WWE Superstar Mandy Rose recently appeared on the Gorilla Position podcast. The SmackDown Superstar would discuss a number of topics from her recent career with the company. These would include the red-hot storyline involving her and Otis, Becky Lynch now leaving the company and what it is like pitching directly to Vince McMahon.
One of the points raised to Mandy Rose was just how involved Vince McMahon is in terms of storylines in the company. With the likes of the XFL and other ventures potentially taking time away from the WWE Chairman; Vince McMahon is still extremely involved in the minutia of the company’s narrative aspects.
Mandy Rose on McMahon’s Involvement
“He’s very involved” Mandy Rose began. “He’s involved in everything, Vince’s a huge fan of it and he takes a lot of pride in it. He really wants it [WWE] to continue to grow and become the best it can be.”
Mandy Rose would then talk specifically about her ongoing storyline with Otis. It has been reported recently that McMahon has been heavily involved in the SmackDown storyline in particular. The Chairman of WWE apparently sees a lot of potential in Otis especially, and is keen to capitalise on that.
“That makes us feel great” Rose stated, talking about McMahon’s ongoing involvement. “Obviously we take so much pride in it as well. So as a team? We’re all willing to put our opinions in and kind of develop the story the best way we can come up with. Bring the best ideas for our fans to enjoy.”
It’s highly likely that Vince McMahon will continue to be heavily involved in the company’s presentation and storylines going forward. Pre-pandemic, there were constant reports of McMahon demanding re-writes of the RAW and SmackDown scripts just hours/minutes before the shows were due to begin.
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WWE Superstar Mandy Rose recently appeared on the Gorilla Position podcast. The SmackDown Superstar would discuss a number of topics from her recent career with the company. These would include the red-hot storyline involving her and Otis, Becky Lynch now leaving the company and what it is like pitching directly to Vince McMahon.
One of the points raised was the SmackDown Hacker, a character that has been a recurring part of the blue brand over the past few months.
Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville
The first major plot point that the Hacker revealed was that Sonya Deville had betrayed Mandy Rose, thus leading to their eventual feud and the continuation of the Mandy/Otis storyline. With the Hacker being such an important part of said storyline many believed that it would be someone linked to the aforementioned Superstars…but it isn’t that clear.
The SmackDown Hacker appears to be targeting a number of Superstars on the Friday Night show. Interestingly, Mandy Rose and at least one other SmackDown Superstar have no idea who the person is behind the Hacker gimmick.
“My prediction? To be honest, I have no idea” Mandy Rose revealed on Gorilla Position, confirming that she has no clue who the mystery Hacker is. “But the voice sounds very…actually it’s funny.”
Maryse?
Mandy Rose would then talk about who she feels the actual cadence and tone of the Hacker sounds like. “The Miz was walking by the other day and he thinks the voice sounds like Maryse. I was like ‘wow I didn’t think of that!’ Like ‘oh my god is it Maryse!? I know you’re like joking but, um, it kind of does!’ I’m kind of happy I’m not gonna lie, because it exposed Sonia and Dolph [Ziggler]. But no I have no idea. I do not know who the hacker is.”
We’ve seen this sort of storyline play out in WWE in the few decades, and there’s always a chance that the company themselves are not sure who to use in that Hacker position right now. There has been speculation that CM Punk is behind the gimmick, but he continues to deny any involvement with WWE beyond his role on WWE Backstage.
Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. Image Credit: WWE.com
Who do you think the SmackDown Hacker is? Let us know in the comments
WWE Superstar Mandy Rose recently appeared on the Gorilla Position podcast. The SmackDown Superstar would discuss a number of topics from her recent career with the company. These would include the red-hot storyline involving her and Otis, Becky Lynch now leaving the company and what it is like pitching directly to Vince McMahon.
It was recently revealed that Mandy Rose pitched the idea of the Otis storyline directly to the WWE Chairman. Since the beginning of that feud Otis has gone on to have a featured WrestleMania match and win Money In The Bank; so it’s fair to say that the pitch worked out well.
Pitching to Vince
“You want to make sure that he likes it, hopefully!” Mandy Rose began talking about pitching storylines to the WWE Chairman. “And if he doesn’t? Whatever you know? At least you tried. It’s not that big of a deal.”
