Of all of the singers on this planet to select a battle with, you’d suppose anybody would know higher than to strive it with Jelly Roll. The man has the voice of an angel, however let’s face it, together with his dimension and tattoos, he does appear to be 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 gang at WWE’s SummerSlam, he bought within the ring with WWE superstars and bought some retribution after being known as out.
In the direction of the top of the night, SummerSlam host The Miz was joined within the ring by his Superior Reality tag staff associate R. Reality. 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 Reality 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 grew to become so enthralled with meting out barbs that they didn’t discover the plus-sized singer entering into the ring with a metal chair, and standing behind them. With somewhat help from Miz and Reality, Jelly hit each Principle and Waller with the metal chair and delivered one of the vital 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 Reality 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 strong 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 bought 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 largest “heels” (that’s a foul man), receiving a heavy spherical of boos from the gang.
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 hooked up to it to hit. Though Paul punched Knight within the face with the it, L.A. was in a position to recuperate and win the U.S. championship.
Whereas Jelly Roll and MGK had been concerned in particular highlights of the evening, essentially the most gorgeous 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 Girls’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 steady, Damian Priest, the World Heavyweight Championship because the Priest took on the ever imposing Gunther.
The largest headline of SummerSlam got here through extra exterior interference. The group — which was fervently chanting “We Need Roman” throughout the principle occasion of Cody Rhodes defending his Undisputed WWE Championship Vs Solo Sikoa — bought what they needed. Roman Reigns returned, after being on hiatus following his title loss to Rhodes in April at WrestleMania.
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 informed everybody within the WWE to acknowledge him as so or face stern penalties. Followers knew that will not sit properly with Roman and have been vocally calling for Reigns’ return ever since Solo got here into his new prominence.