We know Jelly Roll’s been down at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, training for his debut match at SummerSlam this weekend. And we even have some idea of how that training is going, as the country music superstar has shared how its helped him on his quest to lose weight. We’ve even seen some of the moves he’s been working on, in and out of the ring
.But the training’s also taken a toll on the 40-year-old from Nashville. Appearing with his tag partner Randy Orton on ESPN’s Get Up this
morning (Aug. 1), Jelly Roll was asked quick to answer when asked what the toughest part of training has been:
“The physicality.”
He also revealed that he broke a finger early in the process, but he powered through:
“Listen man, that wrestling’s fake stuff has got to go out the door. There’s no fake way to land on a piece of plywood in front of 60,000 people, you know what I mean? There’s no fake way to go over a cable rope in front of 65,000 people, man. I broke my pinky week one of training by accident. That thing, it’s a constant collision, dude.
“These men and women put their body through hell. And I knew it, and I think as a fan my whole life — and I’m a real fan, that’s how I ended up here — but I really understand it now that I’ve went in there. I gave it everything I had for a couple of months. I dedicated my whole life to it. And I still can’t crack half of the code, a quarter of the code that actually is this thing. But it’s been awesome. It taught me a lot about myself.”
Orton vouched for his partner too, saying:
“He’s working as hard as anyone — if not harder — than anyone that I’ve ever seen come into our world.”
Excited to see Orton & Jelly roll all over Logan Paul & Drew McIntyre this weekend?
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