Rose would then say how difficult it can be getting the time to speak to McMahon, due to his busy schedule. “He’s [McMahon] a very important man, he’s so busy it’s hard sometimes trying to get a word in with him. Sometimes? If it’s a good time, and it was a good time, I just went with it. I just gave him quick bullet points of what I think it would be, how it would be cool involving Otis and he loved it.”
Mandy Rose and Otis Storyline Resonating
Mandy Rose finished by pinpointing the time that she felt the storyline was going to be a hit with the crowd. “The time where it resonated with me so well? That this would be a great story? Was the time before Thanksgiving when we did like the ham thing and I gave him a kiss backstage on the cheek and we heard the crowd erupt. I was like ‘wow this is going to be something good’ and I think everyone [backstage] felt that.”
With Mandy and Otis seemingly getting big pushes going forward on WWE television we may see both edge closer to the main event scene before the year is finished.
Otis will take part in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match this Sunday from the WWE Performance Center. The 28-year-old from Duluth, Minnesota recently took part in an interview with CBS Sports. During the discussion, Otis addressed pitching the angle with Mandy Rose to WWE management.
“We decided to just kind of present this to the writers and the people behind the scenes,” Otis said. “They were like, ‘Well, what’s the main focus here?’ The main focus is the lonely loner in high school or some nerd kid trying to get the most beautiful girl in the classroom. That was basically my thought of it.”
He continued to say that at the time, they didn’t know Dolph Ziggler would be involved but that he fit naturally into the story.
“We were lucky enough to think about this and lucky enough to have the company get behind it. Luck plays a huge factor, man,” he continued.
Otis on Heavy Machinery’s Future
With Otis having a single’s match at WrestleMania and now in the MITB ladder match, some fans have wondered what the future is with his Heavy Machinery tag-team partner, Tucker. Otis confirmed that Heavy Machinery is still moving “full tilt” as a tag-team, however.
“Heavy Machinery is full tilt. Just because there’s a little bit of absence here and there, I’m sure everyone is stirring up conversation and putting their opinions out there. But that’s a part of it. That’s a part of the mystique of what’s going on right now in WWE. I talk to my brother every day; I call him every night.”
Otis trained at the Mercury Pro Wrestling Academy in Colorado. He was signed to WWE in 2016 only a year into his career. Otis and Tucker were paired up shortly. They competed in the second-ever Dusty Rhodes Classic later that year, losing in the 1st round to Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.
Otis was also named the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year in 2017.
Mandy Rose had been involved in a storyline with Otis in the last few months and their angle concluded with the two finally getting together at WrestleMania 36 where Rose helped the former NXT star in winning his match against Dolph Ziggler.
The duo then shared another moment backstage when they were interviewed after the show and during a recent interview, the Golden Goddess revealed that the segment was actually unscripted.
Mandy recently spoke to Sports Illustrated where she talked about a number of things and revealed that her post WrestleMania segment with Otis was completely unscripted:
“That was just us, off-script, being ourselves. I was shocked it got so many views. We’re really thankful that people are enjoying this. This was something we thought was really funny, and we both thought it could be a great story.
Though I never thought it would resonate with people this much. But it’s relatable, and it’s really cool that we’ve been able to involve so many people.”
The segment in question has garnered a lot of attention from fans and as of this writing it has more than 3.5 million views on WWE’s official YouTube channel.
Apart from this, Mandy Rose also talked about the start of this storyline and revealed who pitched the idea for it. You can check out her comments about the same here.
In the build-up to WrestleMania, Otis, Mandy Rose, Dolph Ziggler, and Sonya Deville were involved in a tangled romantic storyline. Otis and Mandy Rose were the couple everyone wanted to get together but Dolph Ziggler and Sonya Deville conspired to keep them apart. Then on the second night of WrestleMania 36, Otis defeated Dolph Ziggler and then he and Mandy Rose embraced.
Rose was recently interviewed by SI.com. During the interview, she detailed pitching the storyline to Vince McMahon and his reaction.
“It’s hard to get in Vince’s office, but I finally got in and I pitched this story,” Rose said. “He loved it, he had some ideas, and then Sonya and I had a lot of say in the creative, which was really cool. We were able to write a lot of it. We all worked together, and that’s one of the reasons it’s worked so well. Everyone’s been really passionate about it.”
