Jordynne Grace countered Roxanne Perez time and again, using her incredible strength.

However, Tatum Paxley distracted Grace by trying to steal the TNA Knockouts Championship.

The Knockouts champion laid out Paxley and a surprise appearance from TNA's Ash By Excellence (a.k.a. Dana Brooke).

The Prodigy caught Grace afterward with Pop Rox to win.

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If any NXT fans were skeptical about checking out TNA, Grace delivered in this spot, showing out for the entire Knockouts division.

She and Perez worked this more like a Knockouts match than an NXT women's bout, and it helped them stand out. The Prodigy has rarely looked this comfortable with an opponent, working an impressive speed without slowing.

Unfortunately, a lame finish let down the action that came before, making sure Perez vs. Grace was not quite a match-of-the-year contender. Still, this was entirely unlike anything WWE has produced in a long time.

Hopefully, the TNA partnership will grow to allow more big matches like this in the future. More TNA wrestlers need to appear than just Grace and, a woman who was in NXT last year, Ash by Excellence.

Perez def. Grace by pinfall to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

Notable Moments

• Grace's earring got pulled out early, causing her to bleed.
• Both women leaned into their strikes, landing hard in a way WWE matches rarely deliver.