As for Perez, Michaels noted that the former NXT Women’s Champion had undergone her own journey to this match that saw her attitude change from her initial persona in “NXT.” The respective journeys, particularly by two talents who are still in the beginning stages of their careers, sums up the current “NXT” for Michaels and makes him that much more excited to see Valkyria and Perez go at it.

“I think, when everything is said and done, one of the things I really enjoy and fascinates me about ‘NXT’ is you’re talking about incredibly young people,” Michaels said. “Maybe an average age of 24 years old sometimes. And again, so many of the ups and downs, the wins and the losses, the heartbreaks and the victories that they have to do deal with, the longness and how they manage that on a national level, and a global level very early on in their careers. It’s a great deal of pressure to be under as you’re going out there.

“That’s something that Roxanne has faced a great deal of here, in the last year. You can see it coming out of her Tuesday night on the USA Network on our show. Roxanne, she’s starting to show a different side of herself, a side that’s getting a little less patient, not so much the girl, the sweet girl next door. So again, for me, that’s what I’m excited for Sunday at Vengeance Day, to watch these two.”

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