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* ActorInspiredElement:
** Although she had wrestling experience from the indies, she opted to tone her athleticism down when she started wrestling on ''Smackdown'', since she was working with a lot of Diva Search contestants and felt that would make them look better - with the intention to develop her character into a more confident wrestler as the years went on.
** For her match against Wrestling/BethPhoenix at the 2009 ''Royal Rumble'', she suggested that Beth bend her leg back so far she kicked her in the head with her own foot.
** Although she had wrestling experience from the indies, she opted to tone her athleticism down when she started wrestling on ''Smackdown'', since she was working with a lot of Diva Search contestants and felt that would make them look better - with the intention to develop her character into a more confident wrestler as the years went on.
** For her match against Wrestling/BethPhoenix at the 2009 ''Royal Rumble'', she suggested that Beth bend her leg back so far she kicked her in the head with her own foot.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** When she slapped Maria backstage, they had her do multiple takes because she wasn't giving the reaction they wanted, and then forced them to do the segment live. An exhausted Melina then slapped Maria full force.
** She would be on the other end of that later when Linda [=McMahon=]'s slaps to her weren't deemed effective enough, forcing her to be slapped full force on live TV.
** When she slapped Maria backstage, they had her do multiple takes because she wasn't giving the reaction they wanted, and then forced them to do the segment live. An exhausted Melina then slapped Maria full force.
** She would be on the other end of that later when Linda [=McMahon=]'s slaps to her weren't deemed effective enough, forcing her to be slapped full force on live TV.
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* FollowTheLeader: Many women wrestlers began doing the splits on the ring apron as a ShoutOut to her.
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* FollowTheLeader: Many women wrestlers began doing the splits on the ring apron as a ShoutOut to her. Wrestling/SummerRae used her Sunset Split finisher, Wrestling/SashaBanks would use a double knee drop to an opponent straddling the turnbuckle as she did, and Wrestling/AlexaBliss used her Last Call.
* FriendshipOnTheSet:
** The on-screen friendship between her and Wrestling/JillianHall was essentially a reflection of their real-life relationship. They are still good friends years later.
** The Wrestling/BellaTwins were good friends of Melina, who they said was a locker room leader for them. They wanted to work together more actually (see below).
** Despite their on-screen rivalry, Melina was friends with the late Wrestling/AshleyMassaro. Despite their lacklustre match at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', she has praised Ashley for her work ethic and say she tried harder than people realise.
* FriendshipOnTheSet:
** The on-screen friendship between her and Wrestling/JillianHall was essentially a reflection of their real-life relationship. They are still good friends years later.
** The Wrestling/BellaTwins were good friends of Melina, who they said was a locker room leader for them. They wanted to work together more actually (see below).
** Despite their on-screen rivalry, Melina was friends with the late Wrestling/AshleyMassaro. Despite their lacklustre match at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', she has praised Ashley for her work ethic and say she tried harder than people realise.
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** Maria Kanellis says of Melina "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". However, after both their releases from WWE, they appeared on After Buzz TV together a couple of times seemingly on good terms again.
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** Maria Kanellis says of Melina "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". However, after both their releases from WWE, they appeared on After Buzz TV together a couple of times seemingly on good terms again. Melina would praise Maria for their chemistry in the ring in a 2023 interview with ''Ring the Belle''.
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** Candice Michelle admitted that the animosity between them in their feud was very real, and Melina disapproved of her not having a wrestling background; she especially took offence to Candice accusing Melina of stealing one of her moves on a WWE.com blog. They did however eventually earn each other's respect.
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** When she and Beth Phoenix had a backstage brawl that kicked off Melina's face turn, Beth accidentally punched her head into the concrete. Melina didn't even notice until she got back to the locker room and found that her reflection showed a huge bruise on her forehead.
