WWE fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing as a country music star needed to be helped away from the ring.
Grammy Award winning singer Jelly Roll, 40, has made occasional appearances for the wrestling giant over the last year, but things were dialled up a notch at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
After tensions flared during SmackDown the previous evening, the Son of a Sinner star was at ringside for Randy Orton’s match with Drew McIntyre.
The two former world champions battled with Jelly and Logan Paul in their respective corners.
Eventually, Logan and the country music favourite came to blows – but there was more to come.
Despite Randy picking up a win over Drew with the RKO, he found himself on the receiving end of a post-match beatdown from the controversial YouTuber, and Jelly tried to make the save.
However, he got laid out by a sudden Claymore Kick from former world champion Drew, as the Scottish Warrior took the fight to the crossover celebrity,
Jelly instantly hit the mat and stayed motionless, before Orton had to help him backstage during the ad break.
While it was all part of the show, WWE fans were in awe of the how the singer threw himself into the action in such a prominent way.
‘Drew may have knocked jelly roll brain lose!! That was a hard kick,’ raved @thenandnowwrest2, while @strattonswiftt cried: ‘DREW KILLED JELLY ROLL WITH THE CLAYMORE 😭😭😭 #SNME’
‘Drew just killed Jelly Roll 😭,’ quipped @Commanders27, and @P1Grindking added: ‘Drew Mcyintre just kicked Jelly Roll’s head off with that Claymore kick 🤯🤯🤯😳😳😳😱😱😱 #SNME’
It all appears to be building to a huge SummerSlam tag match pitting Randy Orton and Jelly Roll against Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul.
In a backstage interview after the beatdown, Jelly said: ‘I’m a grown man. They have gravely underestimated me. They think I’m soft – I’m not,’ while he made the challenge, with Orton bringing up next month’s PLE.
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There has been mixed reaction from fans, but the success of celebs like Johnny Knoxville, Bad Bunny and Logan himself should give cause for some optimism.
After seeing how things went down at Saturday Night’s Main Event, there are fans clearly willing to give Jelly the benefit of the doubt and see what he can do between the ropes.
‘Yeah, let’s see what this dude can do at Summerslam! I’m sold! #SNME #WWESNME,’ wrote @TheRCWRShow.
The blockbuster tag team match will be an exciting edition to a two-night show already starting to take shape
The double header on August 2 and 3 is still three weeks away, but already we know John Cena will defend his WWE Championship against King of the Ring winner Cody Rhodes.
In the other match already confirmed, Queen of the Ring Jade Cargill will battle the winner of tomorrow’s WWE Women’s Title clash between Trish Stratus and Tiffany Stratton.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event is available to stream live or on demand via YouTube.
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