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ODB (wrestler)
Jessica Nora Kresa (born June 6, 1978) is an American professional wrestling, professional wrestler, actor, actress, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, and former collegiate ice hockey player, better known as ODB (One Dirty Bitch). Best known for her time in TNA Wrestling, she is a four-time Impact Knockouts Championship, TNA Women's Knockout Champion, and a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion. Early life Kresa has an athletic background in ice hockey, which her father encouraged her to pursue. She was the captain of the first girls' team at her high school and played at St. Cloud State University for two years. She began watching professional wrestling as a child, and watching wrestlers such as The Killer Bees (professional wrestling), The Killer Bees. She originally desired to be on the show ''American Gladiators (1989 TV series), American Gladiators''. She hired a personal trainer in anticipation of her wrestling training. Professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Maple Grove is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 70,253 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. making it Minnesota's 11th most populous city. Maple Grove serves as a retail, cultural and medical center in the northwest region of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. One of the Twin Cities' largest shopping centers, The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes, is in Maple Grove. Maple Grove is also home to the Hindu Temple of Minnesota, the state's largest Hindu temple. History Ho-Chunk, Winnebago were the only inhabitants in the Maple Grove area until 1851, when Louis Gervais arrived and settled. Four years later, city growth included a church, town hall, and many homes. The Pierre Bottineau House was the first wood-frame house built in Maple Grove Township, in 1854. The house has been moved from its original location and is now in the Elm Creek Park Reserve. The city was known for its large stands of maple trees and was a signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWF Tough Enough
''WWE Tough Enough'' is an American professional wrestling reality competition series that was produced by WWE, wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV. A fourth competition was held in 2004, with only a single winner, who was integrated into (at the time) UPN's '' SmackDown!''. As revealed in October 2010, the USA Network, revived ''Tough Enough'' to air it immediately prior to '' Raw'',USA to Expand Into Reality Programming and Bring Back "WWE Tough Enough" ''Deadline Hollywood'', October 18, 2010 starting on April 4, 2011, a day after [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb (born June 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is well known for her first stint with WWE, appearing on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE Brand Extension, brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, under the ring name Serena. Deeb made appearances for National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where she is a former NWA World Women's Championship, NWA Worlds Women's Champion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling champion. Serena was a OVW Women's Championship#Title history, six-time OVW Women's Championship, Women's Champion, Shimmer Women Athletes and Wrestling New Classic and a WNC Women's Championship#Title history, one-time WNC Women's Championship, WNC Women's Champion. Early life and education Deeb was born in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 29, 1986, and raised in Oakton, Virginia. Deeb's love of Professional wrestling, wrestling began wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Marsh
Daniel Davis (born March 28, 1956) is an American former professional wrestling referee and wrestler best known under the ring name "Dangerous" Danny Davis when he worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). For years, he competed as Mr. X, a masked wrestler while also working as a referee. As a referee, Davis played the role of a crooked referee who showed blatant favoritism toward certain wrestlers, with the storyline that this eventually led to his removal as a referee. He then helped manage The Hart Foundation and began wrestling as "Dangerous" Danny Davis. He competed at several major WWF events, during which his team won a six-man match at WrestleMania III and advanced to the semi-final round at King of the Ring 1987. He was later reinstated as a referee and remained with the company until the mid-1990s. Career WWF referee (1981–1987) Danny Davis started out in 1981 in the World Wrestling Federation as a referee under his birthname ring name Danny Davis. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Professional Wrestling Terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of Traveling carnival, carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OVW Women's Championship
