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'''Rob Brown''' (born on [[April 10]], [[1968]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]) is a former [[professional]] [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right wing]] who played in the [[National Hockey League]] for eleven seasons between [[1987-88 NHL season|1987-88]] and [[1999-00 NHL season|1999-00]].
{{unreferenced|date=May 2007}}
{{Infobox Wrestler
|name={{flagicon|USA}} Melina Perez
|image=Melina Perez.jpg<!---Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. Please see [[WP:FU]] before changing the image here.--->
|names='''Melina'''<br />Kyra<br />Melanie Little Deer
|height={{height|ft=5|in=4}}
|weight={{weight|lb=122}}
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|3|9}}
|death_date=
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]]
|resides=
|billed=
|trainer=Jesse Hernandez<br />[[Lance Storm]]<br />[[Dave Finlay]]<br />[[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]]<br />[[Ohio Valley Wrestling|OVW]]
|debut=[[2000]]
|retired=|}}
 
Brown was drafted 67th overall by the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]]. His best statistical NHL season was the [[1988-89 NHL season|1988-89 season]], when he played on a line with [[Mario Lemieux]]; he set career highs with 49 goals, 66 assists, 115 points, 24 power play goals, 6 game-winning goals, and a +27 plus/minus rating.
'''Melina Perez''' (born [[March 9]], [[1979]]) better known simply as '''Melina''', is a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[manager (professional wrestling)|manager]], currently signed to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] working and wrestling on its ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]], where she is the current [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's Champion]].
 
==Career statistics==
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Prior to her [[professional wrestling]] career, Perez was a model. In 2000, after talking to Mike Henderson, she decided to become a professional wrestler and enrolled in [[Jesse Hernandez]]'s ''School of Hard Knocks'' to train.<ref name="internetconfessions2">{{cite web | url =http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/melina/internetconfessions/022307?cid=WWEADP-47 | title = Internet Confessions of a True Diva, No. 2 | author = Melina (WWE) | accessmonthday = March 6 | accessyear = 2007 | date = February 24, 2007 }}</ref> Perez's pro-wrestling debut came in [[2002]] on a tour of the [[Independent circuit|independent wrestling scene]]. She joined a number of California-based promotions, such as the [[Empire Wrestling Federation]] (EWF), where she wrestled for years under the name '''Kyra''', where she was well known for her [[Luchador|high flying]], and submission wrestling styles. Many EWF officials stated that Melina had the most natural ability of any woman who came through their school.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socaluncensored.com/article347.html | title = WWE signs Melina Perez (Kyra) to a developmental contract | author = Steven Bryant | accessmonthday = April 9 | accessyear = 2007 | date = January 7, 2004}}</ref> Melina Perez tried out for the WWE's reality show [[WWE Tough Enough|Tough Enough III]], she made the final 25, but was eliminated from competition in the final cut of the first episode.
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|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1983-84
| ALIGN="center" | Kamloops Jr. Oilers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 42
| ALIGN="center" | 58
| ALIGN="center" | 80
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 17
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1984-85
| ALIGN="center" | Kamloops Blazers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 60
| ALIGN="center" | 29
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 95
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 28
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1985-86
| ALIGN="center" | Kamloops Blazers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 58
| ALIGN="center" | 115
| ALIGN="center" | 173
| ALIGN="center" | 171
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 28
| ALIGN="center" | 46
| ALIGN="center" | 14
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1986-87
| ALIGN="center" | Kamloops Blazers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 136
| ALIGN="center" | 212
| ALIGN="center" | 101
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1987-88'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''51'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''24'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''20'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''44'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''56'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1988-89'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''68'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''49'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''66'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''115'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''118'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''11'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''5'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''3'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''8'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''22'''
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1989-90'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''80'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''33'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''47'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''80'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''102'''
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| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1990-91'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''25'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''6'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''10'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''16'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''31'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1990-91'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Hartford Whalers'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''44'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''18'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''24'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''42'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''101'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''5'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''7'''
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1991-92'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Hartford Whalers'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''42'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''16'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''15'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''31'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''39'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1991-92'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Chicago Blackhawks'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''25'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''5'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''11'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''16'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''34'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''8'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''2'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''4'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''6'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''4'''
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1992-93'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Chicago Blackhawks'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''15'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''6'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''7'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''33'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1992-93
| ALIGN="center" | Indianapolis Ice
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 33
| ALIGN="center" | 32
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1993-94'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Dallas Stars'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1993-94
| ALIGN="center" | Kalamazoo Wings
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 42
| ALIGN="center" | 113
| ALIGN="center" | 155
| ALIGN="center" | 188
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1994-95
| ALIGN="center" | Phoenix Roadrunners
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 73
| ALIGN="center" | 107
| ALIGN="center" | 135
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1994-95'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Los Angeles Kings'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''2'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1995-96
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | 91
| ALIGN="center" | 143
| ALIGN="center" | 100
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1996-97
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 80
| ALIGN="center" | 117
| ALIGN="center" | 98
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 16
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1997-98'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''82'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''15'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''25'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''40'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''59'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''6'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''4'''
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1998-99'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''58'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''13'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''11'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''24'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''16'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''13'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''2'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''5'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''7'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''8'''
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | '''1999-00'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''Pittsburgh Penguins'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''NHL'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''50'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''10'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''13'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''23'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''10'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''11'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''1'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''2'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''3'''
| ALIGN="center" | '''0'''
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2000-01
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | IHL
| ALIGN="center" | 80
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 53
| ALIGN="center" | 77
| ALIGN="center" | 99
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 26
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2001-02
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 80
| ALIGN="center" | 29
| ALIGN="center" | 54
| ALIGN="center" | 83
| ALIGN="center" | 103
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 33
| ALIGN="center" | 34
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2002-03
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 59
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 48
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 83
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 6
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! colspan="3" | NHL Totals
! ALIGN="center" | '''543'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''190'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''248'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''438'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''599'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''54'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''12'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''14'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''26'''
! ALIGN="center" | '''45'''
|}
 
