Line #109 Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa


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4	The fifth recipient of Cauliflower Alley Club's Future Legend award, Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982) is an American {{professional wrestl\|ing}}er[=/=]manager/valet from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, UsefulNotes/{{California}} best known for her work in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} as Cheerleader Melissa and in Wrestling/{{TNA}} as Raisha Saeed and as Alissa Flash. She debuted in 1999 in the California independent scene as the valet for the tag team the Ballard Brothers after training in Billy Anderson's school. She had her first match on her 17th birthday, a loss to Lexie Fyfe.
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6	She would go on to compete for many promotions around the world, being personally invited to work for Wrestling/AjaKong's ARSION and German Stampede Wrestling. Among her in-ring achievements, she is a Trans-Atlantic Champion, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/il/shimmer/shimmer-s.html SHIMMER Champion]], the inaugural and 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/n/apw/apw-fl.html All Pro Wrestling Future Legend Champion]], is a 2x a [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/n/pwr/pwr-wm.html Pro Wrestling Revolution World Women's Champion]], Pure Wrestling Association Elite Women's Champion, River City Wrestling Champion, RCW Angels Champion, RCW International Champion, RCW Phoenix Champion and an RCW Tag Team Champion [[note]]with Darci Drake[[/note]] and the Inaugural GRPW Lady Luck Title holder. ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' named her #1 on their list of the best female singles wrestlers in 2013.
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8	Melissa made her Wrestling/LuchaUnderground debut in 2016, working under the masked gimmick Mariposa.
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10	!! Tropes of a Future Legend:
11	* ActionGirl: Gradually made the transition from cheerleader to action star by physically involving herself in the Ballard Brother's matches to eventually getting put in APW singles matches.
12	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Mariposa brings ''CMLL''[='=]s Princesa Sujei to mind.
13	* AndYourLittleDogToo: Raisha Saeed would often direct Awesome Kong to inflict further punishment on the knockouts she had already defeated. After Wrestling/GailKim's final Impact match was lost to Kong, Raisha directed her to finish off Gail and her non wrestling sister, at which point the remaining knockouts decided they needed to be stopped.
14	* AnimalMotif: "Mariposa" is Spanish for "butterfly" (though the word has also been used for "moth") and she certainly dressed the part.
15	* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: At River City Wrestling, Allissa Flash and "Playboy" Andy Dalton had a "dance off" before their match and graduated to suplexes but he couldn't do a kip up without Rudy Russo's assistance.
16	* ArchEnemy
17	** Looney Lane was Melissa's in Ultimate Pro Wrestling, though she has largely been overshadowed by Sweet Saraya overall. See Melissa used to be Lane's tag team partner and still liked her, even after acknowledging Lane ''might'' not feel the same way. Melissa is considerably less fond of Saraya, who she has encountered in more venues and who once put a bounty on Melissa's head. They managed to make peace after Bellatrix 7 though.
18	** Beating up Regeneration X is Melissa's favorite way to pass the time, and if the match has ended before the time limit Melissa will likely keep attacking Leva Bates and or Allison Danger, as Melissa's usually not that interested in the "winning" of matches when it comes to them so much as beating Regeneration X. When Ring Warriors returned on WGN, Melissa wanted on the show after hearing rumors her "nemesis" Danger would be returning with it.
19	* AristocratsAreEvil: Mariposa considered herself Aztec nobility, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 referring to Melissa Santos as a "peasant girl"]] and stating she's not worthy of Marty.
20	* TheArtifact: She still uses the Cheerleader Melissa name despite the fact that she left the cheerleader gimmick behind long ago. She's tried changing her name to just Melissa, and to "'The Future Legend' Melissa" as well (even going so far as to rename APW's "Above The Law" title belt''"The Future Legend"'' title after she won it from one of her trainers, Robert Thompson) , and somehow it never catches on and she goes back to being Cheerleader Melissa. Not even the international attention brought by TNA was completely enough for Alissa Flash to overtake her Cheerleader brand recognition.
21	* AsHimself: Herself on ''Attack Of The Show''
22	* AuthorAvatar: She's the president of Wrestling/WorldWonderRingSTARDOM's American Branch.
23	* BigDamnHeroes: Melissa saved her former tag team partner and then SHIMMER champion Wrestling/{{MsChif}} from a beat down by [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong]] and Wrestling/SaraDelRey at volume 23.
