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Josette Bynum
Born (1977-09-11) September 11, 1977 (age 47)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Josie
Josie Robinson
Miss Josie
Sojourner Bolt
Sojournor Bolt[1]
Billed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Billed weight140 lb (64 kg)[2]
135 lb (61 kg)[3]
Billed fromChicago, Illionis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Memphis, Tennessee
Trained byEddie Sharkey
Eric Priest
Rip Rogers
DebutApril 3, 2003

Josette Bynum (born September 11, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by her ring name Josie. Bynum is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Sojournor Bolt (or "Sojo Bolt" for short). She is also known for her time in both Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she was a four time Women's Champion, and Shimmer Women Athletes.

Career

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006-2008)

Bynum made her professional wrestling debut in April 3, 2003 and began regularly wrestling for Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she had a notable feud with Serena Deeb over the company's Women's Championship. Both Deeb and Bynum exchanged the title during the feud, with Bynum becoming a four time OVW Women's Champion. On December 2008, Bynum competed in her last match for OVW, which was a losing effort to Reggie, due to her signing a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Ring of Honor (2007)

In February 2007, Bynum made her Ring of Honor debut as "Miss Josie", where she lost to Sara Del Rey.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008-present)

At Slammiversary, then-TNA Women's Champion Awesome Kong was challenged by Bynum, under the name "Josie Robinson", and fellow OVW regular Serena Deeb, with the winner claiming both Kong's $25,000 prize and her Women's Championship. However, both were subsequently defeated in consecutive matches. Bynum returned to TNA on the August 28, 2008 episode of Impact! as "Sojournor Bolt" and was defeated by Awesome Kong. On October 12, Bynum, again under the Sojourner Bolt name, took part in a dark match at Bound for Glory IV, where she and Eric Young defeated Christy Hemme and Lance Rock. On the November 20 episode of Impact!, she teamed up with Christy Hemme and was defeated by Angelina Love and Velvet Sky. On December 3, it was announcecd that TNA had signed Bynum to a contract.[4] On the December 11 of Impact! she was defeated by Christy Hemme. After the match the two women brawled and Bolt turned into a villain. On the December 25 edition of Impact!, Bolt teamed with Awesome Kong, Rhaka Khan, and Raisha Saeed in a losing effort to the team of Christy Hemme, ODB, Roxxi, and Taylor Wilde. On TNA's official website, the spelling of her ring name was tweaked to "Sojourner Bolt", but later changed back to "Sojournor Bolt".

The Kongtourage

On the January 8, 2009 edition of Impact!, she, along with Raisha Saeed and Rhaka Khan, accompanied Awesome Kong to the ring for her match against Madison Rayne. At Genesis, Bolt teamed up with Khan and Saeed to form a stable known as the Kongtourage. The Kongtourage was defeated by ODB, Taylor Wilde and Roxxi, however. On the next Impact!, she teamed again with Saeed and Khan, but she lost to ODB, Taylor Wilde and Roxxi. In this same night she's got her first "Rough Cut" segment and an interview with Lauren. At the 22 January, on Impact!, Bolt lost to ODB after via disqualification from the Kongtourage. On the January 28 edition of Impact! she competed in a Handicap Match, Bolt teamed up with Rhaka Khan, Raisha Saeed and Awesome Kong against ODB with The Kongtourage taking the victory. On February 12, 2009, she won a gauntlet battle royal defeating Madison Rayne, ODB, Roxxi, Velvet Sky, Taylor Wilde, Angelina Love, Raisha Saeed, and Rhaka Khan to receive a title shot against the namesake of the Kongtourage, Awesome Kong. On the February 19 edition of Impact! during an interview with Bolt, she was interrupted by fellow Kongtourage member Raisha Saeed, who claimed that Bolt talked too much and didn't understand anything, to which Bolt responded by saying "she understood, she just didn't listen".[5] The following week on Impact!, Bolt and Rhaka Khan called out both Saeed and Awesome Kong and challenged them to a match, which they won after Bolt pinned Saeed, which in turn made Bolt and Khan faces.

Pursuit on the Knockouts Championship

On March 5 edition of Impact! Bolt and her tag team partner Rhaka Khan lost to The Beautiful People in Four Corners Tag Team Match.[6] It was announced on the same edition of Impact that Bolt will finally challenge Kong for the Knockout Title at Destination X.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Midwest Intensity Wrestling
    • MIW Women's Championship (1 time)

References

  1. ^ http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/blogsection/5/37
  2. ^ a b "Josie OWW Profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/josie.html. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ http://ovwrestling.com/Superstars/Superstars/josie.htm
  4. ^ "Josie OWW Profile". http://www.tnawrestling.com/. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Card for Impact!". TNAWrestling.com. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  6. ^ "TNA Impact March 5, 2009 Results". Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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