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Jacob Fatu praises Jelly Roll’s WWE work ethic

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Jacob Fatu had high praise for Jelly Roll’s backstage enthusiasm and work ethic when training for his WWE in-ring debut.

Speaking in an interview with Bootleg Kev, Fatu reflected on the musician’s eagerness and passion for the industry while training. He detailed an instance when Jelly Roll cleaned the ring after practice wrapped up.

“You see cats come in all the time and just get it in. You seen the transformation in him. But it was more than that,” Fatu said.

“When I got out the ring with this guy from training, and it wasn’t just me, shout out to [NXT wrestler] Stacks and the other homie. But it was what he did after. It’s what he did afterward. I already knew, bro. I knew the background. It’s the sh*t that he did afterwards. When you get done training, you gotta clean the ring, sweep it, spray it down. We all sweaty up in there.

“And I seen this man, he went up to the homie and said, ‘Nah, nah, nah, nah, let me clean it. Tell me what I gotta do.’ And he’s not making a scene about it. I’m tucked off with the other homies. But I’m watching. Bro just cleaned up the whole ring. Did what he had to do, wiped his feet, but also seen the love and the passion.”

Fatu added that his own fondness for the industry doesn’t stem from his family’s legacy but because it unites people from different backgrounds and walks of life. 

“Professional wrestling, that’s what I love about this, not only ‘cause my family’s in it. Not only ‘cause we are one of the dopest families up in it,” Fatu said. “But what I’ve seen, what I love about it is professional wrestling brings different colors, different cultures, different background. Professional wrestling brings us all together.”

Last year, Jelly Roll teamed up with Randy Orton against Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul at SummerSlam, taking part in his first-ever pro wrestling match. The musician was trained by The Undertaker, Kevin Owens, Michelle McCool, and Fatu. 

On the March 13 edition of SmackDown this year, Jelly Roll returned to feature as a special guest on Miz TV. Kit Wilson interrupted the segment to mock the musician. A week later, Wilson had another showdown with Jelly Roll in slam poetry which backfired. A match between Jelly Roll and Wilson is now set to take place on SmackDown this Friday.

Meanwhile, Fatu has been locked into his own rivalry with Drew McIntyre that looks set to culminate at WrestleMania 42.

‘WWE: Unreal’ reveals scrapped plans for SummerSlam 2025

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The new season of “WWE: Unreal” shows how differently SummerSlam 2025 could have looked if early ideas for the show came to fruition.

In episode four of season two of “Unreal,” a whiteboard is listed showing potential matches for SummerSlam. They include Roman Reigns vs. Bron Breakker, a Bella Twins return, and Finn Balor bringing back his Demon character for a match against Judgment Day stablemate Dominik Mysterio.

  • World Heavyweight Championship match: CM Punk vs. Gunther
  • Roman Reigns vs. Bron Breakker
  • Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins (w/ Bronson Reed)
  • Women’s World Championship match: IYO SKY vs. Naomi
  • Rhea Ripley vs. Asuka
  • Jey Uso vs. Rusev
  • Finn Balor (The Demon) vs. Dominik Mysterio
  • Women’s Intercontinental Championship match: Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match: The Bella Twins vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez

Of those, Punk vs. Gunther is the only match that happened exactly as it was listed. They main evented night one of the two-night PLE with Seth Rollins then cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Punk. Rollins’ cash-in is one of the key plot points of “Unreal” season two with WWE trying to keep up the ruse involving his kayfabe knee injury.

Liv Morgan’s shoulder injury from 2025 derailed plans for her to feud with Nikki Bella. The Bella Twins vs. Morgan & Rodriguez tag match never happened — and Brie Bella has yet to return to WWE alongside her sister.

Another whiteboard shown on “Unreal” lists Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship and Trish Stratus vs. TBD as SummerSlam matches. Rhodes vs. Cena ended up headlining night two of the PLE. Stratus did not compete on the card.

Triple H praises WWE crew following SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With SummerSlam weekend now over, Paul “Triple H” Levesque is showing appreciation for everyone who made the show possible.

SummerSlam was a two-night event for the first time ever this year, taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday. Levesque sent out a tweet this morning thanking all of WWE’s behind-the-scenes workers who made the show a success, calling them the “most dedicated, passionate, and hardest working team in the business.”