Rose would continue to talk about what Otis is like in real-life when he’s off-camera.
“Ever since we met in NXT, we’d always joke around together,” she continued. “He’d call me ‘Mandy Candy’ and cut different promos, and it was really cute. He’s just so charismatic, even when he’s not on camera. He makes us laugh the same amount when he’s off-camera. He’s funny and super sweet, and he’s so kind, which is one of the best qualities.”
In many ways, the angle has helped propel Rose, Deville, and Otis further up the card in WWE. Deville’s emotional promo on the Smackdown following WrestleMania has also been heavily-praised by many. As for Ziggler, the match against Otis was his first single’s match at WrestleMania.
Sonya Deville recently did an interview with Digital Spy, where she discussed a number of topics from LGBTQ+ representation in WWE to the storyline involving Mandy Rose and Otis from Heavy Machinery.
She shared her thoughts on the storyline saying that she had a lot of fun with it. She also highlighted that it was fun to see Otis play his part as he really is as much cheerful in real life as he is on TV.
“It’s been incredible. It’s been so much fun to be a part of,” Sonya said. “People just love Otis and I think it’s just because he’s just so unapologetically himself and he’s always so happy. I think he’s very relatable in a sense and Mandy and I have just had such a good time being part of the storyline for sure. It’s been probably the most fun storyline I’ve ever been a part of in WWE.”
Sonya also talked about whether WWE could pull off LGBTQ storylines. She said that she definitely knows that the company has the right access to people that could help them write a storyline like that and that she would love to be included in writing or planning something like that in the future.
The storyline between Mandy Rose and Otis has been regarded as one of the most entertaining ones on recent WWE television. Mandy Rose has said in an interview that she never thought her angle with Otis would be as popular as it has gotten. She has said that Otis has always been joking around with her since their NXT days and she never expected that it would become such a well-received storyline from fans.
Mandy Rose joined Corey Graves for this week’s episode of After The Bell. The 28-year-old Superstar discussed a number of topics from her career, including the atmosphere backstage at NXT when first started in the company.
“I’m trying to remember as when I first came in, there was for sure, you know that type of divide a little bit.”
Mandy Rose
Mandy Rose broke onto the national wrestling scene as a contestant on the 2015 season of WWE Tough Enough. “Coming in through Tough Enough, it was a little different” she revealed. “Because I feel like a lot of the cast members on Tough Enough had different backgrounds. Like there was football player, there was, you know, I think Patrick was actually the only wrestler on Tough Enough as I remember (Velveteen Dream)?”
She continued, Yeah, I don’t know, I’m trying to remember as when I first came in, there was for sure, you know that type of divide a little bit. And you know we always kind of got issues especially from fans.”
Mandy Rose on Fan Negativity
Tough Enough was a fast track to WWE for Mandy Rose. However, it was not an entirely smooth ride. She found that some fans did not appreciate that she was not a lifelong wrestling fan. In fact, the negativity from some fans continues to this day.
Mandy would elaborate further, saying “it was like, ‘Oh, you didn’t grow up watching this’ or ‘you didn’t want to always do this for your whole life’ and ‘you don’t belong here’ type of thing. I kind of just was always like whatever, just don’t give them reaction. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of us may still get that in all the hate and all, you know. Just because I didn’t grow up doing this, or I didn’t always want to be a wrestler? Doesn’t mean that you know I didn’t fall in love with it. It kind of drives me and makes me more competitive than I even am to prove those haters wrong and kind of show them that I can do this.”
Mandy Rose is currently involved in a romantic storyline with Otis of the Heavy Machinery tag team. It is widely regarded as one of the best angles on WWE television.
Sonya Deville was asked for her reaction on the cancellation
of the storyline during her recent interview with UPROXX. Replying to it, she
said that they were upset momentarily, but claimed that the storyline can
happen in future:
“So obviously, Mandy and I were upset momentarily. It
was something that we really pushed for, but never say never and I think that
it’s definitely still a possibility that it will or could happen in the future.
I think representation in different storylines and stuff
like that is awesome.” said Sonya Deville. “I think it’s good.
There’s a lot of different ways you can do it. There’s not just one way to do
it and it’s not just Mandy and I that have to do it.”
