A WWE SmackDown event took a chaotic turn when the world’s most disliked media personality, Logan Paul, crashed country singer Jelly Roll’s performance during the broadcast.
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Of course, the YouTuber-turned-rassler couldn’t resist stealing the spotlight, delivering a cutting remark that was as unnecessary as his presence.
While Mr. Roll was performing in the ring, Paul, always hungry for the limelight at any cost, interrupted. Taking the mic as he stepped up to the ring, Paul remarked that Jelly’s music appeals to people who have tattoos of their children but lack custody of them.
That’s gotta hurt.
Needless to say, the Nashville, Tennessee, crowd did not take kindly to Paul’s cutting emarks.
When Jelly Roll shot back at Paul for blatantly plugging his podcast, Paul responded by labeling the country singer an outsider, claiming he didn’t belong. The tension intensified when “The Viper” Randy Orton stepped in to stand up for Jelly Roll.
“If anybody is an outsider, it is you!” Orton shouted at the YouTuber, who didn’t pay his dues like virtually every other wrestler in the WWE.
Paul launched a fierce attack on Orton, leaving Jelly Roll watching in frustration.
Jelly Roll Lives Out the World’s Fantasy By Mercilessly Pummeling Logan Paul
Unable to stand by any longer, Jelly Roll intervened, grabbing Paul by the back of the head and slamming him onto the mat, effectively rescuing Orton from the relentless assault and also living out the fantasy of virtually everyone who has ever witnessed Logan Paul in action.
Of course, WWE fans approved of Paul getting manhandled by Jelly Roll.
“Can’t believe this happened,” one comment began under ESPN’s clip of the moment on YouTube. “I’m so grateful that JR has been working out, tho. Did you see how hard he tossed Logan Paul? He tossed him like a rag doll!” they added.
“Jelly Roll would freestyle Logan into submission. Very quickly,” another WWE fan joked.
Meanwhile, this is just a tease of things to come. On Saturday, WWE announced that Orton and Jelly Roll will team together at SummerSlam to take on Paul and Drew McIntyre.