Ohio Valley Wrestling (2004–2005) MNM was formed in the former World Wrestling Entertainment (
WWE) "
farm territory"
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Melina Perez, Johnny Nitro's
real-life girlfriend, was introduced into the company in 2004 as his ex-girlfriend, an ally of
Matt Cappotelli with whom Nitro was engaged in a
scripted rivalry. Almost immediately, however, Perez
betrayed Cappotelli and sided with Nitro. Together they introduced Joey Matthews to become MNM. While in OVW, Nitro and Matthews won the
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship once, holding it for over two months.
Tag Team Championship reigns (2005–2006) MNM was called up to WWE's
SmackDown! roster in April 2005, with Matthews undergoing a name change to "Joey Mercury". They made their debut on the April 14 episode of
SmackDown! during
Carlito's
interview segment ''
Carlito's Cabana'', where they interrupted an interview between Carlito and
Rey Mysterio, and attacked Mysterio. This provoked a feud between MNM and Mysterio and his partner,
Eddie Guerrero, over the
WWE Tag Team Championship. Two weeks later, in their debut match on the
SmackDown! brand, they defeated Mysterio and Guerrero to win the WWE Tag Team Championship after Guerrero refused to tag into the match. While Nitro and Mercury held the championship, Melina was placed in an
angle with
Heidenreich. She publicly mocked him and was the impetus for an attack on him by Nitro and Mercury. In July, MNM were scheduled to face Heidenreich in a
two-on-one handicap match, but attacked him before the match started.
Road Warrior Animal saved Heidenreich from the attack and as a result, Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal challenged Mercury and Nitro for the WWE Tag Team Championship at
The Great American Bash on July 24. MNM lost the match and the championship to Heidenreich and Animal at The Great American Bash. The loss of the WWE Tag Team Championship was seen as "bad publicity" by Melina so she introduced
Jillian Hall, a
storyline spin doctor to repair their image on the July 28 episode of
SmackDown!. Hall got them a cover article in
SmackDown! magazine, and began to introduce the team before and aid them during matches. In September, Hall left the group to join
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), who had lost a match to Rey Mysterio on the September 16 episode of
SmackDown!. (left),
Melina (bottom), and
Johnny Nitro during their ring entrance at December to Dismember (2006) On the October 28 episode of
SmackDown!, Mercury and Nitro were placed into a tag team title
fatal four-way match against the teams of the
Mexicools (
Super Crazy and
Psicosis),
William Regal and
Paul Burchill, and the WWE Tag Team Champions
Legion of Doom 2005 (Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal). During the match, Mercury and Nitro were able to perform the
Snapshot on Heidenreich, to win the championship for a second time. MNM successfully defended the championship against Eddie Guerrero and
Batista on the November 4 episode of
SmackDown!. In December, they began a feud with the Mexicools, who earned the right to face MNM at
Armageddon for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Before Armageddon however, on the December 16 episode of
SmackDown!, MNM lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Batista and Rey Mysterio. A storyline was begun before the match, where Melina attempted to seduce Batista into forfeiting the match. The storyline played over to the December 30 episode of
SmackDown! when, before MNM invoked their rematch clause, Melina held a press conference in the ring where she claimed that Batista had sexually harassed her. During the tag team match,
Mark Henry aided MNM in winning back the WWE Tag Team Championship. The following week on the January 6, 2006 episode of
SmackDown!, MNM defeated Batista and Mysterio in a
steel cage match to retain the championship, Henry's aid. Henry was only with the group a short time before his contract was sold to
Daivari in storyline. They went on to successfully defend the championship against The Mexicools and the team of
Matt Hardy and
Tatanka in early 2006.
Dissolution (2006–2007) In April 2006, MNM were placed in an angle in which they found themselves in a losing streak against the team of
Paul London and Brian Kendrick. In non-title tag team matches, singles matches, and even a
six-man tag match, London and Kendrick defeated the duo every time. At the
Judgment Day pay-per-view in May 2006, MNM lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to London and Kendrick. After the match, Nitro and Mercury started brawling, disbanding the group. Later that night, Melina lost a singles match against Jillian Hall and after angrily slapping
General manager Theodore Long, she and Nitro were fired from the SmackDown! brand in storyline. Off-screen, Nitro and Mercury did not get along, and WWE management decided to split the tag team and send Nitro and Melina to the
Raw brand. In addition, Mercury was about to begin serving a suspension for violating the
WWE Wellness program. At December to Dismember, MNM lost to the Hardys. MNM and the Hardys met again at
Armageddon as part of a four-way
ladder match, which also included the teams of
Dave Taylor and William Regal and Paul London and Brian Kendrick. The facial injury was worked into the
angle, and when Mercury returned wearing a protective covering on his face, the rivalry between the teams intensified with MNM actively seeking to injure one or both of the Hardys, even going so far as to attack and perform a
Snapshot on Matt on exposed concrete following a match. MNM lost to The Hardys at the
Royal Rumble, and again at the
No Way Out pay-per-view in February (in which they teamed with
Montel Vontavious Porter while The Hardys teamed with
Chris Benoit), which concluded the feud.
Post-breakup After their feud with the Hardys was over, Nitro and Melina continued to team on
Raw, while Mercury wrestled in singles competition on
SmackDown!. On March 26, 2007, through WWE's official website, it was announced that Mercury had been released from his contract. Melina and Nitro's association began to fizzle out when Melina became the
WWE Women's Champion and began garnering attention as a singles performer. Melina was released from her contract in 2011. During the
2007 supplemental draft, Nitro moved to the
ECW brand, was renamed John Morrison and would go on to capture the
ECW World Championship. Morrison formed a partnership with
The Miz, capturing both the
WWE Tag Team Championship and the
World Tag Team Championship, as well as becoming a two-time
Slammy Award winner. He also gained his third
WWE Intercontinental Championship shortly after his alliance with The Miz, before leaving WWE in 2011. Mercury returned to WWE in 2010, first as a member of
CM Punk's
Straight Edge Society, and later began working as a trainer in Florida Championship Wrestling (later renamed
NXT). He most recently appeared on television alongside
The Authority and as part of J&J Security, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Seth Rollins's "personal security". Nitro and Melina had a brief reunion when Melina made an appearance in
Lucha Underground at
Ultima Lucha, attacking
Alberto El Patron during his match with Nitro, now known as Johnny Mundo, allowing Nitro to pick up the win. On September 22, 2017, Nitro, under his John Morrison ring name, and Mercury reunited for the first time in ten years at an
All Pro Wrestling event, defeating
Reno Scum. ==Championships and accomplishments==