The WWE star also revealed that they had a lot of meetings
with GLAAD. The organization was helping them write and direct the story and
she hopes to get back to it one day.
Apart from this, Sonya Deville talked about how the pro wrestling world is flooded with heterosexual storylines, communicating with other LGBTQ talents and more. You can check out her full interview at this link.
The SmackDown star along with her Fire and Desire tag team
partner Sonya Deville recently appeared on a video on fitness guru Bradley
Martyn’s YouTube channel.
During their appearance on the channel, the duo talked about
a number of things, including the brutal WWE schedule, getting heat from fans
on being a heel and more.
And while training with Martyn and her partner, the former Absolution member Rose mentioned that she has “just signed another five-year deal” with the company.
Mandy Rose joined WWE back in 2015 when she took part in the
sixth season of WWE Tough Enough. It was also the start of her pro wrestling
career.
She came second in the contest and was signed to a
development contract by the company afterward. Mandy then made her NXT debut in
January 2016.
Rose, along with Sonya Deville made her main roster debut in
November 2017 and the duo were joined by Paige as their manager. Paige parted
ways with them after becoming the SmackDown General Manager in April 2018 but
the two have stayed together.
Mandy Rose had signed a 5 years deal with WWE after Tough Enough, so a new 5-year contract would mean that she is now locked up with the company until 2025. You can check out the video from Bradley Martyn’s channel below:
WWE SmackDown Live Superstar Mandy Rose has opened up about her travel schedule for the promotion.
In an interview with metro.co.uk, Rose detailed her typical schedule as a main roster Superstar.
“When you get to the main roster it changes a little bit because you’re more on your own, you fit in your training when you can, but it’s hard,” Mandy admitted. “You land Saturday to get to the live event, I go right to the gym, work out, then we have to be at the venue at 5pm for a 7.30pm show. Then you drive to the next city which might be three or four hours away and you do it all over again.”
She shared how this kind of non-stop schedule can be a grind, and that it gets to be tiring when all you want to do is sleep, but instead you have to get up and force yourself into the gym.
“[…] you have to balance your time and go by how you feel,” she said. “I train five to six days a week, in developmental you’re training in the ring and in the gym, so that’s a crazy schedule. Once you get to the main you’re on your own and you do what you want.”
Despite her adherence to a work out schedule, Rose confessed she finds it hard to stay strict with her diet. She explained, “sometimes it’s hard because the healthy food isn’t readily available all the time” when on the road.
“It’s not everlasting, eventually I want to start a family and have children, so it’s being smart with your money and training and making sure you do have a long, successful career. Plus, injuries happen all the time, you need to make sure you don’t have all your eggs in one basket.”
She added that WWE is her priority right now, but already has her eyes set towards a non-wrestling future, launching a YouTube channel with Sonya Deville called Damandyz Donutz alongside her skincare line, Amarose.
Mandy Rose has addressed speculation that WWE is pursuing a romantic angle between herself and her tag team partner, Sonya Deville.
Speaking with Uproxx, Rose stated she didn’t have “many insights to offer on that.”
“I think there’s definitely rumors and stuff like that,” she continued, “but it’s also hard to say because my character is pretty sexual and pretty sassy, the way I am. So anything I do, it doesn’t really matter if it’s to Sonya or to anyone else. It’s just who my character is, so it’s hard to judge. But I guess you’re just going to have to stay tuned, right? You never know.”
When the interviewer pushed back, replying “that’s always the answer,” Rose commented, “Yeah, right?”
“Obviously, if there was ever to be a type of relationship with us, I’m super supportive and WWE is super supportive of inclusion and the LGBTQ community, so I think it would be awesome.”
“A Great Feud Can Also Lead To A Great Getting Back Together”
Mandy discussed the possibility of the two breaking up as a tag team, despite being best friends in real life, and whether it was inevitable that all tag teams in WWE eventually split.
“I feel like it is kind of inevitable,” she admitted. “But of course we don’t ever want to break up. We want to always stay cool, and stay as a team, even on TV. But of course I think the best feuds always come from the best friendships and the best relationships. So it’s kind of inevitable. It’ll probably happen, and I think it’ll be great. I think it will only boost our career, and a great feud can also lead to a great getting back together as well.”
