Melina Perez is an American professional wrestler, actress, valent and a model from Los Angeles, California who is famous for various wrestling channel shows like WWE Raw Live(2019), Lucha Underground (2014), WWE SmackDown Live (1999) and WWE Superstars (2009).
Melina Perez is famous for being a professional wrestler for various wrestling channel shows like WWE Raw Live(2019), Lucha Underground (2014), WWE SmackDown Live (1999) and WWE Superstars (2009).
Melina Perez was born as Melina Nava Perez on March 9, 1979, at High Desert, California. Her father was a boxer and her mother worked out on a regular basis. However, she hasn’t mentioned her parent's names in public yet. She belongs to a Mexican American ethnicity but with an American nationality. Her religion is Christianity and zodiac is Acer. She has one brother named P.J. Perez. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Perez did her schooling from Hesperia High School. There is no information about her college degree. She began her career as a beauty pageant winner at Miss Hawaiian Tropic Anaheim and also a couple of more beauty pageant titles.
Melina started her wrestling career in 2001. In her career, she has been entitled to various nicknames such as ‘The Gorgeous Grappler’, ‘The Hell Cat’, ‘The Barracuda’, and so on. In 2004, she signed a contract with WWE where she began to manage Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury. She can be seen featuring in various series and films such as Serial Buddies, Cake Boss, Bad Girls Club, and many more. She made her WWE debut in 2005 and won her first championship in 2007. Throughout her wrestling career, she has faced Jillian Hall, Velvet Sky, Maryse, and Gail Kim.
She became 3-time WWE Woman’s Champion and 2-time WWE Diva Champion. She was also ranked in the 3rd position in the best 50 female singles wrestlers by PWI Female 50 (2009). On October 5, 2017, she left the title vacated due to injury, ending her reign at 350 days. On June 11, 2018, Melina returned at promotion A Matter of Pride Wrestling, after a two-year absence of in-ring activity. On July 22, 2019, Melina is officiated to WWE after an appearance at the Raw Reunion show; her first WWE appearance in nearly eight years.
She is a 3-time WWE Woman’s Champion and 2-time WWE Diva Champion. She was also ranked in the 3rd position in the best 50 female singles wrestlers by PWI Female 50 (2009). She was a beauty pageant winner and model as a teen.
Melina is currently single. However, she has dated a couple of fellow male wrestlers. Her first affair in highlight was with John Hennigan, earlier known as Johnny Nitro and John Morrison. Their first meet was in the audition of Tough Enough III. Later, she was also appointed as her valet by WWE. The couple had an on-and-off relationship which officially came to an end in 2014. Apart from Hennigan, she also had been in a relationship with Dave Bautista and Mike Knox. Currently, her relationship status is single. When asked about dating, she stated that she had enough sentiments from 11 years of relationship and now she wants to live alone. Besides her love life, Perez is an animal lover. She owns three puppies and often posts pictures with her pets on Instagram. She can be seen actively participating in various charity works and events.
Perez went through a huge controversy with her fellow WWE Diva Candice Michelle. She was accused by Candice in her blog for stealing one of her signature move in the ring. In response, she posted one picture performing the same move before the time when even Candice hadn’t started her professional wrestling career.
As of 2019, Melina Perez has an estimated net worth of $2.3 million. The significant source of Perez's income is her professional wrestling career. Besides, she adds a decent sum to her bank account through her acting and modeling career. She earns a salary of $210,000 annually while performing on WWE.
She stands 5 ft. 4 in. tall and weighs around 125 LBS/ 57 kgs. She is considered as one of the sexiest wrestlers in WWE. Her other body measurement is 35-24-35(bust-waist-hip). She has black hair and brown eyes. she has a straight sexual orientation.
Meli|na Perez can be followed on different social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Wikipedia. Melina has over 278k followers on Instagram, over 672 twitters and 101k fans on Facebook.