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* RealitySubtext: Melina's on-screen GoSeduceMyArchnemesis moment where she was sent by [[Wrestling/JohnMorrison Johnny Nitro]] to seduce Batista in an unsuccessful attempt to wear him out before a tag team match can certainly be viewed in a much more different light when one reads all the rumors and dirt-sheets of Batista and Melina engaging in a sexual relationship in real life with Morrison being the supposed EmasculatedCuckold, though Batista officially stated in his autobiography that he did sleep with Melina but it was during a period of time when she and Morrison had broken up.
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* DiscreditedMeme: The 'Melina vs Alicia Fox' joke that came about when {{Wrestling/Cameron}} was eliminated from ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' after she said that was her favourite match. Melina says the joke needs to die, it was never funny and has always been annoying.
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* DiscreditedMeme: The 'Melina vs Alicia Fox' joke that came about when {{Wrestling/Cameron}} Wrestling/{{Cameron}} was eliminated from ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' after she said that was her favourite match. Melina says the joke needs to die, it was never funny and has always been annoying.
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** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple of matches, but nothing ever came of it.
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** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple of matches, but nothing ever came of it.it.
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* BreakupBreakout: Averted. She broke out slowly on her own and her alliance with Wrestling/JohnMorrison quietly disappeared. Played straight compared to Joey Mercury, however
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* {{Corpsing}}: At ''Survivor Series'' 2007 she slipped and fell off the apron while trying to do the splits. Despite playing a heel, she burst out laughing and was still giggling to herself when she did them properly a second time.
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* FridgeBrilliance: When she attacked Beth Phoenix as part of her HeelFaceTurn she used her shoe as a weapon. Beth had turned on her for accidentally hitting her with a shoe during a Women's Championship match.
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* HostilityOnTheSet:
** Maria Kanellis says of Melina "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". However, after both their releases from WWE, they appeared on After Buzz TV together a couple of times seemingly on good terms again.
** In her early days in the company, Melina's shyness didn't endear her to the locker room, with many mistaking it for arrogance (this happened to the 2004 Diva Search contestants too, who were told not to speak to the wrestlers and were in turn assumed to be ignorant). She ended up being taken to Wrestler's Court over it and yelled at until she cried.
** Maria Kanellis says of Melina "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". However, after both their releases from WWE, they appeared on After Buzz TV together a couple of times seemingly on good terms again.
** In her early days in the company, Melina's shyness didn't endear her to the locker room, with many mistaking it for arrogance (this happened to the 2004 Diva Search contestants too, who were told not to speak to the wrestlers and were in turn assumed to be ignorant). She ended up being taken to Wrestler's Court over it and yelled at until she cried.
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* CreatorBacklash: She's joked that she didn't like the angle of the Playboy storyline with Ashley Massaro - specifically the commentators trying to frame her as jealous ("why would I be jealous of anyone when I have the title?"). She did however say she liked working with Ashley, despite the poor reception to those matches.
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* BigNameFan:
** Though he said Joey Matthews was the best of MNM, Wrestling/JimCornette said Melina was the best girl during her time in OVW (a class that included many of his favorites such as Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/JillianHall).
** Bret Hart called Melina the best worker in WWE around 2009.
** The Wrestling/BellaTwins are also huge fans of her and frequently talk about how her style of wrestling inspired them.
** Wrestling/JimRoss and Wrestling/MickFoley are also big supporters of hers.
** Though he said Joey Matthews was the best of MNM, Wrestling/JimCornette said Melina was the best girl during her time in OVW (a class that included many of his favorites such as Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Wrestling/JillianHall).
** Bret Hart called Melina the best worker in WWE around 2009.
** The Wrestling/BellaTwins are also huge fans of her and frequently talk about how her style of wrestling inspired them.
** Wrestling/JimRoss and Wrestling/MickFoley are also big supporters of hers.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Wrestling/MichelleMcCool, while she was in the back getting changed after taping a match for Smackdown with Melina, the latter came saying that they had to re-film their match. The reason? The punches they threw were too hard looking.
