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“The Ultimate Athlete” J-Rod
May 20, 2025 · 41 min

She’s one of the fastest rising wrestlers on the independent scene, a former Ohio Valley Wrestling Women’s Champion who has seen action in Illinois at DREAMWAVE, Uprising Women’s Athletes and Chicago Style Wrestling. “The Ultimate Athlete” J-Rod joins Windy City Slam Podcast to discuss the great names who have held the OVW Women’s title, working for DREAMWAVE, career aspirations in and out of the ring, what she learned from her WWE tryout in 2019, getting schooled by Rikishi and Reno J Anoa’i at KnoKX Pro Academy and more. Plus, we recap highlights from Chicago Style Wrestling, AAW Pro and 2econd Wrestling and preview a stacked Memorial Day weekend with events from WWE, NXT, TNA, AEW, Freelance Wrestling, ARW Pro, POWW Entertainment, Squared Circle Megastars and Illiana Pro Wrestling.

Mike Pankow is a 25-year-plus professional journalist and wrestling superfan who covers local Chicagoland wrestling and national promotions like AEW and WWE. If there is something going on in Chicago, Mike knows about it. Enjoy "Wrestling, Chicago-Style" on The Broadcast Basement On-Demand Radio Network! Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com. Get your local wrestling fix every Tuesday everywhere podcasts can be found and always at WindyCitySlam.com!