==International play==
===World Wrestling Entertainment===
*Played for Team Canada in the 1988 World Junior Championships.
Perez debuted in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) "farm territory" [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW) in [[March 2004]] when [[Matt Cappotelli]] ([[kayfabe]]) brought her in as a way to taunt her ex-boyfriend [[John Hennigan|Johnny Nitro]]. Melina, however, [[Turn (professional wrestling)|turned on]] Cappotelli and aligned herself with Nitro. Soon after, Nitro began [[Tag team|teaming]] with [[Adam Birch|Joey Matthews]], later known as Joey Mercury. On [[November 10]] the trio, now known as '''[[MNM]]''', won the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]]. During this time, she had her first ever pro-wrestling match versus former ''ECW'' Vixen [[Shelly Martinez|Ariel]].
 
'''International Statistics'''
While in OVW, Melina made occasional appearances on WWE television. On a [[Thanksgiving]] episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' in [[2003]], Melina dressed up as a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] and was shown serving food and drinks.
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{{start box}}
Melina made her first ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' appearance on [[November 24]], [[2004]] when [[Randy Orton]] was the guest [[General Manager]] and hosted a diva [[lingerie]] fashion show. Melina made more ''RAW'' appearances in late [[2004]], including a limbo contest in [[December 2004]] when [[Chris Jericho]] was [[General Manager]] for the night, but she ultimately returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling and MNM.
{{succession box | before = [[Luc Robitaille]] | title = [[CHL Player of the Year]] | years = 1987 | after = [[Joe Sakic]]}}
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[[Category:1968 births|Brown, Rob]]
====2005====
[[Category:Calder Cup champions|Brown, Rob]]
MNM debuted as heels on ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' on [[April 14]], [[2005]]. The team debuted by interrupting the first ever "[[Carly Colón|Carlito]]'s Cabana" interview segment, where one half of the [[WWE Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]] was a guest. Melina insulted Mysterio and had Mercury and Nitro attack him, leading to MNM's in-ring debut the next week on ''SmackDown!'' in a title match. Melina lead the team to victory over Mysterio and [[Eddie Guerrero]]. This was MNM's first title reign. It was during this feud that Melina was the last person to be frogsplashed by Guerrero before his death.
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Canadians of British descent|Brown, Rob]]
While [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managing]] the tag-team champions, Melina [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuded]] with and attacked many of her fellow [[WWE Diva|Divas]], proclaiming herself to be "the most dominant diva in WWE". Her first feud was with [[Michelle McCool]], after Melina insulted McCool's friend [[Jon Heidenreich|Heidenreich]], in which Perez made her WWE in ring debut, a victory over McCool on ''SmackDown!''.
[[Category:Chicago Blackhawks players|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Dallas Stars players|Brown, Rob]]
In June of 2005, Melina feuded with [[Torrie Wilson]], in which Perez won her first pay-per-view match, a victory over Wilson in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Bra and Panties match|Bra and Panties match]] at the [[Great American Bash#2005|Great American Bash 2005]]. Also at the PPV, MNM lost their championship, prompting Melina to bring in [[Jillian Hall]], a "[[Public relations#Spin doctor|fixer]]" to assist Melina in feuds with the other WWE Divas.
[[Category:Hartford Whalers players|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Ice hockey personnel from Ontario|Brown, Rob]]
