Jack Melendez
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Hector Melendez, better known by his stage name, "Moody" Jack Melendez, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestling sportscaster. He is best known (in the United States) as the Spanish play-by-play announcer for TNA and personal ring announcer for the Latin American Exchange. Melendez is bilingual, speaking both Spanish and English.
[edit] Career
Melendez left Puerto Rico in 2004 and joined TNA, then based in Nashville, Tennessee, as a sportscaster. He was originally partnered with Armando Quintero before Konnan began providing commentary.
In December 2005, Konnan formed a stable known as the Latin American Exchange (LAX), claiming that Latinos were discriminated against in TNA. 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 on July 16, 2006, Melendez began acting as the personal ring announcer of the LAX, introducing them in Spanish. In October of 2006, Melendez quit Total Non-stop Action Wrestling after feeling slighted by how small the pay raise he was offered after his role and workload in TNA had been expanded. He then returned to Puerto Rico to work there full time. However, on the January 18, 2007 edition of TNA iMPACT Moody Jack returned to television in his previous role, while sometimes finding himself involved in the outcome of a LAX match.
