The ‘Week In Photos‘ feature on WWE.com has added a digital of Melina from this past Monday on Raw. It’s not a new photo, but still a Melina photo all the same! Check it out by clicking the link below.

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Former WWE Diva Katie Lea (real name Katarina Waters), who was released back in April, recently had an audio interview with women’s wrestling site Diva-Dirt.com. Thanks for MelinaHQ.org, here is a written translation of what she had to say:

Jennifer (DD): Going back to when you were transitioning to the WWE, was there anybody on the roster that you didn’t get to work with, that you would have liked to do a feud or storyline with?

KW: I don’t know, let me think. Well, actually a few! I mean, I would have liked to have a feud with maybe Gail or Eve, you know? Someone like that. I always enjoyed working with Alicia Fox too, you know? When she was on ECW, when she first started on ECW, It would have been nice to maybe have a little thing going on between us, rather than just the couple of matches that we had.

Eric (DD): How was that on ECW? Because I noticed that happened a little bit, where you would get a match with a girl, and then they would kinda drop it. Are there any other matches that you wished could have developed there? Or feuds besides Alicia Fox?

KW: On ECW specifically?

Eric (DD): Or in General.

KW: Well on ECW, there was never really a lot of girls, I mean really after I answered that question, a whole bunch of other names popped into my head, Melina is an obvious one. We had a few matches on a houseshow loop one time, we worked together real great, so that would have been great obviously.

If you would like to listen to the audio show in it’s entirety, click the link below!

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Melina has taken to her WWE Universe profile to write up a beautiful new blog about her Divas title win, return and the fans! It’s an amazing read, so be sure to check it out below!

Champions
Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 03:00 PM EST

I am so thankful for all of the Tweets and support I have gotten regarding winning the Diva’s Championship. It’s unreal. My fifth title reign and it’s an astounding accolade. Everything in my life leading to that point in time…. the bad and good; all the hardships, all the haters who judged me with out even getting to know me & much more. On the other side I’ve been blessed to have the people that have touched my life and made that win at Summer Slam an unforgettable moment that will be treasured for the rest of my life. Thank you for that.

I have said this many of times; the title does not define me, I define the title. Many women through out wrestling history have defined the titles they fought for. Their love, desire, pride and respect gave their titles significance. These women stood for something; affected people’s lives; caused change… They are the ones that changed a piece of shiny metal into a prestigious symbol to be held by the greats.

Just because a person holds a title doesn’t make them a champion. We have seen people Forrest Gump their way to a title. Granted, a win is a win, but a champion is a champion with or without the title. To be a true champion is rare, and it can’t be faked. When a champion holds a title, they give it meaning.

-dictionary definition of “champion”– A person who has defeated all opponents in competition, a fighter/ warrior… a person who fights for or defends any person or cause.

Being the kind of champion I’m talking about is more than holding the coveted Championship in your hands for all to see. It’s how you carry yourself. What you stand for. Overcoming obstacles. Standing up/fighting for what you love and cherish.

Whether I am seen as a champion or not, I put my heart into an art that I believe in. I fight because I love it, even when it doesn’t seem to love me.

“Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. – It’s harsh, and cruel. But that’s why there’s us. Champions. It doesn’t matter where we come from, what we’ve done or suffered, or even if we make a difference. We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be.”

I have faith that women’s wrestling can be great and it can be more than what it is. I know it will be. Through it all, I hope to help add honor to the adorned championship and live up to what it means to be a Champion.

Love Always and Forever,

The Most Dominant Diva in the WWE,

-Melina

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That’s right, our girl is on Facebook! Melina confirmed it today on Twitter:

@freexone_evans Yes this is me. I didnt know what pic to put :p http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001553075770&ref=search

You can visit Melina’s official Facebook account with the link below. She also added a gorgeous new picture to her account, so make sure you check that out also!

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Melina was also mentioned in LayCool & Alicia Fox’s rankings:

Lay-Cool
This Week: #11 | Last Week: #11
Real talk. Layla and Michelle McCool continue to be two of the most vicious competitors in WWE. Their brutal attack on Melina at SummerSlam proved this.

Alicia Fox
This Week: #17 | Last Week: #10
For a while, Alicia Fox was looking like the most dominant Diva on Raw, but in the course of a few weeks she has lost to Melina twice and dropped her Divas Championship.

With a sold-out STAPLES Center in her hometown of Los Angeles on their feet, Melina basked in the white-hot glow of the moment – her moment. She was overjoyed by the reaction at having captured the Divas Championship. Several months earlier, however, the multiple-time Women’s and Divas Champion wondered if she’d ever compete again.

For decorated WWE Diva Melina, a scary and painful knee injury gave her the opportunity to become closer to her second family – the WWE Universe – than ever before. And although her trademark entrance may have been missed over the last several months, the WWE Universe’s message to their beloved Diva was clear.

@RealMelina we miss you!

@RealMelina when are you coming back?

@RealMelina I can’t wait for you to come back and win the Divas Title!

Glad to see @RealMelina back, but I’m going to miss her caps lock in live chat

“Going on Twitter and on the Raw Live Chat, the WWE Universe made me realize how much I mean to them,” she explained in an exclusive WWE.com interview. “No matter how much I tweet or blog about it, they’ll never know how much they mean to me.”

After an injury, the physical recovery isn’t the only part of rehab. Not only did Melina have 3-hour rehab sessions multiple times a week to contend with, but the tough-as-nails competitor also had to recover emotionally as well in order to come back stronger than ever – both mentally and physically.

“There are many moments where I wonder if I’m good enough, am I giving enough … do I matter,” an emotional Melina revealed. “I guess we all have that in our life at times. But the WWE Universe made me believe in myself because they believed in me.”