Despite her current push, Mandy Rose has already put plans in place for the day she is no longer with WWE.
Mandy Rose may still be learning her craft and climbing the ranks of SmackDown Live alongside Fire & Desire teammate Sonya Deville, but it appears she already has an eye set on her future outside of WWE.
“Being a WWE Superstar, you have– I don’t want to say a short shelf life, but it’s more like sometimes you’ve got to look to the future and you’ve gotta plan ahead,” Rose told TheWrap. “It’s not gonna last forever.”
When asked if she is concerned WWE may focus too heavily on her looks instead of her in-ring ability and Superstar talent, Rose replied “No, I love it. It’s part of my character. It makes me who I am.”
She explained “I always said, even in Developmental, ‘Yeah, I’m the beauty and all that. I’m the hot one, the sexy one — but I also have the brains and the strength to back it up.’ So, that was my biggest thing.”
Rose, who is aware she is building a ‘brand,’ has already launched a fitness app ‘Fit With Mandy’ that is available on iOS devices.
She plans to debut a new launch of beauty products called ‘Amarose’ this Fall and also hosts a YouTube series with Deville entitled Damandyz Donutz.
Her and Deville are not currently scheduled for a matchup at WWE’s SummerSlam pay-per-view on August 11th.
Germany’s Westside Xtreme Wrestling have announced on Twitter that WWE United Kingdom Champion WALTER, NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm and NXT UK star Killer Kelly will be part of “wXw Toronto” event on 9 August. WALTER will also appear a day before on 8 August at “Ambition 11”. The show will be held at the MET in Toronto, Canada.
Mandy Rose has launched a new fitness app called Fit with Mandy, which offers a 12 week at-home training regiment requiring minimal exercise equipment.
She also posted behind-the-scenes pics from her photo-shoot for the app on Instagram. In the caption of the post, she explains why she created the app: “I love training and lifting heavy but we all know sometimes we get bored of the same routine & our bodies need change at times for specific goals. That is why I created this APP and this specific program bc (sic) I want exercising and living a healthy life to be fun and easily accessible to anyone!”
The Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match would kickstart WWE’s recent event this past Sunday. It’s often advertised as a dangerous, high stakes matchup where its competitors don’t always come away the way they entered.
Unfortunately, this appears to be the case for at least one of the women involved.
During the matchup, Carmella appeared to suffer an injury to her knee after an exchange with Mandy Rose. The two had an awkward exchange in the ring after Carmella seemingly suffered the injury, refusing to engage with Mandy Rose and telling her to go away.
Taking to Twitter, she would lash out after being baited by a recent tweet by Mandy, which read:
“Aw how’s your knee hunny? Also, go back to being a brunette, you’re never gonna look like me. #MITB #GodsGreatestCreation”
Whether the injury is legit or not is up for debate, especially as the “Staten Island Princess” would return late into the matchup in her efforts to become a three-time Money In The Bank winner.
What isn’t up for debate, however, is Carmella’s frustration with Mandy Rose—a frustration that may just play out on WWE.
Mandy Rose challenges Asuka for the SmackDown Women’s Championship this Sunday at WWE Fastlane. The two women have been wrestling each other at WWE live events in the lead-up to their pay-per-view battle.
Their match this past Monday from White Plains, NY ended abruptly after Asuka landed on her head and was helped to the back by WWE officials. It was a scary moment, but luckily Asuka was was fine and assured fans the incident did not result in a concussion or neck injury.
Mandy Rose appeared on the Pro Wrestling Showpodcast this week to hype Fastlane and commented on Rose commented on Asuka’s injury scare from Monday.
“I was in my hometown last night, it was really great to be home,” she said. “I had about 30 people – friends and family – there that were all front row. I had all my nieces and nephews and it was really amazing to have them all there. Of course, not everything always goes according to plan and accidents happen.”
Rose continued, “So, unfortunately, there was a little accident and we took the proper precautions and thankfully, Asuka is fine and she’s doing OK. You know, stuff happens. You can’t dwell on it, you just gotta move on.”
Also during the interview, Mandy Rose discussed Paige and Charlotte Flair being big influences on her career. Visit Acast.com to hear the full interview.
