Melina Perez
| Melina Perez | |
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| Born | March 9, 1979 Los Angeles, California |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Melina Kyra Melanie Little Deer |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Billed weight | 122 lb (55 kg) |
| Trained by | Jesse Hernandez |
| Debut | November 29, 2004 (WWE) |
Melina Perez (born March 9, 1979 in Los Angeles, California), better known simply as Melina is an American professional wrestler and manager, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown brand.
Melina's ring entrance is an incredible display of her flexibility. Standing beside the ring, she will lift her right leg onto the apron, then her left leg (at this point she is doing a split on the apron), then bend her upper body under the bottom rope.
Career
Perez made her WWE debut on November 29, 2004 in Baltimore as Melina, the newest Diva, being signed by the GM for the night, Randy Orton. Orton booked her in a "Diva Lingerie" contest. The following week on RAW, she took part in a game of Limbo booked by the week's GM, Chris Jericho.
Melina redebuted as a heel on SmackDown! on April 14, 2005 along with Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury, with whom she formed the group MNM. After leading Nitro and Mercury to the WWE Tag Team Championships, she began a feud with Michelle McCool after assaulting McCool's friend Heidenreich with the assistance of Nitro and Mercury. The following week on SmackDown!, Melina went on to win her first match in WWE after an illegal pin on McCool.
Melina next began a feud of her own with Torrie Wilson. The pair would finally meet in the ring at The Great American Bash in a Bra and Panties match, which Melina won.
Melina would go on to feud with Christy Hemme, gaining a victory over Hemme thanks to Mercury and Nitro. After the match Mercury and Nitro would set Hemme up for their Snapshot finishing move, but the Legion of Doom 2005 made the save for Hemme, setting up a match at No Mercy where MNM would face LOD & Hemme in an intergender 6-person tag match.
At No Mercy, MNM was defeated by LOD and Christy, when Christy hit the Doomsday Device on Melina; this was Melina's first loss in WWE. On November 14, for the special Eddie Guerrero RAW tribute show, Melina participated in an Interpromotional diva battle royal, eliminating WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus for the victory. The two would feud over the Women's Championship, with Stratus defeating Melina at the 2005 Survivor Series, winning with the interference of Mickie James.
On the December 16th edition of SmackDown, Melina attempted to get MNM out of their title match by seducing Batista. Her plan backfired, which humiliated Melina and caused the fans to chant "slut" during the match later on in the show.
As of December 28, 2005, Melina has filed for sexual harassment against Batista (kayfabe).
Finishing and signature moves
- Flashback (Spinning sleeper slam)
- Running facebuster
- KyraPractor (Sickle hold)
- Kyranium Buster (Diving neckbreaker)
- Divastator (kicking combination)
Trivia
- Melina is dating Johnny Nitro, as confirmed by Melina herself and the owners of her official site.
- Melina was one of the final cuts to the cast of WWE Tough Enough 3.