Triple H Was Reminded Of ‘A Sloppier Dusty Rhodes’ While Watching Jelly Roll’s Training Footage

Triple H gives Jelly Roll credit, noting that he reminded him of the late Dusty Rhodes in his mannerisms in the ring.

In the lead up to his SummerSlam tag team match last year, Jelly Roll would take the opportunity seriously, shedding a lot of weight before the bout and training at the WWE Performance Center after moving to Orlando.

In the fourth episode of WWE: Unreal’s second season, Triple H spoke in the writer’s room about seeing footage of the musician in the ring, noting he was reminded of Dusty Rhodes.

“Yeah, but I mean like, literally, they worked out for an hour or two, and then he did, like; the first five minutes of the match. He’s pretty good. He was bouncing around the other day in between shit, and he was throwing jabs, and I was like, ‘this motherfucker’s Dusty (Rhodes). He’s a like a sloppier version of Dusty.’ He would get up, he’d get knocked down and he’d get up and do the dance around, bounce around shit and I thought ‘Goddamn, there could be something there’.”

Elsewhere in the same episode, Jelly Roll spoke about how getting a celebrity wrestling match was his ‘north star’ when he began to become famous. You can read more about that here.

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