63 Facts About Melina Perez

Melina Nava Perez was born on March 9,1979 and is an American professional wrestler.

Melina Perez is best known for her tenure in WWE under the ring name Melina.

In 2000, Melina Perez began training to be a professional wrestler at Jesse Hernandez's School of Hard Knocks, and made her debut in 2001.

In late 2002, Melina Perez auditioned for WWE's reality show Tough Enough III, but was eliminated in the first round, and was inspired by Al Snow to continue pursuing her wrestling career.

In March 2004, Melina Perez signed a contract with WWE, and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory, where she began managing Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury, dubbed MNM, to three reigns as WWE Tag Team Champions, as well as Nitro to two reigns as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Melina Perez is a three-time WWE Women's Champion, and a two-time WWE Divas Champion.

Melina Nava Perez was born on March 9,1979, in Los Angeles and was raised in the High Desert.

Melina Perez is of Mexican descent, and speaks English and Spanish fluently.

Melina Perez began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic, Anaheim.

Melina Perez was body painted by artist Mark Greenawalt for a modeling photo shoot in 2007 where she posed with her WWE Women's Championship belt.

Melina Perez began training at Jesse Hernandez's School of Hard Knocks in San Bernardino, California, and made her in-ring debut in November 2001.

In late 2002, Melina Perez auditioned for World Wrestling Entertainment's reality show Tough Enough III, making it through to the final twenty-one, before being eliminated in the final cut of the first episode.

Melina Perez debuted in WWE's then-developmental territory OVW in March 2004, being placed in a storyline as John Hennigan's ex-girlfriend.

Melina Perez turned on Cappotelli and aligned herself with Hennigan, who later changed his ring name to Johnny Nitro.

Melina Perez made her first Raw appearance on November 29,2004, when Randy Orton was the guest General Manager and hosted a Diva lingerie fashion show.

Melina Perez was placed in a storyline where she tried to make Batista call off the match by visiting him in his locker room and attempting to seduce him.

Melina Perez accompanied her and aided the other members of MNM in matches against Batista and Mysterio.

Melina Perez continued to manage Nitro during his successful hunt for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and in another storyline with Trish Stratus.

At SummerSlam, Melina Perez was involved in Foley's "I Quit" match against Ric Flair, when Flair threatened to hit her with a barbed wire baseball bat, causing Foley to quit the match to save her.

On January 29,2007, Melina Perez became the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship after defeating Maria in a number one contender's match.

The feud between the two Divas continued and Melina Perez later retained the title in a rematch during the first ever Women's Falls Count Anywhere match in WWE history.

The storyline came to an end at WrestleMania 23, where Melina Perez pinned Ashley in a Lumberjill match to retain her Women's Championship.

On May 7,2007, Melina Perez began feuding with Playboy cover girl Candice Michelle after she was defeated in a tag team match alongside Victoria against Candice Michelle and Mickie James.

Melina Perez continued to lose to Candice in various tag team matches, as well as in non-title bouts over the next few weeks.

At Vengeance, Melina Perez lost the Women's Championship to Candice, and failed to recapture the title at The Great American Bash.

At SummerSlam, Melina Perez participated in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship.

Melina Perez scored two eliminations and lasted until the final four, before being eliminated by Torrie Wilson and Michelle McCool.

Melina Perez was defeated and pinned after suffering a DDT from James, followed by a delayed fisherman suplex, while she was completely unconscious, from Phoenix.

Melina Perez was then attacked by Phoenix during a backstage segment following the match, leading to Melina Perez turning face.

At the One Night Stand pay-per-view, Melina Perez competed in the first ever women's "I Quit" match against Beth Phoenix, but was unsuccessful.

The next night on Raw, Melina Perez teamed with former rival Mickie James in a tag team match against Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea in a losing effort.

On June 23,2008, Melina Perez suffered a heel injury after falling from the turnbuckles during a tag team match with Mickie James against Natalya and Victoria.

On January 25,2009, Melina Perez won her third WWE Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble by defeating Phoenix.

At WrestleMania 25, Melina Perez participated in the "Miss Wrestlemania" Battle Royal, where she was not victorious.

Melina Perez began a feud with Michelle McCool, who was named as the number one contender to the title.

Melina Perez made her return on the August 2,2010, episode of Raw, attacking WWE Divas Champion Alicia Fox after a six-woman tag team match in which she, Jillian Hall, and Tamina defeated Eve Torres, Gail Kim, and Natalya.

