Otis reflects on winning the Money in the Bank match.
Otis had a remarkable run in 2020, as fans rallied around him while he was featured in a storyline with Mandy Rose. This momentum led to WWE Money in the Bank 2020, where he won the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Otis later lost his Money in the Bank briefcase to The Miz at WWE Hell in a Cell 2020.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Otis looked back on his time as Mr. Money in the Bank and noted that he did not think there was a plan.
“I don’t think there was a plan, no. It was kind of a shock because the whole day we couldn’t get up on the roof for the longest time because of COVID stuff. It was like just sitting, sitting, sitting, do one thing, and shoot it. So you were basically just sitting there in your gear. They were kind of bullshitting with all the boys and calling stuff that would make it more spectacular. So it’s just like a long day, and then finally Jamie [Noble] was like ‘You thinking King Kong up in there’, I’m like, ‘King Kong?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, come with me.’ Jamie Noble is all fired up. He walks up and is just climbing this ladder with his cowboy boots. I’m like, ‘Man, I’m not going up there. I hate heights.’ That’s why I only go on the second rope. He’s like, ‘Get your ass up here, come on!’ It was a long way down. It’s the headquarters. So we got out there and he goes, ‘I’m gonna take a picture of you. Take your shirt off and roar like King Kong, really roar.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, I’ll roar.’ I’ve been sitting for 14 hours. Then they said you’re gonna win it. I’m like, ‘Oh, okay.’ From there, again, it was who’s healthy, who’s not, so that could have been a factor there with testing for COVID and all that. There were a bunch of changes going on," Otis said.
During the interview, Otis discussed his storyline with Mandy Rose. Check out his comments here.
Otis recently named having a singles match at WrestleMania as one of his goals. Click here to see what he had to say.
Click here to see what Otis had to say about the crowd's reaction when he stood up to Chad Gable.
Thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for sharing these quotes.
