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Jelly Roll Lives A ‘Childhood Dream’ At Summer Slam

Jelly Roll is living his best life and recently showed up to play in the drama at WWE’s Summer Slam in Cleveland. In a video clip posted by Jelly, you…

Jelly Roll is posing in a blue shirt and smiling.
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Jelly Roll is living his best life and recently showed up to play in the drama at WWE's Summer Slam in Cleveland. In a video clip posted by Jelly, you can see the country superstar making some moves and knocking a few guys down on the mat to cheers from the crowd. Jelly even hits the floor himself in the fun clip.

While in the ring at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Jelly delivered some major punishment during a heated match that found The Miz and R-Truth battling Austin Theory and Grayson Waller.

Jelly later wrote on X, "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."

ESPN commentator Pat McAfee posted the clip to his Instagram, writing, "JELLY ROLL IS SWINGING CHAIRS AROUND CLEVELAND. THAT'S SOME REAL JELLY POWER. ATTA BABY #SummerSlam."

Many of Jelly's fans reacted to the post, including one who said, "What a rad path this man ended up on! This makes me so happy. Believe in yourself. You CAN do anything @jellyroll615." Another die-hard wrote, "Way to go, Jelly Roll." One more fan commented, "You could just FEEL parts of your inner child being healed!!"

In a second post to Instagram, Jelly Roll and the WWE shared a different clip of a different angle of his in-ring moment. The WWE captioned the post, "@jellyroll615 is living the dream at #SummerSlam."

One fan commented, "Actually, really solid choke slam." Another fan quipped, "One Jelly Roll punch was enough to put yourself out of the ring." One more fan said, "That choke slam!!! @jellyroll615 get er done!!!"

Jelly Roll has a new song out called "Liar." Written by him, the song is expected to be on his next album, which is slated for later this year. 

Jelly posted a clip of the new music video to Instagram on Friday (8/2). He captioned the post, "Official music video for my new song Liar premieres Friday 5am CT on CMT and will play every hour."

The music video for "Liar" features Jelly, dressed in his signature black, complete with a ball cap, singing the song's tough lyrics in an old and dark house. A guitar player sits on the couch next to where he stands and sings. 

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.