Shawn Michaels has discussed a recent shock appearance on WWE NXT and how he was jealous that Triple H was able to make it happen first.

Back in January, the TNA Knockouts Champion stunned fans when she entered the Royal Rumble in the number 5 spot. Leaving a lasting impression with her debut performance, Grace stated that she would love to come back in the future. Fast forward to the May 28th episode of NXT and Jordynne Grace once again shocked the world as she was revealed to be the challenger for Roxanne Perez’s NXT Women’s Championship at Battleground and would also be competing in her debut match for the brand on June 4th.

“This Is Going To Be An Epic Event”: Shawn Michaels
Speaking with Adrian Hernandez, The Heartbreak Kid expressed his excitement over Grace making her return and added that Triple H owed him a favour after Grace made her debut in the Rumble:

“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. 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.”

During a previous interview, one WWE Hall of Famer described how they were punished for threatening to kill Shawn Michaels.

Also in the interview, Shawn Michaels detailed WWE NXT’s signing philosophies.