“SummerSlam doesn’t just happen…It’s built from the ground up by the most dedicated, passionate, and hardest working team in the business,” he wrote. “From lighting rigs and camera shots, to pyro and production trucks — this crew is the engine behind it all.

“Thank you to every single member of the @WWE team who made these incredible nights possible. We don’t just put on a show—we create moments that last a lifetime.”

New World Champions were crowned at the end of each night of SummerSlam, with Seth Rollins leaving night one as World Heavyweight Champion and Cody Rhodes winning the Undisputed WWE Championship on night two. The second night also saw Brock Lesnar make his surprise return to WWE for the first time since his name was mentioned in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE.

SummerSlam will be two nights again next year with U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota hosting the show in August 2026.

Dominik Mysterio defeats AJ Styles in WWE SummerSlam IC title match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Night two of SummerSlam 2025 saw Dominik Mysterio make a successful defense of his Intercontinental title.

Dominik is still Intercontinental Champion after defeating AJ Styles at Sunday’s event. The younger Dominik outsmarted his veteran challenger to get the win. Styles attempted to use a Calf Crusher submission, but Dominik had loosened his boot and was able to easily slip out of the move. He then struck Styles with the boot behind the referee’s back before delivering a frog splash for the three count.

There were multiple tributes to the legendary Eddie Guerrero during the match. For his entrance, Styles and his son Avery entered in a Guerrero-esque lowrider. Styles also played mind games with Dominik by wearing an outfit inspired by the gear Guerrero wore for SummerSlam 2005 — the pay-per-view where Guerrero and Rey Mysterio’s storyline famously culminated in a ladder match for the custody of Dominik

Another moment in the match saw Dominik pay tribute to Guerrero by faking that Styles had laid him out with a chair, but Styles followed suit by wrapping the chair around his head and faking like Dominik had hit him too.

Dominik’s Intercontinental title reign began at WrestleMania this April. He now has the chance to become a double champ later this month at Lucha Libre AAA’s Triplemania, where the AAA Mega Championship will be on the line in a four-way match between El Hijo del Vikingo, Dominik, Dragon Lee, and El Grande Americano. That August 16 show will stream on WWE’s YouTube channel in both English and Spanish.

The Hardy Boyz, Dudleyz appear at WWE SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two all-time great tag teams were in attendance for night two of WWE SummerSlam 2025.

In honor of August being the 25th anniversary of the first-ever TLC match, The Hardy Boyz and Dudleyz attended SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey tonight and were shown in the front row. Along with Edge & Christian, they pioneered the TLC match with the bout first taking place at SummerSlam 2000.

Edge & Christian, the victors of the inaugural tables, ladders & chairs match, are both signed to AEW and therefore were not at SummerSlam tonight. Michael Cole did mention them on commentary, however.

WWE recently did a countdown of the top 25 matches in SummerSlam history, ranking The Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. Edge & Christian at number six.

Matt & Jeff Hardy are the current TNA Tag Team Champions — and they’re set to face off against Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley one last time at TNA Bound for Glory this October. With the close working relationship WWE has with TNA, Cole plugged the Bound for Glory matchup when the two legendary teams appeared tonight.

The SmackDown tag division was featured in a six-pack TLC match on tonight’s card, with Dexter Lumis & Joe Gacy of The Wyatt Sicks defeating Motor City Machine Guns, The Street Profits, DIY, Fraxiom, and Andrade & Rey Fenix to retain the WWE Tag Team titles.

Jelly Roll loses WWE in-ring debut at SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jelly Roll put in a strong effort and had the fans on his side, but he ultimately came up short in his WWE in-ring debut.

The 40-year-old country music star teamed with Randy Orton at SummerSlam night one, losing to Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre. It was Paul who got the victory for the heels, pinning Jelly Roll after the two celebrities were the only two left in the ring.

Jelly Roll got off to a good start before Paul took him out with a frog splash through the announce table. WWE teased that Jelly Roll wouldn’t be able to continue, but he refused to abandon his tag partner. Jelly Roll returned to the match, delivering a chokeslam to Paul and a Bossman slam to McIntyre. He then hit a powerslam on Paul, but McIntyre broke up the pin before the referee could count to three.

