18 WWE WrestleMania 36 Impulse Reactions

6. Otis Vs. Dolph Ziggler

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Wild as it may sound, this match may have been wronged more than most by the lack of a crowd. Elimination Chamber didn't have a great deal going for it, but Otis going headfirst into (and out of) Dolph Ziggler's pod during the titular Tag Team title match generated one of the pops of the night.

Michael Cole had to replace the audience as the Heavy Machinery star-in-the-making and Mandy Rose went more Randy & Liz than Zack & Eve after a series of increasingly stupid events resulted in Fire & Desire exploding and 'The Show Off' losing his first ever WrestleMania singles match.

It was all fairly standard stuff before a finishing sequence was instigated by Sonya Deville distracting the referee long enough for Dolph to boot Otis in the d*ck (and for him not to hear Michael Cole call it...). Rose arrived to even the odds, slapping Sonya before kicking Ziggler low too.

All's well that ends well then, even if we don't yet know exactly what Sonya wanted in all of this. Otis got the win and the girl, with the delightful duo sharing a kiss before he carried her off for what'll now presumably be some absolutely filthy Zoom calls.

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