In May 2009, World Wrestling Entertainment signed a 22-year-old New Jersey based women's wrestler by the name of Miss April to a developmental contract - the first women's wrestler signing since Natalya Neidhart in January 2007. She was signed to a contract following her display at a talent evaluation clinic held at the company's developmental facility in Tampa earlier in the month. Before joining WWE, Jeanette performed for several Northeast-based independent promotions including VPW, NWS, and ACE as well as the all-female promotion Women Superstars Uncensored, where she was one half of the WSU Tag Team Champions along with Brooke Carter, known as The AC Express. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that she would be part of the third season of NXT under the name A.J. , with Primo as her Pro. She was eliminated from the competition on the November 23 episode, finishing in third place.

Melina has posted a blog on her official website explaining her television character’s motives which she feels WWE hasn’t suitably developed since she’s sparingly featured on Monday Night RAW. “It is a mystery on why I turned heel,” Melina wrote. “You have no idea how many people don’t even know if I’m good or bad because they really can’t tell. Without explanation or a story, how is a person to know?” She continued, “Wrestling is an art. To be able to create magic you gotta develop the character and tell the story through wrestling as well as in promo segments and backstage segments. Since I haven’t wrestled on Raw in months… (note – Melina wrote this days before her match with Kelly Kelly on Raw) I will write the story and see where we can go from there.” The WWE Diva stresses that her character on television is merely that, as she’s not bad in real life. “Now I am going to do these write ups in character. I can’t stress enough how this is a character. We are entertainers. I am t

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