Tue Jun 03 01:10:00 UTC 2025: Okay, here are two versions of the news article, one focusing on LJ Cleary and the other on Jordynne Grace.

**Option 1: Focusing on LJ Cleary**

**Indie Wrestler LJ Cleary Reacts to WWE Backlash Cameo Reception**

**[CITY, STATE] –** Irish indie wrestler LJ Cleary is riding a wave of positive buzz following his appearance in the crowd during the Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyria match at WWE Backlash: St. Louis. In a recent interview with BRM Media, Cleary discussed the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction to his brief cameo.

“It was the perfect blend of people who did know who I was and supported me,” Cleary said, emphasizing the support from long-time fans from Ireland and his growing fanbase in Japan. “I’ve very thick skin, I chuckled…but then to see the support, it was an overwhelming support, it was a very nice feeling.”

Cleary, who began wrestling at the age of 13, expressed gratitude for his dedicated fanbase and noted the attention his work has garnered him in Europe and Japan. “I’m thankful that I have such a, in my opinion, like I have quite a strong one that the work speaks for itself,” he said. “I’d like to consider myself a very well-traveled and very, very sought after, I would say maybe commodity, especially in Europe and then going to Japan. I felt like that has, like I said, blew the lid off in the best way possible now.”

While his WWE appearance may have been brief, it has undoubtedly amplified the spotlight on Cleary’s already burgeoning career.

**Option 2: Focusing on Jordynne Grace**

**Jordynne Grace Reveals Turning Point After TNA Title Loss to Deonna Purrazzo**

**[CITY, STATE] –** TNA Wrestling star Jordynne Grace has revealed the motivation behind her significant fitness transformation. In a recent interview with “Uncrowned,” Grace spoke candidly about feeling “expendable” after losing the Knockouts World Championship to Deonna Purrazzo shortly after Purrazzo’s arrival in TNA in June 2020.

Grace, who held the title for six months before the defeat, explained, “I had just won the Knockouts Championship for the first time, and Deonna Purrazzo 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.”

The loss spurred Grace to take control of her physical conditioning. “I actually got my first (fitness) coach that following week,” she revealed, admitting that while she had lifted weights since age 15, she had never focused on dieting or cardio until that point. This commitment to fitness has become a defining aspect of Grace’s career.

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