Otis Reveals That Mandy Rose Pitched Their Romance Storyline: She Was The Ignition

One of the most notable storylines in the Dozer Otis’ WWE career was his relationship with former NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose.

While speaking on Chris Van Vliet’s Insight Podcast, Otis mentioned that the romantic storyline was in fact pitched by Mandy Rose.

“She was definitely the ignition for sure. Because you can it pitch all day long. But again, like with Mandy, she’s like, I’ll talk to Vince. Like, okay. Because I was just kidding around, I would see a bikini post on her IG and I would be like you look good, babe. And then it became this thing and last year on Google, it said is Otis married [to Mandy Rose]? It was just one post. And I’m sitting there going, Oh I can get some more leverage here. So I kept posting it just for laughs.

“And she’s awesome. The girls, they’re a blessing too. Because again, they’re like, it’s HR but we know you mean well. So yeah, but she talked to Vince came out and then we started rocking and rolling there. So I mean, but she definitely was like, Hey, we gotta do this.”

Otis shares his thoughts on how the storyline played out

While speaking in the same interview, the former Alpha Academy member reflected on how the romantic storyline played out.

“It’s one of those things where I’m gonna kiss the world champion bikini model. Behave yourself. Every day was a test. We could never do a pre-shot. It was always live because somebody would mess up, and she’s just like, just got to be ready. I’m sweating terribly because I got to get a hold of a cake. And the box was so uncertain that I was like this thing falls during a live shot I don’t know what to do, but I don’t know. It was just like, you couldn’t find a grip on it. And of course, Ziggy, you know, top the cake, man. I love Ziggy man. It’s pretty crazy Ziggy gets in the picture. And like, it was his first singles match in the warehouse as WrestleMania was my first singles too. So it was like, it was bittersweet because I respected Dolph off a lot and it’s like damn, I wish it was better. Just that time but you know, times being the times,” Otis said.