer
Billed height 5 foot 4 in ( 1.63 m )
Billed weight 122 lb (55 kg)
Born March 9, 1979, Los Angeles, California
Trained by Jesse Hernandez,
Lance Storm, Dave Finlay, Ultimate Pro Wrestling, OVW,
Debut 2000
Melina Perez better known simply as Melina, is a Mexican-American professional wrestler & manager, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working & wrestling on its RAW brand, where she is the reigning WWE Women's Champion.
Melina is also known for her ring entrance, which is a display of her flexibility. Standing beside the ring, she lifts her right leg onto the apron, then lifts her left leg, performing the splits, & then bends her upper body under the bottom rope. On RAW, she added another variation to this entrance where she stands on the apron before performing the splits & sliding under the bottom rope.
Career
Prior
to her professional wrestling career, Perez was a model. In 2000, after talking
to Mike Henderson, she decided to become a professional wrestler & enrolled
in Jesse Hernandez's School of Hard Knocks to train. Perez's pro-wrestling debut
came in 2002 on a tour of the independent wrestling scene. She joined a number
of California-based promotions, such as the Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF),
where she wrestled for four years under the name Kyra, where she was well known
for her high flying, & submission wrestling styles. Many EWF officials stated
that Melina had the most natural ability of any woman who came through their school.
Melina Perez tried out for the WWE's reality show Tough Enough III, she made the
final 25, but was eliminated from competition in the final cut of the first episode.
World
Wrestling Entertainment
Perez debuted in the World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE) "farm territory" Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in March 2004 when
Matt Cappotelli (kayfabe) brought her in as a way to taunt her ex-boyfriend Johnny
Nitro. Melina, however, turned on Cappotelli & aligned herself with Nitro.
Soon after, Nitro began teaming with Joey Matthews, later known as Joey Mercury.
On November 10 the trio, now known as MNM, won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.
During this time, she had her first ever pro-wrestling match versus now ECW Vixen
Ariel.
While in OVW, Melina made occasional appearances on WWE television. On a Thanksgiving episode of SmackDown! in 2003, Melina dressed up as a Native American & was shown serving food & drinks.
Melina made her first RAW appearance on November 24, 2004 when Randy Orton was the guest General Manager & hosted a diva lingerie fashion show. Melina made more RAW appearances in late 2004, including a limbo contest in December 2004 when Chris Jericho was General Manager for the night, but she ultimately returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling & MNM.
SmackDown!
MNM debuted as heels on SmackDown! on April 14, 2005.
The team debuted by interrupting the first ever "Carlito's Cabana" interview
segment, where one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Rey Mysterio was a guest.
Melina insulted Mysterio & had Mercury & Nitro attack him, leading to
MNM's in-ring debut the next week on SmackDown! in a title match. Melina lead
the team to victory over Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero. This was MNM's first title
reign. It was during this feud that Melina was the last person to be frogsplashed
by Guerrero before his death.
While managing the tag-team champions, Melina feuded with & attacked many of her fellow Divas, proclaiming herself to be "the most dominant diva in WWE". Her first feud was with Michelle McCool, after Melina insulted McCool's friend Heidenreich, in which Perez made her WWE in ring debut, a victory over McCool on SmackDown!.
In June of 2005, Melina feuded with Torrie Wilson, in which Perez won her first pay-per-view match, a victory over Wilson in a Bra & Panties match at the Great American Bash 2005. Also at the Bash, MNM lost their championship, prompting Melina to bring in Jillian Hall, a "fixer" to assist Melina in feuds with the other WWE Divas.
Around October 2005, Melina feuded with Christy Hemme & in the process, Christy joined forces with the Legion of Doom, & feuded with all of MNM. At No Mercy 2005 on October 9, 2005, Hemme & the Legion of Doom, defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match. Melina's feud with Christy continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.
On the Eddie Guerrero Tribute edition of RAW, Melina won an interpromotional Divas battle royal by eliminating RAW's Women's Champion Trish Stratus. This match lead to an interpromotional feud with SmackDown!'s Melina getting a shot at the Women's Championship at Survivor Series 2005, a match that was proclaimed the "The Divas Match of the Year" by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Melina's first WWE Women's Title match ended in her first singles WWE loss because of a timely interference by Mickie James.
During this time, MNM was set to defend their Tag Titles at Armageddon 2005 in a match against The Mexicools, but before the event, they first had to defend their titles against Rey Mysterio & the World Heavyweight Champion Batista. In an attempt to get Batista to call off the match, Melina visited Batista in his locker room & seductively suggested that it would be "worth his while" to skip the match & allow MNM time to prepare for their match at Armageddon. Batista, who seemed very receptive to the idea, allowed Melina to (kayfabe) engage in sexual acts. He then simply thanked Melina for the "warmup" before leaving to take part in the match, where he & Mysterio won the tag titles.
On the last SmackDown! of 2005, MNM envoked their rematch clause for a match against Batista & Rey Mysterio. However, before the match took place, Melina, accompanied by a lawyer, held a press conference in the ring where she claimed that Batista had sexually harassed her. During the tag team match, Mark Henry (making his WWE return) aided MNM in winning back their WWE Tag Team Championships.
On the first SmackDown! of 2006, Melina announced that Mark Henry was there for her personal protection against Batista. Henry accompanied Melina & aided the other members of MNM in matches against Batista & Mysterio. MNM & Henry also feuded with Kurt Angle & were soon joined by Daivari, to whom Melina later gave Henry's contract.
