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Singer and actress Coco Jones is set to open night one of WrestleMania 40 with a musical performance. Paul "Triple H" Levesque revealed today that Jones will perform the national anthem to kick off night one of WrestleMania 40 this Saturday. The event has a start time of 7 p.m. Eastern. Levesque wrote: Excited to welcome Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter @TheRealCocoJ to #WrestleMania XL this weekend, where she’ll perform our country’s National Anthem to kick off @WrestleMania Saturday. Jones was nominated for five awards at this year's Grammys. She won the award for Best R&B Performance and was also nominated for Best New Artist, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, and Best Traditional R&B Performance. As an actress, Jones stars on the Peacock series Bel-Air. It's a reimagined version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. America the Beautiful has traditionally been performed at the start of WrestleMania. This is the first time in WrestleMania history that Vince McMahon has had no involvement with

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