Melina Explains Why She Stayed Away From Wrestling for Several Years, Being Grateful to the Fans

– Fightful recently interviewed former WWE Superstar Melina, who discussed her hiatus from her in-ring career and what got her back into it. Below are some highlights from Fightful.

Melina on why she took time off from wrestling after her WWE exit: “What I wanted to do, because I was in a relationship at the time—I felt like I needed to cater to my relationship and I wanted to be a supportive significant other and make sure that that person’s dreams all came true and that it was about them, and it wasn’t about me. I feel like, sometimes you need a person to be the rock and the foundation and the person at home while the another one goes out, and I’m not saying it’s impossible to do that two people set out and start their dreams and they go for it at the same time. But, I feel like since my personality type tends to nurture that I was going to take that role and then go back to school and do psychology, and so that’s what I planned on doing.”

Melina on why she started getting back into wrestling again: “When it didn’t work out, it was like, ‘Well before I settle down and finish school full time, I want to travel the world.’ So, I wanted to travel the world and just start seeing as many fans as I can and thank them for my career. Because they show me so much love, like I’m gonna start crying, but the thing is when I got let go, I thought nobody could see who I was as a human being. I love my character and I love how heelish she is. But, it kinda hurt me because it was like I was invisible, because nobody could see the person I was in real life. So, no matter who I came in contact with it seemed like nobody could ever see me. But, after I left people started to see me through social media and they started to show love and I was so grateful for that that I wanted to give back. So, that’s why I started going back into wrestling.”