10 DUMB WWE Booking Decisions (We Didn't Want To Admit Were GENIUS!)

If everyone's being honest, in-ring skills were never Mandy Rose's main strength on the main roster. She's extremely telegenic - that's what caught WWE's attention first, and they'd rely on Mandy's looks for most of her storylines. Then, something incredible happened, and it might even have been totally accidental.

Rose was bumped to NXT in July 2021. Most fans likely figured that was a demotion, but Rose worked incredibly hard to better herself as a wrestler and on the microphone. She'd win the NXT Women's Title by October, headed Toxic Attraction and became a much better all-rounder.

Sure, things ended badly between Mandy and WWE, but her NXT stint was surprisingly awesome. WWE booked her to show up on the third brand for one reason and one reason only: They'd burned through everything they could think of on Raw and SmackDown, so she needed a change of scenery.

It worked out, and could even be considered a genius-level decision whether anyone knew that going in or not.