Jelly Roll Performs — and Gets in the Ring! — at WWE SummerSlam in Cleveland, MGK Joins in Too

Of all of the singers on the earth to choose a combat with, you’d assume anybody would know higher than to attempt it with Jelly Roll. The man has the voice of an angel, however let’s face it, together with his measurement and tattoos, he does appear like he can deal with himself in any kind of brawl.

On Saturday evening on the Cleveland Browns Stadium, the fast-rising nation artist not solely sang for the group at WWE’s SummerSlam, he obtained within the ring with WWE superstars and obtained some retribution after being referred to as out.

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In the direction of the tip of the night, SummerSlam host The Miz was joined within the ring by his Superior Fact tag staff companion R. Fact. Whereas the duo had been speaking to the 57, 000-plus viewers, they had been interrupted by the tag staff of Austin Principle and Grayson Waller. Waller and Principle not solely threw out insults to Superior Fact and the followers — nicknamed the “WWE Universe” — they made the error of dissing Jelly Roll, who had a entrance row seat to the motion.

Principle and Waller turned so enthralled with allotting barbs that they didn’t discover the plus-sized singer moving into the ring with a metal chair, and standing behind them. With just a little help from Miz and Fact, Jelly hit each Principle and Waller with the metal chair and delivered one of the fashionable wrestling strikes — the choke slam — to Principle. He grabbed Principle by the throat together with his proper hand and simply hoisted within the air with one arm and threw him to the bottom. Roll, Miz and Fact then paid some homage to legendary grappler John Cena by performing Cena’s “You Can’t See Me” hand gesture and the “5 Knuckle Shuffle,” the place all three ran to the ropes and catapulted themselves to the bottom the place Principle lay to punch him within the face.

Lesson discovered: Don’t mess with Jelly Roll!

Earlier within the night, Jelly was in a extra acquainted position, kicking off the festivities with a robust rendition of “God Bless America.” After Triple H got here out to greet the viewers, he additionally carried out his new single, “Liar.”

One other star performer additionally obtained concerned within the motion: MGK accompanied United States Champion Logan Paul to the ring. The media persona has elevated himself right into a skillful wrestler and title holder, and has embraced being one of many greatest “heels” (that’s a foul man), receiving a heavy spherical of boos from the group.

MGK, a Cleveland native, seemingly made a match-defining help to Paul as he fought challenger L. A. Knight. With the referee not centered on him, MGK jumped from his front-row seat over the barricade, and handed Paul the chain off his neck, which had brass knuckles connected to it to hit. Though Paul punched Knight within the face with the it, L.A. was capable of get better and win the U.S. championship.

Whereas Jelly Roll and MGK had been concerned in particular highlights of the evening, essentially the most beautiful moments nevertheless got here through the wrestling crew the Judgment Day, who turned on one another in two separate matches. Dominick Mysterio interfered and value his Judgement Day teammate and “girlfriend” Rhea Ripley her match as she vied to take down Ladies’s World Championship Liv Morgan. Mysterio and Morgan kissed after the match, seemingly signaling they had been in cahoots all alongside. This can be a storyline that has been constructing for months proper after WrestleMania in April, when Morgan injured Ripley in sneak assault.

Judgment Day member Finn Balor performed the a part of backstabber later within the evening in one other swerve. He value a member of his secure, Damian Priest, the World Heavyweight Championship because the Priest took on the ever imposing Gunther.

The most important headline of SummerSlam got here through extra outdoors interference. The gang — which was fervently chanting “We Need Roman” throughout the principle occasion of Cody Rhodes defending his Undisputed WWE Championship Vs Solo Sikoa — obtained what they needed. Roman Reigns returned, after being on hiatus following his .

Roman made his much-anticipated comeback to WWE, and though he didn’t actual revenge on Rhodes, he beat down his real-life cousin Sikoa and helped Cody win.

Reigns had led the faction the Bloodline as their “Tribal Chief” for a few years, throughout which Solo served as his Enforcer. When Reigns went ghost proper after Mania, Sikoa not solely began his personal Bloodline group incarnation, he appointed himself as “Tribal Chief” and advised everybody within the WWE to acknowledge him as so or face stern penalties. Followers knew that may not sit nicely with Roman and have been vocally calling for Reigns’ return ever since Solo got here into his new prominence.

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