24	* TheBigBad: Raisha Saeed was this for TNA's Knockout Division. [[DragonInChief While Kong did all the work and was far more physically dominant,]] she was mostly content to just hit whoever was in front of her until the bell rang and then leave, [[GlassJawReferee occasionally batting a referee for an unfavorable call]]. Raisha was the one who encouraged her to stick around and continue beating on people, direct ambushes and brought in Rhaka Khan and Sojourner as back up. At one point, Kong actually refused to hit an already incapacitated [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] with a chair, but Saeed kept insisting Kong use it until she complied.
25	* BrotherSisterIncest: In Lucha Underground, implied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 her promo video]], where she described herself as Marty's "perfect butterfly". Season 3 saw an increased and disturbing amount of physical closeness between them.
26	* ByTheHair: In her early All Pro Wrestling days, Cheerleader Melissa managed to immobilize Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} by choking the more experienced competitor with her own hair extensions.
27	* TheCameo: Attended Johnny Mundo and Taya's wedding unmasked as a bridesmaid.
28	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Can hoist wrestlers more than twice her weight up in the Kudo driver. If that doesn't sound too impressive, consider it is a back to back an upside down head drop held by the arms.
29	* CombinationAttack: As a team, Melissa usually tried to get her own two cents in if [=MsChif=] was setting up one of her finishing moves by kicking their opponent in the face during the setup, particularly if it was the Yoshi tonic, which has been called "Green Crash". At ''SHIMMER Volume 50'' they used a double hip lock slam to defeat Sweet Saraya.
30	* ComedicSociopathy: Upon meeting [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Knight]], Melissa proclaimed she was going to beat Britani the way her momma beat Britani.
31	* CompositeCharacter: Alissa Flash's distinctive traits have gradually faded over time, to the point Wrestling/MickieJames seemed to expect the Air Raid Crash in Ring Ka King, even though it's something Alissa used to never use. When Traditional Championship Wrestling billed Mickie and Melissa's first ever meeting, Melissa corrected that she ''had'' faced Mickie before, wearing the exact same outfit Flash wore when facing Mickie.
32	* CurbstompBattle: While her title defense against The World Famous Wrestling/{{Kana\|koUrai}} would not be called uncompetitive, Melissa gave her ''ten'' curbstomps on route to a decisive victory. Her Volume 69 match was called off to [[DefiedTrope prevent it from degenerating into one]] after Melissa made it clear she was not going to relent even after curb stomping [[Wrestling/EmberMoon Athena]] unconscious.
33	* DavidVsGoliath: Well, Melissa is on the slightly larger than average side for a wrestler and so she often ends up as the Goliath, but got to be David Vs Yann Nakano when [=ChickFight=] went on the road. It was absolutely {{inverted\| trope}} against Princesa Sugey, who is as terrible as she is tiny and managed to defeat the much larger and much less nasty Melissa.
34	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Congratulated [=LuFisto=] after losing to her on the first Northern Championship Wrestling Femme Fatales show, which was immediately after repeatedly throwing [=LuFisto=] into the guardrail several times, hitting her with pieces of the guardrail and hitting her with Peegaboo till her mascot was in pieces too. Then Sara Del Rey had to ruin the moment.
35	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: [=MelissChif=] handed The Experience (Fyfe and Malia Hosaka) their first defeat.
36	* DemotedToExtra: While Alissa Flash was on the losing side of knockout matches from her Impact debut against Wrestling/{{Sar\|ahStock}}ita, she at least was a constant presence. Eventually she addressed this trope when she felt what should have been her first significant victory, against Cody Deaner, was tainted by interference from the other knockouts, showing her frustration by attacking new comer Ayako Hamada and throwing her down the bleachers. But gradually she showed up less and less until she was released without fan fare.
37	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mary Lee Rose's early days in nCw Femme Fatales largely consisted of interfering in Cheerleader Melissa's matches while refusing to wrestle Melissa herself. Then Mary Lee Rose, wanting more competition, issued an open challenge for the fifth Femme Fatales show. Melissa immediately accepted and then mocked Mary for being too stupid to see it coming. Thankfully for Mary Lee Rose, her manager Madamoiselle Rachelle did everything she could to get the match canceled and pitted Melissa against Yumi Ohka instead.
