Jody Threat

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Jody Threat
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Birth nameJody Gyivicsan
Born (1988-03-08) March 8, 1988 (age 36)
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, Canada [1]
Trained by Josh Alexander [2]
DebutOctober 22, 2017

Jody Gyivicsan (born March 8, 1988), known by the ring name Jody Threat, is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) [3] and is a two-time and current TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion with Dani Luna. Threat has also worked on the independent circuit on various promotions across Canada, U.S., and the UK. [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, 2024, at Hard to Kill, Threat would compete in an Ultimate X match to determine the number one contender for the TNA Knockouts World Championship, which would be won by Gisele Shaw. [17] On March 8, 2024 at Sacrifice, Threat and Dani Luna defeated MK Ultra (Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich) to become the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, winning her first championship in TNA. [18] On May 3 at Under Siege, Threat and Luna were defeated by Slamovich and Alisha Edwards, ending their reign at 56 days. [19] They regained the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at Victory Road on September 13. [20]

Championships and accomplishments

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