This week in Melina Perez

For those of you who don't know who Melina Perez is, she is basically the only reason I have much interest in pro wrestling. You can find out more about her here: http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/melina/

My "love" for Melina, primarily stems from the fact the I have a fondness for pro-wrestling heels, and particularly those who can rock a mini-skirt. A 'heel' is basically a person who acts like a jerk, a snob, a crybaby etc. in order to get booed by the fans. Melina's character is that of a spoiled Hollywood socialite with a desire for gold (as in title belts) and an ego the size of Texas.

Now the WWE is crawling with 'divas' many of whom are primarily there because of their breast size and willingness to dress as revealingly as possible. I generally don't like those people. I like Melina because she is at least somewhat different.

Firstly she was trained to wrestle before she ever made it big. This is what is known as 'paying your dues'. Basically wrestling pays very little unless you wrestle in the WWE or in Japan, so those desiring to enter the wrestling business, must demonstrate a certain level of passion and a willingness to sacrifice comfort to achieve success. Wrestling training is painful and grueling, and even more so for a woman, as they often have to train against men. So a woman like Melina who chose to wrestle without any guarantee of success is seen to have paid her dues.

Secondly she has an ever growing understanding of the subtleties of 'working'. Pro-wrestling might not seem particularly subtle, but when done well it has a level of depth that is surprising. Someone like Melina has a good grasp of little things, such as making the proper facial expressions to enhance the emotional quality of a match:















The ability to do this may not seem like much, but lots of people and particularly the 'divas' don't seem to grasp this. Wrestling and in particular good wrestling is made great by the little things. Melina adds to the matches she is involved in because she understands what she is supposed to be doing.

And that's why I love 'her'. Oh yeah she's kinda hot too.

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