38	* TheDreaded: In Lucha Underground. When she ran into The Mack, Sexy Star seemed more afraid of Mariposa than of Marty.
39	* EnemyMine: Cheerleader Melissa came out to help Radiant Rain of the Minnesota Home Wreaking Crew against [=MsChif=], to get revenge on [=MsChif=] for beating her in a last woman standing match but instead was attacked by crew member Lovely Lacey, allowing [=MsChif=] to win. Afterwards Mschif saved Cheerleader Melissa from the Minnesota Home Wreaking Crew, who decided to take her out for "[[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught ruining]]" the plans they had.
40	* EvilCounterpart: Hudson Envy in World Wonder Ring STARDOM, an upstart from the same area, with a similar wrestling style but happens to be [[TheBrute a brute]] for Oedo~tai, who want to takeover the promotion.
41	* EvilIsPetty: She "pinned" [=LuFisto=]'s mascot Peegaboo, following an assist from a bias "referee" in Mercedes Martinez on ''SHIMMER Volume 52''.
42	* {{Evil Minion\|s}}: Raisha Saeed had Fatina Al' Hassam in PWR
43	* ExactWords: After beating Eden Black for the Trans-Atlantic Championship belt, Melissa promised to give a title shot to the winner of ''[=ChickFight=] VIII''. Wesna won, Melissa, hit her with the belt. Wesna fought back though, forcing Melissa to defend it for real.
44	* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: When her Cheerleader gimmick was in full swing, until a face turn anyway.
45	* TheFace: By the 80th volume of SHIMMER, not only had she been on every volume in some shape or form, but was also [[LastOfHisKind the only SHIMMER original still competing on the shows]], which she argued as reason to be given "The Heart Of SHIMMER"(a new title belt). [[Wrestling/MercedesMartinez Another]] SHIMMER original would return after she said this, though.
46	* FacialMarkings: Alissa Flash initially had the same ones as Wrestling/SherriMartel.
47	* FauxAffablyEvil: Raisha Saeed tried to project the air of a stoic woman of reason but in fact got off on other people's pain and misfortune.
48	* FinishingMove: Air Raid Crash (borrowed from Mariko Yoshida), an inverted cloverleaf she calls the Kondo Clutch [[note]]named after Shuji Kondo, the wrestler who innovated the move[[/note]]and the (Megumi) Kudo driver (AKA [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms Vertebreaker]]) as Cheerleader Melissa. Raisha Saeed has the Damascus drop(elevated camel clutch...into a drop) while Alissa Flash has a [[Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara fujiwara armbar]] and [[Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku the Michinoku Driver II]]. As Mariposa she's back to the Vertebreaker again, now called The Butterfly Effect.
49	* FinishingStomp
50	** She made [=MsChif=] submit on ''SHIMMER Volume 4'' by locking on the Kondo clutch, bending her in half and driving [=MsChif=]'s boot into the back of her own neck. In the ''[=ChickFight=] VII'' semifinal round, [=MsChif=] took the match out of the ring, possibly to avoid being caught in the same predicament Cheerleader Melissa put Sayara in, only to find Melissa recreating the situation from Volume 4, as she clubbed [=MsChif=] all the way to the stage, suplexed her on the steel, applied the Kondo clutch and pulverized with her own leg till she stopped moving. In this case, [=MsChif=] didn't quit, [[SubvertedTrope and got back up]] while Melissa was going back to the ring to be declared the winner.
51	** She almost never wins with a curb stomp, but it is frequently Melissa's way of saying she's done with you. Take her nCw Femme Fatales time limit draw with Hailey Hatred, where she knew time was running out and saw Hatred wasn't likely to give to the Kondo clutch and so just curb stomped her instead. This particular case was also a subversion, as Hailey and Melissa were given another five minutes.
52	** However, her {{combination attack}} with Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, which combines a curb stomp with a top rope double footstomp, is a straight example.
53	** Shayna Baszler was able to escape a Kondo Clutch during Melissa defense of the Lady Luck title belt but when Melissa was able to apply it again she stomped on Shayna until she passed out.
54	* ForeignWrestlingHeel
55	** Raisha Saeed was billed from UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}. Beyond a put on accent and stereotypical insults (calling Gail Kim and ODB "swines") she was a pretty mild case compared to Team Canada or World Elite in TNA...but just as bad in PWR with Hassam. Saeed teamed up with Sheik Mustafa Bashir and [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Sheik Abdul Bashir]] to form a trio of evil foreigners in Ring Ka King, though given it was a TNA partnership they fought almost as many foreigners as Indians.
