Former WWE star and a former three times WWE Women’s Champion Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas Champion recently said that getting released from WWE back in 2011 was a good thing for her because she could learn a lot of lessons since the release.
Melina aka Melina Perez is one of the most successful names in the history of women’s professional wrestling. Not only she was very famous in WWE but her Independent Circuit works are also excellent.
Melina Says Getting Released From WWE In 2011 Was A Blessing In Disguise
Melina started his professional wrestling career back in 2001. After working in different promotions she was finally given her big break in 2004 when she was approached by WWE. She formed a heel stable with Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury upon her debut. Together they were known as MNM.
She had an excellent 7 year long career in WWE. In this 7 year WWE career she achieved a lot of success including two WWE Women’s Championships and three WWE Divas Championships.
After she was released by WWE in 2011, she made her way to the Independent Circuit. Like WWE and a lot of success in the independent circuit as well. Currently she is working in the National Wrestling Alliance and going really strong.
Melina who is also a former two times WWE Divas Champion recently spoke to Asylum Wrestling Store where she said that getting released from WWE back in 2011 was a good thing for her because she could learn a lot of lessons since the release. She said;
“There’s nothing bad [about me being released from WWE]. Everybody’s always like, ‘Oh, she did something bad, something problematic’ or all this stuff everybody’s saying and I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, the conspiracy theories.’ No, it’s just like they made room for newer girls and you could tell it’s like the end.
“You can see that my heart wasn’t into as much and I do believe maybe they saw that, that I wasn’t as passionate as I was but I really believe that, like — have you ever had moments where if fate or life didn’t force you to do something that you needed for your life, that you would have continued to do it but then when it happened, it’s like, ‘Ah, good thing that happened because I would have kept going’ and I feel like that’s the way it was for wrestling.
“The universe was taking care of me by saying you have to take a break and get out because mental health and physical health was not going well because all I did was just work, work, work, work, work and the only time I ever had — I’m the only person that around that time — see, people don’t understand this is as the heel that I was, I worked every house show, every live event and the only time I had time off was when I was injured, so at that point in time, it’s like I needed to stop working because I would keep working until I broke, physically or emotionally broke down because I just — I was a workhorse.
“I just kept going, did everything I was told, work, work, work, work, work and when I got let go, it’s just like [sigh of relief], ‘Oh man, I needed that’ and they said, ‘You okay?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’m fine. I’ll be fine. I just know people come and go and come back again. I’m fine.’ I just — I needed that weight off my shoulders so it was actually a blessing and then now, I can go back now and everybody’s so nice to me there so it’s just everything happens for a reason.”
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