5 directions WWE could take with Mandy Rose in 2021

The partnership of Mandy Rose and real-life friend Dana Brooke was established on WWE Monday Night RAW in September following Rose's move from SmackDown. So far, the pair have worked well together and have been demonstrating a great level of chemistry both inside and outside of the ring.

Before the pair became a tag team on RAW, they were following very different paths in WWE. Mandy Rose was a part of a huge storyline involving her former friend Sonya Deville and her on-screen boyfriend Otis. It involved a heart-warming WrestleMania moment and a big SummerSlam match between Rose and Deville.

On the other hand, Dana Brooke was only seen sporadically on WWE television and wasn't really involved in anything significant for some time.

Mandy Rose was recently a guest on the Chasing Glory podcast with Lillian Garcia. She expressed initial doubts about forming a tag team with Dana Brooke, and was concerned over her performance in WWE.

Considering Rose's recent words, here are five directions that she could take in WWE during the upcoming year.

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#5 Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke could stay together as a babyface tag team

So far, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke have shown that they can work well as one of the newest teams in the WWE women's tag division. The division is currently fairly sparse and needs all the partnerships that it can get right now.

The pair have shown that they work well together in the WWE, and their real-life friendship has translated well to solid on-screen chemistry. Currently, the pair are working as babyfaces, and together they suit this role.

For most of her WWE career, Mandy Rose has portrayed a heel character. Her current persona is a welcome contrast to how Rose used to be when paired up with Sonya Deville.

There is huge potential for Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke together in their current form and if they're given a push, it would be interesting to see them reach their full potential.

With new Women's Tag Team Champions in the form of Charlotte Flair and Asuka, perhaps Rose and Brooke are high in the pecking order to challenge for the belts soon.

#4 Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke could turn heel as a tag team

So far in their current form as a tag team, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke have gelled together well. They have top-notch chemistry together, both in and out of the ring, and their look as a team is coherent and establishes them well as a strong partnership.

The WWE Women's Tag Team Championships have recently changed hands and were won by Asuka and Charlotte Flair at TLC.

Now that a babyface team has replaced Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler as WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, could it be time for a heel turn from Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke as a tag team?

It would be interesting to see a change in dynamic with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke being the next villains of the women's tag team division. It would also provide Asuka and Charlotte Flair with a classic heel versus babyface feud over the titles.

Both Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke have wrestled as heels in WWE previously. They have proved that they can successfully portray on-screen villains, so it could be exciting for them to do this a partnership.

#3 Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke could turn on one another

Since they formed a tag team on WWE RAW, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke have shown that they work well together. However, 2020 seems to have been the year of break-ups in WWE's tag team division and 2021 may be no different.

Fans have seen most of the women's tag teams and alliances in WWE call it quits this year. So far, The IIconics split following a stipulation match against The Riott Squad. Natalya also turned against her short-lived partner Lana, and Alexa Bliss abandoned her former fellow WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Nikki Cross to join The Fiend.

There is a strong chance that many other women's WWE tag teams could be headed in the same direction, and Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke may be no exception.

Either Mandy Rose or Dana Brooke could turn on their tag team partner to trigger a split in the group and potentially a feud between the pair. The team turning on one another trope has been played out multiple times over the years. It has even been done as recently as this summer with Bayley and Sasha Banks.

However, as played out as this storyline may be ay times, it would be a great way to re-establish Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke as singles stars.

#2 Mandy Rose could pursue the RAW Women's Championship

Throughout 2020, Mandy Rose has gone from strength to strength. The Superstar has been a part of one of the biggest and most memorable storylines of the year.

She was at the center of her romance storyline with Otis and the subsequent fallout between herself and Sonya Deville, which included a shocking backstage segment where her hair was hacked off. She also had a huge SummerSlam match against Deville, which she won.

Through her feud with Sonya Deville and her most recent in-ring work with Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose has shown that he has what it takes to potentially carry a big WWE title storyline soon.

It would be interesting to see Mandy Rose break away from tag team competition to become a singles star on RAW. Rose has faced Asuka in the past in a singles match but has improved vastly since then.

Being involved in the title picture for Mandy Rose would be a fantastic way to showcase how much the WWE Superstar has improved in the ring.

#1 Mandy Rose could reunite with Otis

The romance between Mandy Rose and Otis was one of the biggest storylines on WWE SmackDown in early 2020, which carried on right until the summer. The love story between Mandy Rose and Otis came to an abrupt end in September when The Miz used his backstage influence to get Rose moved to RAW.

The storyline between the two stars was what enabled Mandy Rose to embark on the transition from a classic mean girl heel in WWE to a kind and sympathetic babyface.

Fans never got to see a true ending to the storyline between Mandy Rose and Otis after she was moved to The Red Brand, and instead, their romance seemed quietly dropped from WWE.

If Mandy Rose was to be redrafted to SmackDown, or if the WWE Universe could even see Otis move to RAW, the pair would be able to hopefully reunite.

A reunion of Mandy Rose and Otis could potentially reignite their very popular love storyline, and even give the fans of the pair a definite ending in regards to what happened in their relationship.

If Mandy Rose and Otis were to reunite, the pair could work together in mixed tag team matches on their respective WWE brand. When Otis and Mandy Rose last worked together, fans were impressed with their charisma and wit as a duo, and it would be great fun to see that continue.