Jelly Roll made his WWE in-ring debut this weekend, and teamed up with Randy Orton to battle Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul at SummerSlam 2025. Jelly didn’t disappoint, because the brute nation drive rattled McIntyre and Paul with a sequence of slams and elbow drops, earlier than in the end falling brief in his Saturday evening (Aug. 2) WWE match.
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Forward of the match, Jelly launched tag companion Orton and carried out his entrance theme tune, “Voices,” electrifying the MetLife Stadium crowd in East Rutherford, N.J.
Kicking off the match in opposition to Paul, Jelly impressed early. Not solely did he ship some offense, together with a powerful shoulder sort out on Paul, however he absorbed a flurry of assaults. The defining second got here when Paul despatched Jelly crashing by means of the announcer’s desk with a high-flying splash. Regardless of the setback, a hobbled Jelly Roll delivered a medical efficiency: first chokeslamming Paul earlier than issuing a punishing bodyslam. However Paul had the final chortle, connecting with a frog splash and scoring the 1-2-3.
Jelly, a lifelong wrestling fan, skilled rigorously at WWE’s Efficiency Heart forward of his match, which contributed to his 230-pound weight reduction.
“That is about perception — believing in myself — and eager to selfishly be part of a phenomenal second,” Jelly stated earlier this week in an interview with WWE’s Jackie Redmond. “I like this enterprise. I simply wanna carry worth. I’m not right here to take nothing away. I’m not right here to take no person’s spot. I wish to carry worth. I feel this is likely one of the best ages of storytelling I’ve seen in wrestling this decade.”
See clips of Jelly’s SummerSlam in-ring debut beneath.
