Grace speaks candidly about that period of her career.
Deonna Purrazzo arrived to IMPACT/TNA programming in June 2020 and it was one month later that she dethroned Jordynne Grace to become Knockouts World Champion.
Grace had been in possession of the championship for about six months before dropping it to Purrazzo. While being interviewed by Cameron Hawkins of Uncrowned, Grace explained why she felt 'off-put' and 'expendable' by that.
"I've been lifting for years, since I was 15 years old, but I never dieted and I never really did cardio at all. Honestly, those are two of the main things that you have to do, unfortunately, to get your body to look in any type of way you want it to look like. I had just won the Knockouts Championship for the first time, and Deonna Perrazzo had come over to TNA, and she won the title from me her very first weekend there. And I remember feeling so expendable and so just off-put by that, I just thought to myself, well, something has to change, because if someone can just come in here and just take my spot, I have to do something. I have to change something in order for that not to happen ever again... I actually got my first (fitness) coach that following week."
Present day, Grace is signed with WWE, and Purrazzo is signed with All Elite Wrestling. They last shared the ring at IMPACT Final Resolution 2023 in a tag match.
