Jelly Roll says he wanted to lose at WWE SummerSlam

Jelly Roll revealed recently that he pitched the idea of him losing at SummerSlam.

The Grammy-nominated recording artist teamed with Randy Orton against Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul at the event, taking the pin from Paul after a frog splash. During a recent appearance on Cody Rhodes’s “So What Do You Wanna Talk About?” podcast, Jelly Roll said it was his idea to lose because it gives him a reason to return to WWE programming.

Jelly Roll said:

“I told Triple H I want to lose at SummerSlam. Just cause no celebrity’s ever took an ‘L’, they always put them over. And if you don’t put me over, I always have a reason, there’s always just something lingering there, I can pop up anytime.”

Jelly Roll also spoke about the wrestlers at the WWE Performance Center who helped him prepare for his in-ring debut. He specifically mentioned NXT Tag Team Champions Hank and Tank, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, and Myles Borne, as well as coaches Matt Bloom, Robbie Brookside, and Shawn Michaels.

He continued:

“A couple of NXT kids that I want to shout out that really deserve it. Tag team champs over there are called Hank and Tank. I can’t wait till they get called up. I am cheering for them to get called up. The day they get called up, I’m going to cancel the show to come show up for them. They’ve been that good to me. But even better to me is a kid named Mitch, they call him Stacks at NXT.”

“These dudes have showed up for me every day and took tens, dozens of bumps a day for me every day while I’m learning this thing.”

Following his performance at WWE SummerSlam, several WWE roster members praised the effort he put into training at the Performance Center. Brooks Jensen posted on social media that Jelly Roll trained “as hard as the greats.” Stacks also revealed in a post that Jelly Roll broke his finger on the first day of training but continued to push through.

Jelly Roll’s full appearance on the show is available below: