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NXT’s Mandy Rose and Otis were previously paired and had a romantic angle in WWE. However, their storyline ended abruptly when WWE executed the split of the on-screen couple at the end of 2020. Alexa Bliss ‘Thanks’ Ex-Boyfriend After Engagement
Tucker opens up on storyline between Mandy Rose and Otis
Recently, Tucker Knight (Levi Cooper), the former tag-team partner of Otis recently spoke to Sportskeeda Wrestling’s UnSKripted with Dr. Chris Featherstone and opened up on the angle.
Tucker reckoned that WWE made a mistake by not having a positive and conclusive finish to Mandy Rose and Otis’ storyline. He saw a potential in the storyline and explained how ended it up early had disappointed the fans. He said:
“You know, how could you not love that story that’s going on, and you know, I would speculate that they didn’t want either of them to be heels at the time, and that’s why they sort of just had them go their separate ways without the sort of there being a breakup and one person having to look like a bad guy. But they did that at the cost of, you know, long-term storytelling as a whole right, because when you have people what I would argue as barely invested in a story, you know, pretty well invested, and then, you essentially pretend like that story never happened, in my opinion, people are much less likely to invest in a story the next time because you know they are going yo remember how they got their part broken, for lack of a better term, you know, the time before, and so yeah,” Tucker revealed.
Tucker felt that Mandy Rose’s alliance with Otis even attracted wrestling fans who might not have been regular week-to-week viewers:
“God, dude, who knows!” Tucker continued, “That’s a great question, and I mean, it’s very disappointing because I think there was a lot of investment in that angle. I think there was a lot of buy-in for people, even for people who maybe were not always invested in wrestling, you know, on a week in, week out basis.”
