Professional wrestling legend and former three times WWE Women’s champion Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas champion recently recalled working along with Trish Stratus and not being shy about it. She also remembered working as a member of MNM.
Melina was introduced to the world of professional wrestling through the Tough Enough competition of WWE. She participated on the third season of the competition. In 2004 she made her WWE main roster debut as a member of the faction named MNM alongside Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro.
Melina Remembers Working With Trish Stratus And As A Member Of MNM
She had been pretty successful in a short amount of time in WWE and soon she started working as a solo performance. She was one of the most successful female stars of her time in WWE as she went on to win the WWE women’s Championship three times and WWE Divas Championship two times.
In 2011, she was released from WWE and she started working on the independent circuit. She one a lot of prestigious Championship from all over the independent circuit. She made some sporadic appearances in WWE recently including her Royal Rumble 2022 appearance.
Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas champion recently spoke on the Asylum Wrestling Store’s virtual signing where she recalled working along with Trish Stratus and not being shy about it. She also remembered working as a member of MNM. She said;
“It was great (working with Trish Stratus). I wish, back in the day, I was more social and less shy because I didn’t know how to talk to people so I didn’t really ask questions as much as I wanted to. So I feel like it breaks my heart to not pick her mind, her brain as much as I could have but working with her is great just because the way she walks through things and the things she talks, like the way she goes over matches, I learned so much by that and working with her and seeing how she sells.
“I saw as a fan watching her do all her moves but it’s another thing to work and have it be in person and to watch in the ring as I do a clothesline, do something and to watch her there in person. It’s amazing for me as a fan for the fact that watching for so many years, then being able to work with her, it was so amazing.
“There was so many people. I was very fortunate that the year of M.N.M. and then the year when I first started wrestling, I worked with so many people, everybody. Basically, I worked with every single person, like all the guys. How many women get to work with the guys and taking bumps with them? I was very fortunate in M.N.M. to be able to do stuff like that. I was very, very lucky. So working with her was very lovely, very lovely.”
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