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Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a three-time TNA Knockouts World Champion, one-time TNA Digital Media Champion (and the first woman to hold the title) and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion. Upon becoming the inaugural Digital Media Champion, Parker was recognized by TNA as the first Knockouts Triple Crown winner. Bound For Glory 2021 results She has previously made appearances in Beyond Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, , and Shine Wrestling.
As a powerlifter, Parker is the World Natural Powerlifting Federation (WNPF) Georgia State & National Records holder in the squat at , the bench press at and the deadlift at in the 165 lb weight class.
At the All In event, on September 1, 2018, Grace participated in a 19-person over budget battle royale to determine the number one contender to the ROH World Championship, being the only female in the match. Grace was able to eliminate Brian Cage, but was ultimately eliminated by Bully Ray. On October 28, Grace unsuccessfully challenged Jazz for the NWA World Women's Championship on Women's Wrestling Revolution (WWR), as they main evented at the WWR's event WWR vs. The World.
On the March 15 episode of Impact!, Grace defeated Tessa Blanchard to become the number one contender for Taya Valkyrie's Impact Knockouts Championship. At Against All Odds, which aired on March 29, Grace won by count-out, however, Valkyrie remained the champion as championship titles do not change hands by count-out or disqualification unless stipulated. On April 4, at United We Stand, Grace failed to win the title in a four-way match including Rosemary and Katie Forbes. On the April 9 episode of Impact!, she received another chance to become number one contender for Valkyrie's title by defeating Madison Rayne. On April 28, at Rebellion, Grace was defeated by Valkyrie, failing to win the title. On August 2, at Unbreakable, she teamed with Scott Steiner and Petey Williams to defeat Dicky Mayer, Gentleman Jervis and Ryan Taylor in a six-person tag team match. On October 20, at Bound for Glory, Grace competed in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, which was won by Eddie Edwards. On January 12, 2020, Grace had another opportunity for the Knockouts Championship at Hard To Kill against Taya Valkyrie and ODB, but Valkyrie retained when she covered ODB.
Grace then entered into a rivalry with Tenille Dashwood when she returned on the September 1 episode of Impact!, interrupting her confrontation with Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo during her Black Tie Affair. She lost their first match on the September 22 episode of Impact!, but won the rematch the following week, culminating in a final match and win by Dashwood on October 3 at Victory Road. On the October 6 episode of Impact!, Grace answered X Division Champion Rohit Raju's open challenge for the title and beat him, but he changed the rules so that it was not up for grabs. At Bound for Glory, she competed in a six-way intergender scramble match that involved Chris Bey, TJP, Willie Mack, Trey Miguel and Raju, who won to retain the X Division Championship. At Turning Point, she teamed up with Dashwood in a losing effort against Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie.
On the November 24 episode of Impact!, Grace revealed that her partner for the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament was former WWE Women's Champion and NWA World Women's Champion Jazz. The duo would debut as a team on the December 1 episode of Impact!, defeating Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle in the first round, but lose to Havok and Nevaeh in the second round on the January 5, 2021 episode of Impact!. Their lost led to a match at Genesis, where Grace defeated Jazz. On the February 23 episode of Impact!, Grace and Jazz defeated Kimber Lee and Susan to become number one contenders to the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, held by Fire 'N Flava (Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz). The two teams fought at Sacrifice, where Grace and Jazz failed to win the tag titles. At Hardcore Justice, she competed in a weapons match to determine the number one contender for the Knockouts title, which was won by Tenille Dashwood. On the April 15 episode of Impact!, Grace teamed with Jazz in her final match and beat Fire 'N Flava in an impromptu non-title bout after they interrupted her retirement ceremony. The following week, she defeated Hogan by disqualification and was beaten up by her and Steelz, before being saved by a debuting Rachael Ellering. Three days later, at Rebellion, Grace and Ellering defeated Fire 'N Flava to win the Knockouts Tag Team Championship for the first time. On May 7, Grace signed a new multi-year deal with Impact Wrestling. Eight days later, at Under Siege, she and Ellering dropped the titles back to Fire 'N Flava. On the May 20 episode of Impact!, Grace challenged Ellering to a match but failed to win. On the June 3 episode of Impact!, she and Ellering challenged Fire 'N Flava to a rematch for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, but failed to regain them. Nine days later, at Against All Odds, Grace lost to Dashwood.
On July 31 at Homecoming, Grace teamed with Petey Williams to compete in a tournament to crown a Homecoming King and Queen, but lost to Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green in the first round. In October, Grace competed in the Shannon "Daffney" Spruill Memorial Monster's Ball match at Knockouts Knockdown, which was won by Savannah Evans. She then entered a tournament to determine the inaugural Impact Digital Media Champion, where she defeated Johnny Swinger in the first round. At Bound for Glory, Grace defeated Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne in the final to win the Impact Digital Media Championship. Having won the Digital Media title, Grace was then recognized by Impact Wrestling as the first Knockouts Triple Crown winner in the promotion's history.
