WWE ID talent Jacari Ball just gave himself one hell of a nickname — “The WWE Swindler.” Ball posted a wild Instagram video bragging about fake Hellcats, injury checks and asking a woman for money, then leaned all the way into comparisons to accused 49ers impersonator Daejon Love.
Ball posted the video on September 4, 2026, playing up a character who gets recognized as “the WWE dude” before launching into an absurd story about his supposed life at the Performance Center. After being asked what he was doing, Ball claimed he had just finished three-a-day workouts before showing off what he called the keys to two Hellcats.
“Oh, what’s up, babe? Just leaving my three a day workouts at the performance center. We like to call y’ all people. That’s not in the E Marks, but a lot of people be like, curious about the cars I drive. This is the keys to both my hellcats. I got a his and hers edition. They’re Both scat pack srts ran me about 200, 300k a piece. I’m waiting on my injury check to clear right now so I can cut the Lambo with it too.”
The bit kept going when the person filming pointed out that Ball isn’t even listed on WWE’s website and brought up sending him money. Ball responded by claiming a broken pinky toe had landed him on “injury reserve,” while continuing to sell the fake WWE lifestyle.
“A lot of questions before you send me over that 2k, but yeah, I just broke my pinky toe, so they got me on injury reserve. And what a lot of marks don’t know is that when you hurt, you still got to travel with the boys, do meet and greets, do the red carpet visits, do the whole nine. Yeah. So this is the Merchant, the company issue out to us. I’m still waiting on the rest to come in, but when you injured, man, they tend to hold on to your gear until you fully clear.”
The Daejon Love reference in Ball’s caption is where the joke really took off. Love is the 35-year-old man federal prosecutors have accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player while taking part in a romance-and-investment scheme that allegedly pulled about $1.3 million from at least 26 women. Love and 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. A criminal complaint is only an accusation, and both are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Ball made it pretty clear he knew exactly what people were going to compare the video to when he captioned the post:
“Daejon Love must don’t know, Jacari Ball BEEN doing this 🥱 They calling me The WWE SWINDLER 🤣”
Then the comments turned into another round of the same joke. One person called Ball “The Daejon Love on the WWE,” and Ball fired back by joking that Love was actually the student in this situation.
“except Daejon learned from me”
Chris Bey jumped into the comments too, writing that “J Love wanna be J Ball so bad.” Ball once again claimed Love stole his playbook.
“mannnn he learned from ME”
Another commenter joked about Ball getting a woman to send over the rest of the money “by the end of the day.” Ball didn’t exactly kill the joke there either, responding with another line about getting $3,000 sent his way.
“mannnn she playing, like go head and send me that lil 3k baby girl 😤”
To be clear, Ball’s post and replies are presented as a comedy bit, not an admission that he is actually scamming anyone. But once fans started comparing him to Love, Ball grabbed the joke, called himself “The WWE Swindler,” and kept pouring gasoline on it in the comments.
Ball may still be trying to make his name through WWE ID, but he definitely found a way to get people talking without taking a single bump. When the internet compared him to an accused fake NFL player, he didn’t run from it — he basically said the guy learned from him.
What do you make of Jacari Ball leaning into the Daejon Love comparisons and calling himself “The WWE Swindler”? Drop your feedback in the comments and let us know what you think.
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