Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Asuka vs Mandy Rose

Here's the match video of Asuka vs Mandy Rose from last night's episode of Smackdown. Of course this is leading up to Asuka getting a shot at Carmella's Smackdown Women's Championship at Money In The Bank. For those not familiar with Mandy Rose, her real name is Amanda Saccomanno and she was on the most recent Tough Enough. She's picking up wrestling fairly well and of course working with Asuka helps all her opponents. Obviously the WWE is trying to sell Mandy as super hot to the point where they have started adding soft focus to her ring entrance. That cracked me up. As a heel, she falls under the category "Too Hot To Boo". She isn't booed during this match. The fans are chanting "Asuka's Gonna Kill You". I don't know what it would take for fans to boo her. This has been a problem for years. Fans won't boo hot women no matter what they do. Then Asuka is ambushed by Mandy's partner Sonya DeVille during her ring entrance. So Mandy gets the jump on her. She lands a reverse side suplex and Asuka lands on her face. Of course Asuka is great at selling offense. But not surprisingly, Mandy can't finish her off. Asuka comes back and she uses Manami Toyota's rolling cradle to transition into the Asuka Lock. I have never seen her use that move. But I'm not surprised she knows it. She probably taught Mandy that suplex too. Last night, Asuka posted a GIF of that finish on Twitter labelled "Hell's Merry Go Round". That's funny. After the win, Asuka stared down Carmella. I'm not even going to talk about Carmella's ridiculous logic that she's better than Asuka because fans aren't supposed to buy it. I expect Sonya Deville to be Asuka's opponent next week. When Paige was made Smackdown GM, Mandy and Sonya expected special treatment because of Absolution. Paige has done the exact opposite. So I expect Mandy to be banned from ringside next week. Enjoy the video!