Mandy Rose has been making the most of her opportunities recently on WWE programming. “God’s Greatest Gift” recently feuded with Naomi over the latter’s husband’s attention. This storyline has helped to propel her into a new spotlight as she prepares to face off against “The Empress of Tomorrow” Asuka at Fastlane this Sunday. This will be Mandy Rose’s biggest opportunity yet as she competes for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
In a recent interview with Planeta Wrestling, Mandy Rose offered her thoughts on the current state of WWE’s brand split.
“People Want To See The Women Right Now”
Whereas the rosters were once completely separated to their respective brand affiliation, it has become more common for WWE Superstars to appear across both WWE’s red and blue brand, with some even travelling to NXT.
“I think it’s great. Why not mesh the brands more?” she said. “I don’t think anything’s wrong with that. I think the crossing of the brands is great. I think it brings excitement, it brings, you know, anticipation of not knowing who’s gonna be on Monday Night RAW or Tuesday Night SmackDown, so I think it’s really awesome.”
“In general, the women are just killing it,” Rose stated. “People want to see the women right now, the women are main eventing, they’re breaking barriers, they’re doing everything. It’s an amazing time to be a woman right now. So I think it’s amazing that they are, y’know, crossing brands.”
In the many years that WWE has seen their roster split into two brands, they would eventually start to cross-promote talent, eventually leading to another defined roster split. WWE seem content at the moment, however, to simply use their talent wherever they deem suitable.
https://youtu.be/21I33apAtDs
With a number of NXT talent recently moving up to the main roster, could we on the cusp of another major Superstar Shake-Up? Will WWE simply continue to cross-promote their talent as they see fit?
Defeating Asuka in a singles match on last week’s episode of SmackDown Live has earned Mandy Rose a SmackDown Women’s Championship match at Fastlane.
Asuka made her return to the Blue Branded Show after several weeks of absence to face the ‘God’s Greatest Creation’ Rose in a one on one bout last week.
The match went on for a while. It ended when Asuka hit her opponent with a knee and Mandy started selling that the Champion had poked her eye.
This caused the competition to be halted for the moment and cashing in on the opportunity, Mandy Rose pinned the SmackDown Women’s titleholder via a roll up.
While both these stars didn’t appear on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live, The former Absolution member was interviewed backstage after the show was over:
In the interview, she revealed that her non-title victory has earned her the right to challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the upcoming Fastlane PPV. After the announcement, here is the updated match card for the show:
Fastlane Updated Match Card
WWE Championship: Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kevin Owens:
SmackDown Tag Team Championship:The Usos vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon
SmackDown Women’sChampionship: Asuka vs. Mandy Rose
Women’s Tag Team Championship: Boss ‘N Hug Connection vs. Nia Jax & Tamina
RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey’s WrestleMania 35 match is set. With only one more PPV on the way to ‘Mania, the same can’t be said for SmackDown Women’s Champion, Asuka.
Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com recently discussed this situation. He spoke on the status of a match and an opponent for “The Empress Of Tomorrow.” Meltzer highlighted Lacey Evans as an opponent before adding that this plan was, apparently, being “reconsidered.”
“As far as Asuka goes, I mentioned the thing with Lacey Evans last night. There actually was talk of Asuka and Lacey Evans being the WrestleMania match, and it was definitely on the books at one point,” he explained. “But I was led to believe that it was being reconsidered and that it was not a 100 per cent ‘no’ and it could happen, but it was actually on the books and the point is that it’s not a 100 per cent ‘yes,’ and it may be more than likely ‘no.’ I wasn’t given an opponent for Asuka yet. I don’t think they have one.”
With Lacey Evans an unconfirmed then, Asuka still finds herself without a match.
It’s worth noting that Asuka did lose a match to Mandy Rose last night on SmackDown Live. This was due to a distraction from Lacey that Rose capitalized on. This could, in theory, set up Asuka vs Mandy Rose at Fastlane, and then Asuka against Evans at WrestleMania.
“The God’s Greatest Creation” Mandy Rose has shown herself to be one of those stars that not only have the look of a star but are also able to carry their character well.
During a recent interview with the New York Post, Mandy talked about her bombshell gimmick and said that she thinks she is the best person to play the character in WWE.