The closing stretch saw McIntyre hit a Claymore on Jelly Roll before Orton laid out McIntyre with an RKO. Paul then threw Orton into the ring post and hit another frog splash on Jelly Roll for the victory.

Jelly Roll, who has lost approximately 200 pounds since his highest weight, did reach a huge milestone by weighing in at 299 pounds for tonight’s match. It’s the first time he’s been under 300 pounds since grade school.

A longtime WWE fan, Jelly Roll earned respect from wrestlers and fans for how hard he worked to prepare for this match. He was training at the WWE Performance Center “every day” for weeks leading into SummerSlam. In the first week of that training, he suffered a broken pinky finger.

“He’s working as hard as anyone — if not harder — than anyone that I’ve ever seen come into our world,” Orton told ESPN’s Get Up prior to SummerSlam.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque tweeted out a video of him and Jelly Roll sharing a moment backstage after the match.

Women’s Tag Team titles change hands at WWE SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New Women’s Tag Team Champions were crowned at WWE SummerSlam with frenemies Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss winning the belts.

SummerSlam 2025 night one saw Charlotte & Bliss defeat Judgment Day’s Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Despite a tease that Charlotte & Bliss could turn against each other, they stayed on the same page with Bliss pinning Perez to get the victory.

There was a miscommunication near the end of the match where Bliss went to strike Rodriguez but accidentally hit Charlotte instead. Charlotte looked like she might give Bliss a receipt for that, but she instead took out Rodriguez so Bliss could hit Sister Abigail on Perez for the win.

After the match, Charlotte pulled Bliss in for a hug and they celebrated with their newly won belts.

The story leading into SummerSlam was that, despite their bond clearly growing, Charlotte & Bliss claimed not to be friends and said that they were only allies of convenience.

Ahead of SummerSlam, Charlotte told The Wrestling Classic that she’s the happiest she’s ever been in her career — and this team with Bliss is something she needed both personally and professionally. Bliss also expressed to Fox News Digital that she’s enjoying the “fun dynamic” she has with Charlotte.

Both Charlotte and Bliss are former Women’s Tag Team Champions, but this is their first time holding the titles together. Charlotte was champion with Asuka before, while Bliss has had reigns with Asuka and Nikki Cross.

Judgment Day’s Women’s Tag Team title reign began in April with Rodriguez & Liv Morgan as champions. With Morgan being forced out of action due to a shoulder injury, Perez stepped in as Rodriguez’s new partner at the end of June. WWE recognizes it as two separate title reigns.

Update on Drew McIntyre’s WWE SummerSlam status

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Drew McIntyre has an update on his WWE SummerSlam status.

In a social media post Wednesday night, McIntyre revealed that his passport issue has been resolved, and that he will in fact team with Logan Paul against Jelly Roll and Randy Orton on night one of the event.

In his video post, McIntyre first took kayfabe shots at anyone texting or messaging him regarding his being stuck in the United Kingdom due to a passport snafu as only looking for information to leak. He then ripped The Miz for offering to take his spot in Saturday’s tag team match, calling him “Mike Mizark” and “Missionary Mike,” before revealing that he was training alongside Paul.

McIntyre credited Paul for having more powerful friends than Jelly Roll in helping to clear up his passport issue and getting him back into the United States ahead of this weekend.

“Come Saturday, you and Randy Orton are screwed,” McIntyre said.

WWE SummerSlam takes place this Saturday and Sunday beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time, with three-hour pre-shows set for both days at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

WWE SummerSlam

Night one (Saturday, August 2):

  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Night two (Sunday, August 3):

  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • Street fight: Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes
  • Steel cage match: United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu
  • No DQ match: Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria (if Lynch retains, Valkyria cannot challenge for the title again while Lynch is champion)
  • Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
  • Six-pack TLC match: WWE Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Sicks defend against Motor City Machine Guns, The Street Profits, DIY, Fraxiom, and Andrade & Rey Fenix

The Miz wants to replace Drew McIntyre at WWE SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

If there’s an opening on the WWE SummerSlam card, The Miz wants to be the person to take it.