56	** Melissa was often one in Europe, especially against Eden Black, till Black retired and Melissa ended up fighting fighting Eden's nemesis, Jetta.
57	* GameBreakingInjury
58	** The Cheerleader sent Sweet Saraya to the hospital by throwing her onto an aluminum can at a Real Quality Wrestling event, which cut one of her ligaments. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Incidentally, that gave Amazing Kong a bye on her way to the [=ChickFight=] Finals that year,]] though she would "[[EvilVirtues make up]]" for that error by also giving "Jezebel" Eden Black a bye by attacking Skye and Bubblez, preventing either from advancing.
59	** Cheerleader Melissa was part of the first ten [=ChickFight=]s until an injury kept her out of the eleventh and wrestled in the first sixty one volumes of SHIMMER till she had to get stitches above her eye following a match with [=LuFisto=].
60	* GirlishPigtails: As Mariposa, with leather straps plaited into them. They made her look even creepier by playing up the [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] aspects of her character.
61	** Not coincidentally, they also resembled moth antennae.
62	* GirlsBehindBars: As "[[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Felony]]" in CRUSH, a gimmick that would end up going to Radiant Rain in Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}}.
63	* GoodIsNotNice: Which also overlaps with NiceIsNotGood. Cheerleader Melissa can shift from startlingly helpful to needlessly cruel and back again during the events of a single show. She'll mock and taunt those that are nominally her friends and sincerely accept requests from people who she has seemingly nothing to gain from even listening to. She tends to be pretty cocky and can be a real ass but often that just seems to how she is, as if she really doesn't understand how much that can turn other people against her.
64	* GracefulLoser
65	** Got surprised by Ayumi Kurihara on ''SHIMMER Volume 35'', but was a good sport about it.
66	** While it was expected of the other two, usually being friends, Melissa also decided to celebrate Santana Garrett's victory over herself and [[Wrestling/BlackRose La Rosa Negra]] on ''VPW Casino Royale - Night 2'' in 2014.
67	* HeelFaceTurn: In Lucha Underground, she seemed to turn on Marty "The Moth" Martinez after he lost a ''Lucha de Apuesta'' match against Fenix, keeping him from escaping and even handing Melissa Santos the scissors and electric razor to cut his hair. It was later revealed to be an aversion, as she meant to motivate him instead of actually turning on him.
68	* HellBentForLeather: Alissa Flash's leather jacket.
69	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She's responsible for introducing more dangerous {{gimmick matches}} into SHIMMER and both of her SHIMMER title reigns were ended in such gimmick matches.
70	* IAmNotLeftHanded: After Melissa's first loss to [=MsChif=] in SHIMMER she demanded a rematch and suggested it be a "special attraction" No Holds Barred falls count anywhere match (the then current rules of [=ChickFight=], of which she is a multi-time winner) and managed to pick up the win. Well, [=MsChif=] was not exactly unfamiliar with that setup but it was clear Melissa had the better game plan. For that matter Melissa managed to beat [=MsChif=] in every single falls count anywhere match they had afterward, except one where pin falls and submissions were irrelevant because the stipulation was last standing and one for the NWA World Women's title at PWR.
71	* IHaveManyNames: It has been pointed out on more than one news site that LFC [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts cage fighter]] Sheila "[[ContinuityNod Crash]]" Cardinal bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain professional wrestler who used to lead cheers. So did Malicia of IWRG, wonder what happened to her... One of at least two Wildfires to encounter [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] (the other being Angel Orsini). She was known as Miss Spartan when the Ballard Brothers went by Rick Spartan and Rob Spartan. She was Felony in CRUSH. The Evil Butterfly of ''Lucha Underground'', Mariposa.
72	* IdleRich: Like her half-brother Marty, she's was seen flashing some serious cash at Antonio Cueto to buy a shot at the Gift of the Gods, yet she competes in the Temple.
