Jelly Roll Jumps In The Ring At WWE SummerSlam

While his heart is pure and his music touching, singer Jelly Roll (real name Jason DeFord) is not someone you would want to mess with - especially not in a wrestling ring as now seen over the weekend at Cleveland, Ohio’s WWE SummerSlam. 

In a clip shared by the singer, Jelly Roll can be seen sneaking into the ring behind WWE wrestlers Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. The tag team, known as A-Town Down Under, can be seen smirking and mocking Jelly Roll, unaware that the singer is waiting behind them with a steel fold-out chair. 

The Miz and R-Truth, presumed to be on JR’s side, were in the middle of announcing the main event before chaos ensued. The duo also laid kicks into Theory and Waller. 

Part-way through, Jelly’s towering frame goes for Theory’s jugular, hyping up the crowd before throwing the pro-wrestler to the ground in a choke slam. 

The rapper-turned-country singer was in town for the event as the musical performer; however, being of the generation that grew up with WWE, he couldn’t resist a cameo for nostalgia’s sake. 

“Crazy—I lived a childhood dream tonight in the craziest way I’ve ever lived it. Wow, man, thank you @WWE for everything. What a night,” the singer wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

You can watch the unforgettable moment below.

Held in Cleveland Browns Stadium, the 2024 edition of SummerSlam featured several prominent WWE figures, with contenders going punch for punch to claim the WWE Championship Belt across several categories. 

A head-turning fight included LA Knight defeating Influencer Logan Paul for the WWE United States Championship, which featured another musical cameo from rapper-turned-pop-punk-star Machine Gun Kelly (mgk). 

The headline of the night was Cody Rhodes's claim of the Undisputed WWE Championship title after defeating Solo Sikoa by pinfall. 

Last week, Jelly Roll released the music video for his highly anticipated single, Liar.

In other Jelly Roll news, the singer was recently named Deputy Sheriff of Genesee County in Michigan and collaborated with mgk on the song Lonely Road, which interpolates the John Denver classic Take Me Home, Country Roads.

Crazy- I lived a child hood dream tonight in the craziest way I’ve ever lived it

Wow

Man thank you @WWE for everything . What a night

— Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) August 4, 2024

Absolute madness- unreal - butter biscuit bombs baby https://t.co/5CDklYwThD

— Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) August 4, 2024