10 WWE Breakups You Forgot Were HEARTBREAKING

5. Otis & Mandy Rose Separate

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It's been a thing since 2002, and is hyped up annually as a game-changing must-see shake-up, but 99.9% of fans see right through WWE's Draft these days. That 'genie is out of the bottle' realisation has blighted every Draft with the exception of those earlier ones and possibly 2016's brand split. There's no going back now, put it that way. 2020 suffered from familiar Draft problems WWE may never fix.

Creative needed some shocks to give the Draft purpose, so they split Otis and Mandy Rose for no rhyme or reason and put them on separate shows without exploring the happiest side of their unlikely relationship. That left a sour taste in the mouths of fans, not least because it sent Otis into an on-screen tailspin that bottomed out when he lost his Money In The Bank briefcase to The Miz.

Miz was blamed for meddling in the couple's love life and causing Mandy to end up on Raw. Being honest, that didn't make much sense - how did Miz have the power to do that anyway?! WWE clearly needed some sort of flimsy excuse to justify their decision. They didn't have an end goal in mind for Rose and Otis, obviously. Thus, they decided to string everyone along until the Draft.

This sucked for anyone who had invested in Otis winning Mandy over despite her "being out of [his] league". WWE told that tale for months, then dropped it like a bad habit without any closure. That was another hallmark of latter-day Vince, sadly. He didn't seem to think that viewers would notice or care.

They did.

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