“I feel like it works with me and I feel like we’re very careful and I don’t want to push that envelope [too far]. Obviously, we’ve [the women] come a long way. What we do is entertainment and, you know, I’m really enjoying our story. And I think that it gives me a lot of different opportunities and showcases my character. So, it’s been a lot of fun.”
She also talked about Corey Graves complimenting her on her every other move and how much his comments add to the character.
“He says a lot of valid, true points that I’m sure a lot of guys are saying when they see me on TV,” Rose said. “It’s only normal. I’m not really fazed by it. I think it’s great that he’s always complimented me and talking about how good I look. … He knows what he’s doing, so I’m flattered just like, you know, any other woman would be when a man talks like that about a woman.”
Mandy also revealed that she is all for the idea of inter-gender matches in WWE. She believes that it is great entertainment and there is no reason to not do it.
“I think it’s a great time for it,” Mandy said of inter-gender matches. “Women are breaking down those barriers and they’re becoming, you know, they’re main-eventing and it’s just been an amazing time for women in general in sports. I feel like, yeah, why not do inter-gender matches? It brings entertainment. It brings a lot of different viewers and demographics and all that, so why not do it?”
WWE has scheduled Naomi versus Mandy Rose for this Tuesday’s Smackdown. Rose has been antagonizing Naomi as of late by making “advances” toward Naomi’s husband, Jimmy Uso. Naomi will get her chance at revenge when they go one-on-one on Tuesday night.
A match between the two Superstars was also scheduled to take place back in December but was canceled last minute. In the storyline, the cancellation was caused by a last-minute photo shoot for Mandy Rose but in reality, she is believed to have been under the weather that day.
Mandy Rose vs Naomi
I’m not sure if my match got cut or if @WWE_MandyRose just didn’t show regardless I’m over it I’ll let the fans handle this 1 for me #sdlive ✌️
“I’m not sure if my match got cut or if @WWE_MandyRose just didn’t show regardless I’m over it I’ll let the fans handle this 1 for me #sdlive”
To which Rose responded:
The real truth is that I was too busy to wait around and had a photoshoot, something @NaomiWWE doesn’t know anything about. You should be glad bc I was going to embarrass you tonight SIS! #Priorities 💗 #SDLivepic.twitter.com/abPbXIc5M7
“The real truth is that I was too busy to wait around and had a photoshoot, something @NaomiWWE doesn’t know anything about. You should be glad bc I was going to embarrass you tonight SIS! #Priorities”
Also scheduled for Tuesday’s show is Andrade vs Rey Mysterio in a best 2-of-3 falls match. Samoa Joe will also take on Mustafa Ali.
“Mandy Rose sunk to new lows to embarrass Naomi last week on SmackDown LIVE, persuading both Naomi and her husband Jimmy Uso to a hotel room in a plan that ultimately resulted in Naomi being downed by The Golden Goddess.” – WWE Press Release
WWE has confirmed the Royal Rumble match participation for 3 more Superstars. 2 female Superstars and one male Superstar has recently been added to their respective Royal Rumble matches.
Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose are both official for the Rumble. WWE announced the former Absolution members as entrants recently on Twitter:
With the additions of Jeff Hardy, Sonya Deville, and Mandy Rose to their respective Royal Rumble matches, the updated list of confirmed competitors for each match is as follows:
Confirmed for 2019 men’s Royal Rumble match:
R-Truth (#30)
Drew McIntyre
Xavier Woods
Big E
Kofi Kingston
Finn Balor
Seth Rollins
Jeff Hardy
Confirmed for the 2019 Women’s Royal Rumble match:
Carmella (#30)
Ember Moon
Natalya
Bayley
Sasha Banks
Ruby Riott
Liv Morgan
Sarah Logan
Sonya Deville
Mandy Rose
Royal Rumble 2019 Lineup – January 27th, 2019
This year’s Royal Rumble will take place from Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ.
Women’s Royal Rumble match
Men’s Royal Rumble match
Smackdown Women’s Championship
Asuka (c) vs (Winner of Carmella vs Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch)
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs AJ Styles
Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs Braun Strowman
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Fatal 4-Way
Buddy Murphy (c) vs Kalisto vs Akira Tozawa vs TBD
Mandy Rose could be in line for a push soon. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is set on trying to make the former fitness model a star.
