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Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll) is a Grammy-nominated singer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Nashville, TN to discuss his success in the music world and how that led to a spot at WWE SummerSlam 2024, chokeslamming Austin Theory, teaming with Randy Orton at SummerSlam, taking a frog splash from Logan Paul on the announce table, giving Drew McIntyre a Black Hole Slam, how he lost 250 pounds, finally meeting The Rock after a decade of speaking with him, interactions with pro wrestling legends, if another match could happen, and more!

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00:00 Intro
01:38 Jelly Roll loves watching wrestling YouTubers
03:59 Watching wrestling on his tour bus
05:03 His earliest wrestling memories
06:10 Who are his favorite wrestlers now?
07:47 Cody Rhodes is the standard for a WWE babyface
10:27 John Cena vs Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam 2025
12:13 Trying to go to as many matches as possible on John Cena’s retirement tour
15:27 His passion for music
17:16 How did he first begin working with WWE?
20:15 Chokeslamming Austin Theory at SummerSlam 2024
22:37 Losing weight so he could wrestle at SummerSlam 2025
27:49 Training at the WWE performance center for his match
33:49 Being inspired by Bad Bunny in WWE
38:50 The buildup to SummerSlam 2025
42:03 Chokeslamming Logan Paul through Jimmy Kimmel's desk!
46:22 Memories from the day of SummerSlam 2025
47:16 Why did he use Toby Keith as his entrance song?
50:09 Paul Heyman came up with the idea to sing Randy Orton’s song
52:40 Being adamant that he wanted to lose at SummerSlam
57:57 Abyss letting him use the Black Hole Slam
58:26 How did he prepare for Logan Paul's Frog Splash through the announce table?
01:02:09 Being able to make his comeback at the end of the match
01:03:40 What was the feeling when he got to the back?
01:04:09 Losing over 250 pounds!
01:11:16 Meeting The Rock after talking online for a decade
01:14:53 Michael Cole’s names for his moves during his Summerslam match
01:16:07 Being real life friends with Randy Orton now
01:20:30 Taking a moment to just feel the energy in the crowd
01:22:00 Did he ever think he was going to get this big?
01:25:27 How setting SMART goals changed his life
01:28:27 Becoming a parent changed his perspective on life
01:30:46 How he finds inspiration for his lyrics
01:35:47 Why he does inventories of his conversations every night
01:37:13 Making a Survivor Series team of other country musicians
01:40:02 Is Seth Rollins actually injured this time?
01:43:27 Wanting to do another match in WWE
01:44:38 3 things Jelly Roll is grateful for

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