TNA Knockout: Salinas / Shelly Martinez

Shelly Lenore Martinez was born February 9, 1980. She is an American model, professional wrestler and valet currently working for TNA Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to the Latin American Xchange (LAX). She is also known for her work with the WWE on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel.

At Bound for Glory, Shelly participated in a Knockout Gauntlet battle royal to crown the first TNA Women's Champion. She was ultimately eliminated by Awesome Kong. Shortly there after, Martinez began to appear as a masked member of the LAX, interfering in their matches to help them gain victories leading to an issue with The Rock 'n Rave Infection valet Christy Hemme, who believed she was a man attacking women, an infraction in TNA. However, at TNA Final Resolution, Martinez unveiled herself after attacking Hemme again, clearing up a possible man-on-woman violence issue. On the following edition of iMPACT, Martinez was given the name Salinas.

Salinas participated at Lockdown in the first ever "Queen of the Cage" match, which was won by Roxxi Laveaux. She then participated at Sacrifice in the first ever Knockouts "Makeover Battle Royal", which was won by Gail Kim.

Cheerleader Melissa / Raisha Saeed

Melissa Marie Anderson (born August 17, 1982), better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. She is also the manager of Awesome Kong, under the name Raisha Saeed.

On the January 10 edition of TNA Impact! Melissa made her debut as an unknown woman (later named Raisha Saeed) wearing a burqa and billed from Syria. She was in Awesome Kong's corner when Kong defeated Gail Kim to win the TNA Women's Championship. She was also at Kong's corner at Against All Odds when she defeated O.D.B. She also distracted O.D.B, at Destination X, to help Awesome Kong retain her title in the 3-Way match, which involved Gail Kim, helping Kong retain her title for the 3rd major title match in a row. On April 13, 2008, at TNA's all-cage event Lockdown, she and Awesome Kong were defeated by Gail Kim and O.D.B. in a tag-team match.

On the May 1, 2008, edition of iMPACT!, Anderson debuted her Cheerleader Melissa gimmick in TNA, defeating Daisy Haze, yet still came out alongside Kong as Raisha Saeed the same night.