Jelly Roll has been on a mission to prove the doubters wrong, and at SummerSlam 2025, he did just that, stepping into the WWE ring at exactly 299 pounds. For the first time since middle school, the country star weighed in under 300.

“I was over 300 pounds coming out of middle school. I’m gonna be under 300 pounds for the first time since middle school the night I walk to that ring at SummerSlam,” Jelly—whose real name is Jason DeFord—told WWE’s Stephanie McMahon and Elyse Ashleigh Dudzinski ahead of the event .

And he got there. On Saturday, Aug. 2, McMahon, 48, confirmed the milestone during a backstage segment. “I’m so proud to announce for [Jelly], I got the official weigh-in results. Jelly Roll, as of today, was two hundred and ninety-nine pounds. He made his goal of being under th

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