Around October 2005, Melina feuded with [[Christy Hemme]] and in the process, Christy joined forces with the [[Road Warriors|Legion of Doom]], and feuded with all of MNM. At [[WWE No Mercy#2005|No Mercy 2005]] on October 9, 2005, Hemme and the Legion of Doom, defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match. Melina's feud with Christy continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.
[[Category:Kamloops Blazers alumni|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Kamloops Junior Oilers alumni|Brown, Rob]]
On the Eddie Guerrero Tribute edition of ''RAW'', Melina won an interpromotional Divas [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] by eliminating ''RAW's'' [[WWE Women's Championship|Women's Champion]] [[Trish Stratus]]. This match lead to an interpromotional feud with ''SmackDown!'s'' Melina getting a shot at the Women's Championship at [[Survivor Series (2005)|Survivor Series 2005]], a match that was proclaimed the "The Divas Match of the Year" by the ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''. Melina's first WWE Women's Title match ended in her first singles WWE loss because of a timely interference by [[Mickie James]].
[[Category:Living people|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Los Angeles Kings players|Brown, Rob]]
During this time, MNM was set to defend their Tag Titles at [[WWE Armageddon#2005|Armageddon 2005]] in a match against [[The Mexicools]], but before the event, they first had to defend their titles against Rey Mysterio and the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Dave Bautista|Batista]]. In an attempt to get Batista to call off the match, Melina visited Batista in his locker room and seductively suggested that it would be "worth his while" to skip the match and allow MNM time to prepare for their match at Armageddon. Batista, who seemed very receptive to the idea, allowed Melina to ([[kayfabe]]) engage in sexual acts. He then simply thanked Melina for the "warmup" before leaving to take part in the match, where he and Mysterio won the tag titles.
[[Category:National Hockey League 100-point seasons|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Ontario sportspeople|Brown, Rob]]
On the last ''SmackDown!'' of 2005, MNM envoked their rematch clause for a match against Batista and Rey Mysterio. However, before the match took place, Melina, accompanied by a lawyer, held a [[press conference]] in the ring where she claimed that Batista had [[Sexual harassment|sexually harassed]] her. During the tag team match, [[Mark Henry]] (making his WWE return) aided MNM in winning back their WWE Tag Team Championships.
[[Category:Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks|Brown, Rob]]
 
[[Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players|Brown, Rob]]
====2006====
[[Category:Chicago Wolves players|Brown, Rob]]
On the first ''SmackDown!'' of 2006, Melina announced that Mark Henry was there for her personal protection against Batista. Henry accompanied Melina and aided the other members of MNM in matches against Batista and Mysterio. MNM and Henry also feuded with [[Kurt Angle]] and were soon joined by [[Shawn Daivari|Daivari]], to whom Melina later gave Henry's contract.
[[Category:People from Kingston, Ontario|Brown, Rob]]
 
On the [[April 28]], 2006 edition of ''SmackDown!'', Melina began a feud with [[Jillian Hall]] after getting into a catfight backstage. This led to a match between the two at [[WWE Judgment Day#2006|Judgment Day 2006]]. At Judgment Day MNM lost their WWE Tag Team Championships to [[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]] and the trio imploded, with Melina and Nitro attacking Mercury, blaming him for the loss. Later that night, Melina lost her match with Hall and after slapping [[List of authority figures in professional wrestling|General Manager]] [[Theodore Long]] in anger, she and Johnny Nitro were [[kayfabe#"You're fired!" and "I quit!"|fired]] from ''SmackDown!''.
 
