So Melina tweeted last night that she did an interview with Between The Ropes, and I have now got a full recap of what was said! If you would like to download the audio yourself (which I suggest you do), click here!. Melina talks about FCW, her MNM gimmick, and her opinion of the current FCW Divas! PLEASE CREDIT MU FOR THIS RECAP!
- Melina is asked if she will compete in the bikini contest. She says she has brought a bikini, but has also brought ring gear. She’s thinking about calling out a challenge, and wants them to step up. She states that she feels good and wants to see what the FCW Divas can bring to the table.
- Brian asks about the rehab. Melina says it’s been really tough, and she got worried that she wasn’t getting better quick enough. They did wrestling therapy so she could feel OK about doing her signature wrestling moves. She first felt awkward, but then she saw the results.
- Melina is then asked about the difference of what she should do and what she did. She responds by saying its hard to gauge. Her doctor said that if her heart & body don’t feel comfortable doing something, she shouldn’t do it, but it was more of a fear. She had WWE doctors, and that her ACL healed perfectly. When she wakes up, she needs to warm up more than before, as she has less strength in her injured knee than in her other knee. She says she still has a bit to go, but when she was in the ring today, she felt good.
- Brian asks how it felt not being able to go out in front of an audience. She says she’s chomping at the bit, and that she’s worked so hard, that it would be a waste to throw it all away. she has 7 months of aggression to take out on doing something she loves so much. She talks about her rep because of a heel character, but that’s nothing like her- she just puts her heart into everything so that the fans can react and get into it. She wants to teach the FCW to fulfil their potential. Melina says that when the day comes that she can’t wrestle anymore, she wants people to have the same passion she has so that women’s wrestling can continue.
- She is asked about her heel character, and says it gave her a bad reputation. She says that you can never please everybody, and says that people don’t like her because of her MNM character. Whether they love or hate her, they can’t help but talk about her. She’s happy no matter what.
- MNM is brought up, and the shrieking! Melina loved the MNM stuff and the scream was all apart of the character. When she watches it back, she admits she doesn’t realise she screams so much! She apologises, and she laughs about it herself. It’s natural to her because her family used to cheer that loudly at baseball games. Brian asks if anyone has come up to her and said that they are deaf in one of their ears. She says a lot of people have come up to her and said they have heard her at the back of the arena. She says she has a competition to see if she has out-scream herself. Brian says it must come naturally- Melina thinks it was a mix of nature and playing up her character. She says that if anyone heard her mom laugh, they know that she gets it naturally. PJ is mentioned- if she was across the baseball park, she could hear her mom cheering on PJ HAHAHAHA!
- Flexibility is the next topic. He says fans were worried that she wouldn’t be able to do the infamous split leg entrance, but Melina reassures him and her fans that she can! She’s worried about the jump into it, but the flexibility is there. When she did the entrance at her FCW training, she felt like she was back**
- Wrestling is brought up. Brian asks when her last wrestling match was. Melina says December, and that the FCW Divas were asking her about it. She says that when she got back in the ring last night, the girls were looking at her crazily thinking “the last time she was in the ring was 7 months ago?!” Brian asks about her thoughts on the current talent in FCW. She says that she loves the atmosphere they bring- they are all supportive of one another, they joke around like it is a family environment. She hopes they never change, and that they are always eager to do stuff- she sees that they can become phenomenal wrestlers. Melina wants to ensure that they stay hungry for success, but praises them. She mentions Liviana, Aksana & Naomi Night as stand-outs, but says she is impressed with all of them.
- The topic of mens wrestling against women’s wrestling is brought up. Brian asks if it is more limited and if competition is more fierce. Melina says that without the other person, she’s nothing, as she is only as good as her opponent. If they’re not at her level, her job is to bring them to her level because she knows what they are capable of. People can get competitive to get TV time in such a little capacity. She says there aren’t as many girls as there once was, but there isn’t enough time to show them all. Melina says whilst it is competitive, they gotta come in to show what they can offer.
- Brian asks about Melina’s unique moveset, and if she has come up with some new moves. She says she WILL have some new tricks up her sleeve, but she has so many ideas it’s hard to narrow it down.
- To round up, FCW is once again brought up. She says she WILL wrestle at the shows!
NAME: Melina Perez
