History Wrestling / Melina

* TheCameo: While injured in 2010, she made one in a backstage segment at ''[=WrestleMania=] 26''.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Officially declaring herself retired on her "Getting Real With Melina" podcast in 2014. Then, after an eleven year absence, [[HesBack she returned to the EWF arena]] in late 2015, welcoming World Wonder Ring STARDOM to the USA. This lead to her locking up with Hudson Envy and "The Unstoppable" Thunder Rosa of Oedo~tai. She is also prepping for an indies comeback in 2016.

* DemotedToExtra:
** At the start of 2011 after supposedly pissing off management by acknowledging her feud with Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} was only a storyline. Put it this way, at the start of the year she was the #1 contender for the Divas' title. Her final appearance with the company eight months later was being the first girl eliminated from a battle royal.
** If you think [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Melina never put on good matches]] then we can't help you. At one point Wrestling/BretHart called her the best wrestler in the WWE, male or female, she played a damn good heel, super athletic, had charisma, she could sell and her offense looked like it hurt. Not sure what more people could ask for. She had excellent matches with Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, Eve, and Michelle [=McCool=] for the time and storylines they were given, but the WWE had shifted its focus from the Trish/Molly/Victoria/Lita era and were more interested in pushing Ashley and Maria into ''Playboy'' and building the division around them rather than actual storylines.

'''Melina Nava Perez''' is a Latin-American beauty queen from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, UsefulNotes/{{California}} who won Miss Hawaiian Tropics Anaheim, Ms. California Belleza Latina and a couple group USA shows before turning to {{Professional Wrestling}} and eventually becoming a [[Characters/WWEDivas WWE Diva]]. She first became interested in a wrestling career by talking to EWF superstar Mike Henderson, which lead to her training in Jessie Hernandez's School Of Hard Knocks in 2001 and '''Kyra''' making her official debut not too long after. Kyra tried out for the third season of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' in 2003, where she was one of the last cut. She continued to wrestle in Empire Wrestling Federation, Ultimate Pro Wrestling, Arizonan Impact Zone Wrestling and Mexican WWA as Kyra and as '''Melanie Little Deer''' in CRUSH (by the man who gave you Wrestling/{{GLOW}}) until she successfully signed with WWE in 2004. Melina initially was the manager of MNM in developmental OVW, though occasionally wrestled, sometimes as Kyra again when allowed back on independent shows, before the team moved up to the main WWE roster and Melina broke out on her own to join the Women's division. After a HeelFaceTurn in 2008 she became surprisingly over. She was eventually released by WWE in 2011 but continued to pursue work in independent promotions such as Wrestling/{{WSU}} as well as in those outside of the continental USA, even reappearing on national TV via Wrestling/LuchaUnderground. She is a three-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Champion]] and 2-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-diva.html WWE Divas' Champion]].

** She's always been a target for backstage controversy. Some people have said she slept around and was an obnoxious [[ThePrimaDonna prima donna]] while others have said nothing but positive things about her. Wrestling/MariaKanellis offered a compromise and said "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". The two seemed on good enough terms when they appeared on ''Afterbuzz'' together. Fans have also said she is always nice and friendly, and always appears as such when out of character.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Officially declaring herself retired on her "Getting Real With Melina" podcast in 2014. Then, after an eleven year absence, [[HesBack she returned to the EWF arena]] in late 2015, welcoming World Wonder Ring STARDOM to the USA. This lead to her locking up with Hudson Envy and "The Unstoppable" Thunder Rosa of Oedo~tai.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling news sites reported that she was taken off of ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. Melina refuted this and said she was taken off the show because it was a one-time deal and they had no interest in doing a long term rehash of Morrison and Melina from WWE. However, others are disputing this claim, pointing out that her statement is contradictory (i.e. it makes little sense for ''Lucha Underground'' to tease a reunion between the two and not act on it.) This resulted in a debate between her accusers and her defenders, causing Melina to practically have a meltdown on Twitter and troll Dave Meltzer for at least a week. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment It's probably best not to think too hard about it.]]

* {{Paparazzi}}:A left over from MNM but she eventually dropped them. Rosa Mendes infiltrated the group to sneak attack Melina. Beth Phoenix also stole one of their cameras once after participating in a group beatdown on Melina involving Rosa Mendes and Jillian. She had good reason to drop them.

* TheUnfought: For all their cat fights, she never had a proper match with Rosa Mendes, even though Rosa made her WWE debut attacking Melina. They did have an FCW match but it was not televised.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Whenever MNM was feuding with another tag team, they'd usually recruit another Diva to help deal with Melina. Wrestling/AshleyMassaro, Jillian Hall and Christy Hemme are examples.

* VocalDissonance: Her voice is very high-pitched for a grown woman. She seems to be aware of this, since on one of her podcasts, she mentions her voice being compared to a baby or a cartoon character.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Her transition from wrestler to valet saw her stop braiding her hair. From valet to active competitor in the women's division was marked by her hair going from brown with blonde highlights to almost completely black.

* ImportantHaircut: She has cut her hair since leaving wrestling and now sports a bob cut.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling mews sites reported that she was taken off of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. Melina refuted this and said she was taken off the show because it was a one-time deal and they had no interest in doing a long term rehash of Morrison and Melina from WWE. However, others are disputing this claim, resulting in a debate between her accusers and her defenders, causing Melina to practically have a meltdown on Twitter. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment It's probably best not to think too hard about it.]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Subverted. She slapped Teddy Long when he wouldn't reverse the decision of her match, and got fired as a result. This was also how she turned heel on Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}}.

