WWE had plans to bring Melina back to the company nine years after being told that creative had nothing for her. She would join The Robert Stone Brand on NXT and bring experience to the women’s division. However, an injury stopped WWE from signing her, and Melina has now opened up about the severity of the injury during a podcast appearance on Vicki Guerrero’s Excuse Me podcast.
So I need surgery, and the thing is I don’t know when I’m gonna get surgery, when I’m able to do that, and by the time I do that, and I heal, will I still be able to come back? Will my body still hold up?Melina
Melina’s association with WWE began back in 2002 when she auditioned for Tough Enough. She’d be eliminated early but would go on to be signed by WWE and sent to OVW, which at the time was a developmental terror. She debuted on SmackDown in 2005 as the valet of Joey Mercury and John Morrison, collectively known as MNM. She’d go on to have a successful singles career where she became WWE Women’s Champion three times and won the Divas Championship twice. She was released in 2011 after being told creative had nothing for her, although it was believed to be due to her having backstage heat.
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