Melina and [[John Hennigan|Johnny Nitro]] made their way to the ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] from there, together on [[May 29]], [[2006]], with a Nitro loss to WWE Champion [[John Cena]]. The following week, Melina faked a sprained ankle, allowing Nitro to roll up [[Charlie Haas]] for his first ''RAW'' win.
 
Melina continued to manage Nitro during his successful hunt for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]], while rekindling her feud with [[Trish Stratus]]. The feud turned into a Tag Team feud when [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] joined forces with Trish to take on Melina and Nitro. Their feud continued to ''[[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event|Saturday Night's Main Event]]'', where Nitro and Melina lost to Carlito and Trish in a mixed tag team match.
 
With her arrival on ''RAW'', came Mick Foley making mentions of her in [[Promo (professional wrestling)|promos]] (playing on the ([[legit (professional wrestling)|real]]) friendship they'd forged and he'd talked about in his WWE.com columns) and they soon formed an on-screen friendship. At [[SummerSlam (2006)|SummerSlam]], Melina caused Foley to lose an [["I Quit" match]] when Flair was going to hit Melina with a barbed wired bat and Foley "quit" to prevent Flair's striking her. On the [[August 21]], [[2006]] edition of ''RAW'', her career was ([[kayfabe]]) endangered when Foley was offered the chance to either join [[Vince McMahon]]'s [[Vince McMahon#The Vince McMahon Kiss My Ass Club|Kiss My Ass club]] or have Melina fired. After begging Foley not to go through with it, Foley "joined the club" to save Melina's job, only to have her suddenly turn on him, delivering a low blow and, "firing" him at the behest of McMahon.
 
Melina then became involved in the developing [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] between [[Jeff Hardy]] and Johnny Nitro over Nitro's Intercontinental title (which would eventually involve Jeff's brother [[Matt Hardy|Matt]] and reforming MNM with Joey Mercury.). At the same time she entered a tournament to crown a new [[WWE Women's Championship|Women's Champion]], defeating [[Torrie Wilson]] in the opening round in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjill match]] on the [[October 9]], [[2006]] edition of ''RAW'' before losing to [[Mickie James]] in the semi-finals two weeks later.
 
[[Image:Melinachampion2007.png|left|150px|thumb|Melina as WWE Women's Champion in 2007]]
 
====2007====
In early 2007, Melina would begin a small feud with [[Maria Kanellis|Maria]]. Melina would also form an alliance with [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]], defeating the team of [[Mickie James]] and Maria in their first match as a tag team when she hit Maria with a new finisher known as '''''Extreme Makeover'''''.
 
On the [[January 26]] episode of ''SmackDown!'', Melina wrestled in her first ''SmackDown!'' match since May 2006, which resulted in a win for MNM over London, Kendrick and Ashley in a mixed tag team match.
 
Following the [[Royal Rumble (2007)|Royal Rumble]], Melina would become the #1 contender for the [[WWE Women's Championship]], as well as introducing her [[Professional wrestling holds#Muta lock|KyraPractor]] finisher to WWE fans, under the new name '''''California Dream'''''. On [[February 5]], Melina lost a Women's Championship match against Women's Champion [[Mickie James]]. The following week on ''RAW'', Melina pinned the Women's Champion in a mixed tag team match and then challenged James for the title for the next week on ''RAW''. In a back and forth battle, Melina eventually pinned Mickie James to capture her first WWE Women's Championship. In continuation of their feud, Melina won the first ever Women's [[Professional wrestling match types#Falls Count Anywhere match|Falls Count Anywhere Match]] in WWE history, by pinning James after a blocked hurricanrana to retain her WWE Women's Championship.
 
In [[March 2007]], Melina would show jealousy towards ''SmackDown!'' Diva [[Ashley Massaro|Ashley]], due to her burst of popularity and attention towards her appearance in ''[[Playboy]]''. She also feuded with former Playboy cover girls [[Torrie Wilson]] and [[Candice Michelle]] during this time. On an episode of ''SmackDown!'', the rivalry was taken to the next level when a catfight broke out between the feisty Divas on the inaugural edition of ''Miz TV''. At ''[[WrestleMania 23]]'', Melina pinned Ashley in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|LumberJill Match]] to retain her Women's Championship in her first WrestleMania match.
 
