6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (June 12)

4. Mandy's Sly Look At The Universal Title

Braun Strowman Mandy Rose Otis Tucker Heavy Machinery
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Mandy Rose was the only one working as SmackDown went off the air, and that might've been by design.

As Braun Strowman, Otis and Tucker celebrated their six-man tag win, Mandy glanced at her lover's Money In The Bank briefcase and then shot a fly look at Braun's shiny Universal Title. In one moment, Rose managed to raise several possibilities for how things might play out.

She could encourage Otis to be more ruthless next time, or she could eventually be exposed as a gold digger who is stringing the Heavy Machinery man along because of his abilities between the ropes. What if Mandy only wants to get closer to the money that Universal Title provides? If not, then she deserves a bonus anyway for planting seeds.

Side note: Sonya Deville was conspicuous by her absence, and that's a good thing. She didn't need to be involved in this match. It was busy enough, and Deville vs. Rose should be blown off at Extreme Rules in some sort of gimmick bout anyway.

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