73	* IrrationalHatred: Toward Athena after the end of her second SHIMMER Title reign. While O-Face was the move that eliminated Melissa from the Four Way, Nicole Matthews and Madison Eagles were just as "guilty". One could argue it was rational to single out Athena for being noticeably smaller than the other two but that would also mean it would be in Melissa's favor to just let Athena try to eliminate the other two or even aid her before invoking the rematch clause. Even more so in hindsight, as Melissa proved very capable of beating Athena one on one but proved she wasn't content to "[[DisproportionateRetribution just]]" beat Athena.
74	* ItRunsInTheFamily: Her dad, Doug Anderson and uncle Billy Anderson, were wrestlers too.
75	* ItsPersonal
76	** Fights with Wesna were something that just tended to happen where Melissa went. It was Annie Social who declared she would never let Melissa win the SHIMMER Title belt and simply latched on to Wesna to make sure she could fulfill that vow.
77	** Portia Perez was personally offended that Melissa not only refused to let the Canadian Ninjas end her career, but that she had the gall to try and get some pay back against them for trying. True Melissa did "cost" Perez the nCw Femme Fatatles title on Perez's birthday but she and Nicole Matthews had tried to take Melissa out on the same day first. Also, Matthews jumped Melissa while she was celebrating winning her first title in SHIMMER. Nicole Matthews would be the one to succeed her after her second reign as SHIMMER champion.
78	* {{Jobber}}
79	** Melissa served as one for WWE on ''[[BShow Sunday Night Heat]]''.
80	** Alissa Flash and Raisha Saeed were basically high profile jobbers in TNA, though it makes sense for Saeed, being a manager. Saeed looked better in Ring Ka King but Flash still ended up being a hyped up fall girl. Also, Cheerleader Melissa did pin Wrestling/DaizeeHaze in a tryout match.
81	** Has done dark matches for ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'', before eventually earning a recurring role as Mariposa.
82	* LegacyCharacter: "Mariposa" is a title passed down to the Moth Tribe's greatest warrior, [[UnreliableNarrator or so Marty says.]] Her later statement of "I may wear the mask of the Mariposa" suggests that this is actually true to some degree.
83	* {{Leitmotif}}
84	** "Get A Beat" in TNA
85	** Has some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNxAly_8JTo techno number]] in Vendetta Pro
86	* LoserLeavesTown: Not only did Alissa Flash and Darci Drake lose the River City Wrestling tag titles to the Gulf Coast Connection but Flash was banned for 90 days from the promotion due to the loss. This also caused her to be stripped of RCW International title, since the champion is supposed to be available for a defense every thirty days.
87	* LovelyAngels: She and noticeably shorter and bulkier Bionic J in ARSION. They only faced each other in one match which wasn't allowed to reach a decisive conclusion before they were back to teaming up.
88	* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Alissa Flash got to wrestle Raisha Saeed in Ring Ka King. Wrestling/AngelinaLove later beat them in a triple threat match.
89	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Marty pulling her into the way of Fenix's dive during a ''Lucha de Apuesta'' match in Lucha Underground was the last straw for her, at least at the time. Later revealed to not be the case at all, as she later revealed that it was her attempt at motivating Marty.
90	* MsFanservice: As Alyssa Flash, a deliberate subversion. She would get heat by wearing a leather jacket during her matches and start to unzip it before [[TheTease closing it back up again]], [[AllMenArePerverts it worked surprisingly well]].
91	* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown:
92	** Delivered one at ''[=ChickFight=] VII'' to Sweet Saraya that lead to her leaving the arena on a stretcher. Since the stipulation had prevented disqualification, the referee simply decided to stop the match once Saraya was suspended in the ropes by her neck and could no longer feasibly defend herself, advancing Melissa.(you can get disqualified, but mostly for what you do when the match is over, so calling the match saved Saraya)
93	** Got her own on ''SHIMMER Volume 24'' from Amazing Kong and Sara Del Rey. Managed to get away long enough for [=MsChif=] to get in and get similarly beaten. [[LegionOfDoom Then]] Annie Social and Wesna came in to also beat on Melissa and Chif with them.
94	** Cheerleader Melissa beat down Allison Danger during an autograph signing at [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 World One Queen's cup]] in hopes she would not be able to compete for their AWA championship title shot match later that night. Allison decided to show up against doctors orders anyway but Melissa still won the title shot.
95	** At ''SHIMMER volume 57'', Melissa was initially declared to victor of Allison Danger's retirement match, but the decision was reversed when it became clear Melissa wasn't pleased with that "victory" and refused to layoff Danger.
