Danhausen Speculation Points to Jelly Roll at Backlash
danhausen is scheduled to enter WWE Backlash with a mystery partner against The Miz and Kit Wilson, and current speculation inside the company points to Jelly Roll. That would shift the match from a simple tag booking into one of the card’s more watched moving parts, especially after last week’s attack on SmackDown left Danhausen down in the ring.
The Miz and Danhausen
Over the last couple of months, Danhausen wanted The Miz to mentor him in WWE, while The Miz has said he wants nothing to do with him. That split turned into a physical message last week, when The Miz and Kit Wilson left Danhausen lying after a two-on-one attack on SmackDown. For Backlash, that tension now sits inside a mystery-partner slot that the company has already put on the show.
“I can't confirm this, but I am hearing speculation that the mystery partner for Danhausen is, in fact, Jelly Roll, which would make a LOT more sense than an unadvertised PLE appearance by CM Punk.” Bryan Alvarez’s wording matters because it frames Jelly Roll as the cleaner fit for the spot, while CM Punk is being treated as the less likely comparison. The practical effect is simple: if Jelly Roll is the pick, the tag match stays tied to the story WWE has already been building around Danhausen and The Miz rather than turning into a late, unrelated surprise.
Jelly Roll and Backlash
Jelly Roll was originally booked for a Backlash tag team match with Cody Rhodes against Randy Orton and Pat McAfee before creative changes to Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton’s WrestleMania match prompted many alterations to the card. That makes him a plausible name for another slot on the show, but it also explains why the speculation is circulating now instead of at the start of the build. WWE has already moved pieces on this card once.
John Cena will also appear at Backlash tomorrow to make an announcement that will shock the foundation of WWE, adding another live-variable segment to a show already carrying at least one mystery reveal. Cena officially retired last year from in-ring competition, so his appearance and Danhausen’s partner question are the two details most likely to drive late attention to the broadcast. For readers tracking the card, the immediate takeaway is that Backlash now has a likely celebrity tag wrinkle, and Jelly Roll sits at the center of it.
Backlash Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night, the only thing the audience can count on is that Danhausen walks into a tag match with The Miz and Kit Wilson on the opposite side, and the identity of his partner will define how the bout lands. If Jelly Roll is the choice, WWE gets a name with a prior Backlash tie-in and avoids forcing CM Punk into an unadvertised role.
