Jelly Roll advertised for two new WWE appearances
Country music star Jelly Roll has a couple more WWE appearances lined up leading into his in-ring debut.
Jelly Roll is now being advertised for the July 25 episode of SmackDown in Cleveland, Ohio and the August 1 episode in Newark, New Jersey. Both venues (Rocket Arena and Prudential Center) have sent out announcements saying that Jelly Roll will be appearing.
The Newark show is the SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown, taking place on the eve of the two-night PLE. Jelly Roll will have his first WWE match at SummerSlam when he teams up with Randy Orton to battle the duo of Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre.
After angles on SmackDown and at Saturday Night’s Main Event, the build to Jelly Roll’s debut spilled over to late-night TV this Wednesday when the musician guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” He and Orton were confronted by their SummerSlam opponents — but Jelly Roll ended up standing tall after chokeslamming Paul through a table.
The 40-year-old Jelly Roll is a big WWE fan and has made multiple on-camera appearances for the promotion since 2023. This week, he told The Pat McAfee Show that he’s at the Performance Center training every day to prepare for his first match.
Jelly Roll is not advertised for this Friday’s SmackDown in San Antonio, Texas as of now.
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