After WrestleMania, Mickie James interrupted Melina's photo shoot with the Women's Championship, resulting in yet another feud between the two Divas. On [[April 24]] at a house show in [[Paris, France]], Melina lost the WWE Women's Championship to Mickie James in a triple threat match that also involved Victoria, but on the orders of [[Jonathan Coachman]], she was entitled to a rematch on the same night, where she pinned James to regain the Title and become a two-time WWE Women's Champion. On [[April 29]], at [[WWE Backlash#2007|WWE Backlash 2007]] Melina retained the [[WWE Women's Championship]] by using an [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|Inverted DDT]] on Mickie James. Melina then began a feud with Candice Michelle. At WWE One Night Stand 2007, Candice defeated Melina in the first ever Pudding Match.
 
==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing moves'''
**'''[[Facebuster|Spinning hair-pull facebuster]]'''
**'''''California Dream''''' / '''''KyraPractor''''' ([[Professional wrestling holds#Muta lock|Muta Lock]]) <ref name="internetconfessions2"/>
**'''''Extreme Makeover''''' ([[Facebuster|Spinning springboard facebuster]])
 
*'''Signature moves'''
**'''[[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Frog splash|Frog splash]]''' (Independent circuit)
**''Divastator'' ([[Kick]]ing combination)
**''Kyranium Buster'' ([[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Flying neckbreaker|Flying neckbreaker / BlockBuster]])
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Reverse Indian deathlock|Hair-pull curb stomp]]
**[[Boston Crab#Rope hung Boston crab|Modified Rope hung Boston crab]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Crossfaces|Back mounted crossfaces]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Bite of the Dragon|Bite of the Dragon]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Camel clutch|Camel clutch]]
**[[Professional_wrestling_holds#Leg_choke|Leg choke]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Corner foot choke|Corner foot choke]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Crossface chickenwing|Crossface chickenwing]]
**[[Professional wrestling attacks#Double axe handle|Flying double axe handle]]
**[[Backbreaker#Pendulum backbreaker|Pendulum backbreaker submission]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Bow and arrow hold|Modified bow and arrow submission]]
**[[Pinfall (professional wrestling)#Victory roll|Standing victory roll into a pin to a kneeling opponent]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Surfboard|Modified surfboard submission]]
**[[Backbreaker#Mat_backbreaker|Mat backbreaker]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Chokes|Top rope choke]] into a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Clothesline|clothesline]] with the top rope
**[[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Headscissor takedown|Standing headscissor takedown]] into a [[Professional wrestling holds#Neck scissors|twisting neck scissors submission]]
 
*'''Double team signature moves'''
**[[Professional wrestling throws#Mat slam|Double hair-pull mat slam]] - with [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]]
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Tree of woe|Tree of woe]] (Victoria) followed by a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Lou Thesz press|running senton]] (Melina)
**[[Professional wrestling holds#Bite of the Dragon|Bite of the Dragon]] (Melina) followed by a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Savate kick|Savate kick]] (Victoria)
 
*'''Wrestlers Managed'''
**[[John Hennigan|Johnny Nitro]]
**[[Adam Birch|Joey Mercury]]
**[[Mick Foley]]
 
*'''Signature Quotes'''
**''BITCH!''
**''I'm the most Dominant Diva in the WWE!''
**''While posing for Playboy may be glamourous, it pales in comparison to being the Women's Champion!''
**''My body is Sacred!!''
 
*'''Signature Taunts'''
**Crossing arms while lifting left foot into her right knee pit, before uncrossing arms and stretching left leg to the side, while pointing her left [[index finger]] in the air.
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
**[[WWE Women's Championship]] ([[List of WWE Women's Champions|2 times]], current)
 
==Personal life==
 
Melina has had her teeth knocked out by female wrestlers, and dislocated her kneecap.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/melina/internetconfessions/022307 | title = Internet Confessions of a True Diva, No. 2 | author = Melina Perez | accessmonthday = March 31 | accessyear = 2007 | date = February 24, 2007}}</ref>
 
She is currently dating [[John Hennigan]] who also plays her on-screen boyfriend, Johnny Nitro.<ref name="misscalifornia">{{cite web| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/05/29/1062165.html | title = Melina wants to do it all | accessdate = January 1 | accessyear = 2007 | author = Zerr, Scott | date = 2005-05-29| publisher = SLAM! Sports }}</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/melina/ WWE Profile]
 
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