ODB (wrestler)
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| Birth name | Jessica Nora Kresa |
| Born |
June 6, 1978 Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United states |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jessica Dalton Jessica James ODB Poison |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Eddie Sharkey |
| Debut | 2001 |
Jessica Nora Kresa (born June 6, 1978) is an American professional wrestler, referee, bartender, and actress better known as ODB, currently signed to Ring of Honor. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she is a former four-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion, and a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion.
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. She originally desired to be on the show American Gladiators. She hired a personal trainer in anticipation of her wrestling training.
Kresa tried out for the first season of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE)'s reality show, WWF Tough Enough. She made the top 25, but missed the final cut for the show. Back home in Minnesota, she began training and was soon wrestling in independent wrestling promotions in the Midwest, facing male wrestlers such as Ken Anderson and Shawn Daivari. Kresa received her first national exposure in early 2003 as ODB, wrestling Trinity in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She returned to TNA in early 2004 as Poison, and was placed in a brief feud with Trinity. She appeared again in TNA during October 2004 and defeated Tracy Brooks.
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