Jimmy Kimmel Goes WWE: Orton, Paul, McIntyre BRAWL Live On Air (WWE News)

WWE brought some SummerSlam 2025 build to ABC on the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jelly Roll was in the guest host chair for a chaotic segment that also involved his on-screen pal Randy Orton, as well as twin enemies Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul. Opening, Jelly and Randy recapped events from WWE's recent Saturday Night's Main Event special, including McIntyre's thumping Claymore Kick right to the side of the musician's head.

The studio audience played along by cheering and booing at the appropriate moments, then Drew himself burst through the side doors to hurl some insults at Jelly. At one point, McIntyre even applauded Roll for dropping weight and becoming "an inspiration to trailer trash all across the world". Then, the Scot asked Jelly how it felt "to finally see your little Tootsie Roll for the first time in 20 years?".

Randy stood up and got in McIntyre's face - he said nobody had time for his insults, then the WWE duo had a shoving match before brawling back through the door Drew had entered from. When Jelly regrouped and tried to throw to an ad break, Paul flew in to insult him again before slapping Roll across the face.

What happened next will be replayed millions and millions of times. Jelly grabbed Logan in a grip The Undertaker would've been proud of, then chokeslammed the celeb-turned-wrestler through Kimmel's desk on set. Like a pro, Roll then hyped SummerSlam and said people would be able to see Orton and himself wrestling inside MetLife Stadium.

All Signs Point Towards Tag-Team Match At SummerSlam 2025

That's the expected outcome of these angles. Some reckon there's still a chance McIntyre vs. Orton is in the pipeline with Paul and Jelly Roll around ringside, but WWE burned through that idea at SNME. The most likely pitch is for Drew and Logan to team up against Randy and Jelly in a proper celeb-infused tag battle.

All signs point towards that happening at SummerSlam on either 2 or 3 August in New Jersey. WWE has done a neat job with Roll thus far; his segment on the latest episode of SmackDown was a rare highlight from an otherwise relatively weak 2-hour broadcast, and he's been getting more and more physical the closer we get to MetLife.

WWE will be pleased with how slick the Jimmy Kimmel Live skit proved to be. Both Orton and McIntyre came across as huge stars, Paul was a world class annoyance, and Roll looked like someone who wasn't going to be pushed around any longer. It was a true win by any reasonable metric, and the company will be thrilled with the mainstream coverage it's getting.

Onto SummerSlam we go.