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Jack Meléndez

January 01, 1970

Héctor Meléndez, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico better known by his stage name "Moody" Jack Meléndez or simply Moody, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestling sportscaster. He is known in the United States as the Spanish play-by-play announcer for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the personal ring announcer for The Latin American Xchange, a stable in TNA. He has also worded for wrestling promotions in Puerto Rico. Melendez is bilingual, speaking both Spanish and English.

Early life edit

Early in his childhood Meléndez enjoyed wrestling, and his mother used to take him to the World Wrestling Council shows every Saturday. During this time, he became interested in Capitol Sports Promotions until Bruiser Brody was allegedly killed by José Huertas Gonzalez at an event. After this event Meléndez became interested in the programming of the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. He continued watching Capitol's programming but his interest in local wrestling was not revived until the debut of the International Wrestling Association (IWA).

Career edit

IWA Puerto Rico edit

While working for a magazine publisher in Puerto Rico's metropolitan area, Meléndez pursued a job with the IWA.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling edit

Meléndez left Puerto Rico in 2004 and joined TNA, then based in Nashville, Tennessee, as a sportscaster and video editor and producer thanks to Dutch Mantel and Jeff Jarrett. He was originally partnered with Armando Quintero before Konnan began providing commentary, replacing Quintero. This would prove bad for Meléndez since allegedly he felt that Konnan was preventing him from doing his job as an announcer because of Konnan's disrespect for the position and lack of interest in doing a good job.[1] In December 2005, Konnan formed a stable known as the Latin American Xchange (LAX), claiming that Latinos were discriminated against in TNA.[2] The LAX had their own entrance with Moody making the introduction in Spanish becoming the voice of the LAX. In mid-2006, the LAX set up a "border zone" around the Spanish commentary table, attacking any wrestlers who crossed the "border". From TNA Victory Road 2006 Moody also interfered in matches on their behalf, helping them to defeat their opponents several times.[3] In October 2006, Melendez quit Total Nonstop Action Wrestling because he felt that the pay raise he was offered was not sufficient to make up for his increased duties. It was rumored that he had a fallout with Jarrett for unknown reasons. It is also rumored that Melendez wanted to be more involved in the creating process and had already accepted a position as head booker for IWA, but Melendez issued a statement where he said that accepting that position was only " a fact after the matter just because I wasn't a yes man. "

World Wrestling Council edit

He then returned to Puerto Rico to work there full-time as the IWA head booker alongside Luke Williams. On the January 18, 2007 edition of TNA Impact! Meléndez returned to television in his previous role and also as the new manager of the LAX. Once again, he was occasionally involved in the outcome of LAX matches. This second stint didn't last long as Meléndez decided to take a breakfrom wrestling. This lasted around four months when shockingly Moody accepted a position as the head booker for the rival WWC in Puerto Rico. Meléndez then began working in the World Wrestling Council, where he worked not only as the booker, but also head of TV, and commentator.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración edit

Since 2004, Melendez had been contacted by the president of AAA (Mexico), the late Antonio Peña. Peña wanted to revolutionize wrestling in México and he believed Melendez was the man that could help him do it offering him the job as booker alongside him. Moody declined this offer several times but with the latest developments in WWC he felt that it was time to go. Melendez quit WWC. After that he had a brief run on IWA Puerto Rico and then took a three-month break and accepted the booking position with AAA México where he resides working as a creative consultant to the Peña family, agent, TV producer and video editor. In 2011 he returned to Puerto Rico. He has since been replaced by Miguel G. Fonseca.

World Wrestling League edit

After mediating a collaboration between WWL and The Crash though Konnan, a talent exchange took place beginning at Golpe de Estado 2017. Following the WWL's summer season, Meléndez -who had an offer to book for The Crash- left WWL amidst internal differences with the owner of the promotion's ring and his tag team partner,[4][5] returning shortly afterwards after the latter left for WWC.[6][7] However, after hurricanes Irma and Maria passed over Puerto Rico during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Meléndez lost power for several months and WWL came to a halt and entered a hiatus.[8] During this period of inactivity, Konnan also left The Crash for Aro Lucha, formally ending the talent exchange (though Konnan later expressed interest in returning individually).[8] As the return of WWL approached during early 2018, Meléndez resumed his work as booker, appearing in several videos where he approached figures like Mr. Big (Miguel Maldonado) and Dennis Rivera in an effort to create a faction that would oppose the heels led by Manny Ferno.[9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ Wojcik, Alan J. (2006-03-12). "3/12 TNA Destination X PPV HOLT report: Live perspective on entire event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  2. ^ Clevett, Jason (2006-09-21). "Konnan raps on race, TNA and LAX". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-01-19). "Impact: Angle has a Phenomenal match". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Salidas de WWL: Moody Jack y el Nazareno ~ Impacto Estelar". 25 August 2017.
  5. ^ . impactoestelar.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10.
  6. ^ "El Impacto Semanal (1/4): Evaluación de Wrestle Kingdom 12, WWL reaparece y más ~ Impacto Estelar". 4 January 2018.
  7. ^ "El Impacto Semanal (2/16): WWC regresa, Reporte de CKCW, Finanzas de WWE y más ~ Impacto Estelar". 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b . impactoestelar.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10.
  9. ^ "El Impacto Semanal (2/6): WWE NXT, ¿Torneo Latino Americano WWE? Y más". 7 February 2018.
  10. ^ "El Impacto Semanal (1/16): FWR cancela, Firmas en WWE, Impact Wrestling y más". 17 January 2018.

