Professional wrestling legend and former three times WWE Women’s champion Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas champion recently looked back at the Divas era of WWE and also discussed how it give her perspective.
Melina Perez started her professional wrestling career in 2001 and she also gave audition for the WWE Tough Enough competition. In 2004 she started her WWE career as a member of WWE SmackDown roster. At first she worked as the valet of the famous WWE Tag Team MNM. In a very short amount of time she became quite successful among the WWE fans.
Melina Remembers The Divas Era Of WWE
In 2005 she made her in ring debut against Torrie Wilson and she was victorious in her early appearance. Soon she started working in WWE regularly. He became the big name in the women’s division of WWE as she won the WWE women’s Championship three times and the WWE Divas Championship two times in total.
In 2011 she was released from WWE and she started working on other professional promotions and for some independent promotions as well. Outside of WWE she could not find enough success. She kept on coming back to WWE for sporadic appearances. She was also a surprise entrant on this earth Royal Rumble match.
Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas champion recently spoke to MCW Backstage Pass where she looked back at the Divas era of WWE and also discussed how it give her perspective. She said;
“It’s a weird thing because diva gets tied up with the model search, and that’s not it. That’s the hard part where the term ‘diva’ is thought of as model days, and it wasn’t even that. Well, kind of. But regardless, each woman who held that title did their best, gave it their all. Maybe blame the divas search, but you can’t blame them for getting an opportunity. It’s like like Tough Enough. You can’t blame the people who did Tough Enough, and that’s what the Divas Search was.”
“I feel like I got a great perspective. I’m never gonna change and look down on my time. Everyone’s like, ‘Okay, do you wish that you were in this era because of all the opportunity?’ No, I love what I went through for the fact that, the perspective that I have.”
“Whenever I win a match or I win a title, I remember every time I thought I was never gonna make it or this was hopeless. I think about the times before I ever held a title or had a match at all, and what I wanted. It makes those moments, that win, that title hold, it means everything. I’m grateful.”
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