The Miz cut an Instagram promo today saying that, with Drew McIntyre’s status for SummerSlam in question, he wants to team with Logan Paul at the PLE instead. McIntyre & Paul are currently scheduled to face Randy Orton & Jelly Roll at SummerSlam night one this Saturday, but McIntyre says he stuck in the United Kingdom due to passport issues and might not be able to make it.

“If Drew is out. I want in,” Miz wrote in the caption for his Instagram post.

Back at WrestleMania 38 in 2022, Miz teamed with Paul in what was Paul’s first-ever pro wrestling match. Jelly Roll — a country music star — is now making his debut on Saturday as he becomes the latest celebrity to crossover from being a fan to competing in a WWE ring.

Miz applauded Jelly Roll for how hard he’s worked preparing for his debut, but Miz said there’s a difference between dreaming of being a wrestler and living the reality of it every day.

“This isn’t a bucket list, this is my life,” Miz said. “And I’m sick of waiting for my moment.”

There has been no official announcement by WWE yet regarding McIntyre’s status for SummerSlam or if Miz will be replacing him. MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is hosting the two-night event this Saturday and Sunday. Both nights have a start time of 6 p.m. Eastern airing live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere.

Update on WWE SummerSlam pre-show length

Posted on by Joseph Currier

It looks like there will be three-hour Countdown broadcasts for each night of WWE SummerSlam 2025.

For the first time ever, SummerSlam is a two-night event this year with MetLife Stadium in New Jersey hosting the show this Saturday and Sunday. Peacock is listing that the pre-shows for each night will begin at 3 p.m. Eastern leading into the main cards starting at 6 p.m. Eastern. The Countdown broadcasts typically do not have matches, instead consisting of panel discussion, interviews, and other pre-show hype.

Peacock notes:

We’re just a few days away from a SummerSlam so big, one night couldn’t contain it. Stream LIVE Aug 2 and 3 at 6E/3P exclusively on Peacock. Countdown each day at 3E/12P. Also streaming en Español.

The PLE will air live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere. There are 12 matches taking place across the two nights (match order not announced):

WWE SummerSlam 2025 —

Night one (Saturday, August 2):

  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Night two (Sunday, August 3):

  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • Street fight: Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes
  • Steel cage match: United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu
  • No DQ match: Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria (if Lynch retains, Valkyria cannot challenge for the title again while Lynch is champion)
  • Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

Night to be announced:

  • Six-pack TLC match: WWE Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Sicks defend against Motor City Machine Guns, The Street Profits, DIY, Fraxiom, and Andrade & Rey Fenix

TLC Tag title six-way added to WWE SummerSlam

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The WWE Tag Team Championship will be on the line at SummerSlam in a six-way TLC match.

As announced during the closing segment of Friday’s SmackDown, The Wyatt Sicks will defend the WWE Tag titles against five other teams in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.

A chaotic brawl broke out between the six teams following a Wyatt Sicks vs. Andrade and Rey Fenix title match in the SmackDown main event, leading to GM Nick Aldis announcing the TLC bout. It was not specified which night of SummerSlam the TLC match will take place on.

The updated SummerSlam card:

WWE SummerSlam 2025 —

Night one (Saturday, August 2):

  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Night two (Sunday, August 3):

  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • Street fight: Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes
  • Steel cage match: United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu
  • No DQ match: Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria (if Lynch retains, Valkyria cannot challenge for the title again while Lynch is champion)
  • Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

Night TBA

  • WWE Tag Team Championship TLC match: Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) defend against The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins), DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa), Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), Andrade & Rey Fenix, Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom)

WWE reveals cards for both nights of SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

We now know the match breakdown for both nights of WWE SummerSlam 2025.

For the first time ever, SummerSlam is a two-night event this year. It’s taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3 with each night having a start time of 6 p.m. Eastern. The event will stream live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere.

WWE aired a match reveal special on YouTube today breaking down both the Saturday and Sunday cards. A new match was added, with rivals Sami Zayn and Karrion Kross set to face off on night one.

The night one card currently has six matches while the second has five, so it appears that one more match could be added soon. The full lineups can be seen below (note: WWE has not announced the exact match order or what the main events will be):

WWE SummerSlam 2025 —

Night one (Saturday, August 2):

  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton & Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
  • Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Night two (Sunday, August 3):

  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • Street fight: Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes
  • Steel cage match: United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu
  • No DQ match: Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria (if Lynch retains, Valkyria cannot challenge for the title again while Lynch is champion)
  • Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

New WWE SummerSlam match confirmed, new stipulation set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A new Intercontinental title match is official for WWE SummerSlam, and the other IC title bout on the show has a new set of stipulations.

