Melissa
Anderson was born on August 17, 1983 and is a second
generation wrestler. Her father is wrestler and announcer
Doug Anderson and she is also the niece of Billy Anderson,
who was often the tag-team partner of Doug Anderson. Following
in her father's footsteps, Melissa began training (which
included training from
Christopher Daniels) and
made her wrestling debut on August 17, 1999 on her 17th
birthday against
Lexie
Fyfe. She then continued wrestling and valeting
on the independent circuit under the name "
Cheerleader
Melissa".
On January 6, 2008 at TNA Final Resolution, Gail Kim and
Awesome Kong battled in a No-DQ Match for the TNA Knockout's
title. During the match, commentators announced that
Awesome
Kong had an "associate" in attendance. The iMPACT!
that followed on January 10, 2008, Awesome Kong was accompanied
by this mystery associate who was dressed in an Burqa
(only revealing her eyes). The night, Awesome Kong defeated
Gail Kim to capture the TNA Women's title and rumors went
rapid online that the mystery woman had a huge resemblance
to
Cheerleader Melissa.
On the January 24th 2008 edition of iMPACT!, the mystery
woman accompanied Kong under the name "
Saeed".
A week later, in a backstage interview, she spoke, issuing
a statement from Awesome Kong, she was referred to as
Kong's adviser and called herself
Raisha Saeed.
On the Febrary 14th edition of iMPACT!, Raisha was attacked
on two occasions, during a Kong vs ODB street fight, first
by ODB and then by Gail Kim. Awesome Kong saved Raisha
on both occasions. On the February 28th episode of iMPACT!,
during an Awesome Kong vs Angelina Love match, the commentators
devolved Raisha's character stating that she trained in
the dojo's of Japan with Awesome Kong, which acknowledged
that she was a wrestler. In a backstage segment the following
week, she issued a statement from Kong towards Salinas,
ODB and Gail Kim. After the segment, she was harassed
by LAX's Homicide, and Kong once again came to her rescue.