External links edit

  • Jack Melendez at IMDb
  • Jack Melendez at Bodyslamming.com

January 01, 1970
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Hector Melendez born in Ponce Puerto Rico better known by his stage name Moody Jack Melendez or simply Moody is a Puerto Rican professional wrestling sportscaster He is known in the United States as the Spanish play by play announcer for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA and the personal ring announcer for The Latin American Xchange a stable in TNA He has also worded for wrestling promotions in Puerto Rico Melendez is bilingual speaking both Spanish and English Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 IWA Puerto Rico 2 2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2 3 World Wrestling Council 2 4 Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion 2 5 World Wrestling League 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editEarly in his childhood Melendez enjoyed wrestling and his mother used to take him to the World Wrestling Council shows every Saturday During this time he became interested in Capitol Sports Promotions until Bruiser Brody was allegedly killed by Jose Huertas Gonzalez at an event After this event Melendez became interested in the programming of the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling He continued watching Capitol s programming but his interest in local wrestling was not revived until the debut of the International Wrestling Association IWA Career editIWA Puerto Rico edit While working for a magazine publisher in Puerto Rico s metropolitan area Melendez pursued a job with the IWA Total Nonstop Action Wrestling edit Melendez left Puerto Rico in 2004 and joined TNA then based in Nashville Tennessee as a sportscaster and video editor and producer thanks to Dutch Mantel and Jeff Jarrett He was originally partnered with Armando Quintero before Konnan began providing commentary replacing Quintero This would prove bad for Melendez since allegedly he felt that Konnan was preventing him from doing his job as an announcer because of Konnan s disrespect for the position and lack of interest in doing a good job 1 In December 2005 Konnan formed a stable known as the Latin American Xchange LAX claiming that Latinos were discriminated against in TNA 2 The LAX had their own entrance with Moody making the introduction in Spanish becoming the voice of the LAX In mid 2006 the LAX set up a border zone around the Spanish commentary table attacking any wrestlers who crossed the border From TNA Victory Road 2006 Moody also interfered in matches on their behalf helping them to defeat their opponents several times 3 In October 2006 Melendez quit Total Nonstop Action Wrestling because he felt that the pay raise he was offered was not sufficient to make up for his increased duties It was rumored that he had a fallout with Jarrett for unknown reasons It is also rumored that Melendez wanted to be more involved in the creating process and had already accepted a position as head booker for IWA but Melendez issued a statement where he said that accepting that position was only a fact after the matter just because I wasn t a yes man World Wrestling Council edit He then returned to Puerto Rico to work there full time as the IWA head booker alongside Luke Williams On the January 18 2007 edition of TNA Impact Melendez returned to television in his previous role and also as the new manager of the LAX Once again he was occasionally involved in the outcome of LAX matches This second stint didn t last long as Melendez decided to take a breakfrom wrestling This lasted around four months when shockingly Moody accepted a position as the head booker for the rival WWC in Puerto Rico Melendez then began working in the World Wrestling Council where he worked not only as the booker but also head of TV and commentator Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion edit Since 2004 Melendez had been contacted by the president of AAA Mexico the late Antonio Pena Pena wanted to revolutionize wrestling in Mexico and he believed Melendez was the man that could help him do it offering him the job as booker alongside him Moody declined this offer several times but with the latest developments in WWC he felt that it was time to go Melendez quit WWC After that he had a brief run on IWA Puerto Rico and then took a three month break and accepted the booking position with AAA Mexico where he resides working as a creative consultant to the Pena family agent TV producer and video editor In 2011 he returned to Puerto Rico He has since been replaced by Miguel G Fonseca World Wrestling League edit After mediating a collaboration between WWL and The Crash though Konnan a talent exchange took place beginning at Golpe de Estado 2017 Following the WWL s summer season Melendez who had an offer to book for The Crash left WWL amidst internal differences with the owner of the promotion s ring and his tag team partner 4 5 returning shortly afterwards after the latter left for WWC 6 7 However after hurricanes Irma and Maria passed over Puerto Rico during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season Melendez lost power for several months and WWL came to a halt and entered a hiatus 8 During this period of inactivity Konnan also left The Crash for Aro Lucha formally ending the talent exchange though Konnan later expressed interest in returning individually 8 As the return of WWL approached during early 2018 Melendez resumed his work as booker appearing in several videos where he approached figures like Mr Big Miguel Maldonado and Dennis Rivera in an effort to create a faction that would oppose the heels led by Manny Ferno 9 10 References edit Wojcik Alan J 2006 03 12 3 12 TNA Destination X PPV HOLT report Live perspective on entire event Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2009 04 10 Clevett Jason 2006 09 21 Konnan raps on race TNA and LAX SLAM Wrestling Archived from the original on July 17 2012 Retrieved 2009 04 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Sokol Chris 2007 01 19 Impact Angle has a Phenomenal match SLAM Wrestling Archived from the original on July 14 2012 Retrieved 2009 04 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Salidas de WWL Moody Jack y el Nazareno Impacto Estelar 25 August 2017 Alto Voltaje La curiosa controversia de Moody Melendez y Khaos amp Abbadon Impacto Estelar impactoestelar com Archived from the original on 2018 03 10 El Impacto Semanal 1 4 Evaluacion de Wrestle Kingdom 12 WWL reaparece y mas Impacto Estelar 4 January 2018 El Impacto Semanal 2 16 WWC regresa Reporte de CKCW Finanzas de WWE y mas Impacto Estelar 16 February 2018 a b Konnan operado de la cadera y dice si regresara a Puerto Rico Impacto Estelar impactoestelar com Archived from the original on 2018 03 10 El Impacto Semanal 2 6 WWE NXT Torneo Latino Americano WWE Y mas 7 February 2018 El Impacto Semanal 1 16 FWR cancela Firmas en WWE Impact Wrestling y mas 17 January 2018 External links editJack Melendez at IMDb Konnan Is Right And Wrong About His TNA Views Jack Melendez at Bodyslamming com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Melendez amp 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