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Jelly Roll to host Jimmy Kimmel Live, Randy Orton to guest

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Before they team up at WWE SummerSlam, Randy Orton and Jelly Roll will team up on another entertainment venture.

WWE announced during Monday’s Raw that music star Jelly Roll will be the guest host on this Wednesday, July 16 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, with Orton appearing as a guest on the program.

Jelly Roll made an appearance on Friday’s WWE SmackDown to kick off a storyline also involving Orton, Logan Paul, and Drew McIntyre. Orton intervened as Paul menaced Jelly, then McIntyre aligned with Paul in attacking Orton.

Both Paul and Jelly Roll also were involved in this past weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event episode which featured Orton vs. McIntyre in a singles match. When the dust settled, an Orton and Jelly Roll vs. Paul and McIntyre tag team match was made official for the two-night SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the New York market.

Jimmy Kimmel Live airs each weeknight at 11:35 p.m. Eastern time on ABC.

The Rock on turning heel in WWE: ‘It is the best’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Rock is having fun antagonizing crowds during this heel run in WWE.

On Monday, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He was on the show to promote both WrestleMania 40 and his new skincare brand Papatui.

Jimmy Kimmel asked The Rock about becoming a heel again during his return to WWE. It’s the first time Rock has been a heel in 20 years. Kimmel played a clip from SmackDown with Rock calling an Arizona crowd “cactus-loving crackheads.”

“It is the best to go back to WWE in this ‘Rock 10.0’ version where I can become a heel and say the things that people want to say,” The Rock told Kimmel.

The Rock and John Cena both made appearances at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Kimmel joked that Rock should have gotten publicity for WrestleMania 40 by attacking Cena during his streaker comedy bit.

Rock: Right, but a half-naked John Cena isn’t the guy who I want to attack in that moment

Kimmel: You want him fully naked?

Rock: I need him fully naked before I attack him [laughs].

The Rock is returning to the ring for a tag team match at WrestleMania 40 night one on Saturday, April 6. It will be The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins.

If Rhodes & Rollins win, The Bloodline will be barred from ringside for Reigns vs. Rhodes at WrestleMania 40 night two. But if Rock & Reigns win, Reigns vs. Rhodes becomes a Bloodline Rules match, meaning that anything goes. Rhodes is attempting to finish his story by winning the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship from Reigns at WrestleMania.

The Rock was added to TKO Group’s Board of Directors this January. TKO is the parent company of WWE and the UFC.

An appearance by The Rock is set for this Friday’s SmackDown in Memphis.

Rock’s full interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live can be watched below: