Melina Profile
Nick Name: The A-Lister The Red Carpet Diva The Paparazzi Princess The A-List Diva
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Biography:
Wears black (occasionally white) fur covers over her wrestling boots.
Enters the wrestling ring by doing a split on the apron and crawling under the bottom rope.
High-pitched 'primal scream'
Trademark Move: The Matrix (Where she leans back to avoid her opponent)
Finisher: Last Call (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
Finisher: Primal Scream / Sunset Split (Inverted leg drop bulldog into asplit-legged pin)
Trivia
Favorite food is ice cream
She has one sibling, a brother.
If of Mexican heritage and speaks both English and Spanish fluently.
Her favorite band is No Doubt.
She was on the casting special for the Third season of WWE "WWE Tough Enough" (2001).
Had a tryout match with the WWE in late 2003 in the hours before a "WWF Raw" (1997) with Molly Holly (Nora Greenwald).
Her WWE character was hired by one-night Raw GM Randy Orton.
She has modeling ads for Nike.
In 2000, She was named Miss California in a beauty pageant.
She is a graduate of Hesperia High School in Hesperia, California.
Is a huge fan of the TV shows "The X-Files" (1993), "Heroes" (2006/II) and "Sleeper Cell" (2005).
Drives a Toyota Yaris [2007].
Was interested in practicing cage fighting before training to be a professional wrestler.
Favorite song is "I'm Just a Girl" by No Doubt.
Favorite superhero is Batman.
Role model WWE Superstar is Sensational Sherri Martel.
Favorite movie is The Wedding Singer (1998).
Favorite color is Burgundy.
Has expressed that she has no interest in posing for Playboy Magazine.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked her #3 in PWI Best 50 Female Singles Wrestlers in 2009. In 2008, she was #8.
Dropped the WWE Women's Championship to Michelle McCool at The Great American Bash on June 28th 2009.
Is a 3 Time WWE Women's Champion.
Following her WWE Divas Championship win over Jillian Hall to become the 5th Champion on "WWF Raw" (1997) October 12, 2009; she was traded to Raw from "WWE Smackdown!" (1999) in a 'Diva Trade' organized by WWE Guest Host, Nancy O'Dell.
Is a 2-Time WWE Divas Champion.
Is real life best friends with on screen enemy Jillian Hall.
Defeated Alicia Fox (Victoria Crawford) for her 2nd WWE Divas Championship at WWE: Summerslam (2010) (TV).
Where Are They Now
(June 2005) Won her first ever Smackdown match against Michelle McCool.
(August 2005) Defeated Booker T and Sharmell with Joey Mercury at Smackdown (with the help of Jillian Hall).
(July 2005) Defeated Torrie Wilson in a Bra and Panties match at the Great American Bash.
(November 2005) Lost to Trish Stratus for the Women's Championship in Survivor Series
(November 2005) Lost to Trish Stratus for the Womens Title at Survivor Series 2005.
(July 2006) She and Johnny Nitro have been traded to Raw, where Melina is feuding with Trish Stratus.
(April 2007) Current WWE Womens Champion
(June 2008) Injured her ankle in a Match on Raw, She will be out for 6 Months.
(February 2009) Appeared at the World Of Wheels in Birmingham, Alabama to sign autographs.
(October 2009) Defeated Jillian Hall for the the Divas Championship on her return to Raw in the 'Diva Trade'.
(June 2009) Dropped the WWE Women's Championship to Michelle McCool at The Bash in 2009.
(January 2009) Defeated Beth Phoenix at the 2009 Royal Rumble to win her 3rd WWE Women's Championship.
(January 2010) Had to relinquish the WWE Divas title due to an injury (a torn ACL). She will spend 6 months out of action.
(August 2010) Returned to the WWE