On the April 28, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Melina began a feud with Jillian Hall after getting into a catfight backstage. This led to a match between the two at Judgment Day 2006. At Judgment Day MNM lost their WWE Tag Team Championships to Paul London & Brian Kendrick & the trio imploded, with Melina & Nitro attacking Mercury, blaming him for the loss. Later that night, Melina lost her match with Hall & after slapping General Manager Theodore Long in anger, she & Johnny Nitro were fired from SmackDown!.
RAW
Melina
& Johnny Nitro made their way to the RAW brand from there, together on May
29, 2006, with a Nitro loss to WWE Champion John Cena. The following week, Melina
faked a sprained ankle, allowing Nitro to roll up Charlie Haas for his first RAW
win.
Melina continued to manage Nitro during his successful hunt for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, while rekindling her feud with Trish Stratus. The feud turned into a Tag Team feud when Carlito joined forces with Trish to take on Melina & Nitro. Their feud continued to Saturday Night's Main Event, where Nitro & Melina lost to Carlito & Trish in a mixed tag team match.
With her arrival on RAW, came Mick Foley making mentions of her in promos (playing on the (real) friendship they'd forged & he'd talked about in his WWE.com columns) & they soon formed an on-screen friendship. At SummerSlam, Melina caused Foley to lose an "I Quit" match when Flair was going to hit Melina with a barbed wired bat & Foley "quit" to prevent Flair's striking her. On the August 21, 2006 edition of RAW, her career was (kayfabe) endangered when Foley was offered the chance to either join Vince McMahon's 'Kiss My Ass club" or have Melina fired. After begging Foley not to go through with it, Foley "joined the club" to save Melina's job, only to have her suddenly turn on him, delivering a low blow & , "firing" him at the behest of McMahon.
Melina then became involved in the developing feud between Jeff Hardy & Johnny Nitro over Nitro's Intercontinental title (which would eventually involve Jeff's brother Matt & reforming MNM with Joey Mercury.). At the same time she entered a tournament to crown a new Women's Champion, defeating Torrie Wilson in the opening round in a lumberjill match on the October 9, 2006 edition of RAW before losing to Mickie James in the semi-finals two weeks later.
In early 2007, Melina would begin a small feud with Maria. Melina would also form an alliance with Victoria, defeating the team of Mickie James & Maria in their first match as a tag team when she hit Maria with a new finisher known as Extreme Makeover.
On the January 26 episode of SmackDown!, Melina wrestled in her first SmackDown! match since May 2006, which resulted in a win for MNM over London, Kendrick & Ashley in a mixed tag team match.
Following the Royal Rumble, Melina would become the #1 contender for the WWE Women's Championship, as well as introducing her KyraPractor finisher to WWE fans, under the new name California Dream. On February 5, Melina lost a Women's Championship match against Women's Champion Mickie James. The following week on RAW, Melina pinned the Women's Champion in a mixed tag team match & then challenged James for the title for the next week on RAW. In a back & forth battle, Melina eventually pinned Mickie James to capture her first WWE Women's Championship. In continuation of their feud, Melina won the first ever Women's Falls Count Anywhere Match in WWE history, by pinning James after a blocked hurricanrana to retain her WWE Women's Championship.
In March of 2007, Melina would show jealousy towards SmackDown! Diva Ashley, due to her burst of popularity & attention towards her appearance in Playboy. She also feuded with former Playboy cover girls Torrie Wilson & Candice Michelle during this time. On an episode of SmackDown, the rivalry was taken to the next level when a catfight broke out between the feisty Divas on the inaugural edition of Miz TV. At WrestleMania 23, Melina pinned Ashley in a LumberJill Match to retain her Women's Championship in her first WrestleMania match.
After WrestleMania, Mickie James interrupted Melina's photo shoot with the Women's Championship, resulting in yet another feud between the two Divas. On April 24 at a house show in Paris, France, Melina lost the WWE Women's Championship to Mickie James in a triple threat match that also involved Victoria, but on the orders of Jonathan Coachman, she was entitled to a rematch on the same night, where she pinned Mickie James to regain the Title & become a two-time WWE Women's Champion. On April 29, at WWE Backlash 2007 Melina retained the WWE Women's Championship by using a Reverse DDT on Mickie James.
Then, Melina began teaming up with Victoria against Mickie James & Candice Michelle, in which Candice Michelle had picked up several wins. This feud intensified on the May 14, 2007 edition of RAW when Candice Michelle had defeated Victoria & stared down Melina also setting her eyes on the WWE Women's Championship.
In wrestling
Finishing moves
Extreme Makeover
(Springboard spinning facebuster)
California Dream (Muta lock)
Melina
Buster(Charging spinning facebuster)
Signature moves
Divastator (Kicking
combination)
Kyranium Buster (Flying neckbreaker / BlockBuster)
Jacknife
Pin
Hair-pull curb stomp
Back mounted crossfaces
Bite of the Dragon
Camel clutch
Corner foot choke
Crossface chickenwing
Flying double
axe handle
Pendulum backbreaker submission
Modified bow & arrow submission
Standing victory roll into a pin to a kneeling opponent
Modified surfboard
submission
Standing headscissor takedown into a twisting neck scissors submission
Double team signature moves
Double hair-pull mat slam - with Victoria
Tree of woe (Victoria) followed by a running senton (Melina)
Bite of the
Dragon (Melina) followed by a Savate kick (Victoria)
Wrestlers Managed
Johnny
Nitro
Joey Mercury
Mick Foley
Championships & accomplishments
World
Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Women's Championship (2 time, current)
Personal
life
She has one sibling, a brother named PJ.
She is a graduate of Hesperia High School in Hesperia, California.
Perez speaks four languages including English & Spanish.
Melina has had her teeth knocked out by female wrestlers, & dislocated her kneecap.
She is currently dating Johnny Nitro.
This
site was written in May 2007
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