After being postponed for several weeks due to an injury to Dominik Mysterio, AJ Styles will finally get his shot at the WWE Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.

A storyline has played out on WWE programming with Mysterio ducking Styles, while Styles has persistently confronted Mysterio in a series of backstage angles to pressure him into defending the title. That came to a head on Monday’s Raw show where GM Adam Pearce made certain that Mysterio was medically cleared, and announced that Styles will get his shot at SummerSlam.

The Women’s IC title will also be on the line at SummerSlam with Becky Lynch defending against Lyra Valkyria, and that contest now has new stipulations attached.

In an in-ring promo segment on Raw, Lynch proposed a stipulation where Valkyria can never challenge for the title again as long as Lynch holds it should Valkyria lose at SummerSlam. Valkyria agreed to the stip, but only if Lynch would agree to a no countout, no DQ matchup, which Lynch begrudgingly accepted.

The updated card for the first-ever two-night SummerSlam:

WWE SummerSlam, Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3 —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena defends against Cody Rhodes in a street fight
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against CM Punk
  • Randy Orton and Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill
  • Women’s World Champion Naomi defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria in a no DQ, no countout match in Valkyria’s last chance to challenge Lynch for the title
  • United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jacob Fatu in a steel cage match
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez defend against Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss

WWE announces new movie theater partnership ahead of SummerSlam

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE has entered into a new partnership that will make SummerSlam available to watch in some movie theaters.

It was announced via Deadline today that WWE is partnering with movie ticket company Fandango for a multi-event collaboration that starts with SummerSlam. Fans will be able to watch the PLE at select Regal Cinema theaters across the country, with both single-night and two-night bundle tickets available. The two-night bundle also includes an exclusive SummerSlam T-shirt.

“While Regal will be the official exhibitor for SummerSlam, additional exhibitors are expected to join for future WWE live events,” Deadline wrote.

SummerSlam is taking place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3. It’s the first two-night SummerSlam in history. The show will stream live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere.

Among the matches scheduled are John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes, Gunther vs. CM Punk, Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill, and a triple threat between Naomi, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY. Country music star Jelly Roll will make his in-ring debut on the card, teaming with Randy Orton against Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre.

 “WWE is one of the most electrifying global entertainment brands, and its events deserve to be experienced on the big screen,” said Will McIntosh, the president of Fandango. “We’re thrilled to work with WWE and Regal Cinemas to bring the action-packed SummerSlam 2025 cinema presentation to fans nationwide.”

Back in 2022, WWE had a movie theater partnership with Fathom Events for that year’s WrestleMania. The promotion currently has a deal with Cosm to air PLEs in immersive reality at Cosm’s venues in Los Angeles and Dallas.

Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul crash ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ for pre-WWE SummerSlam brawl

Posted on by Joseph Currier

An angle building up WWE SummerSlam went down on late-night TV last night.

Just a couple weeks away from making his WWE in-ring debut, country music star Jelly Roll guest hosted Wednesday night’s edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” His upcoming tag partner Randy Orton was a guest on the show. But seven minutes into the interview, the two were interrupted by their SummerSlam opponents.

Drew McIntyre crashed the show, insulting Jelly Roll by calling him “trailer trash.” A brawl between Orton and McIntyre then broke out and spilled backstage. Logan Paul took that opportunity to confront Jelly Roll and bully him by slapping him in the face — but it was Jelly Roll who came out on top after chokeslamming Paul through the talk show’s desk.

Full video of the angle can be watched below:

At Saturday Night’s Main Event last weekend, it was confirmed that Orton & Jelly Roll will face McIntyre & Paul at SummerSlam 2025. The two-night PLE will emanate live from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3.

This will be the 40-year-old Jelly Roll’s first match, but he’s a big WWE fan and has made multiple appearances for the company dating back to 2023. Jelly Roll told “The Pat McAfee Show” that, in preparation for this match, he’s been training at the WWE Performance Center training every day for the past few weeks.