96	** Madusa chose Melissa for Deuce's Alliance, put together to oppose the new Gokumon-to, after Wrestling/BullNakano sent the group [[KickTheDog to beat down Melissa]] and then officially revealed the revived stable by personally involving herself in another group beating of Shotzi Blackheart.
97	* NotMeThisTime: Denied being responsible for hiding a giant spider in Sexy Star's locker when Sexy confronted her about it, stating that if it had been her she would've left something beautiful, like a butterfly. Sexy clearly didn't believe her, but she was telling the truth.
98	* OneSteveLimit
99	** Why else would she face Melissa Stripes in the preliminaries of the ''World-1 Queen's Cup''?
100	** Cheerleader Melissa trained a wrestler in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling named Tiffany, and the two teamed together as Girls Gone Wrestling. Alissa Flash teamed up with a long established wrestler in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, who was also named Tiffany.
101	* OnlyOneName: Miss Spartan was the only Spartan in her group who lacked a first name. "Cheerleader" is not really a first name either, though she has gone as "Melissa Anderson" in German Stampede Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Revolution and WWE. Malicia's last name has yet to be released by Internacional Wrestling Revolución Grupo.
102	* PowerStable
103	** (as Saeed in TNA): [[Wrestling/KiaStevens The [=Kongtourage=]]]
104	** Deuce's Alliance in RISE with Wrestling/{{Madusa}}, Shotzi Blackheart and a mystery wrestler (Willow Nightingale).
105	* PutOnABus: Out of TNA by Wrestling/MadisonRayne. TheBusCameBack for a Knockouts Pay Per View where Alissa Flash lost to Gail Kim and then she went right back out.
106	* {{Red Baron}}ess: "The Future Legend" (For Melissa and Alissa) "The Terminator" (for Alissa)
107	* TheRival
108	** Fought [[Wrestling/SaraDelRey Nikki/Nic Grimes/American Angel/Sara Del Rey]] and Wesna Busic all around the world through multiple promotions. Not to be confused with Nikki Roxx, who has been a rival to Cheerleader Melissa, Raisha Saeed ''and'' Alissa Flash.
109	** Nikki The NY Knockout was her primary rival in All Pro Wrestling and in a few Mexican promotions. As Melissa is from California it is sort of a West Coast vs East Coast deal but the two get along pretty well, in spite of their in ring rivalry.
110	** Joey Spector regarding the RCW title and RCW Tag Team titles when he was half of San Antonio's Most Unwanted. Also the Gulf Coast Connection (Rudy Russo and AJ Summers)
111	** Sort of has another East Coast/West Coast one with Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, who she has tagged with almost as much as she as wrestled against across the US. They feuded over the RCW title belt when Mercedes dated Joey Spector but then went after the tag belts after Martinez and Spector broke up. Mercedes also went up North to give Melissa some reprieve against the Canadian Ninjas. They teamed up some more while Mercedes had become a champion in Canada and Melissa in the USA, and then became tag champs in SHIMMER.
112	** Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie is another whose faced at least three faces of Anderson, particularly in PWR, where she worked her way up from repeatedly jobbing to Raisha to beating Melissa for the title, after Melissa had gotten done defending the belt at a Wrestling In Merida event.
113	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Used this to good effect in Lucha Underground, as she flashed some serious cash to purchase a shot at the Gift of the Gods.
114	* SeriesMascot: Of [=ChickFight=]. Even when she doesn't participate in the tournament(such as the ECWA Super 8 cross event) she promotes them on the road. Also of it's remnant website, [=ClickWrestle=].
115	* SiblingRivalry: In Lucha Underground, her and Marty "The Moth" Martinez had a particularly violent version of this, culminating in a match between the two in season 4.
116	* SiblingTeam: As Mariposa, she had this with Marty "The Moth" Martinez, although she stated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 this promo video]] that they're only half-siblings.
117	* SignatureMove: Flying forearm, Super forearm (diving strike to seated opponent), front Russian leg sweep called single minor (Wrestling/JeffJarrett's stroke), curb stomp. She also likes to stand on the second rope on one leg and repeatedly ram someone into the turn buckles with her other.
118	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: In Lucha Underground, she was sometimes referred to as "The Mariposa".
