Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose

Rose in April 2016
Birth name Amanda Saccomanno
Born (1991-07-18) July 18, 1991
Westchester County, New York, United States[1]
Residence Orlando, Florida, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Mandy Rose[3]
Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4][3]
Billed weight 120 lb (54 kg)[4]
Billed from Yorktown Heights, New York[3]
Trained by Booker T[5]
Billy Gunn[5]
Lita[5]
WWE Performance Center[2]
Debut August 25, 2015[6]

Amanda Saccomanno (born July 18, 1991) is an American model, professional wrestler and television personality currently signed to WWE under the ring name Mandy Rose, performing on their developmental territory NXT.

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, which is produced by WWE and E!.[7]

Early life and modelling career

Amanda Saccomanno was born and raised in an Italian-American family on Westchester County, New York, and is the youngest of four children.[8] She is of Italian and Irish heritage.[8] She attended Yorktown High School, where she participated in dance. She later earned her bachelor's degree at Iona College, majoring in speech pathology.[8][9]

Rose 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.[9]

Professional wrestling career

WWE

Tough Enough (2015)

Amanda was a contestant in the sixth season of the WWE competition WWE Tough Enough, which began airing in June 2015.[4][10][11] She was at risk of elimination on the July 28 episode, but was saved by judge The Miz.[12] During the season finale, She adopted the ring name Mandy Rose and had a match against Alicia Fox she placed second overall, after winners Sara Lee and Josh Bredl.[13][14]

NXT (2015–present)

After the Tough Enough season finale, it was revealed that Rose had signed a five-year contract with the company.[15] 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.[16] On the August 17 episode of NXT, Rose made her first televised appearance and in–ring debut where she competed in a six-woman tag team match along with Daria Berenato, and Alexa Bliss, in which they were defeated by Carmella, Liv Morgan, and Nikki Glencross.[17] On the September 28 episode of NXT, Rose competed on her first singles televised match, where she was defeated by Ember Moon.[18]

Other media

Rose has been featured in multiple fitness publications including Fitness Gurls Magazine, Fit & Firm Magazine and FitFemme Magazine.[9]

Rose appeared as part of the main cast for the fifth season of the WWE reality television series Total Divas, which began airing in January 2016.[19][7][20]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 WWE Tough Enough Herself Contestant; runner-up (season 6)
2016 Total Divas Main cast (season 5): 10 episodes

Personal life

Rose is a supporter of animal rights and adoption. She participates in yoga, pilates, and CrossFit.[21][3] Her childhood nickname was “Hamburgers”.[21] Saccamanno's family owns a delicatessen in Carmel, New York. She has a boyfriend named Michael, and their relationship was featured on Total Divas.[22][23]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Fitness modeling

References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Saccomanno". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Tough Enough competitors join new class of recruits at the WWE Performance Center". WWE.com. September 29, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mandy Rose". WWE. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Amanda Saccomanno | Tough Enough". wwetoughenough.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "MEET THE COMPETITORS AND CAST OF WWE TOUGH ENOUGH". WWE Tough Enough. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Amanda Saccomanno". Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Johnson, Mike (October 6, 2015). "NAME OF WWE'S NEWEST DIVA REVEALED, TOTAL DIVAS CAST CHANGES & MORE REVEALED". PWInsider. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Byron, Saxton (October 14, 2016). "Meet Mandy Rose, NXT's "Golden Goddess"". WWE.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Johnson, Mike (October 28, 2015). "WWE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES A NUMBER OF SIGNINGS INCLUDING TOUGH ENOUGH COMPETITORS & EVOLVE ALUMNI". PWInsider. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Meet WWE Tough Enough's 13 finalists | Tough Enough". wwetoughenough.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  11. 1 2 "Yorktown Heights' Amanda Saccomanno Advances to Final Round of Acclaimed WWE Competition". prweb.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ "THE MIZ'S SAVE COSTS MADA: WWE TOUGH ENOUGH, JULY 28, 2015". WWE Tough Enough. July 28, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Richard, Trionfo (August 25, 2015). "TOUGH ENOUGH FINALE REPORT: WHO ARE THE TWO NEWEST WWE SUPERSTARS?". PWInsider. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ "WWE Tough Enough recap, August 25, 2015: And the winners are...". WWE. August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  15. ↑ "The 'Total Divas' meet Mandy Rose: Total Divas Preview Clip, February 2, 2016". WWE.com. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  16. ↑ Kiger, John (January 30, 2016). "1/30 NXT RESULTS FROM VENICE, FL". PWInsider. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 Richard, Trionfo (August 17, 2016). "WWE NXT REPORT: WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH OPPONENTS IN THE SAME ROOM?, ITAMI IN ACTION, SIX WOMAN TAG MATCH WITH SOME DEBUTS, A LOOK AT TAKEOVER, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 Richard, Trionfo (September 28, 2016). "WWE NXT REPORT: ASUKA FACES LIV MORGAN, THE DUSTY CLASSIC STARTS NEXT WEEK, ITAMI VERSUS DORADO, EMBER MOON VERSUS MANDY ROSE, AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ Johnson, Mike (September 9, 2015). "WWE SIGNINGS UPDATE". PWInsider. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Total Bellas' coming to E!, new 'Total Divas' cast announced". WWE.com. April 26, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  21. 1 2 "CHARACTER BIO: AMANDA SACCOMANNO". usanetwork.com. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  22. ↑ Hanstock, Bill (February 10, 2016). "'Total Divas' recap: Talk of the Town". Cagesideseats. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  23. ↑ Rosenfeld, Laura (January 19, 2016). "Who Is Mandy? The 'Total Divas' Star Is New To Pro Wrestling". Bustle. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  24. ↑ "A Little Bit Of Bad (Asian Pop)". firstcom MUSIC. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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