Vince McMahon Is High On SmackDown Star, Backing Storyline

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WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon is a big fan of one character on SmackDown to the point that he’s backing a current storyline involving him. 

That star is Otis. The storyline features Otis, Mandy Rose, Dolph Ziggler, and Sonya Deville. 

While former WWE creative writer Andrea Listenberger has been credited with the storyline, it was noted by Dave Melzer in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a lot of the Otis material, perhaps most of it, is from Vince as he likes the character.

It was noted that while the role of Listenerger, who was released by the company last month as part of the talent and staff cuts due to the coronavirus outbreak, was to come up with material for promos used by Rose and Otis.

It turns out that she was not the driving force of the storyline. This includes Ziggler and Deville. 

It was noted in the report that she was a good writer. Melzer added that regarding her release from the company, there were people on the SmackDown creative team that could have gone to bat for her when the cuts were made but didn’t. 

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