The Mandy Rose and Otis storyline first started off as a small joke, but quickly turned into
one of Smackdown’s featured storylines
The story, which started back in late 2019, it’s still going on till this day
We made a theory on this storyline a while back going over how Somya Deville could’ve
been revealed as the main heel behind the entire storyline
Revealing Sonya as the mastermind behind the chaos would’ve been perfect and serve as
a shock to Mandy Rose, Otis, and the audience
However, WWE took another direction which was Mandy just choosing to go with Dolph since
otis made her wait for him during the date
So Mandy Rose is fully heel once again now that she’s with Dolph Ziggler
The storyline is at a really weird spot right now because it feels like it’s over and
solved, there’s not much left to really work with right now.
Mandy Rose is no longer in the middle of making her decision between Otis or Ziggler, she
went with Ziggler, so where exactly do you take the story from here?
Otis should really have no interest in Mandy anymore after what she said to him and now
that she’s with Ziggler
And Ziggler doesn’t really have to fight Otis at all because he already won Mandy over,
so there’s not much to really argue over between those two at the moment
So the storyline feels kind of over at this point, so we’ll have to see where wwe takes
it from here
Maybe now that Otis is out of the picture, Sonya could come into the picture more and
start to get annoyed with Mandy and Ziggler’s relationship
Which would lead us back to our original theory of Sonya pulling off some tactic to sabotage
Mandy and Ziggler’s relationship
Then Sonya could reveal that she only did it because Mandy wasn’t paying any attention
to her anymore, but Mandy could still be very upset and decide to no longer talk to Sonya
According to reports, WWE had plans for Fire and Desire’s break up at this year’s Wrestlemania
In this cancelled version of the storyline, we would’ve seen Mandy turn babyface and
align herself with Otis and Tucker
While Sonya on the other hand, would’ve played the heel in the break up and align
herself with Dolph Ziggler and Robert Rude
This would’ve lead to Mandy, Otis, and Tucker taking on Sonya Deville, Dolph Ziggler, and
Robert in a 6 person mixed tag match
So it wouldn’t be that “one on one” spotlight match for Mandy And Sonya like what
some fans hoped for, but they still would’ve got some time in that Wrestlemania match to
go at it with each other
While Otis would’ve been able to get his hands on Dolph Ziggler as well, so by the
end of that match, they all would’ve got their revenge on their rival
I think this cancelled version of the storyline was much better than the direction wwe actually
went with for many reasons
One reason being that Mandy Rose choosing Dolph Ziggler was probably the more predictable
and dull route to take in the story
We’ve seen Dolph get with Lana, AJ Lee, and many more, so he always gets the girl,
but It still would’ve been nice to switch things up a bit and have Mandy and Otis have
a short run together
Even if Mandy Rose was to leave Otis shortly after they got together, it just feels like
Mandy and Otis getting together was the perfect payoff for this story and we just never got
it, it’s not that serious, but it still would’ve been nice to see to see that payoff
in some capacity
The other reason why this cancelled version is bit better is because it just has more
possibilities and ways to continue the story
Dolph will actually have purpose in continuing to fight Otis and try to steal Mandy from
him
And since their tag team broke up, Sonya Deville will also have a lot to say to Mandy and that
could lead to their own one on one match after Wrestlemania
Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose have been waiting for well over a year now to have their own
heavily featured storyline, so maybe if they get a chance, who knows what kind of great
story they can tell
Maybe even as a heel, we can still see Sonya try to make the audience feel sympathetic
for her, saying that she had feelings for Mandy and that all Mandy has done over the
last few months was ignore her
That would’ve been interesting to see how it played out, but the version we have right
now on tv is a bit strange
We have to see if Mandy and Ziggler’s relationship will affect Sonya in any way
However, don’t expect to see that much advancements to this story and other stories due to today’s
conditions for the wwe
It was reported that wwe has given the option to superstars to stay home if they would like,
so if we’re missing one person out of this story then chances are there’s not much
wwe can do to advance the story
It doesn’t seem like wwe will be pushing a lot of segments and live matches either
with the empty crowd shows
Raw and Smackdown both have had limited matches and were mostly filled with replays of old
wwe events, so we can’t expect much for a while
It also seems like this storyline won’t have a Wrestlemania match as well thanks to
the new circumstances wwe is facing
There will be a handful of matches left off the card, so chances are that only the big
matches will be featured in this empty Wrestlemania
But what are your thoughts on this situation and what direction would you like to see the
Mandy Rose and Otis storyline go in?
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