Who Pitched The Mandy Rose/Otis Storyline To Vince McMahon?
When polite stalking leads to gold.
In a new interview, Mandy Rose has revealed she was the star who pitched her epic storyline with Otis to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
What started out as a bit of light comic relief has now become one of the most compelling stories being told on weekly episodic television. That may be pushing it a little, but the ongoing storyline between Mandy Rose and Heavy Machinery's Otis has definitely become more entertaining than it had any right to be.
With Rose and Otis now finally an on-screen item, the former Fire & Desire member has revealed that she was the one who initially pitched the angle to McMahon after noticing Otis' 'cute' admiration of her on social media.
Rose said:
'Otis always was around in NXT and posting pics of me and talking about how much he liked me. In a cute way, not a creepy way. This continued on and I thought it would be great if this became as storyline, especially once Otis entered WrestleMania. I actually went to Vince and pitched the idea and he loved it.'
And that was that. McMahon clearly saw the potential in Otis being 'betrayed' by Mandy before finally having the pair join forces on the Grandest Stage of Them All, and we have Rose to thank for planting the seed which eventually grew into the most consistently enjoyable part of SmackDown each and every week.