119	* StatuesqueStunner: Played up as Alissa Flash, it was slightly exaggerated by TNA billing her as being four inches taller than she really was (which it could usually get away with because of its ring size and camera angles)
120	* StealthMentor: In Lucha Underground, pretty much everything she did to her half-brother was in the name of motivating him to reach what she believed was his true potential. As he became Lucha Underground champion, it seemingly worked.
121	* StunnedSilence: The crowd after witnessing seven years of "[[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut Melissa coming up short in SHIMMER]]", finally beating Madison Eagles for the singles title and losing it after being jumped by Sweet Saraya two days later.
122	* TagTeam
123	** Which was lovingly dubbed "[=MelisChif=]" and which Melissa put an end to after they lost to the Canadian Ninjas. Melissa got to team with Wrestling/LionessAsuka as a birthday present.
124	** Girls Gone Wrestling in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling and APW with her pupil, "The Mafia Princess" Tiffany. Melissa called on Tiffany specifically to deal with Wrestling/{{Nat\|alya Neidhart}}tie and Belle Lovitz, though they kept teaming together after beating "The Stampede Girls".
125	** Finally won the RCW Tag Team Titles with Darci Drake.
126	** California Dolls with Chelsea(serving as a {{shout out}} to the protagonists from ''All The Marbles''), starting in Wonder Ring STARDOM
127	* TeenGenius: She worked behind the scenes with her father and uncle, both for shows and for the training school, largely completing high school by emailing her teachers while one the road.
128	* ThemeNaming: Marty's a moth, Mariposa's a butterfly.
129	* TournamentArc
130	** Almost literally out of the blue, Cheerleader Melissa had an altercation with Jazz at ''[=ChickFight=] V'' that turned into a brawl after they both finished semifinal matches. They seemed to patch up whatever their issue was after Melissa beat Jazz in the finals.
131	** Melissa has also won the Pro Wrestling World-1 Queen's Cup (2007) by beating Allison Danger in the last match.
132	** Beat Jezebel in the finals of ''[=ChickFight=] VII''
133	** Won ''nCw Femme Fatale's Amazones And Titans in 2011'' with Jay Phenomenon as her partner.
134	* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Wrestling/SarahStock debuted for SHIMMER, Melissa didn't show any concern and while Stock's opening flurry [[NoSell had no effect on her]] Melissa ended up out wrestled and out of the tournament to crown the first singles champion. And even while Melissa was taking Stock seriously and working out strategies to beat her she was making the mistake again when she took the PWR Women's title to Puerto Rico to defend it under the World Wrestling League's banner and beat the stuffing out of the challenger they provided for her, Wrestling/IvelisseVelez. Melissa pulled up Vélez's shoulders before the three count to beat her up some more but had given Ivelisse time to recover, turn the match around take the belt from Flash. Ivelisse would successfully defend the belt against Cheerleader Melissa one more time(albeit, by disqualification) in California before Melissa won it back in their third title bout.
135	* VillainTeamUp: As SHIMMER's Champion she increasingly teamed with the nCw Femme Fatale's champion Mercedes Martinez.
136	* VitriolicBestBuds: Not what they started out as but what she and Wrestling/MsChif developed into. They still beat and twist the crap out of each other, which they indeed did do in between their first time teaming up on SHIMMER and their second time teaming up which was also under the SHIMMER banner, but they no longer take any of it personal and ''do'' have limits. Melissa would not go so far as to toss [=MsChif=] off a balcony when given the opportunity at an All Pro Wrestling event, for instance(and you better believe Melissa would try if you weren't her "friend"). Then again, there is a good reason the two were not a particularly successful team, despite their individual merits. Melissa was more interested in taking one of [=MsChif=]'s belts than making it work.
137	* WeUsedToBeFriends: By 2005, Melissa and the Ballards had gone their separate ways but they still approached her as friends when matched up in All Pro Wrestling, despite having Luscious as their valet. It ended up being ruse to drop Melissa's guard.
138	* WingedHumanoid: A Valentine's Day [=ClickWrestle=] ad had her hovering around like Cupid.
139	* WipeTheFloorWithYou: With Wrestling/{{Ivory}} in Big Time Wrestling
140	* YankTheDogsChain: After Allissa Flash beat Joey Spector for the River City Wrestling title, the decision was reversed by Commissioner Jeromy Sage because the match had gone thirty seconds longer than the time limit. Flash later won it again in a no time limit, no disqualification match.

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