| Mandy Rose | |
|---|---|
 Rose appearing on Raw in November 2020. | |
| Birth name | Amanda Rose Saccomanno |
| Born | July 18, 1990 (age 32) Westchester County, NY |
| Resides | Orlando, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mandy Rose |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Billed weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
| Billed from | Yorktown Heights, New York |
| Trained by | Booker T Billy Gunn Lita WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | August 25, 2015 |
Amanda Rose Saccomanno (born July 18, 1990) is an American model, professional wrestler, television personality, and former fitness and figure competitor.
She is signed to WWE under the ring name Mandy Rose, performing on the company's Raw brand where she is a former one-time WWE Divas Champion having won the title at SummerSlam in 2018. As well as a former WWE Divas Tag Team Champion with partner, Emma.
In 2015, she placed second on the WWE competition WWE Tough Enough. That same year, she signed a contract with WWE and joined the reality television show Total Divas as a main cast member for one season. After a brief stint in WWE's developmental territory NXT, Rose made her main roster debut in 2017.
Early life and modeling career[]
Saccomanno was born and raised in Westchester County, New York, and is the youngest of four children. She is of Italian and Irish heritage. Saccomanno attended Yorktown High School, where she participated in dance. She later earned her bachelor's degree at Iona College, majoring in speech pathology.
Saccomanno entered her first fitness competition in 2013, and took first place in the World Bodybuilding Fitness & Fashion Boston Show. She was also crowned the 2014 World Beauty Fitness & Fashion Bikini Champion.
Professional wrestling career[]
WWE[]
Tough Enough (2015)[]
Saccomanno was a contestant in the sixth season of the WWE competition WWE Tough Enough, which began airing in June 2015. She was at risk of elimination on the July 28 episode, but was saved by judge The Miz. During the season finale, Saccomanno adopted the ring name Mandy Rose and had a match against Alicia Fox she placed second overall, after winners Sara Lee and Josh Bredl.
NXT (2015–2017)[]
After the Tough Enough season finale, it was revealed that Saccomanno had signed a five-year contract with the company. Rose made her in-ring debut for WWE's developmental territory, WWE NXT, during a six-Diva tag team match at a live event in Venice, Florida on January 30, 2016. Rose has since regularly appeared on live events since.
Divas Champion (2017–2020)[]
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Move to Raw (2020–present)[]
After Smackdown closed in late 2019, Rose would move to the Raw brand debuting on the Raw brand after No Way Out where she would enter into a romantic storyline with Jake Anderson; the storyline however would be short lived. Rose would compete in various matches throughout early to mid 2020 before entering into a feud with Liv Morgan. The feud would also involve both Jake Anderson and Seth Rollins at one point and was centered around Anderson and Rose's previous on-screen relationship. On the November 16, 2020 episode of Raw, Mandy would win a Five Way match to become the Co-Captain of Team Raw at Survivor Series alongside, Kevin Owens.
Other media[]
Saccomanno has been featured in multiple fitness publications including Fitness Gurls Magazine, Fit & Firm Magazine and FitFemme Magazine.
In September 2015, it was announced that Naomi had been taken off the main cast of the WWE reality television series Total Divas, and had been replaced by Rose, however, she just appeared on the sixth season of the show.
Personal life[]
Saccomanno is a supporter of animal rights and adoption. She participates in yoga, pilates and CrossFit. Her childhood nickname was “Hamburgers”. Saccomanno's family owns a delicatessen in Carmel, New York. It was revealed in late February, early March 2020 that Saccomanno was dating fellow wrestler Jake Anderson with whom she was currently involved with in an on-screen romance storyline. The relationship would be brief and only last a few weeks before they split. In November 2020, it was revealed that Saccomanno was dating NXT wrestler Mason Alvarez better known as Mason Wolfe.
In wrestling[]
Finishing moves
- The Bed of Roses (Lifting double underhook sitout facebuster)
- Kiss the Rose (Bicycle knee)
Signature moves
- Goddess Fall (Wheelbarrow facebuster)
- Elbow Smash
- Delayed vertical suplex
- Dropkick
- Hip toss
- Inverted tilt-a-whirl slam
- Magic Lace
- Modified crossface
- Powerslam
- Running sitout sunset flip
- Springboard bulldog
- Standing facelock
- Thesz press, followed by multiple mat slams
- Tilt-a-whirl facebuster
- Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown
Entrance themes
- "A Little Bit of Bad" by Marc Ferrari and Michael McGregor (NXT; 2016–2017)
- "Golden Goddess" by CFO$ (WWE; 2017–2020)
- "I've Arrived" by Def Rebel (WWE; 2020–present)
Championships and accomplishments[]
Fitness Modeling[]
- 2014 WBFF Boston – (first place)
- 2014 WBFF Diva Bikini Pro World Championship – (first place)
- Miss Soviet Union 2015 Winner (first place)
Professional wrestling[]
World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Divas Championship (1 time)
- WWE Divas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Emma