Jordynne Grace Opens Up On Appearing As A Surprise In The Royal Rumble Last Year

One of the biggest surprises in WWE Royal Rumble history was seeing TNA star, Jordynne Grace, walk down the aisle as a surprise entrant in 2024.

Grace was the TNA Knockouts Champion at the time and seeing a star from another company enter WWE's biggest match was a shock.

Grace opened up about that appearance in a new interview with Chris Van Vliet. She said that at first, she thought the news of her being in the Royal Rumble was a rib, but she eventually understood how big of an opportunity she had in front of her.

“The first I ever heard of it was when Scott [D’Amore] called me, literally the week before, and asked if I wanted to do the Rumble like that was any question at all," Grace said. "But that was the first time I ever heard about it and then after that, it just kind of snowballed from there. I thought he was joking. I had just gotten home from the tapings actually, from the TNA tapings. I was like, I just don’t understand why you’re calling to rib me, you could do this over text, I don’t get it. He was like no, they want to use you for the Rumble. And I was just like, it was mind-blowing.”

Grace said that she was a little nervous before the appearance, but that she knew she had to seize her moment.

“I mean, I don’t want to think about all that, because I was already nervous enough as it is and I wanted to concentrate 100% on my performance," Grace said. "If there was any time to make a statement and to seize an opportunity, that was going to be it. So I knew I had to nail it 100% especially because I was representing TNA. If I do badly, I feel like that reflects negatively on TNA. [You were booked so strong though]. I was, and I had a really cool elimination.”

Grace lost to Tessa Blanchard at the TNA Genesis PPV earlier this month and has now reportedly signed with WWE.

She's a multiple-time Knockouts World Champion in Impact Wrestling and TNA.

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