WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced on July 16 that top country artist Jelly Roll will provide the official theme songs for this year's SummerSlam event.
The famous annual wrestling spectacle, scheduled for August 3rd in Cleveland, will feature two of Jelly Roll's tracks: “Dead End Road” from his album Twisters and the recent success of 'Liar'.
Levesque's social media announcement included a hint of a possible live performance. “Excited to have my friend Jelly Roll back with two official #SummerSlam theme songs: 'Dead End Road' from Twisters: The album and 'Liar' from his album coming this fall.”
He added, “btw, @JellyRoll615 – let me know if you're free on Aug 3rd to play some songs for the @WWEUniverse,” he tweeted, leaving fans to speculate about a personal appearance from the musician.
This isn't Jelly Roll's first interaction with WWE.
The Nashville native has made several surprise appearances at WWE events in his hometown, most memorably in November 2023 when he got involved in a match between wrestlers Randy Orton and Dominik Mysterio by shoving Mysterio and JD McDonagh after confronting him outside the ring.
“I just felt like I was supporting my boy,” Jelly Roll said at the time.
It's the latest addition to Jelly Roll's ever-growing list of accomplishments, with the country superstar recently collaborating with Eminem on “Somebody Save Me,” which was the rapper's latest album closer. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).
Reflecting on working with the God of Rap, Jelly Roll shared, “I always say my childhood heroes lived somewhere between Willie Nelson and Eminem.”
“As a teenager (and still today) I could recite every song in Slim Shady album, the Marshall Mathers album and The Eminem Show. “When I got out of prison at 17 and sneaked into secret letters and fights in Nashville, they also played 'Lose Yourself' when I went on stage in freestyle fights.”
“About every word Eminem wrote. I understand him and I felt he understood me, which was rare because I spent most of my life feeling misunderstood.”
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