The OVW Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship championship in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). The first holder of the title was ODB, who declared herself champion in August 2006. The belt was defended as any other championship in professional wrestling until Serena Deeb declared she would defend the belt under 24/7 rules in May 2008. These rules lasted until Melody won the belt in November 2008. Jessie Belle holds the record for most reigns, with eleven and at 343 days, Josie/Lady JoJo sixth reign is the longest in the title's history. Reggie and The Baroness' first and only reigns are the shortest in the title's history at less than a day. The Bodyguy is the first and only male to hold the title. Overall, there have been 94 reigns shared among 45 wrestlers, with seven vacancies. The current champion is Sophia Rose who is in her first reign. History Its initial appearance was at OVW's July 12, 2006 television taping, when ODB appeared with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feud (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a feud is a glossary of professional wrestling terms#Work (noun), staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or groups of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised. Feuds may last for months or even years; conversely, they may be resolved with implausible speed, perhaps during a single match. Definition Feuds are often the result of the friction that is created between face (professional wrestling), faces (the heroic figures) and heel (professional wrestling), heels (the malevolent, "evil" participants). Common causes of feuds are a purported slight or insult, although they can be based on many other things, including conflicting moral codes or simple professional one-upmanship such as the pursuit of a championship (professional wrestling), championship. Some of the more popular feuds with audiences involve pitting former allies, particularly tag team partners, against each other. Depending on how p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Thomas (wrestler)
Jennifer Rachelle Thomas (born October 15, 1973) is an American fitness model, session wrestler, professional wrestler and former bodybuilder. She is perhaps best known for her tenures in Ohio Valley Wrestling while under a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and in the World Independent Ladies' Division, where she was the latter promotion's inaugural World Champion. Early life and career In high school, Thomas participated in track and field, where she performed both sprinting and the triple jump. Upon graduating, she began weightlifting in 1998 due to becoming overweight, and managed to become Washington's finalist in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA competition in 2000. Thomas then began competing in bodybuilding competitions in 2001, winning first and overall in the lightweight division of that year's Vancouver Classic. She would also compete in that year's MuscleMania SuperBody World Championships, where she finished in the top ten. In 2002, Thomas s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heel (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a ''rudo'' in ''lucha libre'') is a wrestler who portrays a villain, "bad guy", "baddie", "evil-doer", or "rulebreaker", and acts as an antagonist to the Face (professional wrestling), faces, who are the heroic protagonist or "good guy" characters. Not everything a heel wrestler does must be villainous: heels need only to be booed or jeered by the audience to be effective characters, although most truly successful heels embrace other aspects of their devious personalities, such as cheating to win or using Glossary of professional wrestling terms#foreign object, foreign objects. "The role of a heel is to get 'heat,' which means spurring the crowd to obstreperous hatred, and generally involves cheating and any other manner of socially unacceptable behavior." To gain Heat (professional wrestling), heat (with boos and jeers from the audience), heels are often portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner by breaking rules or otherwise ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American professional wrestling promotion, professional wrestling promotion and former developmental territory based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is currently run by Al Snow, Matt Jones (radio host), Matt Jones, and Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg. OVW was initially a List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, member promotion of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from its inception in 1993 until 2000, when it became the primary Farm team#Professional wrestling, developmental territory for the World Wrestling Federation, now known as WWE. It remained in this role from 2000 until February 7, 2008, when the promotion became Independent circuit, unaffiliated. In November 2011, OVW became the developmental territory for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. This relationship initially ended on November 2, 2013, but on March 19, 2019, the two promotions re-established their developmental agreement. OVW's television programming originates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Brookshaw
Tracy Brookshaw (born May 22, 1975) is a Canadian former Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, Manager (professional wrestling), wrestling valet and Referee (professional wrestling), referee, better known by her ring name Traci Brooks. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she spent most of her career, having been the longest signed knockout the company has had wrestling actively with them from 2003 up until 2012. Considered by TNA/Impact as the "original TNA Knockouts, Knockout", she was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame, Impact Hall of Fame in 2023. Early life Brookshaw grew up on a pig and chicken farm in St. Marys, Ontario. In 2000, she won the ''Toronto Sunshine Millennium Calendar'' contest which led to her being named ''Miss June 2000'' and interviewed in the ''Toronto Sun''. Brookshaw went on to engage in promotional modeling work with the Molson, Labatt and Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), Budweiser beverage brewers. In her i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
