During a recent appearance on the “Wrestling Shoot Interviews” podcast, former WWE Divas Champion Melina explained how working as the manager for MNM helped her learn the intricacies of performing inside the squared circle.
Melina began her WWE career as a manager before transitioning to a full-time in-ring talent. She said,
“The skills I learned as a manager really blew my mind. It is an art form. I don’t know if it gets taught the same way, but it’s a beautiful art where I sit there, and I used to get yelled at a lot by mostly the girls [saying] ‘You just want to hang out with the guys.’ No, when they go over their matches, I stand there and I go over the matches with them.”
She continued, “I need to know what they’re doing, where they’re at, what the moves are –- I have to know every little thing. I have to know the guys on the other side, on the other team. I have to know every single person’s movements because if somebody gets hurt, if somebody forgets, I have to know where to go, what to do, what’s next, talk to the ref, all these beautiful details. To me, it helped me more when it comes to learning how to wrestle.”