** At the start of 2011 after supposedly pissing off management by acknowledging her feud with Natalya was only a storyline. Put it this way, at the start of the year she was the #1 contender for the Divas' title. Her final appearance with the company eight months later was being the first girl eliminated from a battle royal.

* DemotedToExtra: At the start of 2011 after supposedly pissing off management by acknowledging her feud with Natalya was only a storyline. Put it this way, at the start of the year she was the #1 contender for the Divas' title. Her final appearance with the company eight months later was being the first girl eliminated from a battle royal.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling mews sites reported that she was taken off of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. Melina refuted this and said she was taken off the show because it was a one-time deal and they had no interest in doing a long term rehash of Morrison and Melina from WWE. However, others are disputing this claim, resulting in a debate between her accusers and her defenders, causing Melina to practically have a meltdown on Twitter. It's probably best not to think too hard about it.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling mews sites reported that she was taken off of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. Melina refuted this and said she was taken off the show because it was a one-time deal and they had no interest in doing a long term rehash of Nitro and Melina from WWE. Howe, others are disputing this claim as well. It's probably best not to think about it too hard.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling mews sites reported that she was taken off of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. Melina refuted this and said she was taken off the show because they had no interest in doing a long term rehash of Nitro and Melina from WWE. Howe, others are disputing this claim as well. It's probably best not to think about it too hard.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Zig-zagged to the extreme
** She's always been a target for backstage controversy. Some people have said she slept around and was obnoxious while others have said she was friendly and perfectly pleasant. Wrestling/MariaKanellis offered a compromise and said "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". The two seemed on good enough terms when they appeared on ''Afterbuzz'' together. Fans have also said she is always nice and friendly, and always appears as such when out of character.

** Another wave of controversy hit when wrestling mews sites reported that she was taken off of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground following appearances at the end of season 1 for supposed attitude problems. It was later revealed that she was taken off the show because they had no interest in doing a rehash of Nitro and Melina from WWE.

* BashBrothers: With Frankie Kazarian, John Morrison and Joey Mercury...''eventually'' with Wrestling/MickieJames too. [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms Hurricane Shane Helms]] in Lucha Libre USA.

* HesBack: After an eleven year absence, she returned to the EWF arena to welcome World Wonder Ring STARDOM to the US, which lead to her locking up with Hudson Envy and "The Unstoppable" Thunder Rosa of Oedo~tai.

** She's always been a target for backstage controversy. Some people have said she slept around and was obnoxious while others have said she was friendly and perfectly pleasant. Maria Kanellis offered a compromise and said "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". The two seemed on good enough terms when they appeared on ''Afterbuzz'' together. Fans have also said she is always nice and friendly, and always appears as such when out of character.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Returned to the ring in late 2015 for the promotion STARDOM after officially declaring herself retired on her "Getting Real With Melina" podcast in 2014.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Criticised the Divas who had posed in ''Playboy'' for flaunting their bodies. Yet had no problem dropping numerous Panty Shots when she was in MNM and also "sleeping" with Wrestling/{{Batista}} to try and stop him from facing Mercury and Nitro. It's likely this was intentional as she was the {{Heel}} and in fact was put to the test by Ashley Masaro, who told Melina Hugh Hefner had been trying to contact her and watched her and Jillian Hall get all excited before they realized she was lying, which caused Melina to say she would not have agreed to anything anyway to a nodding Jillian.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor
** She's always been a target for backstage controversy. Some people have said she slept around and was obnoxious while others have said she was friendly and perfectly pleasant. Maria Kanellis offered a compromise and said "I used to get along with her but then she drove me crazy". The two seemed on good enough terms when they appeared on ''Afterbuzz'' together. Fans have also said she is always nice and friendly.

* HesBack: After a fifteen year absence, she returned to the EWF arena to welcome World Wonder Ring STARDOM to the US, which lead to her locking up with Hudson Envy and "The Unstoppable" Thunder Rosa of Oedo~tai.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Whenever MNM was feuding with another tag team, they'd usually recruit another Diva to help deal with Melina. Ashley Massaro, Jillian Hall and Christy Hemme are examples.

'''Melina Nava Perez''' is a Latin-American beauty queen from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, UsefulNotes/{{California}} who won Miss Hawaiian Tropics Anaheim, Ms. California Belleza Latina and a couple group USA shows before turning to {{Professional Wrestling}} and eventually becoming a [[Characters/WWEDivas WWE Diva]]. She first became interested in a wrestling career by talking to EWF superstar Mike Henderson, which lead to her training in Jessie Hernandez's School Of Hard Knocks in 2001 and '''Kyra''' making her official debut not too long after. Kyra tried out for the third season of ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough'' in 2003, where she was one of the last cut. She continued to wrestle in Empire Wrestling Federation, Ultimate Pro Wrestling, Arizonan Impact Zone Wrestling and Mexican WWA as Kyra and as '''Melanie Little Deer''' in CRUSH (by the man who gave you Wrestling/{{GLOW}}) until she successfully signed with WWE in 2004. Melina initially was the manager of MNM in developmental OVW, though occasionally wrestled, sometimes as Kyra again when allowed back on independent shows, before the team moved up to the main WWE roster and Melina broke out on her own to join the Women's division. After a HeelFaceTurn in 2008 she became surprisingly over. She was eventually released by WWE in 2011 but continued to pursue work in independent promotions such as Wrestling/{{WSU}} as well as in those outside of the continental USA. She is a three-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Champion]] and 2-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-diva.html WWE Divas' Champion]].