5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jan 10)

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3. Mandy Rose Working As A Heel

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If Mandy Rose is going to be presented as a potentially lovestruck figure in backstage segments with Otis one minute, she can't then transform into a vain cow between the ropes. It's too much of a contrast, and it creates a discord in her character that won't help her relate to fans.

WWE need to decide if Mandy is a babyface or heel. They can't have both.

Forget any talk of her being a tweener, because WWE's track record there is questionable. On SmackDown, Rose went from sweetly offering Otis a cake to apologise for Dolph Ziggler's actions to chastising Alexa Bliss and telling her, "You will never look like me". It feels off.

Bliss is beautiful, and it doesn't make sense that Mandy could fall for the Heavy Machinery oddball then claim that Alexa needs a makeover minutes later. Someone needs to take Rose aside and tell her to drop the Diva-esque antics whilst this story is going on.

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