Jody Threat

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Jody Threat
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Threat in October 2019
Birth nameJody Marie Gyivicsan
Born (1988-10-30) October 30, 1988 (age 35)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Jody Threat [1]
  • Jody Nation
  • Natas
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) [2]
Billed weight141 lb (64 kg)
Billed fromToronto, Ontario [1]
Trained by Josh Alexander [2]
DebutOctober 22, 2017

Jody Marie Gyivicsan (born October 30, 1988), known by the ring name Jody Threat, is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). [3] Threat has also worked on the independent circuit on various promotions across Canada and the U.S. [2]

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2017–present)

In 2020, Threat began working for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and on October 10 of that year, she competed in a 30-person battle royal at Joey Janela's Spring Break 4. [4] On July 3, 2021, at JCW The Great American Smash, she teamed up with Billie Starkz and Janai Kai. where they lost to YDNB. [5] The following day, at Backyard Wrestling 3, under the ring name Natas, Threat defended the Backyard Pro Hardcore championship by defeating Rickey Crash. [6] [7]

On May 26, 2022, at Demand Lucha LuchaPalooza, Threat won the Demand Lucha Openweight Championship. [8] [9]

All Elite Wrestling (2022)

On the October 17 episode of Dark: Elevation , Threat made her debut in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), losing to Athena. [10] [11]

Impact Wrestling/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2023–present)

On March 24, 2023, at Sacrifice, a vignette was shown anticipating Threat was coming to Impact Wrestling. [12] [13] She made her Impact debut on the April 6 episode of Impact! , defeating Taylor Rising. [14] On April 10, Threat confirmed that she has signed with Impact. [3] On the July 13 episode of Impact!, Threat suffered her first loss when she answered Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo's open challenge for the title. [15] Two days later, on the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show, she teamed with The Death Dollz (Courtney Rush and Jessicka) to defeat The SHAWntourage (Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans and Jai Vidal) in a six-person tag team match. [16]

On January 13 at Hard to Kill, Threat would compete in an Ultimate X match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA Knockouts World Championship, which would be won by Gisele Shaw.

Championships and accomplishments

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