* FollowTheLeader: Many women wrestlers began doing the splits on the ring apron as a ShoutOut to her.
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Describes herself as such. Melina in the ring is a LargeHam ScreamingWarrior as well as TheFashionista, while outside the ring she claims to be as a ShrinkingViolet (although her out-of-character appearances seem to contradict this, as she's always smiling and laughing).
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Describes herself as such. Melina in the ring is a LargeHam ScreamingWarrior as well as TheFashionista, while outside the ring she claims to be as a ShrinkingViolet (although her out-of-character appearances seem to contradict this, as she's always smiling and laughing).laughing - but that could just be another form of performing for her).
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* CreatorBreakdown: Admits that she suffered this early on in her career due to playing a heel all the time. This caused fans to believe she was like her character, and even some of her co-workers.
--> "I wanted my fans to be family and hug them and thank them, but you have kayfabe and kayfabe is like, ‘No, you can’t be nice to people’."
--> "I wanted my fans to be family and hug them and thank them, but you have kayfabe and kayfabe is like, ‘No, you can’t be nice to people’."
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** For their title unification match, Michelle [=McCool=] wanted to attack her while she was doing the splits again. As she had already done it twice, Melina came up with a CallBack where Michelle went for it [[GenreSavvy but Melina moved up at the last minute]].
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** For their title unification match, Michelle [=McCool=] wanted to attack her while she was doing the splits again. As she had already done it twice, Melina came up with a CallBack where Michelle went for it [[GenreSavvy but Melina moved up at the last minute]].minute.
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* BreakupBreakout: Averted. She broke out slowly on her own and her alliance with Wrestling/JohnMorrison quietly disappeared. Played straight compared to Joey Mercury, however
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* DiscreditedMeme: The 'Melina vs Alicia Fox' joke that came about when {{Wrestling/Cameron}} was eliminated from ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' after she said that was her favourite match. Melina says the joke needs to die, it was never funny and has always been annoying.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Her feud with Maryse was cut short by a torn ACL in 2010 - so the Divas' Championship had to be immediately vacated, and Maryse won the belt in a tournament. This led to Wrestling/EveTorres getting a push as the top face.
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** For their title unification match, Michelle [=McCool=] wanted to attack her while she was doing the splits again. As she had already done it twice, Melina came up with a CallBack where Michelle went for it [[GenreSavvy but Melina moved up at the last minute]].
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** Wrestling/JimCornette said she was the best girl during her time in OVW (a class that included many of his favorites such as Phoenix and Hall, though he said Joey Matthews was the best of MNM).
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** Though he said Joey Matthews was the best of MNM, Wrestling/JimCornette said she Melina was the best girl during her time in OVW (a class that included many of his favorites such as Phoenix Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Hall, though he said Joey Matthews was the best of MNM).Wrestling/JillianHall).
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: It was widely reported and still well believed, that she cheated on John Morrison with Batista. It was actually Wrestling/RosaMendes, FKA Milena Roucka, who had a fling with him, and Rosa was single at the time.(There were wrestlers accusing Morrison of having no spine for letting his girlfriend cheat on him, there was a story of Batista and a Milena and there was an angle TV where Melina all but forced herself on Batista for Nitro(Morrison) and Mercury, it all ran together.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: It was widely reported reported, and still well believed, that she cheated on John Morrison Wrestling/JohnMorrison with Batista. It Wrestling/{{Batista}}. However, it was actually Wrestling/RosaMendes, FKA formerly known as Milena Roucka, Roucka and single at the time, who had a fling with him, and Rosa was single at him. It doesn't help for the time.(There were wrestlers accusing perception to many people that Melina did have a relationship with Batista after breaking up with Morrison of having no spine for letting his girlfriend cheat on him, there was a story of Batista and a Milena and there was an angle TV where Melina all but forced herself on Batista for Nitro(Morrison) and Mercury, it all ran together.(and before reuniting with him).
