In an interview with Adrian Hernandez after last night’s episode of WWE NXT TV, NXT Executive Producer Shawn Michaels discussed Jordynne Grace’s surprise debut in NXT.
Michaels expressed his admiration for Grace’s appearance at WWE Royal Rumble 2024, where she participated in the women’s Rumble Match.
HBK also mentioned feeling envious of her opportunity and conveyed this sentiment to WWE COO Triple H.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Grace’s surprise appearance: “Right now, a lot of things are still being worked out internally. There are people above me that I leave to making those kinds of decisions. What I enjoy doing is what we did last night, which is having the opportunity to putting real surprises and real ‘oh my God’ moments back to WWE, wrestling, and NXT. That’s what we had last night.”
On what he told Triple H privately: “I have been very public about being a fan of Jordynne Grace. I expressed to Hunter [Triple H] privately that I was very jealous that he had her for the Rumble. He owed me. We’re thrilled to have her for Battleground and next week. This is going to be an epic event. To one up ourselves, which we always try to do, having TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace contend for the NXT Women’s Championship, fighting Roxanne Perez, is going to be really big.”
Grace will challenge Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship at WWE NXT Battleground 2024. The event is set to take place on Sunday, June 9 at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada and will be broadcast live on Peacock.
