Cardi B made her long-awaited WWE debut on Saturday evening (Aug. 2) because the host of the primary evening of SummerSlam at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. After years of teasing followers and wrestlers (most notably Bianca Belair), the Grammy-winning MC lastly stepped into the ring.
Sauntering down the doorway ramp in an all-black gown befitting of the Met Gala, Cardi previewed a brand new music, possible from her upcoming sophomore album Am I the Drama? It appeared to solely be the hook, saying “hey, it is me.”
The gang of simply over 50K gave a loud ovation to Cardi as quickly because the music began enjoying, which solely received louder as she really made her entrance.
“We’re coming to you reside from the Tri-State!” she enthusiastically instructed the gang. “We’re making historical past tonight as a result of that is the first-ever two-day SummerSlam. Yeah!” Cardi overestimated appearances from Logan Paul and Randy Orton earlier than declaring, “We’re going to be speaking about this without end.”
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Cardi isn’t the primary music star to step into the WWE orbit. After all, Cyndi Lauper’s contributions to the corporate can not go understated, and he or she was instrumental in serving to deliver WWE to nationwide relevance within the Eighties. In recent times, Dangerous Bunny, Travis Scott and Metro Boomin have collaborated with the corporate. Dangerous Bunny even wrestled a match in his native Puerto Rico.
Cardi was additionally not the one music star to seem at SummerSlam. Nation music famous person Jelly Roll made his in-ring debut on Saturday night. He misplaced a tag staff match, the place he aligned with the good Randy Orton, reverse Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul. Jelly made certain his first match was as memorable as attainable, getting put via a desk on a frog splash from Paul.
Cardi might very properly be the following movie star to become involved in a match, and it could actually be a spectacle. Perhaps she’ll combine it up with Bianca Belair in spite of everything. Am I The Drama? releases on September 19.