“Vince is also very high right now on the idea of making Rose a star,” wrote Dave Meltzer. “Basically, it’s the similar mindset they earlier with Lana, with the big introduction, before she faded into becoming another woman on the roster and then was put back with Rusev.”
Mandy Rose on Smackdown
27-year-old Mandy Rose was called up to the main roster on November 20th, 2017. In the 13 months since, she’s been featured in Absolution and then furthered her alliance with Sonya Deville after Paige’s retirement.
A budding rivalry between Mandy Rose and Naomi is currently brewing on Smackdown as well. A match between the two was scheduled and then scrapped earlier this month, however.
Rose played it off as though she couldn’t make the match due to a photoshoot:
The real truth is that I was too busy to wait around and had a photoshoot, something @NaomiWWE doesn’t know anything about. You should be glad bc I was going to embarrass you tonight SIS! #Priorities 💗 #SDLivepic.twitter.com/abPbXIc5M7
“The real truth is that I was too busy to wait around and had a photoshoot, something @NaomiWWE doesn’t know anything about. You should be glad bc I was going to embarrass you tonight SIS!”
The angle between the two took another turn this week:
SmackDown Live heads to Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for the go-home show for the TLC pay-per-view event. The final show before Sunday’s TLC will be held at the T-Mobile Arena.
The show’s highlights are going to be a WrestleMania rematch between Asuka and Charlotte Flair, a rap battle between The Usos and The Bar (with The New Day as hosts), and a match between Naomi and Mandy Rose.
Charlotte Flair meets Asuka in a WrestleMania Rematch
After ending Asuka’s two-and-a-half year undefeated streak at WrestleMania 34, Charlotte will once again go face-to-face against the Empress of Tomorrow before their triple threat match at TLC.
The Usos and The Bar to clash in a Rap Battle hosted by The New Day
The rap battle on SmackDown makes a return – and the participants are the same faces that we saw last year, with the addition of The Bar. Except The New Day this time are going to serve as the hosts.
The Bar are going to defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championships against The Usos at TLC and the rap battle will serve as an momentum booster for the teams before their match on Sunday.
Jeff Hardy to address Samoa Joe’s “public service announcement”
Not only did Samoa Joe made Jeff Hardy lose his match against Randy Orton last week, he made a “public service announcement” on the dangers of drinking in excess, mocking Hardy’s addiction problems.
The Charismatic Enigma will address Samoa Joe’s public service announcement in response tonight on SmackDown.
Naomi goes one-on-one with Mandy Rose
Naomi and Mandy Rose will see each other in the ring tonight after their war of words on Twitter. The two went on about each other on the website when SmackDown General Manager Paige had to get involved and set an official match between the two.
. @NaomiWWE I actually feel kinda bad for you sis…
Even @WWEAsuka got tired of you & now has a #TLC title match… AND You’re the reason u and ur hubby just lost in #MMC … NOW WHAT ?!?! ????
I am not your sis! How can someone so beautiful on the outside be so damn ugly inside ? Keep it up #bootlegEva and I’ll finish snatching you like I was before https://t.co/rQPURLnzs8
Last night, Mandy Rose interrupted Smackdown General Manager, Paige, as she was introducing the members of her brand’s Survivor Series team. Rose was upset she was not picked for the team. She also seemed upset that her Absolution tag-team partner, Sonya Deville, was.
Rose ran down each member of the team and brought up how it was her that eliminated Deville from the Evolution battle royal. Just days earlier, however, Rose had apologized to Deville for having done so.
Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose
Shortly after Evolution, however, Sonya Deville was upset about her ally eliminating her and cut a promo about it on Instagram. Rose then interrupted the promo with donuts, however, and all was forgotten. The pair often samples donuts together on their YouTube channel.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BprvggknWjQ/
Despite winning her friend back with donuts after Evolution, Rose then insulted her on Smackdown last night. Judging by recent events, it appears Rose and Deville’s alliance could be in jeopardy. This would prevent them from teaming together when the promotion finally introduces women’s tag titles.
As for Rose possibly being included in the Smackdown Survivor Series team, it should be noted that Charlotte Flair’s spot on the team is questionable. Flair turned down the team captain position last week and this week failed to come out for the team introductions. This could open up a spot for Rose to compete on the upcoming PPV.
