Melina not welcome backstage at WWE Raw last night
by Keith Harris on Aug 9, 2011 11:50 PM EDT
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Things just go from bad to worse for Melina Perez. Having long been a heat magnet with WWE management for her strange behaviour on Twitter and YouTube, you would think that firing her in their annual purge of deadwood from their roster would be the end of her troubles with the company. However, you'd be very wrong for thinking that, as Dave Meltzer explained on his fortnightly free Wrestling Observer radio show. Instead of going home after being fired, she continued travelling with her boyfriend John Morrison on the Raw house show tour, which so irritated company bigwigs that they refused to let her into the building for their live WWE Raw TV taping last night. They also scripted Beth Phoenix to make a snide remark about "being so sick of Divas ... making a mockery of the Divas division" and that there would be "no more splits", which was clearly aimed at Melina, given that her trademark entrance spot was to do the splits while entering the ring. Wow, there's nothing classier than kicking a lady while she's down, especially one who seems so mentally fragile at the moment. I hope Melina's got the message now that she's not welcome in WWE anymore and moves on with her life in a positive fashion from here.
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Melina is to wrestling as Little Caesars is to pizza.
by mariobatalivsmarkhenry on Aug 9, 2011 11:53 PM EDT reply actions
Quick and easy, but you end up wishing you'd done Pizza Hut instead?
My fellow Americans, I have not been entirely truthful with you. I did gagoogidy that girl. I gashmoygadied her gaflavity with my googus. And I am sorry.
by GoForthAndDie on Aug 10, 2011 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Cheap?
and easy to obtain?
by AverageJoeEveryman on Aug 10, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
tastes good
but will make you hate life a few hours later?
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by Gdawg on Aug 10, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Pretty stupid showing up backstage like that
First thought that would’ve come to me: Disgruntled ex-employee. Kill or be killed.
My fellow Americans, I have not been entirely truthful with you. I did gagoogidy that girl. I gashmoygadied her gaflavity with my googus. And I am sorry.
The WWE probably could have handled it differently
but Melina is so crazy that I have a hard time feeling sorry for her in any way, shape, or form. Just go home and eat some Skittles while crying into a John Morrison t-shirt.
I disagree
The purpose of terminating the employment is to disassociate the employee from the employer. Having someone you fired continue to be a presence in the operation would send a mixed message to all involved.
I work for an employer who has a policy that once the employee leaves regardless of the circumstance they cannot come back to the job site even as a client for 6 months. It allows for a grace period between the parties and it distances the image of the worker from the customers’ eyes.
Anyone who thinks having a heat magnet like Melina just roaming the backstage area while she waits for Morrison to ‘finish up’ is a good idea is deluding themselves. She allegedly demonstrated lapses in judgement with regards to lashing out at co-workers verbally [& online] while she was on the payroll. What would keep her from continuing ro do so or worse now that she is no longer on the company dime and in the face of the workers?
I wondered why they had Beth Phoenix say that, since Melina was already fired, but...
I don’t see the problem in not letting her backstage. She was fired. She no longer works for WWE. Only WWE employees are allowed backstage. She’s not a WWE employee any longer, so she’s not allowed backstage. Simple.
I’m a little torn as to I’m against them not even letting her in the building, but I can understand the rationale. It’d be odd for her to be sitting among the fans, even if she was in the corner somewhere, where she couldn’t be seen on camera. WCW didn’t allow DX to their taping of Nitro in 1998, even if they bought tickets, because there’s the chance that they want to cause trouble. TNA escorted the Insane Clown Posse from one of their tapings, because of the chance they were there to cause trouble, even though they had tickets. If I’m not mistaken, some ECW guys did the same thing with the WWF, and were escorted away, also. Even if she bought tickets, there’s the chance that she tries to cause problems…
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Aug 10, 2011 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
I think this situation is more of a grey area than a normal firing, since she is the long term girlfriend of one of their top stars who is still with the company, so it’s understandable that she stayed on the tour with her partner instead of flying straight back home. Moreover, WWE has long allowed partners to hang out backstage. If she had responded badly to the news of her firing (like whatever is going on with Gail Kim at the moment), then I’d back WWE’s stance with regard to barring her from the building, but this just smacks of bullies kicking someone while they’re down to me.
by Keith Harris on Aug 10, 2011 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
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