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#1 WWE's actual plans for MITB holder Otis on SmackDown

SmackDown Superstar Otis won the MITB contract this year, much to the surprise of WWE fans. There is no doubt that Otis was one of the hottest acts coming out of WrestleMania but it seems like his period of fame might soon be over.

Although WWE did put the MITB on SmackDown Superstar Otis, it is quite evident that Otis is neither ready nor quite capable of being a top card player. As per Dave Meltzer of WON, WWE have no idea how to take the MITB off Otis but they don't want him to continue being SmackDown's Mr. MITB anymore.

'So The Miz and [John] Morrison are doing the 'Dirtsheet' and Otis comes out and beats them both up and they're trying to rile up Otis by saying 'Mandy Rose is on RAW and all those RAW guys are going to be after her and she's going to drop Otis. And Dolph is on RAW, and they used to date' and so Otis comes out and beats the s**t out of both of them. And Morrison is just looking at Miz, who's like "Yeah he fell into our plan!", and Morrison obviously didn't know what the plan was. But the plan is that between the first segment and the fifth segment, The Miz had a lawyer draft a lawsuit for unsafe working conditions, which is the old Shawn Michaels gimmick. They're suing Otis but they'll drop the lawsuit if he gives up the briefcase. Either they're going to sue or the deal here is "We got no idea how to get the briefcase off Otis, so this is how we're going to get it off him. And that's what it is'.