Jelly Roll on WWE future: ‘I will wrestle again, for sure’
Country music star Jelly Roll knows he’ll compete in the WWE ring again at least one more time.
A longtime pro wrestling fan, Jelly Roll made his in-ring debut at SummerSlam this August, teaming with Randy Orton in a loss to Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre. Jelly Roll received praise from people within WWE for how seriously he prepared for the match, including losing enough weight so that he would weigh in at under 300 pounds for the first time since middle school.
Addressing his WWE future on a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Jelly Roll vowed that he will wrestle again.
“I will wrestle again, for sure,” he said. “I want to run it back. I want to do one more. I know why Bad Bunny had to do Backlash now because I know he walked out of that ring that night [after his first match] knowing how much more he could give.”
A more expansive run is something that interests Jelly Roll, with him telling Van Vliet that he’d like to compete weekly for several months.
“I don’t really know what I want,” Jelly Roll responded when asked if he wants to have a singles match next. “But one, a dream scenario is: I’d like to get involved for like a run. Like, I’d like to wrestle every Friday, you know what I mean? Like, I’d like to get involved for like a 6-9 month run. But I definitely got to do one more though, man.
“It’s like anything else in life. You did it once and you think you were prepared, but you wasn’t. And you leave there, all I could think about is everything I know I could have done a little better.”
The 40-year-old musician has become an inspirational pop culture figure due to how open he is about the struggles he’s overcome, like spending time in jail for dealing drugs in his past. He’s received four Grammy nominations during his music career.
In his debut at SummerSlam, Jelly Roll took the loss when Logan Paul pinned him. Jelly Roll pitched the idea of him losing because he does not believe any celebrity should win their debut unless there are special circumstances involved. He also wanted to leave the door open to continue his feud with Paul and McIntyre in the future.
Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.
In addition to his work with F4W, Joseph has previously contributed to Sports Illustrated's wrestling coverage. He lives in Massachusetts and is a diehard fan of the Boston sports teams and Liverpool Football Club.