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 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).While working for a
magazine publisher in Puerto Rico's metropolitan area, Meléndez
pursued a job with the IWA.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. In December 2005,
Konnan formed a stable known as the Latin American Xchange (LAX),
claiming that Latinos were discriminated against in TNA. 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. 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. "
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 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).While working for a
magazine publisher in Puerto Rico's metropolitan area, Meléndez
pursued a job with the IWA.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. In December 2005,
Konnan formed a stable known as the Latin American Xchange (LAX),
claiming that Latinos were discriminated against in TNA. 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. 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. "
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