At SummerSlam, Melina Perez defeated Fox to capture the Divas Championship for the second time in her career.

In November 2011, Melina Perez wrestled her first match outside of WWE by defeating Lexxus at the Women Superstars Uncensored November 19 pay-per-view.

Melina Perez appeared on the World Wrestling Fan Xperience Champions Showcase Tour in Manila, Philippines on February 4,2012, where she wrestled under her real name.

On February 5,2012, episode of WWFX, Melina Perez defeated Jillian Hall.

Melina Perez appeared at the Family Wrestling Entertainment event, signing autographs and serving as Eric Young's valet as he became the new FWE Heavyweight Champion.

Melina Perez debuted for North East Wrestling on March 23,2012, competing in a victorious effort against Velvet Sky, but lost to Sky the following day in a rematch.

From June 30 to July 2,2012, Melina Perez participated in World Wrestling Council's Anniversario weekend in Puerto Rico.

On June 19,2015, after a three-year hiatus, Melina Perez returned to the independent circuit at Maryland Championship Wrestling's Ladies Night event as the enforcer in the MCW Women's Championship main event match between Amber Rodriguez and Mickie James; Melina Perez turned heel by attacking James during the match before being attacked by referee Lisa Marie Varon, after which James won the title.

Melina Perez teamed with Santana Garrett in a tag team match to defeat Hudson Envy and Thunder Rosa.

On June 20,2016, Melina Perez announced her official in-ring return at Southside Wrestling Entertainment, taking part at SWE's Queen of The Ring tournament.

On October 1, Melina Perez made her official in-ring return in a tag team match at SWE Speed King 2016, teaming with Nixon Newell participating against the team of Alex Windsor and Kay Lee Ray.

Melina Perez defeated Lana Austin and Viper to advance to the finals, when she defeated the Queen Of Southside champion Kay Lee Ray, winning the tournament and the championship in the process.

Melina Perez teamed with Jessicka Havok, Leah Vaughan, and Nixon Newell, and defeated the team of Alex Windsor, Kasey Owens, Kay Lee Ray and Viper.

Melina Perez continued her feud with Rick Cataldo at A Matter Of Pride, notably attacking him on his wedding night and trying to convince Rick's husband Vinny Pacifico-Cataldo to stand up for himself against his abusive life partner.

Melina Perez debuted for Outlaw Wrestling on June 20,2019; teaming with Bull James in defeating Anthony Greene and the Platinum Hunnies, and picked up her first singles win for the promotion on August 15, defeating Solo Darling.

On May 7,2022, Melina Perez was defeated by Scarlett Bordeaux at WrestlePro Mayhem.

On September 16,2022 Melina Perez was defeated by Mandy Leon in a fatal four way match for the MCW Women's Title at MCW Ladies Night, which featured Gia Scott and Leila Grey.

Melina Perez made her National Wrestling Alliance debut on the November 19,2019, episode of NWA Power, aligning with Marti Belle and Thunder Rosa after helping them defeat NWA World Women's Champion Allysin Kay and Ashley Vox, establishing herself as a villainess.

At NWA When Our Shadows Fall, on June 6,2021, Melina Perez teamed with Rosa in a losing effort against Terrell and Kylie Rae, despite Melina Perez's wrestling on a retorn ACL.

PWInsider reported in September 2020 that Melina Perez had signed a contract to return to WWE but Melina Perez informed in February 2021 that, while WWE and she talked, they did not come to an agreement.

Melina Perez would make another appearance on January 4,2021, at WWE Raw Legends Night.

On January 29,2022, Melina Perez made a surprise return as the second entrant in the 2022 Royal Rumble match with Sasha Banks.

Melina Perez was eliminated by Banks in less than a minute.

At Bound for Glory, Melina Perez competed in the 20-wrestler Intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet match which was won by Moose.

Melina Perez was involved in an on-off relationship with fellow professional wrestler John Hennigan, better known by the ring name John Morrison, from 2003 to 2015.

On January 10,2025 it was reported that Melina Perez hadn't reported safe from the Los Angeles fires and hadn't returned any phone calls.

Melina Perez made her in-game debut in SmackDown vs Raw 2007 and appears in SmackDown vs Raw 2008, SmackDown vs Raw 2009, SmackDown vs Raw 2010 and SmackDown vs Raw 2011.