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Michelle [=McCool=] claimed that she and Melina taped a match for Smackdown and that she was in the back getting changed - when Melina ran into the locker room saying that they had to re-film their match. The reason? The punches they threw were too hard looking.
* FanCommunityNickname: Kyra's Fight Klub or later, "Melinquents".
* FanCommunityNickname: Kyra's Fight Klub or later, "Melinquents".
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Michelle [=McCool=] claimed that she and Melina taped a match for Smackdown and that According to Wrestling/MichelleMcCool, while she was in the back getting changed - when Melina ran into after taping a match for Smackdown with Melina, the locker room latter came saying that they had to re-film their match. The reason? The punches they threw were too hard looking.
* FanCommunityNickname:Kyra's "Kyra's Fight Klub Klub" or later, later "Melinquents".
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Describes herself as such. Melina in the ring is a LargeHam ScreamingWarrior as well as TheFashionista. Outside the ring she describes herself as a ShrinkingViolet. However, her out-of-character appearances seem to contradict this, as she's always smiling and laughing.
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Describes herself as such. Melina in the ring is a LargeHam ScreamingWarrior as well as TheFashionista. Outside TheFashionista, while outside the ring she describes herself claims to be as a ShrinkingViolet. However, ShrinkingViolet (although her out-of-character appearances seem to contradict this, as she's always smiling and laughing.laughing).
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* RomanceOnTheSet: With Wrestling/JohnMorrison, on-and-off for well over a decade (During one of those "off" periods, she had a short relationship with Wrestling/{{Batista}}, which was referenced in a segment on ''[=SmackDown!=]''); The couple have been airing their dirty laundry on social media for a while now. Melina seems the type to [[http://wrestlechat.net/melina-tweets-personal-information-about-former-wwe-star-john-morrison/ boil his rabbit]] if he ever left her.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: With Wrestling/JohnMorrison, John Morrison, on-and-off for well over a decade (During (during one of those "off" periods, she had a short relationship with Wrestling/{{Batista}}, Batista, which was referenced in a segment on ''[=SmackDown!=]''); The couple have been airing their dirty laundry on social media for a while now. Melina seems the type to [[http://wrestlechat.net/melina-tweets-personal-information-about-former-wwe-star-john-morrison/ boil his rabbit]] if he ever left her.
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** Doing the splits for her entrance was another. When she was with MNM in developmental someone suggested she do something sexy during their entrance. So she just did the splits on the apron and the rest is history...
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** Doing the splits for her entrance was another. When she was with MNM in developmental someone suggested she do something sexy during their entrance. So she just did the splits on the apron and the rest is history...history.
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** Her sister was going to release a Kyra DVD but went back on it when Melina was called up to the Smackdown main roster and became very hated.
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** Her sister was going to release a Kyra DVD but went back on it when Melina was called up to the Smackdown main roster and became very hated.a heel.
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** She was cut from the finalists on ''Tough Enough'' in favour of Lisa - who ended up removed from the competition later after suffering CreatorBreakdown[[note]]Though the show only said she decided wrestling wasn't the right career for her[[/note]]. One does wonder what would have happened if Melina had been chosen instead.
** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple of matches - but nothing ever came of it.
** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple of matches - but nothing ever came of it.
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** She was cut from the finalists on ''Tough Enough'' in favour of Lisa - who ended up removed from the competition later after suffering a CreatorBreakdown[[note]]Though the show only said she decided wrestling wasn't the right career for her[[/note]]. One does wonder what would have happened if Melina had been chosen instead.
** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple ofmatches - matches, but nothing ever came of it.
** The Bella Twins lobbied really hard for the three of them to become a stable called Latina Heat. In 2011 they both ended up as heels at the same time and got to team together for a couple of
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* OneOfUs: Okay, [[CheapHeat Melina swore to never associate with common people like you]] but Kyra's ponytail was inspired by [[Videogame/TombRaider Laura Croft's.]] She is also a big fan of comics and other typically nerdy things.
