Jessica Kresa

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Jessica Kresa
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Jessica Dalton^[1] Jessica James One Dirty Bitch (ODB) Poison
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)^[1]^[2]
Weight	130 lb (59 kg/9.3 st)^[1]-145 lb (66 kg/10.4 st)^[2]
Born	June 6, 1978 (1978-06-06) (age 30)^[2]
Resides	Minneapolis, Minnesota^[2]
Trained by	Eddie Sharkey Dan Schaffner^[1] Terry Klinger^[1] OVW
Debut	August 2001

Jessica Kresa (born June 6, 1978)^[2] is a professional wrestler better known as O.D.B., short for One Dirty Bitch, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

1 Early life
2 Professional wrestling career
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 MMA Record
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Early life

Kresa's athletic background is in ice hockey, which her father encouraged her to pursue.^[2] She was the captain of the first girls team at her high school and played at St. Cloud State University for two years.^[2]

She began watching professional wrestling as a child.^[1] She enjoyed watching wrestlers such as The Killer Bees.^[1] She originally desired to be on the show American Gladiators.^[1] She hired a personal trainer in anticipation of her wrestling training.^[1]

[edit] Professional wrestling career

She got her start in professional wrestling when she tried out for the first season of WWE's reality show, WWE Tough Enough.^[1] She made the top 25, but missed the final cut for the show.^[1] After returning home to Minnesota, Kresa began training.^[1] Soon after, she began wrestling in independent wrestling promotions all over the Midwest, facing men such as Ken Anderson and Shawn Daivari.^[1]

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003-2004)

Kresa received her first national exposure in early 2003 as O.D.B. wrestling Trinity in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. 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.^[3]

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling

In June 2006, Kresa started working in OVW as a heel. Using the ring name ODB, Kresa brought the OVW Women's Championship alive when she created the title for herself, even though OVW did not recognize a women's champion at the time. She repeatedly cut promos saying that she was the new OVW Women's Champion, and OVW owner Danny Davis conceded and recognized the OVW Women's Championship. ODB lost her title to Katie Lea in a Gauntlet Match on November 1, 2006. In the spring of 2007, ODB won the first ever "Miss OVW" crown with help from Victoria Crawford. Her ongoing feud with Lea led to a match between the two on June 1, 2007 where ODB was booked to defeat Lea to regain her title. ODB lost her title for the second time when she dropped it to Milena Roucka in a Six-Way Match on September 20, 2007.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-Current)

O.D.B. was contacted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to appear at their annual pay-per-view Bound For Glory. This was confirmed on the October 10, 2007 edition of TNA Today where she was interviewed by Jeremy Borash. She was the first former Ohio Valley Wrestling female star to go straight to TNA instead of WWE. She made her in-ring debut at Bound for Glory participating in a 10 Knockout Gauntlet to crown the first-ever TNA Women's Champion. She was eliminated by Roxxi Laveaux, and the match was eventually won by Gail Kim. Since then, she has been a regular in the TNA Knockouts Division. She was booked as a heel, but was getting positive crowd reactions.

On the January 03, 2008 edition of Impact she won a 8 Knockout Gauntlet to determine the rankings of the women's division in TNA. On the January 17, 2008 edition of Impact, she defeated Angelina Love and then challenged Awesome Kong to a title match at the pay-per-view Against All Odds.It was during this time, that she made her face turn. On the January 24 edition of TNA Impact! Awesome Kong attacked Gail Kim after Gail was named 2007 TNA Knockout of the Year and just as Kong was about to drop Gail with the Awesome Bomb, O.D.B. hit the ring to make the save. At Against All Odds, O.D.B. was defeated by Kong. At Destination X she lost a 3-way match, which included Gail Kim, to Awesome Kong. At Lockdown, ODB & Gail Kim defeated Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed. At Sacrifice, O.D.B. participated in the first ever Knockouts "Make Over Battle Royal" which was won by Gail Kim.