On January 8, 2022, at Hard to Kill, Grace participated in the inaugural Knockouts Ultimate X match, which was won by Tasha Steelz. On the February 3 episode of Impact!, Grace lost the Impact Digital Media Championship to Matt Cardona after he hit her with a steel chair. At No Surrender, she fought Cardona in a title rematch, but lost by disqualification after delivering a low blow. On the February 24 episode of Impact!, Grace challenged for the title again in a Dotcombat match, but failed to win. On the March 31 episode of Impact!, she competed in a Knockouts World Championship #1 Contenders Battle Royal, which was won by Rosemary. At Multiverse of Matches, Grace competed in an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, which was won by Trey Miguel. On April 23 at Rebellion, she teamed with W. Morrissey in an Eight-Team Elimination Challenge for the Impact World Tag Team Championship, but were eliminated by The Major Players (Cardona and Brian Myers).
On January 13, 2023, at Hard To Kill, Grace lost the Knockouts World Championship to Mickie James in a Title vs. Career match, ending her reign at 208 days. At Rebellion, Grace was defeated by Deonna Purrazzo for the vacated Impact Knockouts World Championship (defending champion Mickie James has vacated the title due to injury, with Purrazzo and Grace competing to become the new champion). On the April 27 episode of Impact!, Grace saved Purrazzo from Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King. On the May 11, 2023 episode of Impact!, Purrazzo and Grace challenged The Coven for their title, but were unsuccessful. Post-match, Purrazzo and Grace was attacked by The Coven until Trinity runs down to the ring and makes the save. On May 26 at Under Siege, Grace was unsuccessful at winning the title against Purrazzo. Since Grace lost, she can no longer challenge for the title as long as Purrazzo is champion. Grace ran out to assist Trinity and Purrazzo, who were being tripled-teamed by Giselle Shaw, Savannah Evans and Jai Vidal, only to be beaten down by the heels herself, during the June 1 episode of Impact!, which was taped on May 27. This would be Grace's final appearance for the promotion. Having expired in May, Grace opted not to renew her contract, and instead take an hiatus from wrestling to focus on outside projects.
On the August 31 episode of Impact!, Purazzo challenged Grace to a match at Victory Road. At the event, Grace defeated Purrazzo. On October 21 at Bound for Glory, Grace was one of participants in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match. Grace won the match by defeating Bully Ray, becoming the first female to win that match and earning a championship match for any title she wanted. Grace issued a challenge for the Impact Knockouts World Championship at Hard To Kill in 2024. At the event, the first event under the newly rebranded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Grace defeated Trinity to win the newly renamed TNA Knockouts World Championship, winning the championship for the third time. On January 27, 2024, Grace made her surprise WWE debut as an entrant (at number 5) in the women's Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble and squared off with her former TNA rival Naomi (known as Trinity in TNA), who made her WWE return in the match (as entrant number 2). Grace was eliminated by Bianca Belair. Grace is the second TNA wrestler and then-reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion to make her Royal Rumble match appearance after Mickie James in the 2022 event
On February 23, at No Surrender, Grace successfully defended her title against Gisele Shaw. On March 8 at Sacrifice, Grace successfully defended her title against both Tasha Steelz and Xia Brookside in a three-way match. On April 20 at Rebellion, Grace successfully defended her title against Steph De Lander. On May 3 at Under Siege, Grace and PCO defeated De Lander and Kon in a intergender tag team match.
On the May 18 episode of TNA Impact!, Grace successfully defended the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Marti Belle. After the match, Belle and Allysin Kay assaulted Grace. Grace then made a surprise appearance on the May 28 episode of WWE NXT, being revealed as the challenger for Roxanne Perez's NXT Women's Championship at NXT Battleground, but failed to win the title at the event after interference from Tatum Paxley and Ash by Elegance. At Against All Odds, Grace issued an open challenge for the TNA Knockouts World Championship. Tatum Paxley made her surprise debut in TNA to answer the challenge and Grace defeated Paxley to retain her title. On July 20 at Slammiversary, Grace successfully defended the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Ash by Elegance. On the September 10 episode of NXT, Grace issued an open challenge for the TNA Knockouts World Championship which was answered by Sol Ruca, which ended in a no-contest after Grace and Ruca were both taken out by Wendy Choo and Rosemary. At Victory Road on September 13, Grace successfully defended the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Wendy Choo. At Bound for Glory on October 26, Grace lost the Knockouts World Championship to Masha Slamovich, ending her reign at 287 days.
On November 6 at NXT 2300, Grace was on the winning side of a 10-woman tag team match. On November 29 at Turning Point, Grace failed to regain the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Slamovich in a two out of three falls match. Grace faced off against Rosemary at Final Resolution, which ended in a no-contest after Grace was attacked by a returning Tessa Blanchard.
On January 19, 2025, Grace took on Blanchard at Genesis in a losing effort, which would end up being her final appearance in TNA. After the match, it was confirmed that Grace had left the company after seven years.
At Stand and Deliver on April 19, Grace unsuccessfully challenged Stephanie Vaquer for the NXT Women's Championship in a fatal four-way match also involving Giulia and Parker, the latter of whom Vaquer pinned. On the May 6 episode of NXT, Grace faced Giulia in a number one contender's match for the NXT Women's Championship, where she won, and will challenge Stephanie Vaquer for the title at NXT Battleground. At the event, Grace failed to win the championship from Vaquer. At Evolution on July 13, Grace failed to win the title from Jayne after Mariah May, who aligned with Grace against Fatal Influence, turned on Grace during the match.
| Mickie James (career) | Jordynne Grace (title) | Atlanta, Georgia | Hard to Kill |
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